Battai Bulldogok RK is a Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 rugby

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 club in Százhalombatta

Százhalombatta

Százhalombatta is a town in Pest county, Hungary. The name of this town in Hungarian literally means "One hundred tumuli" referring to the tumulus field at the edge of the town.- History :...

. 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 of 1989 by Csaba Mátyás and among the founders were a number of former judo and canoeing internationals. 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

Nemzeti Bajnokság II (Rugby union)

* Gyulai Várvédők RK were originally slated to play in this tournament as well, but they seem to have withdrawn altogether, due to lack of playing numbers.-Champions:* 1990 Battai Bulldogok* 1991* 1992 Battai Bulldogok* 1993 Budapest Exiles...

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Honours

• Nemzeti Bajnokság I
  • 1997, 2009, 2010
• Nemzeti Bajnokság II
  • 1990, 1992
• Hungarian Cup
  Magyar Kupa (rugby)
  -History:The first final was contested in 1991 and won by Zöld Sólymok , a possible forerunner of Elefántok.-Results:-External links:...
  
  
  • 1997

Current squad

External links

Battai Bulldogok RK