Austin Huns

Austin Huns Rugby Club
Full name Austin Huns Rugby Football Club
Union USA Rugby
Founded 1972 (1972)
Location Austin, Texas
Ground(s) Huns Field at Nixon Lane
President Christopher Hanson
Director of Rugby United States Luis Sanchez
Coach(es) United States Adam Scheidler
Captain(s) Nicholas Martinez
League(s) Texas Rugby Union
2017 1st (U.S. Division 1)
Team kit
Official website
www.austinhunsrugby.com

The Huns Rugby Football Club is a Men's Rugby Club American rugby union team based in Austin, Texas. In June 2017 they became U.S. Division 1 National Champions beating New York Athletic Club 27-23 in the final match.[1]

History

The Austin Huns were formed in 1972.[2] The Austin Huns Rugby Club has competed in all 3 National USA Rugby 15s divisions and the National 7s division.

In 1993, the Huns competed in the Division II National Championships hosted in Mobile, Alabama. They lost in the semi-final to Santa Rosa Rugby Club 18-15 with Santa Rosa subsequently winning the final. In 1994, the Huns hosted the Division II National Championships in Austin, Texas (won again by Santa Rosa RFC) and in 1995 hosted both the Division I & II National Championships in Austin, Texas.

In 2016, the Huns announced that they would start moving towards professionalism. The Austin Huns were one of the teams of the Major Rugby Championship, a one-off friendly series of games that took place in the spring of 2017. The friendly games included the Austin Huns, the Glendale Raptors, Rugby Utah, the Dallas Griffins, and New Orleans RFC.[3]

In June 2017, the Huns Rugby Football Club beat New York Athletic Club in the U.S. Division 1 final to become National Champions.

In August 2017, the Austin Huns Rugby Club announced they would not be joining the inaugural season of Major League Rugby (MLR).[4] The Huns parted ways with the organization managing the bid for an MLR team in Austin which was subsequently re-branded as Elite Rugby Management and formed the Austin Elite Rugby team.[4]

Teams

In 2017 the Huns Elite side played in a series of exhibition friendlies, with other clubs who are expected to play in the newly formed Major Rugby league in 2018.[5] The Austin Huns 2nd, 3rd, and 4th teams play in Division I, Division II, and Division III, respectively, within USA Rugby's club system in the Red River Conference.[6]

Squad

PlayerPosition
United States Troy SpencerProp
United Kingdom Michael HollisterHooker
United States Nico MartinezProp
Uruguay Juan EcheverriaProp
United States Zach SteinbachLock
United States Brian WelbornLock
United States Jon LittleFlanker
United States Sean PaddyFlanker
United States Phillip Hanson8
United States Aaron BoanScrumhalf
United States Micheal HunterFlyhalf
United States Reilly HungerfordWing
United States Giovanni BonillaCenter
United States Michael ZepedaCenter
Uruguay Andrés VilasecaCenter
United States Chris NelsonWing
United States Andrew HellerFullback

Past Notable players

Sponsors

  • Austin Beerworks
  • Avatar Nutrition
  • Round Rock Hyundai
  • Techline Tools

References

  1. ↑ "Austin Huns grab club's 1st U.S. rugby championship". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  2. ↑ "History". Austin Huns Rugby. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Glendale, Huns, Utah In New Major Rugby Championship". This Is American Rugby. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. 1 2 "Austin Huns Opt Out of Inaugural MLR Season". Austin Huns. 2017-08-15. Archived from the original on 2017-11-10. Retrieved 2017-11-10.
  5. ↑ "Schedule and Results". Austin Huns. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  6. ↑ "RED RIVER MEN'S DIVISION I". USA Rugby. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  7. ↑ "Peter Malcolm". USA Rugby. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
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