Club de Rugby Atlético Portuense is a Spanish
rugby union
Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...
club.
The club began as the rugby section of the Club Atlético Portuense in 1971, joining the junior and senior leagues in 1972. In 1982 the rugby section became an independent club and has been known as Club de Rugby Atlético Portuense since. Currently the 1st team competes in the
División de Honor B competition, the second-highest level of Spanish club rugby.
The club is based in the town of
El Puerto de Santa Maria
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in
Andalucia
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Spain
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. CR Atlético Portuense play in yellow and green colours.
Home games are played at the municipal sports centre "Polideportivo La Puntilla" and the club also has its own private clubhouse called ''La Bodeguita del Club de Rugby'', which is inside a restored sherry bodega and situated at Calle La Palma, 23.
Season by season
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*3 seasons in
División de Honor
*10 seasons in
División de Honor B
See also
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Rugby union in Spain
Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions.
The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation (Spanish: Federacià ...
External links
Official website
Spanish rugby union teams
Sports teams in Andalusia
Rugby clubs established in 1982
1982 establishments in Spain
El Puerto de Santa MarÃa
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