Valencia Huracanes
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| Full name | Valencia Huracanes | |
| Colours | Blue and Orange | |
| Founded | 2019 | |
| Website | [1] | |
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| Chairman | Dean Buchan | |
| Coach | Adrien Frigola | |
| Competition | Espana Rugby League | |
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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
[edit]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][3] A number of other fixtures against English clubs were planed through 2020,[4][5] but never occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.