Santboiana

Full name	Unió Esportiva Santboiana
Founded	1921
Location	Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain
Ground(s)	Estadi Baldiri Aleu (Capacity: 4,000)
Chairman	Antoni Gabarro
Coach(es)	Lewis Williams
League(s)	División de Honor
2015–16	División de Honor, 4th
Team kit
Official website
www.uesantboiana.com

Unió Esportiva Santboiana is a professional 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 played 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: 12
  • Champions: 1931, 1933, 1943, 1948, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1989, 2000, 2017
• 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

2014–15 season standings

Source: Federación Española de Rugby

Season by season

• 46 seasons in División de Honor

Squad 2014–15

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

Player Position Union Josep Balsalobre Prop Spain Amirani Chichua Prop Georgia Gerard Godoy Prop Spain Alejandro Leyton Prop Spain Youri Petit Prop France Daniel Petreanu Prop Romania Cristan Peteta Hooker Spain Jonathan Phipps Hooker Spain Ricardo Cardenas Lock Spain Jamie Chipman Lock New Zealand Julen Lafraya Lock Spain Josep Puigbert Lock Spain Samir Barmose Flanker Spain Joan Campius Flanker Spain Josep Colet Flanker Spain Joan Lopez Flanker Spain Rubén Sanz Flanker Spain Nicolas Sevilla Flanker Spain Niels Van de Ven Flanker Netherlands Ivan Tabuenca Number 8 Spain Afa Tauli Number 8 New Zealand

Player Position Union Niel Chivers Scrum-half England Hector Garcia Scrum-half Spain Fangatapu Apikotoa Fly-half Tonga Victor Cuenca Fly-half Spain Marcos Puig Fly-half Spain Matenga Baker Centre New Zealand Marc Basalobre Centre Spain Cristian Gómez Centre Spain Federico González Centre Spain Romuald Lauret Centre France Pau Basalobre Wing Spain Marc Català Wing Spain Lluc Muñoz Wing Spain Javier De Orbaneja Wing Spain Nil Baró Fullback Spain Ferran Rodriguez Fullback Spain

International honours

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

Other notable players

• Grant Polson (former player from Otago and Manawatu in Air New Zealand NPC)
• Isaac Thompson (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

UE Santboiana plays its home matches at Estadi Baldiri Aleu, which has a capacity of 4,000 spectators.