Slovak Rugby Union

Governing body of rugby in Slovakia

Slovak Rugby Union
Slovenská rugbyová únia

Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2004 (2004)
World Rugby affiliation	2016 (Associate Member)
FIRA-AER affiliation	2004
President	Eduard Krützner, Jr.^[1] (2009-to present)
Men's coach	Pavel Lištván
Women's coach	Martin Šlosárek
Website	www.slovakrugby.sk

The Slovak Rugby Union (Slovak: Slovenská rugbyová únia) is the governing body for rugby in Slovakia. The SRU is headed by the President Eduard Krützner with Michal Mihálik acting as the Chief Executive Officer.

History

In September 2015, SRU join the project of the World Rugby "Get into rugby", prior to becoming an associate member of World Rugby in May 2016.^a

Domestic rugby

The SRU oversees the national league system, known as the Slovak Rugby League Championship, and consisting of:

Rugby 7s league
Rugby XV league

It also oversees the test match outside of Slovakia, as in Austria, Hungary, and Czech Republic.

Notes

^a The World Rugby Handbook lists Slovenská Rugbyová Únia as having gained associate member status in May 2016 although, as at January 2017, incorrectly records the country name as Slovenia instead of Slovakia.^[2] Slovenia's Rugby Zveza Slovenie is listed as being a World Rugby member since October 1996.^[3]