ARC Iuridica Prague is a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club based in Prague. They currently play in the KB První Liga

KB První Liga

-Results:The scores in blue are links to accounts of finals on the site of the Czech Rugby Union - in Czech ...

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Early years

The club was founded in 1955. It started when Zdeněk Sláma, a former Czechoslovak

Czechoslovakia national rugby union team

The Czechoslovakia national rugby union team was the national rugby team of Czechoslovakia, before the country was split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia...

 international, joined the Department of Physical Education at the Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague

Charles University in Prague is the oldest and largest university in the Czech Republic. Founded in 1348, it was the first university in Central Europe and is also considered the earliest German university...

. 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)
• VŠTJ Humanitních fakult UK Praha (1977-1990)
• VŠTJ Iuridica Praha (1990-1995)
• Akademický Rugby Club Iuridica Praha (1995-)

Notable former players

Pavel Telička

Pavel Telicka

Pavel Telička is a Czech lobbyist.-Early life:Born in Washington, D.C. as the son of a communist diplomat´. After his graduation from the Charles University in Prague, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Czechoslovakia...

 - diplomat, president of the Czech Rugby Union (ČSRU)

External links

• ARC Iuridica Prague 80 let Českého Ragby (80 years of Czech Rugby) Prof. Zdeněk Sláma 1909 -1993