Valencia Huracanes

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Valencia Huracanes
Club information
Full nameValencia Huracanes
ColoursBlue and Orange
Founded2019;4 years ago (2019)
Website
Current details
Ground(s)
ChairmanDean Buchan
CoachAdrien Frigola
Competition Espana Rugby League
Uniforms
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Home colours

The Valencia Huracanes or Los Huracanes are a Spanish rugby league club, based in Valencia. They have applied to join the Rugby Football League's League 1 competition. During 2020 they have exhibition matches scheduled and will compete in the Espana Rugby league with a focus on developing Spanish players. [1] They were announced as one of the teams comprising the inaugural Euro XIII Cup competition in 2022.

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History

The club was first formed in 2019 by Dean Buchan, an English businessman who formed a consortium which submitted a proposal to compete in Rugby Football League competition. Their goal for 2020 is to form a competitive squad to be able to compete in 2021 in League One. They planned to stage a double header with Super League XXIV finalists St. Helens and Salford Red Devils but that fell through and they instead hosted a standalone fixture against the Featherstone Rovers, which they lost 102–14. [2]

Current squad

Inaugural squad vs Featherstone Rovers [3] [4]

Los Huracanes Rugby league squad

Centre

  • Aitor Romero Diaz

Prop

  • Ruben Romero Diaz

Hookers

  • Miquel Tomas Enrique

Back Rowers

  • Ruben Olivares Munoz

Dual Registered

Coaching Staff

  • Adrien Frigola (Head Coach)

Results

DateHomeScoreAwayCompetitionVenueAttendanceSource
11 January 2020 Spaincolours.png Valencia Huracanes14 – 102 Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Friendly Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa 586 [5]
May 2020 Cougscolours.svg Keighley Cougars Cancelled Spaincolours.png Valencia HuracanesFriendly Cougar Park, Keighley, England N/A [6]
June 2020 Rochdale colours.svg Rochdale Hornets Cancelled Spaincolours.png Valencia HuracanesFriendly Spotland Stadium, Rochdale, England N/A [7]
5 July 2020 North Luzon Headhunters Postponed Spaincolours.png Valencia HuracanesFriendship Cup 2020 Manila, Philippines N/A [8]
January 2021 Spaincolours.png Valencia Huracanes Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers Friendly Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa TBA [9]

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