Valencia Huracanes

Valencia Huracanes
Club information
Full nameValencia Huracanes
ColoursBlue and Orange
Founded2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Website[1]
Current details
Ground(s)
ChairmanDean Buchan
CoachAdrien Frigola
CompetitionEspana Rugby League
Uniforms
Home colours

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][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

References

  1. ^ "Valencia Huracanes launch". Valencia International. 11 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Valencia set to stage Grand Final repeat as part of ambitious plans to take professional rugby league to Spain". Daily Mirror. 25 October 2019.
  3. ^ Ltd, Go Media. "REPORT: VALENCIA HURACANES 14-102 ROVERS". Featherstone Rovers. Retrieved 2020-01-13.
  4. ^ "Keighley set face Valencia May friendly". Keighley News. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
  5. ^ "Rochdale confirm friendly against-Valencia Huracanes". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 2020-01-27.