Czech Republic national rugby union team
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Union | Czech Rugby Union | ||
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Head coach | Miroslav Němeček and Pavel Pala | ||
Captain | Marek Loutocký | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 35 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (22 May 1927) ![]() ![]() (15 May 1993) | |||
Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
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World Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
Website | www.rugbyunion.cz |
The Czech Republic national rugby union team is the third tier rugby national team of the Czech Republic.
They first started playing as the Czech Republic in 1993 after the split of Czechoslovakia and now compete in the European Nations Cup. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup, but have entered the qualifiers since the 1995 edition. Rugby union in the Czech Republic is administered by the Czech Rugby Union. The sport is still amateur in the country, but there are several Czech players who are professionals in France, including Martin Jágr.
The best ranking in the world ranking was 24th place in 2005. The national side is ranked 36th in the world (as of 5 November 2019).[1]
History
[edit]In 2005, they took on Australian Super Rugby side the Waratahs in Prague, losing 3–94.[2]
The nation played against Hong Kong at the Synot Tip Arena in Prague on 16 December 2009. They won 17–5. It was the final match for six players:[3] Antonín Brabec, Jan Macháček, Jan Oswald, Pavel Syrový, Ladislav Vondrášek and Jan Žíla.
The Czech Republic were relegated from the European Nations Cup First Division to the Second Division in 2014, after finishing 6th in their group.
On 9 November 2016 The Czech Republic played in a historical match against the Barbarians to celebrate the Czech Rugby Union's 90th anniversary. The match was held at the Marketa Stadium in Prague. They lost the match to the Barbarians, 71–0.[4][5]
Record
[edit]World Cup
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Year | Round | P | W | D | L | F | A | P | W | D | L | F | A | |
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Not Invited | Part of Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||
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did not qualify | |||||||||||||
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5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 85 | 188 | ||||||||
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 105 | ||||||||
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6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 189 | 71 | ||||||||
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10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 164 | 306 | ||||||||
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8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 135 | 142 | ||||||||
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10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 142 | 310 | ||||||||
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7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 265 | 104 | ||||||||
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Automatically eliminated | |||||||||||||
Total | 0/9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 1060 | 1226 |
European Competitions Since 2000
[edit]Overall
[edit]Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by a Czech Republic national XV at test level up until 23 March 2024:
Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Barbarians | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 42.86% |
Brown University | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0% |
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9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 22.22% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 75% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44.44% |
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14 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 42.86% |
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10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0% |
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6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
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8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25% |
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8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25% |
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7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 42.86% |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 57.14% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Total | 152 | 68 | 80 | 4 | 44.74% |
Recent Matches
[edit]Matches played in the last 12 months
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Current squad
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/KABK-1761_Nederland_v_Tsjechi%C3%AB.jpg/240px-KABK-1761_Nederland_v_Tsjechi%C3%AB.jpg)
The following players were selected for the 2021-2022 Rugby Europe Conference 1 North match against Luxembourg on 27th November 2021.[6]
Head Coach: Miroslav Němeček
Caps Updated:
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Tomáš Adámek | Prop | 30 July 1999 | ![]() | |
Hubert Dřímal | Hooker | 3 May 1996 | ![]() | |
Radek Novotný | Prop | 8 August 1999 | ![]() | |
Robert Trefný | Lock | 28 September 1992 | ![]() | |
Jakub Homer | Lock | 6 August 1992 | ![]() | |
James Faktor | Back row | 8 January 1998 | ![]() | |
Vojtěch Vomáčka | Back row | 16 October 1994 | ![]() | |
Dan Hošek (c) | Number 8 | 8 December 1995 | ![]() | |
Marek Šimák | Scrum-half | 13 January 1992 | ![]() | |
Matyáš Hopp | Fly-half | 3 October 1991 | ![]() | |
Sheldon Fortuin | Wing | 28 November 2002 | ![]() | |
Richard Hřebačka | Centre | 22 March 1997 | ![]() | |
Albert Froněk | Centre | 28 November 2001 | ![]() | |
Jakub Čížek | Wing | 1 January 1997 | ![]() | |
Martin Cimprich | Fullback | 5 March 1999 | ![]() | |
Ondřej Kučera | Prop | 30 November 2000 | ![]() | |
Tomáš Stránský | Hooker | 15 May 1998 | ![]() | |
Václav Calta | Prop | 11 December 1999 | ![]() | |
Vlastimil Diviš | Lock | 28 November 2000 | ![]() | |
Jan Tieber | Centre | 18 November 2001 | ![]() | |
Jan Kohout | Wing | 18 October 2000 | ![]() | |
Pavel Šíma | ?? | 19 October 2000 | ![]() |
Coaches
[edit]Name | Nationality | Years | Assistants | Tests | Won | Drew | Lost | Win % |
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Voska | ![]() |
1931 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Rudolf Otto Bauše | ![]() |
1933 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Kratochvíl | ![]() |
1934 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Gustav Vlk | ![]() |
1946–49 | - | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 25 |
Jiří Žižka | ![]() |
1954 | Vladimír Škvor | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Vladimír Škvor | ![]() |
1955 | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Alfa Zeda | ![]() |
1956 | Vladimír Škvor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100 |
Miloš Dobrý | ![]() |
1956–57 | - | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20 |
Alfa Zeda | ![]() |
1958–59 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Oldřich Pazdera | ![]() |
1959–65 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milan Pětroš | ![]() |
1966–67 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vladimír Vondráček | ![]() |
1969–1972 | Viktor Šťastný | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vladimír Škvor | ![]() |
1972–76 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eduard Krützner | ![]() |
1976–78 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
Milan Malovaný | ![]() |
1979–81 | Bohumil Sláma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milan Malovaný | ![]() |
1982–83 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milan Malovaný | ![]() |
1984–88 | Jiří Kotlový | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Milan Malovaný | ![]() |
1988–1989 | Vilibald Hervert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eduard Krützner | ![]() |
1989–90 | Vilibald Hervert | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eduard Krützner | ![]() |
1990–91 | Bruno Kudrna, Milan Buriánek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruno Kudrna | ![]() |
1991–93 | Milan Buryánek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruno Kudrna | ![]() |
1993–95 | Milan Buryánek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Karel Berka | ![]() |
1995–97 | Jaromír Kourek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bruno Kudrna | ![]() |
1997–99 | Václav Horáček | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Václav Horáček | ![]() |
1999– | Pavel Jágr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jiří Šťastný | ![]() |
2001–2003 | Václav Čermák | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Petr Michovský | ![]() |
2003 | Michel Bernardin ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Michel Bernardin | ![]() |
2003–2004 | Jan Macháček | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Christian Galonier | ![]() |
2004–2005 | Jan Macháček | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Josef Fatka | ![]() |
2005–2006 | Petr Michovský | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Levan Mgeladze | ![]() |
2007 | Martin Kafka, Jan Macháček | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martin Kafka | ![]() |
2007–2008 | Jan Macháček | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Christian Gajan | ![]() |
2008–2009 | Martin Kafka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Martin Kafka | ![]() |
2010–2013 | Jan Oswald (2010–13), Tomasz Putra (2013) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thomasz Putra | ![]() |
2014–2016 | Roman Šuster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Thomasz Putra | ![]() |
2016–2017 | Pavel Pala, Filip Vacek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Phil Pretorius | ![]() |
2017–2018 | Hein Kriek ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Daniel Beneš | ![]() |
2018–2019 | Miroslav Němeček, Roman Šuster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Miroslav Němeček & Pavel Pala | ![]() |
2019–2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Miroslav Němeček | ![]() |
2021– | Jan Rohlík, Jan Čížek | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Notable former players
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ world.rugby. "Men's Rankings | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ^ "Waratahs attract record crowd in Prague | Czech Rugby News Archive | Home | Rugby CZ". www.rugby.cz. Retrieved 2021-10-15.
- ^ (in Czech) Loučení opor s národním týmem Archived 2010-01-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Barbarians entertain with 11-try win". Sport24.co.za. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ "Barbarians crush Czech Republic". Planetrugby.com. 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ "Luxembourg vs Czech Republic Match Sheet" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
External links
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- Czech Rugby Union - Official site (in Czech)
- Current Squad