Rugby Union in Poland (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Rugby union in Poland is a minor but growing sport. The Polish Rugby Union (Polski Zwi zek Rugby) was founded in 1957, and joined the IRFB in 1988. An earlier Polish Rugby Union was set up in the early 1920s, but was disbanded in 1928. In 1921, Louis Amblard, a Frenchman, set up the very first Polish rugby club called "The White Eagles." The first match was in 1922, and the first club international in 1924 against a Romanian side. The game became established in the Warsaw Military Academy in the early 1930s. The tragic events of WWII, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact etc, meant that the growth of Polish rugby was retarded until the 1950s.