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)	Garrick Foxtiles, Robert Anderson
League(s)	Junior Rugby League]
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 [gl]–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

2014–15 season standings

División de Honor — 2014/15 season

Team

Points

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

PF

PA

TB

LB

1º.

Santboiana

53

12

11

0

1

433

202

9

0

2º.

VRAC

49

12

10

0

2

323

234

7

2

3º.

El Salvador

47

12

10

0

2

354

181

6

1

4º.

Cisneros

44

12

9

0

3

391

240

8

0

5º.

Independiente

34

12

7

0

5

295

267

4

2

6º.

Gernika

27

12

5

1

6

252

310

3

2

7º.

Ordizia

23

12

5

0

7

272

284

2

1

8º.

CRC

21

12

4

1

7

184

293

1

2

9º.

Vigo

21

12

3

1

8

219

336

3

4

10º.

Getxo

19

12

4

0

8

237

330

1

2

11º.

Barcelona

15

12

1

10

261

320

3

6

12º.

Hernani

6

12

1

0

11

162

386

0

2

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

	Qualified for championship playoff semi-finals
	Qualified for championship playoff quarter-finals
	Relegation playoff
	Relegated

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

4 seasons in División de Honor

Squad 2013–14

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby 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

^ ^a ^b "Un poco de historia" (in Spanish). Vigo R.C. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
^ "Instalaciones" (in Spanish). Vigo R.C. Retrieved 2011-05-08.

External links

Official site (in Spanish)

[hist-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.

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v t e División de Honor B
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