The Hamburg Exiles Rugby Football Club is a

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club from

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, currently playing in the

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North. The club organizes a yearly rugby sevens competition called the Hamburg Sevens. The club fields two teams, the ''Hamburg Exiles RFC'' which plays in the

North and a seeder team, the ''SG Exiles RFC /HSV II'', which plays in the Verbandsliga North.

History

The ''Hamburg Exiles'' were formed in 1966 by players of both

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and

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which limited the number of foreign players which could be field during a match. Foreign born players, feeling that their clubs had not protected them from the rule changes decided to fund a new club with a more international orientation.

References

External links

Official website

Official twitter account
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Hamburg Exiles RFC club info at totalrugby.de
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Rugby union in Hamburg