ARC Iuridica Prague is a
Czech
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rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
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** Rugby union: 1 ...
club based in Prague.
History
Early years
The club was founded in 1956. It started when Zdeněk Sláma, a former
Czechoslovak
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international, joined the Department of Physical Education at the
Charles University in Prague
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. He began teaching rugby as an optional physical education subject.
In 1959 they took on the Law School and the Faculty of Nuclear Physics in an intra-university tournament to determine the university champions.
1971 saw them undertake their first overseas tour to Moscow, losing all three matches played; 0-54 and 3-30 to MAI and 3-40 to MVTU.
Recent history
On 7 November 2009, an old boys tournament was held in Prague in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of club founder Zdeněk Sláma. The club's old boys took on Old Boys Prague and the Moravian Eagles.
Historical names
* Rugby University Praha (1955-1959)
* Slavia VŠ Praha (1959-1960)
* Slavia HF UK Praha (1969-1977)
* (1977-1990)
* (1990-1995)
* (1995-)
Notable former players
*
Pavel Telička
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- diplomat, president of the
Czech Rugby Union
The Czech Rugby Union ( cz, Česká rugbyová unie) is the governing body for rugby union in the Czech Republic. It was founded in 1926 and became affiliated to the International Rugby Board in 1988 while still the governing body for Czechoslovaki ...
(ČSRU)
External links
ARC Iuridica Prague80 let Českého Ragby (80 years of Czech Rugby)Prof. Zdeněk Sláma 1909 -1993
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Rugby union teams in the Czech Republic
Sport in Prague
Rugby clubs established in 1955
1955 establishments in Czechoslovakia