Valencia Huracanes
{{short description|Spanish rugby league club, based in Valencia}}
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|colours = Blue and Orange
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|chairman = Dean Buchan
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|league = Espana Rugby League
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|position = 5th
|ground = Estadio de Rugby, Villajoyosa
|capacity = 3,000
|coach = Adrien Frigola
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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.{{cite web|url=http://valencia-international.com/rugby-valencia-hurracanes-launch/ |title=Valencia Huracanes launch |publisher=Valencia International |date=11 January 2020}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/valencia-set-stage-grand-final-20721898 |title= Valencia set to stage Grand Final repeat as part of ambitious plans to take professional rugby league to Spain |website= Daily Mirror |date=25 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.featherstonerovers.co.uk/news/report-valencia-huracanes-14-102-rovers-gpAnt|title=REPORT: VALENCIA HURACANES 14-102 ROVERS|last=Ltd|first=Go Media|website=Featherstone Rovers|access-date=2020-01-13}} A number of other fixtures against English clubs were planned through 2020,{{Cite web|url=https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/sport/18266847.keighley-set-face-valencia-may-friendly/|title=Keighley set face Valencia May friendly|website=Keighley News|access-date=2020-01-27}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/rochdale-confirm-friendly-against-valencia-huracanes/|title=Rochdale confirm friendly against-Valencia Huracanes|website=Love Rugby League|access-date=2020-01-27}} but never occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See also
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References
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External links
- {{official website|https://valenciahuracanes.com/}}
Category:Rugby clubs established in 2019
Category:2019 establishments in Spain
Category:Rugby league teams in Spain