UE Santboiana

Rugby team
teamname = UE Santboiana


fullname = Unió Esportiva Santboiana
location = Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
country

founded = 1921
ground = Estadi Baldiri Aleu
capacity = 1,200
league = Division de Honor
url = www.uesantboiana.com

U.E. 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 the Barcelona province, 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.

Honors

* Spanish League:
** Champions: 1984, 1987, 1989, 1996, 1997, 2005, 2006

* Copa del Rey de Rugby:
** Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000

* Copa de Catalunya:
** Champions: 1923, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1956, 1959, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2005

* Copa Ibèrica:
** Champions: 1987, 1989, 2005, 2006

ee also

* Rugby union in Spain

External links

* [http://www.uesantboiana.com/uesantboiana/ Official website]
* [http://www.ferugby.com/ Spanish Rugby website]