Budapest Exiles RFC

Budapest Exiles

Full name	Budapest Exiles Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	Exiles
Founded	1991
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Ground(s)	Pesterzsebet Sports Ground (47.430853,19.099644), Budapest
President	Francois Taillo
Coach(es)	Nico Valloo (player-coach)
League(s)	Extraliga
Team kit

Budapest Exiles RFC is a Hungarian rugby club in Budapest. They are the currently champions in the Hungarian Extra Liga. The club used to be confined to expatriates, but since 2000 Hungarian players have been welcomed to join.^[1]

History

The club was founded in 1991.

It later merged with Yeti RK, a club from the nearby village of Leányfalu.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Philip Angel Hooker England Péter Füstös Hooker Hungary Zsolt Szendrey-Kiss Hooker Hungary Tamás Bolgár Hooker Hungary Lajos Bihari Prop Hungary Ted Coe Prop United States Zsolt Habóczki Lock Hungary Géza Juhász Lock Hungary Matyas Bihari Lock Hungary Remy Segretain Flanker France Jason Weistroffer Flanker France Francois Taillander Flanker France Jake Hines Flanker England Remy Jan Flanker France André Brand Number 8 South Africa Roland Kollárszky Number 8 Hungary

Player Position Union Tibor Pásztor Scrum-half Hungary Clarence du Cellier Joubert Fly-half France Gareth Lloyd Fly-half Wales Nicolas Valloo Centre France Myles Ellison Centre Scotland Blaise Malta-Bey Centre France Csanád Bánhegyi Wing Hungary Andy Davis Wing England Ádám Hosszú Wing Hungary Mehdi Benaniba Wing France Federico Sciotti Wing Italy Andrew Clark Wing New Zealand Conor Duignan Fullback Ireland Arnaud Chassis Fullback France Scott Torrance Fullback Scotland Eoin Kilkenny Fullback Ireland

Former Players

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Arno Franken Flanker South Africa Róbert Veress Prop Hungary Gyula Nikoletti Prop Hungary Tibor Horvath Prop Hungary Brian Fitzgerald Prop Ireland Matt Edwards Lock Canada Colin Brown Fly-half Canada Pál Mihalovics Fly-half Hungary André Marques Centre Portugal Elias Deceuster Centre Belgium Christophe Mann Centre Austria Laszlo Harangozo Centre Hungary Tatsuro Kawai Wing Japan Grant McKenzie Fullback Scotland Michael Toomey Fly-half Ireland Zoltán Máthé Flanker Hungary

References

1. Budapest Exiles History

External links

• (English) (Hungarian) Budapest Exiles RFC
• (English) (Hungarian)