The Rugby Club where the Australian Rugby Union and New Zealand Rugby Union Boards agreed to establish the Rugby World Cup and later the Super Rugby and Tri-Nations competitions and the clubhouse of Sydney Harlequins who Participate in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union. The Rugby Club The Rugby Club (rebranded as The Rugby Club Sydney) is a rugby union-themed Australian licenced club and restaurant filled with sports memorabilia. Located in Rugby Place on Pitt Street, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, it was formed in 1945. Professional rugby union players frequent the restaurant when touring in Australia, a rite of passage
Rugby union in Czechoslovakia Rugby union in Czechoslovakia Rugby union in Czechoslovakia was a moderately popular sport. It was most popular in Moravia (especially Brno), Prague and Bratislava Czechoslovakia was a founder member of FIRA in 1934, and joined the IRB in 1988. Traditionally, Czech rugby has centred on a "section of the middle class" in and around Prague, which has been fairly small but fairly loyal to the sport. Rugby union was a moderately popular sport in Czechoslovakia Josef Rössler-Ořovský, who introduced a number of sports in the then Czechoslovakia, among others skiing and tennis, was originally credited with starting rugby as well