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Gernika RT
Gernika Rugby Taldea is a Basque rugby team based in Gernika, Bizkaia which play in the Spanish League. The team was set up by some rugby supporters of the unfortunately bombed village, and is enjoying a steady rise in popularity in the region. For the 2012–13 season, Gernika took part in the European Challenge Cup. Despite finishing fifth in the División de Honor in 2011–12 and losing in the playoff semifinals, Gernika were tapped for the Challenge Cup when the sides finishing ahead of them bowed out due to financial constraints. Honours * División de Honor B: 3 ** Champions: 1983–84, 1989–90, 2008–09 *Copa del Rey: 0 ** Runners-up: 1991 2012–13 Challenge Cup Gernika RT played in pool 2 of the 2012–13 European Challenge Cup The 2012–13 Amlin Challenge Cup was the 17th season of the European Challenge Cup, Europe's second-tier club rugby union competition. A total of 23 teams participated — 20 in the pool stage, plus three teams parachuting into the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gernika
Guernica (, ), official name (reflecting the Basque language) Gernika (), is a town in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo ( es, Guernica y Luno), whose population is 16,224 . On April 26, 1937, Guernica was bombed by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe, in one of the first aerial bombings. The attack inspired Pablo Picasso's painting ''Guernica'', depicting his outrage at the attack. Location The village is situated in the region of Busturialdea, in the valley of the Oka river. The river ends in an estuary that gives its name to the village of Guernika. Its mouth is known as Urdaibai's estuary's heart. Gernika borders on the following townships: * North: Forua, Kortezubi and Arratzu. * East: Ajangiz * South: Muxika * West: Errigoiti History Early history The town of Guernica was founded by Count Tello on April 28, 1366, at the intersec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Howard (rugby Union)
Ben Howard (born 7 February 1993 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) is a British rugby union football player, playing for Old Elthamians in the National League 1. He is a winger who has represented England at Under-20 level. Howard joined Worcester aged 18, and made his Premiership debut against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road in September 2012. He scored two tries on his European debut against Gernika RT in the Amlin Challenge Cup The EPCR Challenge Cup is an annual rugby union competition organised by European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR). It is the second-tier competition for clubs based in European leagues behind the European Rugby Champions Cup. From its inception i .... Howard was in the England Under-20 side that won the Six Nations Championship in 2013, and went on to defeat Wales in the Junior World Cup Final in France in June 2013. References External links Bbc.co.ukWarriors.co.ukRugbyworld.com 1993 births Living people English rugby union players Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joffrey Michel
Joffrey Michel (born 4 March 1987 in Arles) is a French rugby union player. His position is fullback or wing and he currently plays for Montpellier in the Top 14. Honours *USA Perpignan **Top 14 The Top 14 () is a professional rugby union club competition that is played in France. Created in 1892, the Top 14 is at the top of the national league system operated by the French National Rugby League, also known by its French initialism o ... ( 2009) References 1987 births Living people French rugby union players People from Arles USA Perpignan players Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union wings Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farid Sid
Farid (Arabic: فَرِيد ''fariyd'', ''farīd''), also spelt Fareed or Ferid and accented Férid, is an Arabic and Persian masculine personal name or surname meaning "unique, singular ("the One"), incomparable". For many communities, including in the Middle East, the Balkans, North Africa, and South East Asia, the name Fareed is common across generations. Given name Farid * Farid Abboud, Lebanese Ambassador * Farid F. Abraham, scientist * Farid Alakbarli, Azerbaijani researcher *Farid Azarkan (born 1971), Dutch politician of Moroccan descent * Farid al-Atrash (1910-1974), Syrian Egyptian singer, music composer, and actor * Farid ad-Din Attar, Iranian Sufi poet * Farid Bang (born Farid Hamed El Abdellaoui in 1986), German rapper of Moroccan-Spanish descent * Farid Esack, South African anti-apartheid activist and Muslim scholar *Fariduddin Ganjshakar, 12th-century Punjabi Muslim mystic * Farid Ghadry, Syrian political activist *Farid Kamil, Malaysian male model turned actor *Far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bertrand Guiry
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Gavin Hume
Gavin Hume (born 25 March 1980 in Riversdale, Western Cape, South Africa) is a rugby union centre for Perpignan in the French Top 14. He joined Perpignan in 2004 from the Super 12 team Stormers The Stormers (known for sponsorship reasons as the DHL Stormers) is a South African professional rugby union team based in Cape Town in the Western Cape that competes in the United Rugby Championship, a trans-hemispheric competition that also .... External links ERC Rugby profile* Living people 1980 births USA Perpignan players Sharks (Currie Cup) players Stormers players Rugby union centres Rugby union players from the Western Cape {{SouthAfrica-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrien Planté
Adrien Planté (born 25 April 1985) is a French rugby union player. His position is wing (rugby union), wing and he currently plays for Section Paloise in the Top 14. He began his career with RC Narbonne before moving to USA Perpignan in 2007. He has signed for Racing Metro for the current season. Honours *Top 14, Top 14 Champion – 2008–09 Top 14 season, 2008–09 *Top 14, Top 14 Runner-up – 2009–10 Top 14 season, 2009–10 References 1985 births Living people French rugby union players People from Longjumeau USA Perpignan players Rugby union wings Sportspeople from Essonne France international rugby union players 21st-century French people {{France-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Rugby Federation
The Italian Rugby Federation ( it, Federazione Italiana Rugby) or FIR is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy. The FIR has one seat on the 28-member World Rugby Council, the governing body of World Rugby. (All other members of the Six Nations have two seats on the Council.) There are two fully professional Italian clubs that play in the United Rugby Championship, in the European Rugby Champions Cup and in the European Rugby Challenge Cup — Benetton and Zebre. There are twelve semi-professional Italian clubs that play in the Top12, four of which qualify to play in the European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition to qualify to the European Rugby Challenge Cup. History On 25 July 1911 a ''Propaganda Committee'' was formed to promote the sport of rugby union in Italy. In 1928 this body became the Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR). In 1934 the FIR was a founder member of the ''Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur'', now known as Rugby Europe. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Urbieta
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event. Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event at the ancient Greek Olympic festival was the race that comprised one length of the stadion at Olympia, where the word "stadium" originated. Most of the stadiums with a capacity of at least 10,000 are used for association football. Other popular stadium sports include gridiron football, baseball, cricket, the various codes of rugby, field lacrosse, bandy, and bullfighting. Many large sports venues are also used for concerts. Etymology "Stadium" is the Latin form of the Greek word " stadion" (''στάδιον''), a measure of length equalling the length of 600 human feet. As feet are of variable length the exact length of a stadion depends on the exac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Carlisle
Joe Carlisle (born 4 December 1987) is an English rugby union player for Rotherham Titans in National League 2 North. Joe is a Worcester Warriors Academy product who made his league debut for Warriors in 2008 before appearing off the bench in the European Challenge Cup final against Bath Rugby at Kingsholm. His father is called Richard and his mother Louise. The Swindon-born player enjoyed a most successful season at Sixways during the 2010/11 campaign, racking-up thirty-three appearances and 212 points. The points-tally included a stunning twenty-eight point haul against Newport RFC in the British & Irish Cup. During the 2012/13 season, Carlisle went two better as he scored a sensational thirty points against Femi-CZ VEA Rovigo in the Amlin Challenge Cup. With that total, he also became Warriors' highest ever individual points scorer in a European game, beating previous record holder's Shane Drahn who scored twenty-one points in 2008. Predominantly a fly half, Carlisle can al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Grove
Alex Grove (born 30 November 1987) is a former Scottish rugby union player. He plays as a centre. Grove previously played for Scotland at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level. He was also part of Scotland A's victorious IRB Nations Cup team in 2009, he received his first call-up to the full Scotland squad for the November internationals. An injury to Ben Cairns ensured that he started the first two games, which were wins over Fiji and Australia. He attended Arnold Lodge School and Rugby School and was vice captain of the Rugby first XV. His grandfather is Glasgow-born Ron Wylie, the former Aston Villa and Birmingham City footballer who also managed West Bromwich Albion, through which Alex qualifies for Scotland. He signed for Edinburgh on a six-month loan from Worcester for first half of the 2010–11 season in a view to increase his chances of World Cup selection while Worcester were playing in the RFU Championship following relegation the previous season. Grove returne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Stelling
Maxwell Joseph "Max" Stelling is a semi-professional rugby union player who was born in Birmingham, England on 14 January 1994. He plays for the Worcester Warriors as a centre. Stelling attended Old Swinford Hospital in Stourbridge, and was a member of their 1st XV squad that lost the Daily Mail The ''Daily Mail'' is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper and news websitePeter Wilb"Paul Dacre of the Daily Mail: The man who hates liberal Britain", ''New Statesman'', 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) publish ... cup final in 2012 during which he bounced the Dulwich 13 and assisted in the only try of the game. He has 41 caps for Worcester Warriors and has scored 125 points in his appearances. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Stelling, Max 1994 births Living people Rugby union players from Birmingham, West Midlands Worcester Warriors players People educated at Old Swinford Hospital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
