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(ČSRU). It began on August 16, 2008 with a match between Tatra Smíchov and Petrovice at the Stadion ragby Císařka in Prague, and ended with the final on November of that year with Tatra Smíchov beating

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were added, increasing the number of teams to 10 from the 8 of the previous season. Unlike most other years, the league was played over the course of only one year.

Table

Schedule and results

From the official ČSRU site.KB Extraliga 2008
Within each weekend, matches are to be listed in the following order: # By date. # If matches are held on the same day, by kickoff time. # Otherwise, in alphabetic order of home club.

Rounds 1 to 5

Round 1 * 16 August, 11:00 — Tatra Smíchov 31 - 0 Petrovice * 16 August, 15:00 — Říčany 46 - 3 Přelouč * 16 August, 15:00 — Slavia Prague 12 - 6 Havířov * 16 August, 15:00 — Sparta Prague 5 - 25 Dragon Brno * 17 August, 14:00 — Praga 53 - 26 Vyškov Round 2 * 23 August, 14:00 — Petrovice 13 - 17 Praga * 23 August, 15:00 — Havířov 8 - 31 Tatra Smíchov * 23 August, 15:00 — Říčany 7 - 28 Slavia Prague * 23 August, 16:00 — Přelouč 6 - 32 Dragon Brno * 19 October, — Vyškov 14 - 54 Sparta Prague Round 3 * 30 August, 11:00 — Tatra Smíchov 37 - 27 Říčany * 30 August, 14:00 — Praga 75 - 28 Havířov * 30 August, 15:00 — Slavia Prague 48 - 13 Přelouč * 31 August, 15:00 — Sparta Prague 27 - 8 Petrovice * 2 September, 18:00 — Dragon Brno 31 - 15 Vyškov Round 4 * 6 September, 14:00 — Havířov 27 - 20 Sparta Prague * 6 September, 14:00 — Přelouč 13 - 19 Vyškov * 6 September, 14:00 — Slavia Prague 17 - 32 Tatra Smíchov * 6 September, 15:00 — Říčany 24 - 14 Praga * 7 September, 14:00 — Petrovice 12 - 17 Dragon Brno Round 5 * 13 September, 11:00 — Tatra Smíchov 91 - 6 Přelouč * 13 September, 14:00 — Praga 21 - 27 Slavia Prague * 13 September, 14:00 — Vyškov 6 - 22 Petrovice * 13 September, 15:00 — Dragon Brno 41 - 22 Havířov * 13 September, 16:00 — Sparta Prague 15 - 39 Říčany

Rounds 6 to 9

Round 6 * 20 September, 11:00 — Havířov 12 - 7 Vyškov * 20 September, 15:00 — Přelouč 0 - 43 Petrovice * 20 September, 15:00 — Říčany 35 - 3 Dragon Brno * 20 September, 15:00 — Slavia Prague 36 - 6 Sparta Prague * 21 September, 16:00 — Tatra Smíchov 15 - 8 Praga Round 7 * 27 September, 13:00 — Praga 78 - 8 Přelouč * 27 September, 14:00 — Petrovice 102 - 0 Havířov * 27 September, 14:00 — Vyškov 17 - 46 Říčany * 27 September, 15:00 — Dragon Brno 18 - 14 Slavia Prague * 27 September, 15:00 — Sparta Prague 3 - 38 Tatra Smíchov Round 8 * 4 October, 14:00 — Praga 73 - 23 Sparta Prague * 4 October, 14:00 — Tatra Smíchov 34 - 12 Dragon Brno * 4 October, 15:00 — Říčany 46 - 10 Petrovice * 4 October, 16:00 — Přelouč 12 - 34 Havířov * 4 October, 15:00 — Slavia Prague 66 - 14 Vyškov Round 9 * 11 October, 14:00 — Havířov 6 - 41 Říčany * 11 October, 14:00 — Sparta Prague 53 - 3 Přelouč * 11 October, 14:00 — Vyškov 0 - 68 Tatra Smíchov * 11 October, 15:00 — Dragon Brno 22 - 23 Praga * 11 October, 14:30 — Petrovice 10 - 31 Slavia Prague

Semi-finals

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Final

References

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