Club San Andrés

Club San Andrés

Full name	Club San Andrés
Union	Unión Argentina de Rugby
Founded	1911
Location	Olivos, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina
Ground(s)	Benavidez, Tigre Partido
President	Ricardo Romanelli
Coach(es)	Daniel Pueta
League(s)	URBA
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.clubsanandres.com

El Club de Ex-Alumnos San Andrés, simply known as Club San Andrés, is a sports club from the Olivos neighborhood, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club currently has competitive teams in Rugby union, field hockey and sailing.^[1]

History

Saint Andrews Scots School

In 1838, St. Andrew’s Scots School was established by a group of Scottish settlers determined to educate their children in their language, faith and culture. Originally founded as a boys school, Saint Andrews would become co-educational soon after.

El Club de Ex-Alumnos San Andrés

In 1911, Club San Andrés was founded, as a social and sporting club for students, alumni and friends of the school. The first activities practised at the club were rugby union, field hockey, swimming, football and sailing.

Thanks to its Scottish heritage, Club San Andrés has the particularity of being one of the few clubs in South America to own their own Tartan.

Rugby

Rugby was one of the original sports played at the club when it was founded in 1911. From humble beginnings, San Andrés is now playing at the top level of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system, fielding teams at all levels.

Having only recently won promotion to the Torneo de la URBA, Buenos Aires first division in 2009, the club has as yet to win the URBA title or the Nacional de Clubes.

Squad 2010

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Lucas De María Prop Argentina Maximiliano Pistoni Prop Argentina Gonzalo Michanie Prop Argentina Juan Pablo Henrichsen Prop Argentina Andrés Luquín Prop Argentina Axel Dono Miniot Hooker Argentina Nicolás Grandío Hooker Argentina Derek Waynne Burton Hooker Argentina Ezequiel Suarez Lock Argentina Nicolás Ekmekdjian Lock Argentina Ezequiel Melicchio Lock Argentina Mariano Filipini Flanker United States Nicolás Ayling Flanker Argentina Ignacio Romanelli Flanker Argentina Sebastián Jaworski Flanker Argentina Gastón Maluendez Number 8 Argentina

Player Position Union Delfín Cambiaso Scrum-half Argentina Martin Cox Scrum-half Argentina Tomás Rabinovich Fly-half Argentina Nicolás Rodriguez Oneto Fly-half Argentina Patricio Anderson Centre Argentina John MacMahon1 Centre Ireland Adriel Dono Miniot Centre Argentina Richard Blacksley Centre Venezuela Diego Cerboni Wing Argentina Gustavo Haas Wing Argentina Marcos Mola Wing Argentina Agustin Chirulnicoff Wing Argentina Agustin Rabinovich Fullback Argentina

¹ Will join Bective Rangers in January 2011.

International honours

• Argentina Sevens - Patricio Anderson
• Argentina Sevens - Nicolás Rodriguez Oneto
• Richard Blacksley

Other notable players

Nicolas Pueta

External links

• Official website (Spanish)

References

1. ^ "URBA club sheet" (in Spanish). www.urba.org.ar. 21 May 2010. http://www.urba.org.ar/clubes/guia-de-clubes/club/59/san-andres-asociacion-de-ex-alumnos/. Retrieved 22 May 2010.