Hamburg Exiles RFC
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| Full name | Hamburg Exiles RFC | ||
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| Union | German Rugby Federation | ||
| Founded | 1966 | ||
| Location | Hamburg, Germany | ||
| Ground(s) | Saarlandstraße | ||
| Chairman | Tjark Bekker | ||
| Coach(es) | Paul McGuigan | ||
| Captain(s) | Olivier Chierotti | ||
| League(s) | Rugby-Regionalliga | ||
| 2016–17 | Rugby-Regionalliga North, 5th | ||
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| Official website | |||
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The Hamburg Exiles Rugby Football Club is a German rugby union club from Hamburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga North.[1] The club organizes a yearly rugby sevens competition called the Hamburg Sevens.[2][3]
The club fields two teams, the Hamburg Exiles RFC which plays in the Rugby-Regionalliga North and a seeder team, the SG Exiles RFC /HSV II, which plays in the Verbandsliga North.[4]
History[]
The Hamburg Exiles were formed in 1966 by players of both FC St. Pauli Rugby and Hamburger RC. The event that cause the foundation of the club was a change in the rules of the German Rugby Federation 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.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Regionalliga Nord Spielpläne". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Hamburg Sevens". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ a b "Hamburg Exiles RFC (About)". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^ "Verbandsliga Nord Spielpläne". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
External links[]
- Rugby clubs established in 1966
- 1966 establishments in Germany
- German rugby union clubs
- Rugby union in Hamburg