Magyar Ausztrál Futball Szövetség

Last Saturday Hungary played its first ever international tournament at the AFL Euro Cup in Newcastle. We took an unconventional route to the British isles swinging by sunny Zadar on the way for a few hours of swimming, landing in Newcastle to be greeted by about 5 Greggs in two blocks. Zoli to consume the first of 15 sausage rolls across the weekend. The obligatory team dinner at Spoons the night before the tournament only built our excitement more for the next day.

On the day fueled up by Gregg’s finest sausage rolls for breakfast we were up against strong competition in a group with Ireland, England and Denmark however the team played with grit across the whole day. It’s a massive effort to play 5 matches in a day, and the boys did well to bring our best to it all, culminating with a win against Austria. Overall it was a fantastic day out.

Congratulations to Matyi for scoring Hungary’s first ever goal at an international cup, and to Beni for scoring the winning goal against Austria. A solid effort by Tom for nearly winning Hungary the chocolates in the Longest Kick competition. Congratulations to Zoli for being selected in team of the tournament. Thanks to Zuszi for keeping us in line as team manager.

But above all a massive congratulations to the whole AFL Hungary Team for making this happen, from being formed last year to getting a win in an international tournament is a huge effort. Hajra Magyarok!

Thank you for AFL Europe for organising the competition and the teams we played against for giving us a good run. We will look forward to being back in future!

Final Scores

Pool A
Ireland 49 def. Hungary 0
England 72 def. Hungary 6
Denmark 43 def. Hungary 9

Finals
Poland 56 def. Hungary 2
Hungary 9 def. Austria 5

Credit Gary Brigden Photography

Your team to take on the best of Europe in Newcastle tomorrow! 💪🇭🇺

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A tough, close contest in Vienna!
Last Saturday our Men's National Team travelled to Vienna to take on the Austrians.

The home side jumped out of the blocks early piling on 5 early goals to our solitary point. Then after a qtr time regrouping, we started getting our hands on the ball with our young guns Matyi, Balázs and Charlie and ruckman Bende leading the way in the midfield. Doug and Andrej held down the fort down back, giving Brett and Zoltan the space to rebound off half-back. Chris and Benji played important roles both as on-field coaches and bringing the ball to ground in the forward line, which brought our half-forwards Beni, Ádám, Boti and Jules into play. In the end, despite winning the last 3 quarters, the Austrians prevailed by 13 points.

All in all, a fantastic team performance with everyone playing their role! The improvement of the team has been unreal and we will continue improving week-by-week.

Special mentions go to Charlie for receiving BOG for his stellar performance and to Abel for helping out the Austrians when they needed the numbers! Thank you to the Vienna Galahs for putting on a great day!

Next stop for our National Team: Newcastle, Euro Cup, 4th July! Plenty of club games and other events on till then!

Your amazing team for this Saturday ❤🤍💚

MOST SZOMBATON, férfi válogatottunk felkészülési mérkőzést játszik Ausztria ellen Bécsben! Hamarosan érkezünk a csapatbejelentéssel 👀🇭🇺💪

THIS WEEKEND, our men's national team travel to Vienna to take on Austria! Keep an eye out for the team announcement coming out very soon 👀🇭🇺💪
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