Icelandic Exiles Rugby Football Club

The Icelandic Exiles took part in the scandinavian seven's this year. Even though the wins didn't show up we had a lot of fun and that is what is important when playing rugby!

The Icelandic Exiles first tour in 5 years took place this last weekend. The team went on a social tour to the Scandinavian open 7's in Copenhagen. With only 10 players in total, of which one was already injured and not supposed to play, the team was a little under strength. The players were gathered half and half from the Reykjavík Raiders and the Esbjerg Rugby Klub from Denmark -with with nothing but legends on both sides.

The players played under the following shirt numbers and nicknames at the tournament:

5 The Joker
18 Baguette
2 Hurricane
6 Husted
14 El Mexican
4 Road Runner
7 Iron Man
1 Number One
3 Mighty Mouse
8 Mammut
7 Emilio

The team ended up being placed in a fairly competitive pool on the first day of games and unfortunately only got one draw and three losses that first day.

All players redeemed themselves fully on the social side however in the evening by being some of the hardest hitting and genial party goers at the tournament, rocking up in a princess costume theme that we partially shared with the Esbjerg Rugby Klub women's team which was also at the tournament.

Morning after was rough on all social teams like the Exiles but the team persevered and went on to win one match while loosing the other two remaining games, one of which was extremely close until the bitter end.

All in all I would call this tour a huge success for all involved and all the boys had a great time. I look forward to looking at other touring options for the Icelandic Exiles next year.

Check out our photo album from the tour.



Birnir Orri Pétursson
Team Manager

Chuck Hamilton, a friend of rugby here in Iceland was asking if we knew of anyone that was interested in an Old Boys tour of the Benelux countries in October. I told him I would post about it here, details from Chuck below:

"Hello!

I have room for 4 Old Boys on this tour of the Benelux countries, arriving Amsterdam Oct 6, @ $2,799/head Double occ

The payment plan would be 9 payments, first one ($299) due Jan 2. Following payments slightly larger.

Tour Kit will be separate as always.
(jersey, kitbag, t-shirts, bottle opener giveaways, etc.), subsidized by sponsorships.

If you are definitely in, please PM me!

Questions? Please ask!

Tour details below:

staying 8 nights in 4-star hotels, w/guided trans in each locale. Price may flux due to exchange rate and headcount.

Package Includes:

3 Nights @ Doubletree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station (Oct 6th to 9th)
City Canal Tour of Amsterdam with Heineken Experience (Oct 7th)
Rugby Game Day (October 8th)
Private Transfer from Amsterdam to Brussels (Oct 9th)
3 Nights @ NH Collection Brussels City Centre (Oct 9th to 12th)
Brussels City Tour (October 9th)
Brussels Game Day (October 10th)
Bruges Belgium Full Day Tour (October 11th)
Transfer to Luxembourg (private) (October 12th)
2 Nights @ Melia Hotel Luxembourg (October 12th to 14th)
Luxembourg City Tour (October 12th)
Game Day in Luxembourg (October 13th)
Transfer from Luxembourg to Brussels Airport (morning of 10/14)
Breakfast Daily
All Taxes
Dedicated Tour Leader/ Bus and Driver 24/7 Throughout your Stay
24 Hour Concierge Service"

Let Chuck know if you are interested.

Best regards

Birnir Orri Pétursson
Reykjavík Raiders Club President

Rent A Tent, the main sponsor of The Reykjavík Raiders women's rugby team is already advertising for the next National Festival (Þjóðhátíð) which takes place once per year in the Westman Islands and is the larges festival in Iceland every year. This year the festival will be held between the 3rd and 7th of August.

More info about the festival can be found here:
https://dalurinn.is/en/page/history

Rent A Tent rents out tents to people leading up to the festival and when the festival starts the tents are already up and ready to be moved into. Below you can see the Rent A Tent area from last year. All available tents have been fully booked weeks in advance of the festival for the last five years.

The tent area is always in the valley itself so it could not be closer to the festivities but is also separated from the rest by a fence for added security. Rent A Tent also offers some additional personal security to its customers and for the last two years members of the Reykjavík Raiders have taken care of said security.

Það gleður okkur að tilkynna að við höfum opnað fyrir sölu á Þjóðhátíð 2017! Það hefur alltaf orðið uppselt hjá okkur og hvetjum við því áhugasama til að bóka tímanlega.

Info on the Reykjavik Raiders first training session of the season. The Reykjavik Raiders are currently the only rugby club in Iceland with regular training session throughout the rugby season in Iceland (April - October). The posters are in Icelandic.