UE Santboiana

Santboiana SEAT

Full name	Unió Esportiva Santboiana
Founded	1921
Location	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
Ground(s)	Estadi Baldiri Aleu (Capacity: 1,200)
Chairman	Antoni Gabarro
Coach(es)	Lewis Williams
League(s)	División de Honor
2011–12	División de Honor, 3rd
Team kit
Official website
www.uesantboiana.com

Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1921 and currently competes in the División de Honor de Rugby competition, the highest level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in Sant Boi de Llobregat in Catalonia, 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, who is among Spain's most successful rugby players. He plays professionally for Sale Sharks, in England's Guinness Premiership.

Honours

• División de Honor: 7
  • Champions: 1983–84, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Copa del Rey: 11
  • Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000
• 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

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1952–53 1 División de Honor 3rd 1953–54 DNP 1954–70 DNH 1970–71 1 División de Honor 4th 1971–72 1 División de Honor 3rd 1972–73 1 División de Honor 5th 1973–74 1 División de Honor 7th 1974–75 1 División de Honor 6th 1975–76 1 División de Honor 5th 1976–77 1 División de Honor 6th 1977–78 1 División de Honor 7th 1978–79 1 División de Honor 2nd 1979–80 1 División de Honor 2nd 1980–81 1 División de Honor 3rd 1981–82 1 División de Honor 2nd 1982–83 1 División de Honor 3rd 1983–84 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1984–85 1 División de Honor 7th 1985–86 1 División de Honor 2nd 1986–87 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1987–88 1 División de Honor 2nd 1988–89 1 División de Honor 1st League/Cup champion 1989–90 1 División de Honor 5th 1990–91 1 División de Honor 5th

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1991–92 1 División de Honor 2nd 1992–93 1 División de Honor 5th 1993–94 1 División de Honor 6th 1994–95 1 División de Honor 5th 1995–96 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1996–97 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1997–98 1 División de Honor 2nd 1998–99 1 División de Honor 2nd 1999–00 1 División de Honor 3rd Cup champion 2000–01 1 División de Honor 8th 2001–02 1 División de Honor 4th 2002–03 1 División de Honor 5th 2003–04 1 División de Honor 4th 2004–05 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 2005–06 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 2006–07 1 División de Honor 3rd 2007–08 1 División de Honor 8th 2008–09 1 División de Honor 5th 2009–10 1 División de Honor 6th 2010–11 1 División de Honor 7th 2011–12 1 División de Honor 3rd / SF League champion 2012–13 1 División de Honor —

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• 43 seasons in División de Honor

Squad 2012–13

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Gastón de Robertis Prop Argentina Khalid Ghalith Prop Morocco Carlos Hernández Prop Spain Josep Balsalobre Prop Spain Amirani Chichua Prop Georgia Jonathan Durán Hooker Spain Jonathan Phipps Hooker England Hamish McKellar Lock New Zealand Josep Puigbert Lock Spain Jake Serex Lock Switzerland Craig Lyons Lock New Zealand Mateu Argudo Flanker Spain Antonio Kirikiri Flanker New Zealand Tomás Rico Flanker Spain Josep Colet Flanker Spain Rubén Sanz Flanker Spain Afa Tauli Number 8 New Zealand Gerard Aubanell Scrum-half Spain

Player Position Union Romuald Lauret Scrum-half France Marc Puigbert Scrum-half Spain Adam Canning Fly-half England Artur Llopart Fly-half Spain Marcos Puig Fly-half Spain Cyrus Baker Centre New Zealand Aleix Blasco Centre Spain Efrem Brau Centre Spain Marc Català Centre Spain Cristian Gómez Centre Spain Jordi Trubat Centre Spain Ferran Rodríguez Wing Spain Óscar Torés Wing Spain Mauro Palau Wing Uruguay Nil Baró Fullback Spain Agustín Bianchi Fullback Argentina Oriol García Fullback Spain

International honours

• Víctor Acevedo
• Sergi Guerrero
• Marc Puigbert
• Víctor Marlet
• Juan Severino
• Mario Sagario
• Pablo Llorens
• Victor Gallego
• Vicenç Lazaro
• Leonardo Pereira

Other notable players

• Grant Polson (former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
• Isaac Thomspon (signs from Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
• Juan Pablo Socino (international Argentina U20)
• Isaac Richmond (international with English Counties)
• Pablo Llorens (international with Chile)
• Doug Tietjens (Former player from Otago and Manawatu in ITM CUP)
• Arnaud Astruc (Former player from USAP ESPOIR)

Ground

Baldiri Aleu

Location	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
Coordinates	41°20′25″N 2°02′17.54″E
Owner	Sant Boi city hall
Capacity	4,000
Surface	natural grass
Tenants
Santboiana SEAT

See also

• Rugby union in Spain

External links

• Official website
• Catalan Rugby website