Lugi Rugby football club is a
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 its m ...
club in
Lund, Sweden
Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...
. The club was founded in 1972 by John Nash, Perry Hadley, Giuseppe Garza and Calle Erlandsson as the rugby section of the ''Lunds Universitets Gymnastik och Idrottsförening'' (Lund University Gymnastics and Sports Club).. LUGI Lions play their home games at Centrala idrottsplatsen, where they also have their club house.
The club is known to be a very social and open rugby club, with members from all over the world active in the club.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s LUGI's u18s were among the best teams in Sweden, winning 3 Swedish championships. The seniors had their best placements in early 1980s, placing third 1982 and second in 1984.
LUGI currently have active teams for both ladies and men in ages from u8-senior. They also have an old boys team.
Mens
LUGI's men's team is currently playing in Allsvenskan (Sweden's highest division).
The team usually goes up and down between the two highest leagues.
LUGI currently have both a ladies' and men's team as well as kids and youths in all ages from u8-u18.
Ladies
LUGI's ladies team, often called the lionesses, was created in 2003. They have since then been a well established team with several players being capped for
Sweden
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in both 7s and 15s. The Lionesses currently play their 15s games together with Malmö RK under the name "Skånelaget".
External links
Lugi Rugbyklubb
Rugby union teams in Sweden
Sport in Lund
Rugby clubs established in 1972