Budapest Exiles RFC

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Budapest Exiles
Full nameBudapest Exiles Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Exiles
Founded1991
Location Budapest, Hungary
Ground(s)Spartacus stadium, near Hatar ut metro, Budapest
President Flag of France.svg Francois Taillo
Coach(es) Flag of England.svg Neil Johnston and Flag of Venezuela.svg Thomas Aponte
League(s) Extraliga
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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]

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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.

PlayerPositionUnion
Philip Angel Hooker Flag of England.svg England
Pascal Acquemin Fly-half Flag of France.svg France
Péter Füstös Hooker Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Zsolt Szendrey-Kiss Hooker Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Tamás Bolgár Hooker Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Lajos Bihari Prop Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Ted Coe Prop Flag of the United States.svg United States
Zsolt Habóczki Lock Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Géza Juhász Lock Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Matyas Bihari Lock Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Remy Segretain Flanker Flag of France.svg France
Jason Weistroffer Flanker Flag of France.svg France
Francois Taillander Flanker Flag of France.svg France
Jake Hines Flanker Flag of England.svg England
Remy Jan Flanker Flag of France.svg France
André Brand Number 8 Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Roland Kollárszky Number 8 Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
PlayerPositionUnion
Tibor Pásztor Scrum-half Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Clarence du Cellier Joubert Fly-half Flag of France.svg France
Gareth Lloyd Fly-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Nicolas Valloo Centre Flag of France.svg France
Myles Ellison Centre Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Csanád Bánhegyi Wing Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Andy Davis Wing Flag of England.svg England
Ádám Hosszú Wing Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Mehdi Benaniba Wing Flag of France.svg France
Federico Sciotti Wing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Andrew Clark Wing Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand
Conor Duignan Fullback IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Arnaud Chassis Fullback Flag of France.svg France
Scott Torrance Fullback Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Eoin Kilkenny Fullback IRFU flag.svg Ireland

Former players

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

PlayerPositionUnion
Arno Franken Flanker Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa
Róbert Veress Prop Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Gyula Nikoletti Prop Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Tibor Horvath Prop Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Brian Fitzgerald Prop IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Matt Edwards Lock Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Colin Brown Fly-half Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Pál Mihalovics Fly-half Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
André Marques Centre Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
Elias Deceuster Centre Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium
Christophe Mann Centre Flag of Austria.svg Austria
Laszlo Harangozo Centre Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Tatsuro Kawai Wing Flag of Japan.svg Japan
Grant McKenzie Fullback Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland
Michael Toomey Fly-half IRFU flag.svg Ireland
Zoltán Máthé Flanker Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary
Stéphane Le Donné Flanker Flag of France.svg France

References