Valencia Huracanes

Spanish rugby league club, based in Valencia
  • Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa (3,000)
ChairmanDean BuchanCoachAdrien FrigolaCompetitionEspana Rugby LeagueUniforms
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The Valencia Huracanes or Los Huracanes are a Spanish rugby league club, based in Valencia. They have applied to join the Rugby Football League's League 1 competition. During 2020 they have exhibition matches scheduled and will compete in the Espana Rugby league with a focus on developing Spanish players.[1] They were announced as one of the teams comprising the inaugural Euro XIII Cup competition in 2022.

History

The club was first formed in 2019 by Dean Buchan, an English businessman who formed a consortium which submitted a proposal to compete in Rugby Football League competition. Their goal for 2020 is to form a competitive squad to be able to compete in 2021 in League One. They planned to stage a double header with Super League XXIV finalists St. Helens and Salford Red Devils but that fell through and they instead hosted a standalone fixture against the Featherstone Rovers, which they lost 102–14.[2]

Current squad

Inaugural squad vs Featherstone Rovers[3] [4]

Los Huracanes Rugby league squad

Centre

  • Aitor Romero Diaz

Prop

  • Ruben Romero Diaz

Hookers

  • Miquel Tomas Enrique

Back Rowers

  • Ruben Olivares Munoz

Dual Registered

  • Connor Aspey (Salford Red Devils)
  • Luis Roberts (Salford Red Devils)
  • Sam Bardsley (Salford Red Devils )

Coaching Staff

  • Adrien Frigola (Head Coach)

Results

Date Home Score Away Competition Venue Attendance Source
11 January 2020 Valencia Huracanes 14 – 102 Featherstone Rovers Friendly Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa 586 [5]
May 2020 Keighley Cougars Cancelled Valencia Huracanes Friendly Cougar Park, Keighley, England N/A [6]
June 2020 Rochdale Hornets Cancelled Valencia Huracanes Friendly Spotland Stadium, Rochdale, England N/A [7]
5 July 2020 North Luzon Headhunters Postponed Valencia Huracanes Friendship Cup 2020 Manila, Philippines N/A [8]
January 2021 Valencia Huracanes – Featherstone Rovers Friendly Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa TBA [9]

See also

  • Sports portal
  • flagSpain portal

References

  1. ^ "Valencia Huracanes launch". Valencia International. 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Valencia set to stage Grand Final repeat as part of ambitious plans to take professional rugby league to Spain". Daily Mirror. 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Valencia reveal first players for Featherstone test". Love Rugby League. 8 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Salford trio loaned to Valencia". Love Rugby League. 10 January 2020.
  5. ^ Ltd, Go Media. "REPORT: VALENCIA HURACANES 14-102 ROVERS". Featherstone Rovers. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  6. ^ "Keighley set face Valencia May friendly". Keighley News. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  7. ^ "Rochdale confirm friendly against-Valencia Huracanes". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  8. ^ "Friendship Cup 2020". Valencia Huracanes. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  9. ^ "Rovers return to Spain". Featherstone Rovers. Retrieved 2020-02-27.

External links

  • Official website