2004–05 European Shield
The 2004–05 European Shield (known as the Parker Pen Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 3rd, and final, season of the European Shield, Europe's third-tier club rugby union competition below the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup. A total of 15 teams participated, representing six countries. This competition was intended to be contested between 12 first round losers from the 2004–05 European Challenge Cup plus 4 other Clubs entering directly into the 1st Round. The structure of the competition was a purely knockout format; teams played each other on a home and away basis, with the aggregate points winner proceeding to the next round. The final was a single leg. The competition began on 4 December 2004 and culminated in the final at Kassam Stadium in Oxford on 21 May 2005. FC Auch Gers, Auch secured a victory over Worcester Warriors in the final and picked up their first piece of European Club silverware. After this season, the European Challenge Cup reverted to its p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Single-elimination Tournament
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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L'Aquila Rugby
L'Aquila Rugby 1936 was an Italian rugby union club based in L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo. The official colours of the club were black and green, the colours of the city of L'Aquila. The club went into liquidation and disbanded in 2018. History The roots of L'Aquila Rugby date back to the 1930s when, between 1936 and 1942, L'Aquila took part in tournaments organized by the Comandi Federali della GIL. It reached its peak in the 1937–38 season when, after Tommaso Fattori, a legendary figure for the history of the club (the stadium of L'Aquila, Stadio Tommaso Fattori is named after him), joined the team, the club won the local tournament qualifying for the final one, where it finished the season fourth out of 54 participants. It first played in a championship in 1948. In 1949–50 L'Aquila participated in the Serie B and were in contention for promotion to Serie A up to the final game of the season, Genoa eventually winning out. The following year the team won promotion to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stade Du Moulias
Stade du Moulias, officially known as Stade Jacques-Fouroux and also known as Stade Patrice-Brocas (actually the name of the sports complex where the stadium sits), is a multi-use stadium in Auch, France. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches and is the home stadium of FC Auch Gers Football Club Auch Gers is a French rugby union club based in Auch in Midi-Pyrénées most recently playing in the promotion-eligible pool of Fédérale 1. In recent years, they have mainly bounced between the first-level Top 14 and Pro D2. In a .... The stadium is able to hold 7,000 people. External linksStadium information Moulias Sports venues in Gers {{France-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tapada Da Ajuda
Tapada da Ajuda is a green space located in Lisbon, in the parish of Alcântara. It occupies a walled area of one hundred hectares, of free entrance. The main entrance is located on Calçada da Tapada, in the Ajuda area. In this space, corresponding to a former royal and confining north to the Monsanto Forest Park, there are the Lisbon Astronomical Observatory, the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, an Exhibition Pavilion and the playing fields of Agronomia (rugby). At the highest point of Tapada, next to the geodesic landmark (134 m altitude), there is a belvedere that offers a vast panorama over the river Tagus. In addition, a city from the end of the Bronze Age The Bronze Age is a historic period, lasting approximately from 3300 BC to 1200 BC, characterized by the use of bronze, the presence of writing in some areas, and other early features of urban civilization. The Bronze Age is the second prin ... has been discovered in the place. References External links ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stadio Santa Maria Goretti
Stadio Santa Maria Goretti is a multi-use stadium in Catania, Italy. It is currently used mostly for american football and rugby union matches and is the home of Amatori Catania team. The stadium holds 10,000 persons and is named after the Catholic saint Maria Goretti Maria Teresa Goretti (; October 16, 1890 – July 6, 1902) is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest saints to be canonized. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and the family .... Trivia In 2012, after the death of Benito Paolone (one of the founding fathers of Amatori Catania),Desirée Miranda"Rugby, botte e sentimento. Addio a Paolone, figura storica dell’Msi""ctzen.it" (2014-05-01). the stadium has been renamed Stadio Benito Paolone. References American football venues in Italy Rugby union stadiums in Italy {{Italy-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stadio Plebiscito
Stadio Plebiscito is a multi-use stadium in Padua, Italy. The stadium holds 9,600 all-covered seats. It is the home stadium for Italy national rugby league team. It is used mostly for rugby union matches as the home of Petrarca Padova; but for 2010/11 season it will be used also for the home matches of the second football team of the city, San Paolo Padova, playing in Serie D. See also *List of rugby league stadiums by capacity *List of rugby union stadiums by capacity The following is a list of stadiums at which rugby union is played, ordered by seating capacity. Currently all stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more which are the regular home venue of a club or national team, or are the regular hosts of a maj ... References External linksInfo on Padovanet.it Petrarca Rugby [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini
stadium, 200px Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top10. They are based in Rovigo, in Veneto. The club was founded in 1935 by medical student Dino Lanzoni, who discovered rugby at university. They quickly became one of the strongest Italian sides and won 13 titles between 1951 and 2021. They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union. They are the current Italian champion. Current and former Rovigo players include Elio De Anna, Stefano Bettarello, Stefano Bordon, Alessandro Moscardi, Carlo Orlandi, Carlo Checchinato, Mirco Bergamasco, Manuel Contepomi, AJ Venter, Gert Smal, Viliami Ofahengaue and Naas Botha. Honours * Italian championship ** Champions (13): 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2015–16, 2020–21 ** ''Runners-up (7)'': 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2013–14, 201 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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CRC Madrid
The Club de Rugby Pozuelo, also known as CRC Pozuelo, is a Spanish rugby union club sited in Pozuelo de Alarcón. The club currently competes in the División de Honor, the top division of Spanish rugby. The senior squad plays its matches at Campo de rugby Gabriel Parellada. History The club was born as the rugby department of Real Canoe Natación Club (one of the oldest swimming clubs of Spain) in 1963.Historia on Real Canoe N.C. website One year after being established, the club won its first title, the (then named "Copa del Generalísimo") after defeating Unión Deportiva Samboyana by 3-0 at Ruiz de Alda stadium. After that achievement, Real Canoe played its first international compe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bera Bera RT
Bera Bera Rugby Taldea is a Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1983 and currently competes in the División de Honor B de Rugby competition, the second-level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in Donostia-San Sebastian. Bera Bera play in blue and orange. Trophies *Copa del Rey: 1 **Champions: 2003–04 *Supercopa de España: 0 **Runners-up: 2004 Season by season ---- *12 seasons in División de Honor International honours * Pedro J Dávila * Iker Lopategi * David Hernández * Oscar Astarloa * Igor Mirones * Gorka Bueno * Pablo Feijoo Pablo Feijoo Ugalde (born 18 May 1982) is a Spanish rugby sevens former player and current coach. He played in the 2013 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Russia. He was in the squad that secured the last Olympic spot when they defeated in Monaco. He ... Other notable players * Javier Arbelaiz plays the Challenge Cup with Olympus Madrid * James Foster signs from Tasman (NPC) * Daniel Larrechea sings from Aviron ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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București Wolves
The Romanian Wolves (Romanian: ''Lupii României'') is a professional Romanian rugby union team that competes annually in the Eastern Conference of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, alongside RC Batumi and The Black Lion of Georgia as well as Tel Aviv Heat of Israel. History Current squad Current coaching staff The current coaching staff of the Romanian Wolves: Results and statistics European Shield European Challenge Cup / European Rugby Challenge Cup Rugby Europe Super Cup See also * Romania national rugby union team * Rugby union in Romania Rugby union is a moderately popular team sport played in Romania with a tradition of more than 100 years. The Romanian men's national team are currently 18th in the World Rugby Rankings as of 14 June 2021. History Early history The game was int ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Romanian Wolves Romanian rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 2004 Sport in Romania 2004 establishments in Romania ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Valladolid RAC
Valladolid Rugby Asociación Club is a Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1986 and currently competes in the División de Honor de Rugby competition, the highest level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in Valladolid in central Spain. VRAC play in blue and white colours. The team have in the past won both the Spanish League and the Copa del Rey de Rugby. They play at Estadio Pepe Rojo. Honours * División de Honor: 10 ** Champions: 1998–99, 2000–01, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *Copa del Rey: 5 ** Champions: 1997–98, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18 ** Runners-up: 2012–13 *Supercopa de España: 7 ** Champions: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 *Copa Ibérica de Rugby: 3 ** Champions: 2014, 2017, 2018 European rugby Valladolid RAC's first foray into Europe was in the 2001–02 European Challenge Cup. Playing in a pool with London Irish (England), Dax (France) and L ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |