Vigo RC

Blusens Networks Universidade

Full name	Vigo Rugby Club
Founded	1988
Location	Vigo, Spain
Ground(s)	Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende (Capacity: 2,000)
President	Ramón González-Iglesias Babé
Coach(es)	Alberto Mera
League(s)	División de Honor B
2014–15	División de Honor, 12th – relegated
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
vigorugby.com

Vigo Rugby Club (known for sponsorship reasons as Blu:Sens Network–Universidade Vigo) is a rugby union club based in Vigo, in the Spanish autonomous community of Galicia. The club competes in the top-flight División de Honor since 2011–12 season.

History

In 1987, a group of university students arrived in Vigo for their Christmas holiday. They played rugby on one of Vigo's beaches and decided to form a rugby club. The Vigo Rugby Club was founded in 1988 with Quique Paz as the first chairman of the board of directors. It began playing in the Segunda División Regional, and were promoted in their first season to the Primera División Regional.^[1]

In 1992, the club was absorbed by the University of Vigo, which took over operations. In 1999, the club regained control of operations, but continued the partnership with the university.^[1] They play their home games at Campus As Lagoas-Marcosende on the campus of the University of Vigo.^[2]

In 2011, Vigo RC was promoted to the top-flight División de Honor.

Honours

• Copa Xunta: 14
  • Champions: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1994–95 2 Primera Nacional 7th 1995–96 2 Primera Nacional 8th 1996–97 2 Primera Nacional 7th 1997–98 2 Primera Nacional 6th 1998–99 3 Primera Nacional 4th 1999–00 3 Primera Nacional 3rd 2000–01 3 Primera Nacional 2nd 2001–02 3 Primera Nacional 2nd 2002–03 3 Primera Nacional 3rd 2003–04 3 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted 2004–05 2 División de Honor B 5th

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 2005–06 2 División de Honor B 2nd 2006–07 2 División de Honor B 5th 2007–08 2 División de Honor B 6th 2008–09 2 División de Honor B 3rd 2009–10 2 División de Honor B 5th 2010–11 2 División de Honor B 2nd Promoted 2011–12 1 División de Honor 9th 2012–13 1 División de Honor 10th 2013–14 1 División de Honor 11th 2014–15 1 División de Honor 12th Relegated 2015–16 2 División de Honor B

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• 4 seasons in División de Honor

Squad 2013–14

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union David Redondo Prop Spain Marcos Muñiz Prop Spain Juan Manuel Rodríguez Prop Spain Óscar Ferreras Prop Spain Maka Tatafu Prop Tonga Jorge Barbudo Prop Spain Santiago Lemos Badía Prop Spain Vicente Prieto Hooker Spain Mariano Berlande Lock Argentina Carlos López Marques Lock Spain Daniel Fuentes Lock Spain Sam Hayes Flanker New Zealand Javier Abadía Flanker Spain Lionel Pardo Flanker Spain Rubén Rodríguez Flanker Spain Víctor Salgado Flanker Spain Alejandro Blanco Number 8 Spain

Player Position Union Anxo Fernández Varela Scrum-half Spain Joaquín Maguna Scrum-half Spain Nathan George Fly-half New Zealand Jérémy Simon Fly-half France Brais Sanchez Centre Spain Javier Parga Centre Spain Daniel Vázquez Aldemunde Centre Spain Mauro González Wing Spain Ignacio Villegas Wing Spain Carlos de Cabo Wing Spain Adolfo Rodríguez Uruburo Wing Spain David Riveiro Fullback Spain Lewis Marshall Fullback New Zealand

Internationally Capped players

• Campbell Johnstone
• Norm Maxwell
• Marcos Mella
• David Monreal
• Óscar Ferreras
• Carlos Blanco
• Alejandro Blanco
• Lionel Pardo
• Francisco Usero
• Vasilis Katsakos
• Nikolas Mavreas
• Cameron Wyper
• Gaston Ibarburu

References

1. "Un poco de historia" (in Spanish). Vigo R.C. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
2. "Instalaciones" (in Spanish). Vigo R.C. Retrieved 2011-05-08.

External links

• Official site (Spanish)