Hungary national rugby league team

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. 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. 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. 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;

• Karoly Acsai
• Benjamin Bronzon
• Mark Czifra
• Andras Eglesz
• Aaron Farkas
• David Farkas
• Jared Farkas
• Nathan Farkas
• Stuart Flanagan
• Jayson Gerecs
• Lenard Grimm
• Istvan Krupp
• Zsolt Lukacs
• Paul McKewin
• Gergely Nagy
• Gyula Nikoletti
• Josh Institoris
• Daniel Ivan
• Paul Ivan
• Simon Kalafusz
• James Kovac
• Stephen Kovacs
• Paul Mozar
• Billy Mozer
• Lachlyn Mulford
• Joel Saaghy
• Shane Stevens
• Joseph Toth
• Cruize Turay
• Josh Warner
• Dane Weatherill
• Brent Varga

Results

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

IRL Rankings

See also

• Hungarian Rugby League Federation

References

External links

• Official website
• Magyar Bulls RLFC blog page [16]
• Magyar Bulls RLFC YouTube channel [17]
• RLEF (Rugby League Europe Federation News site - Squad announcement [18]
• RLEF (Rugby League Europe Federation News site - Official match report for the first game [19]
• RLEF (Rugby League Europe Federation)[20]
• "An appetite for Rugby League?" - Forty-Twenty Magazine - article dated 30 June (pages 38–39)- Adam Nunn and Phil Caplan
• "Reality Czech" - Rugby League World magazine - article dated August 2011 (pages 65–67) - Tom Coates