Valencia Huracanes
| Club information | ||
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| Full name | Valencia Huracanes | |
| Colours | Blue and Orange | |
| Founded | 2019 | |
| Website | [1] | |
| Current details | ||
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| Chairman | Dean Buchan | |
| Coach | Adrien Frigola | |
| Competition | Espana Rugby League | |
| Uniforms | ||
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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 | |
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Centre
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Prop
Hookers
Back Rowers
Dual Registered
Coaching Staff
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Results
| Date | Home | Score | Away | Competition | Venue | Attendance | Source |
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| 11 January 2020 | Valencia Huracanes | 14 – 102 |  Featherstone Rovers
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Friendly | Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa | 586 | [5] |
| May 2020 |  Keighley Cougars
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Cancelled | Valencia Huracanes | Friendly | Cougar Park, Keighley, England | N/A | [6] |
| June 2020 |  Rochdale Hornets
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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
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Friendly | Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa | TBA | [9] |
See also
References
- ^ "Valencia Huracanes launch". Valencia International. 11 January 2020.
- ^ "Valencia set to stage Grand Final repeat as part of ambitious plans to take professional rugby league to Spain". Daily Mirror. 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Valencia reveal first players for Featherstone test". Love Rugby League. 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Salford trio loaned to Valencia". Love Rugby League. 10 January 2020.
- ^ Ltd, Go Media. "REPORT: VALENCIA HURACANES 14-102 ROVERS". Featherstone Rovers. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
- ^ "Keighley set face Valencia May friendly". Keighley News. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
- ^ "Rochdale confirm friendly against-Valencia Huracanes". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
- ^ "Friendship Cup 2020". Valencia Huracanes. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
- ^ "Rovers return to Spain". Featherstone Rovers. Retrieved 2020-02-27.