Budapest Exiles
Full nameBudapest Exiles Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Exiles
Founded1991
LocationBudapest, Hungary
Ground(s)Spartacus stadium, near Hatar ut metro, Budapest
PresidentFrance Francois Taillo
Coach(es)England Neil Johnston and VenezuelaThomas Aponte
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 by Neil Currie. They were rapidly followed by Nick Langford (the kit) and Jean-Claude Fédou (the pitch), who both had significant management skills. Other players played a prominent role in the launching such as Tom Howard (the logo) and Mike Caroll (more men), and Philippe Marcheteau (the French). Bain coined the club name "The Exiles" on a recommendation from the former dissident Sulyok Miklos. The management was against a political and provocative title but it stuck with the team. Bain was "called in" to the UK Embassy for explanations, the ambassador having been a 1956 exile he did not take it lightly. The team had a steep initiation curve that culminated in the drafting of the Statutes by Currie and Langford. John Zsigo did all the official translations. Upon approval of the statutes Jean-Claude Fédou was elected first President by a large majority. Niel Currie ended up advising the referees country-wide, and refereeing international matches such as Romania / Hungary and the Sevens in Vienna. That's about it for the inception.


Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union
Philip Angel Hooker England England
Pascal Acquemin Fly-half France France
Péter Füstös Hooker Hungary Hungary
Zsolt Szendrey-Kiss Hooker Hungary Hungary
Tamás Bolgár Hooker Hungary Hungary
Lajos Bihari Prop Hungary Hungary
Ted Coe Prop United States United States
Zsolt Habóczki Lock Hungary Hungary
Géza Juhász Lock Hungary Hungary
Matyas Bihari Lock Hungary Hungary
Remy Segretain Flanker France France
Jason Weistroffer Flanker France France
Francois Taillander Flanker France France
Jake Hines Flanker England England
Remy Jan Flanker France France
André Brand Number 8 South Africa South Africa
Roland Kollárszky Number 8 Hungary Hungary
Player Position Union
Tibor Pásztor Scrum-half Hungary Hungary
Clarence du Cellier Joubert Fly-half France France
Gareth Lloyd Fly-half Wales Wales
Nicolas Valloo Centre France France
Myles Ellison Centre Scotland Scotland
Csanád Bánhegyi Wing Hungary Hungary
Andy Davis Wing England England
Ádám Hosszú Wing Hungary Hungary
Mehdi Benaniba Wing France France
Federico Sciotti Wing Italy Italy
Andrew Clark Wing New Zealand New Zealand
Conor Duignan Fullback Ireland Ireland
Arnaud Chassis Fullback France France
Scott Torrance Fullback Scotland Scotland
Eoin Kilkenny Fullback Ireland Ireland

Former players

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

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

References

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