Hungary national rugby league team explained

Hungary
Badge:HungaryRL.png
Badge Size:180px
Nickname:Magyar Bulls
Governing Body:Hungarian Rugby League Federation
Region:Europe
Coach: Jonathan Wilson
Captain:Dane Weatherill, James Kovac, Nathan Farkas
Most Caps:Simon Kalafusz, Joel saaghy (9)
First Game: 16–38
(Kecskemét, Hungary; July 2011)
Largest Win: 56–4
(Budapest, Hungary; July 2017)
Largest Loss: 0–90
(Budapest, Hungary; October 2013)
Rlif Rank:48
World Cup Apps:0
Emerging Nations World Championships Apps:1
Emerging Nations World Championships Best:4th

The Hungary national rugby league team, known as the Magyar Bulls, represents Hungary in the sport of rugby league football. Making their debut against the Czech Republic in July 2011, they played their first ranked international against Greece in October 2013.

History

Magyar Bulls RLFC, Hungary's National Rugby league team was founded in Budapest in May 2011 by members of the Budapest Exiles RFC, keen to try rugby league and with an open invitation to other teams in Hungary to send players - all with the objective of honouring an invitation to play in the CEE European Bowl competition vs. the Czech Republic.

From small beginnings on a Monday evening, on Margit Island, in the middle of the Danube, the squad has grown to be able to select a nucleus of 20 players to play against the Czech Republic on 23 July.[1] The pull of playing international RL has seen enquiries to train and play from a number of other clubs in Hungary as well as players of Hungarian origin who have travelled back to play from Italy and the UK.

In June 2013, Hungary was granted Observer status by the RLEF.[2] They subsequently played their first fully sanctioned international against a Greece team featuring professional players Michael Korkidas and Braith Anasta. In 2014, Tour in Paris again and Hungary competed in the inaugural Balkans Cup tournament in Serbia. This was Hungary's first International tournament. Hungary finished the overall tournament in fourth place. They also made history in the tournament, as they recorded their first ever international try in their match with Bosnia.[3] In 2015 Tour in Belgrade on Euro 9' Tournament.

Current squad

Hungary can call eligible players like Kurt Falls, Blake Mozer and Myles Gal.

Squad selected for the 2018 Emerging Nations World Championship;[4]

Results

A † denotes that the match did not contribute to the RLIF World Rankings.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mouret, Aimé. Le Who's Who du rugby à XIII. December 2011. Ixcéa. 978-2-84918-118-8. Toulouse. 131. fr. Hongrie.
  2. Web site: 21 June 2013. Hungary and Saudi Arabia Awarded Observer Status. RLEF. 3 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20180215023637/http://www.rlef.eu.com/news/article/633/hungary-and-saudi-arabia-awarded. 15 February 2018. dead.
  3. Web site: RLEF . 21 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924114356/http://www.rlef.eu.com/other/report?RLE00000597 . 24 September 2015 . dead .
  4. https://www.rlenwc.com/teams/hungary/ Hungary RLENWC