In December 2006 Czech Rugby League secretary Milan Mrtýnek and coach Andy Fairhurst made their first visit to Hlinky school in Beroun, a city around 30km west of Prague, to do a Rugby League taster session with pupils aged 15-18. Taking place in an indoor hall due to the sub-zero outdoor conditions, this session was the first of many, beginning fortnightly then moving to weekly as interest grew. Czech Captain Michal Priputen soon joined the schools development team and by spring 2007 there were three local schools participating in weekly rugby league coaching sessions.

Even at this early stage visiting European Development Officer Kevin Rudd was impressed with the standards established by the Czech Rugby League and excited at the potential for growth within the region. As the weather improved, the sessions moved outside onto a grass football pitch in Beroun and the arranging of a game against UK team Gateshead Panthers as a curtain raiser for the Czech Republic XIII v British Police game led to even greater numbers at training.

A combined Beroun schools team played the first ever junior game in the country on May 23rd 2007, defeated 30-18 by Gateshead Panthers in front of over 1,300 spectators including all the pupils from the participating schools. The skill level and enthusiasm shown by the novice Czech team impressed the visiting guests, including RFL chief Richard Lewis, including eye-catching performances from 15-year-old Honza Buben at loose forward, Lada Šebek in the centre and fullback Kuba Hrbač.

With 5 of the outstanding Czech junior players being selected to represent the Euro Celts team in the European Nations U16s championships in Serbia, coach Andy Fairhurst accompanied the team to Belgrade where the Czech players impressed in helping the 6th-seeded Euro Celts to a 3rd overall placing, beating hosts Serbia in the 3rd/4th playoff final. The Czech’s outstanding player Honza Buben was unlucky not to be selected in the tournament-best Euro Select XIII after being narrowly outvoted on the final day, a considerable feat considering he only saw a rugby ball for the first time some four months previously.

Whilst in Serbia, junior players Petr Dobřemýsl and Lada Šebek also played for a Belgrade team in the Serbian domestic competition as well as representing the Euro Celts, whilst 18-year old Kuba Hrbač from Hlinky school has already appeared in the senior Czech national team against a touring UK side and in the international games with Germany and Serbia.

In January 2008 the first junior club was launched, the Beroun Black Panthers, named after the Gateshead Panthers who were the first opposition for the team and donated their playing kit after the match. The team is coached and managed by Michal Priputen and Kuba Hrbač and a number of other volunteers, and will play domestic games and tour games at u16 and u18 level in 2008.