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CAU Valencia
CAU Rugby Valencia is a rugby union club based in Valencia, Spain, Valencia, Spain. The club currently competes in the second-tier División de Honor B de Rugby, División de Honor B. History CAU Rugby Valencia was founded in 1973 by members of the University of Valencia, led by Luis Sebastián Caballero. After many years of playing at regional, provincial and national levels, the club was promoted to the Primera Nacional de Rugby, Primera Nacional division in 1996. Two seasons later it moved up to the second-tier División de Honor B de Rugby, División de Honor B, and finally to the División de Honor de Rugby , División de Honor in 2001. They were relegated in 2011. Season by season ------- *3 seasons in División de Honor de Rugby, División de Honor *13 seasons in División de Honor B de Rugby, División de Honor B References External links Official site Rugby union teams in Spain Sports teams in the Valencian Community Rugby clubs established in 1973 Sport in Vale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valencia, Spain
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area also comprising the neighbouring municipalities has a population of around 1.6 million, constituting one of the major urban areas on the European side of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located on the banks of the Turia, on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, at the Gulf of Valencia, north of the Albufera lagoon. Valencia was founded as a Roman colony in 138 BC. Islamic rule and acculturation ensued in the 8th century, together with the introduction of new irrigation systems and crops. Aragonese Christian conquest took place in 1238, and so the city became the capital of the Kingdom of Valencia. The city's population thrived in the 15th century, owing to trade with the rest of the Iberian Peninsula, Italian ports and other loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
