Rugby union in Poland is a moderately popular sport, and the Polish men's national team are ranked 33rd in the world, as of 9th February 2025.

[2] The Poland women's rugby sevens team won the silver medal at the 2023 European Games, behind Great Britain, progressing to the final 2024 Summer Olympic qualification tournament.

[5] In 1921, Louis Amblard, a Frenchman, set up the very first Polish rugby club called White Eagles (Białe Orły).

[4] The tragic events of World War II and the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact meant that the growth of Polish rugby was retarded until the 1950s.

[4] During World War II, there were occasional games between allied POWs in German camps in Poland.

[6] Polish rugby arguably achieved its greatest success in the late 1970s when the national team beat Italy, Spain and the USSR, and also held Romania to a 37–21 win in 1977.

[8] The Cold War frequently intruded – for example in the 1984 FIRA Championships, in the game against France, Poland demanded the removal of the French players Didier Camberabero, Henri Sanz and the Brive RFC centre Yves Fouget, because as members of the French armed forces, they were considered to be a security risk.

In addition, a number of Poles returning from jobs in the British Isles and France, have carried the game back with them.

[11] The PRU organises regular one day sevens tournaments over the spring/summer with teams travelling from all over the country.

[4] Notable amongst these was Grzegorz Kacala, the 114-kilogram (18.0 st) open side flanker, who helped Brive win the 1996 European Cup.