Hamburg Exiles RFC

The Hamburg Exiles Rugby Football Club is a German rugby union club from Hamburg, currently playing in the Rugby-Regionalliga North.[1] The club organizes a yearly rugby sevens competition called the Hamburg Sevens.[2][3]

Hamburg Exiles RFC
Full nameHamburg Exiles RFC
UnionGerman Rugby Federation
Founded1966
LocationHamburg, Germany
Ground(s)Saarlandstraße
ChairmanTjark Bekker
Coach(es)Paul McGuigan
Captain(s)Olivier Chierotti
League(s)Rugby-Regionalliga
2016–17Rugby-Regionalliga North, 5th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.hamburg-exiles.de

The club fields two teams, the Hamburg Exiles RFC which plays in the Rugby-Regionalliga North and a seeder team, the SG Exiles RFC /HSV II, which plays in the Verbandsliga North.[4]

History

The Hamburg Exiles were formed in 1966 by players of both FC St. Pauli Rugby and Hamburger RC. The event that cause the foundation of the club was a change in the rules of the German Rugby Federation which limited the amount of foreign players which could be field during a match. Foreign born players, feeling that their clubs had not protected them from the rule changes decided to fund a new club with a more international orientation.[3]

References
  1. "Regionalliga Nord Spielpläne". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. "Hamburg Sevens". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  3. "Hamburg Exiles RFC (About)". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  4. "Verbandsliga Nord Spielpläne". Retrieved 27 February 2017.
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