Battai Bulldogok RK

Battai Bulldogok

Full name	Battai Bulldogok Rögbi Klub
Nickname(s)	Bulldogok (Bulldogs)
Founded	1989
Location	Százhalombatta, Hungary
Ground(s)	Százhalombatta Leisure Centre
President	Sándor Tóth
Coach(es)	Vyacheslav Kuzmenko
League(s)	Extraliga
Team kit

Battai Bulldogok RK (also known as gas.hu Battai Bulldogok for sponsorship reasons) is a Hungarian rugby club in Százhalombatta. Their first team currently play in the Extraliga, while their second team, Fekete Sereg (Black Army), play in Nemzeti Bajnokság I.

History

The club was founded in January 1989 by Csaba Mátyás and among the founders were a number of former judo and canoeing internationals.^[1] They played their first match on 15 March 1989 when they took on the now-defunct Érdi Darazsak (Wasps of Érd). In their first full season they won promotion to Nemzeti Bajnokság I, only to be relegated back to Nemzeti Bajnokság II.

Honours

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I ^[2]
  • 1997, 2009, 2010
• Nemzeti Bajnokság II ^[2]
  • 1990, 1992
• Hungarian Cup
  • 1997

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union Dániel Gecse Hooker Hungary Dániel Pluhár Hooker Hungary Vasyl Glushenko Prop Ukraine Péter Ulviczki Prop Hungary Gábor Baranyi Lock Hungary Robert Deli Lock Hungary Miklós Dobai Lock Hungary Attila Baksza Flanker Hungary Norbert Csapó Flanker Hungary Imre Juhász Flanker Hungary József Surman Flanker Hungary Tamás Balogh Number 8 Hungary Máté Tóth Number 8 Hungary

Player Position Union Gergő Bán Scrum-half Hungary László Janotka Fly-half Hungary László Teisenhoffer Fly-half Hungary Gabriel Garin Centre Argentina Achilles Gyurcsik Centre Hungary Dávid Karsai Centre Hungary Attila Prakter Centre Hungary Ádám Belencsák Wing Hungary Gábor Kendi Wing Hungary Gábor Farkasinski Fullback Hungary Szilárd Jung Fullback Hungary

References

External links

• (Hungarian) Battai Bulldogok RK

Hungarian Extraliga (plus Spartan Oradea of Romania)
Teams 2011-12	Battai Bulldogok Budapest Exiles Esztergomi Vitézek Fit World Gorillák Kecskeméti Atlétika és Rugby Club Spartan Oradea