The Hungary national rugby league team, known as the Magyar Bulls, represents

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in the sport of

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football. Making their debut against the

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in July 2011, they played their first ranked international against

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in October 2013.

History and setting up

Magyar Bulls RLFC,

's National

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team was founded in Budapest in May 2011 by members of the

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, 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

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, in the middle of the Danube, the squad has grown to be able to select a nucleus of 20 players to play against the

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

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and

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. In 2014, Tour in Paris again and Hungary competed in the inaugural

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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

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. In 2015 Tour in Belgrade on Euro 9' Tournament.

Current squad

Squad selected for the

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;https://www.rlenwc.com/teams/hungary/ Hungary RLENWC * Karoly Acsai *

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* Andras Eglesz *

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* Nathan Farkas *

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* Istvan Krupp * Zsolt Lukacs * Paul McKewin * Gergely Nagy * Gyula Nikoletti * Josh Institoris *

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* Paul Ivan * Simon Kalafusz * James Kovac * Stephen Kovacs * Paul Mozar * Billy Mozer * Lachlyn Mulford * Joel Saaghy * Shane Stevens * Joseph Toth * Cruize Turay * Josh Warner *

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Hungarian National Rugby League in Australia

In 2016, Hungary began searching for players in Australia of Hungarian heritage to play for Hungary. This was met with resounding response, with many quality players putting their name down. Several training sessions were held in Sydney by coach John Wilson and manager Stephen Németh. On Saturday the 4 February 2017, Hungary played their first test match outside of Europe against

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who were making their International debut, in front of 500 spectators. Hungary ran away with the game 50-4 in a dominant display. The team consisted of only Australian players with Hungarian heritage. This was also Hungary's first test match victory across any continent. The four Farkas brothers were outstanding, scoring 30 of the 50 points between themselves alone, with Aaron Farkas accumulating 16 himself in a spectacular performance at hooker. Alexander Fricska scored a try on debut. On Wednesday the 8 February 2017, just 4 days after the first test played outside of the Europe, Hungary played their second against a stronger

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side, featuring ex NRL and Super league coach Brian Smith, in front of 100 spectators. Hungary opened up the scoring with 2 quick tries, before scoring 2 more before the half. Thailand came out strong in the second half scoring first points, however Hungary were too strong and ran out 44-10 winners becoming just their second test match victory since the teams origin 6 years prior. The game was almost called off as the night before, a storm washed out the majority of Sydney's Rugby League fields. Just hours before kickoff, the game was rescheduled at

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, instead of the original venue, Erskineville Oval.

Results

A † denotes that the match did not contribute to the

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Overall record

Cap Number and playing record

As of 8 February 2017.

References

External links

* * Magyar Bulls RLFC blog pag

* Magyar Bulls RLFC YouTube channe

* RLEF (Rugby League Europe Federation News site - Squad announcemen

* RLEF (Rugby League Europe Federation News site - Official match report for the first gam

*RLEF (Rugby League Europe Federatio

*"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 {{Portal bar, Sports, Hungary Hungary national rugby league team, National rugby league teams