Hungary national rugby union team
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Union | Hungarian Rugby Union | ||
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Head coach | Richard Roberts | ||
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World Rugby ranking | |||
Current | 66 (as of 16 January 2023) | ||
Highest | 64 (23 November 2020) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (1990) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (24 September 2005) ![]() ![]() (1 October 2016) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (12 October 2019) |
The Hungary national rugby union team is governed by the Hungarian Rugby Union. They have yet to qualify for the Rugby World Cup, although they have entered qualifiers for all the tournaments from the 1995 edition onwards. They compete annually in the European Nations Cup, currently in Division 2C.
The national side is ranked 68th in the world (as of 29 July 2019).[1]
History
[edit]Hungary played their first official match against East Germany in Érd in 1990, losing 3–7, but they played a number of unofficial matches prior to this, mainly against a likewise unofficial Austrian team, including a match in Győr on 1 May 1983.[2]
Hungary first entered the qualifiers for the 1995 World Cup in 1993, being at the wrong end of an 8–67 scoreline against Israel. Things went better in the 1999 qualifying rounds, where they beat Lithuania and Luxembourg, but lost to Andorra and Sweden.
In the 2003 qualifiers, they won against Andorra and Bulgaria, but lost to Bosnia, Yugoslavia (as Serbia was then still known), and Switzerland. The 2007 qualifying was their worst performance to date, losing all four matches played, including a 9–63 thumping by Spain.
Current squad
[edit]Squad for opening 2023-24 Rugby Europe Conference match against Austria.
- Caps & age not updated.
- Head coach: Richard Roberts
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Áron Erdélyi | Hooker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
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Zsombor Kade | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Alex Hernádi | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Hunor Vodicska | Flanker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Mózes Gyurcsik | Flanker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Thomas Ducrocq | Number 8 | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Márton Sacaze | Scrum-half | 10 March 1997 | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Marc Koteczky | Fly-half | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Erik Csapó | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Márk Stiglmayer | Centre | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Erhard Sovány | Centre | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Erik Szalma | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Kornél Kiss | Fullback | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
István Szabó | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Sámuel Pataki | Hooker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Dávid Őrsi | Prop | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Szabolcs Szőke | Lock | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Dániel Talpai | Flanker | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Imre Szóda | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Dániel Dragonya | Scrum-half | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Bertalan Koltai | Wing | {{{age}}} | {{{caps}}} | ![]() |
Strip
[edit]The badge on the shirt derives from the Csodaszarvas, a mythological stag that led the ancient Hungarian people to the Pannonian Basin.
In the Austria match of 1983, they played in presumably white jerseys with either a black or dark green hoop, black shorts, and either black or dark green socks with white tops. After the MRgSz was established, the team reverted to the flag colors of red, white, and green, with the current strip consisting of red shirts and shorts and green socks.
Grounds
[edit]Hungary plays its home games at the Budapest Rugby Center in Kincsem Park. Most games, before the new stadium was built in 2019, used to be held in Esztergom.
Record
[edit]Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by the Hungary national XV at test level up until 20 April 2024:
Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win percentage |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.67% |
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5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80% |
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4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% |
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
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8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25% |
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4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33.33% |
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13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 38.46% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
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1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0% |
Total | 93 | 35 | 57 | 1 | 37.63% |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Men's Rankings". Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Team photo vs Austria in 1983 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Included in the photo are current MRgSz Honorary President Lajos Vida-Szűcs and current national team manager and president of Esztergomi Vitézek András Neuzer.
External links
[edit]- Magyar Rögbi Szövetség
- Hungary at RugbyData.com – Statistics and results
- Hungary's rugbyhistory in photos and scanned documents from the beginnings in 1968. A continuously expanding archive in chronological order. It is mostly in Hungarian, still easy to follow the relevant events – including the national side games.