The Hamburg Exiles Rugby Football Club is a German rugby union club from Hamburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga North.[2] The club organizes a yearly rugby sevens competition called the Hamburg Sevens.[3]
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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 | Philipp Ulrich | ||
| Coach(es) | Andre Van Niekerk [1] | ||
| Captain(s) | Trevor Pretorius | ||
| League(s) | Rugby-Regionalliga | ||
| 2023–24 | Rugby-Verbandsliga | ||
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| Official website | |||
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The club currently fields one team which plays in the Verbandsliga North. Prior the club had a separate seeder team, combining news players to Rugby Union from different clubs in Hamburg.
Despite playing Rugby, the clubs holds a strong focus on social events. Various events are organized throughout the year to attract new players and give expats and locals an opportunity to get in touch with the club. The main social event takes place in Hamburg City Hall.
History
editThe Hamburg Exiles were formed in 1966 by foreign-born players of the FC St. Pauli Rugby and Hamburger RC teams who, feeling their clubs had not shielded them from changes in German Rugby Federation rules limiting how many foreign players could be fielded during a match, decided to found a club with a more international orientation.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Andre Van Niekerk Player statistics". Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Regionalliga Nord Spielpläne". Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "Hamburg Sevens". Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "About Exiles RFC". Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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