[2] Hungary first entered the qualifiers for the 1995 World Cup in 1993, being at the wrong end of an 8–67 scoreline against Israel.

Things went better in the 1999 qualifying rounds, where they beat Lithuania and Luxembourg, but lost to Andorra and Sweden.

The 2007 qualifying was their worst performance to date, losing all four matches played, including a 9–63 thumping by Spain.

The badge on the shirt derives from the Csodaszarvas, a mythological stag that led the ancient Hungarian people to the Pannonian Basin.

Hungary plays its home games at the Budapest Rugby Center in Kincsem Park.