Czechoslovak Rugby Union

Czechoslovak Rugby Union
Czechoslovak Rugby Union
Československé Rugbyové Unie
Sport Rugby union
Founded 1926
IRB affiliation 1988
FIRA affiliation 1934

The Czechoslovak Rugby Union (Czech: Československé Rugbyové Unie) was the governing body for rugby in Czechoslovakia. It was responsible for the national leagues as well as the national teams.

History

The Union was founded as the Czechoslovak Rugby Football Association (Czech: Československého svazu rugby-footballu) in 1928 with a Mr Trlica as the first president and 160 registered players.[1] Famous Czech writer and illustrator Ondřej Sekora was the second president of the association.[2] In 1990 the name changed to the Czechoslovak Rugby Union (Czech: Československé Rugbyové Unie) with Miloš Dobrý as the last president before the split of Czechoslovakia.

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