Unió Esportiva Santboiana 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 its m ...
club. The club was established in 1921 and currently competes in the
División de Honor de Rugby
The División de Honor de Rugby is Spain's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The División de Honor de Rugby Championship is organised by the Federación Española de Rugby (Spanish Rugby Federation) and currently consists of 12 ...
competition, the highest level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in
Sant Boi de Llobregat in
Catalonia
Catalonia (; ca, Catalunya ; Aranese Occitan: ''Catalonha'' ; es, Cataluña ) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy.
Most of the territory (except the Val d'Aran) lies on the north ...
, considered to be one of the capitals of
Spanish rugby. Santboiana play in blue and white colours. The team have in the past won both the Spanish League and the Copa del Rey de Rugby as well as the Copa de Catalunya and Copa Ibèrica. They were champions of Spain in the 2005-06 season.
Santboiana are the former club of Sant Boi de Llobregat native
Oriol Ripol
Oriol Ripol (born 6 September 1975, in Catalonia) is a rugby union footballer from Spain.
He previously played for Rotherham, Northampton, Worcester Warriors (whom he left in 2011.) and Sale Sharks, and has represented the Barbarians. In the 2005 ...
, who is among Spain's most successful rugby players. He played professionally for
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks is a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby.
Originally founded in 1861 as Sale Football Club, now a distinct amateur club, they adopted the n ...
, in England's
Guinness Premiership
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.
Honours
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División de Honor: 7
**Champions: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06
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Copa del Rey
The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del GeneralÃsimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footbal ...
: 12
**Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000, 2017
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Copa Ibérica: 4
**Champions: 1987, 1989, 2005, 2006
*Copa Pirineos: 2
**Champions: 1960, 1961
* Copa de Catalunya: 17
** Champions: 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005
Season by season
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*46 seasons in
División de Honor
Squad 2014–15
International honours
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VÃctor Acevedo
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Sergi Guerrero
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Marc Puigbert
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VÃctor Marlet
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Juan Severino
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Mario Sagario
Mario Sagario (born 29 June 1986) is a Uruguayan rugby union player who plays as a prop for Carrasco Polo Club and the Uruguayan national rugby union team.
Club career
Sagario started his career in Uruguay playing for Carrasco Polo Club in 2006 ...
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Pablo Llorens
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VÃctor Gallego
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Vicenç Lazaro
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Leonardo Pereira
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Jonathan Phipps
Other notable players
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Grant Polson (former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
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Isaac Thompson (signs from Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
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Juan Pablo Socino
Juan Pablo Socino (born 30 May 1988) is an international Argentine rugby union player who plays as a centre, currently unattached he most recently played for Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers. He won four caps for in 2015, including being ...
(international Argentina U20)
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Isaac Richmond (international with English Counties)
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Pablo Llorens (international with Chile)
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Doug Tietjens (Former player from Otago and Manawatu in ITM CUP)
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Arnaud Astruc (Former player from USAP ESPOIR)
Ground
UE Santboiana plays its home matches at
Estadi Baldiri Aleu
Estadi Baldiri Aleu is a rugby union stadium in Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona Province, Spain. Its location lies between the Baldi Aleu and Cerdaña streets in Sant Boi de Llobregat.
UE Santboiana
Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a Spanish ...
, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.
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 websiteCatalan Rugby website
{{División de Honor
Sant Boi de Llobregat
Rugby union teams in Catalonia
Rugby clubs established in 1921
1921 establishments in Spain