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Governing body of rugby in Slovakia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
| Slovenská rugbyová únia | |
|---|---|
| |
| Sport | Rugby union |
| Founded | 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 |
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
The SRU oversees the national league system, known as the Slovak Rugby League Championship, and consisting of:
It also oversees the test match outside of Slovakia, as in Austria, Hungary, and Czech Republic.
^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]
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