Olympus Rugby XV Madrid

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid

Founded	2009
Location	Madrid, Spain
Ground(s)	Estadio Nacional Complutense Madrid, Spain (Capacity: 12,400)
Coach(es)	Ged Glynn
Captain(s)	Pablo Feijóo
League(s)	European Challenge Cup
2009–10	4th in pool
Team kit

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid are a rugby union team that competed in the European Challenge Cup. The side is a team that was formed every season to play in the Challenge Cup, consisting of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues. The team made its first and only appearance in 2009.

Current squad

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 Javier Arbelaitz Hooker Spain Chema Bohórquez Hooker Spain Marcelo Vargas Hooker Portugal Víctor Acevedo Prop Spain David Gurgenazde Prop Spain Sebastian Hattori Prop Spain Ion Insausti Prop Spain Alex Onega Camacho Prop Spain Javier Salazar Prop Spain Manuel Serrano Prop Spain Oscar Astarloa Lock Spain Leandro Fernández Lock Spain Pol Massoni Lock Spain Jesús Recuerda Lock Spain Sergio Souto Lock Spain Martín Aceña Flanker Spain Rafael Camacho Flanker Spain Iván Criado Flanker Spain Juan Gonzalez Flanker Spain Gensen Palmers Flanker New Zealand

Player Position Union César Bernasconi Number 8 Spain Matthew Cook Number 8 Spain Sergi Guerrero Number 8 Spain Pablo Feijóo (c) Scrum-half Spain Hernán Quirelli Scrum-half Spain Carlos Arenas Fly-half Spain Jeremias Palumbo Fly-half Spain César Sempere Fly-half Spain Javier Canosa Centre Spain Fernando Díez Centre Spain Martín Heredia Centre Spain David Mota Centre Spain Juan Cano Wing Spain Ignacio Gutierrez Wing Spain Benjamín Pardo Wing Spain Lucas Poggi Wing Spain Manuel Mazo Fullback Spain Marcos Poggi Fullback Spain Matías Tudela Fullback Spain

Statistics

• 2009/10 European Challenge Cup - Played 6, won 0, lost 6.

See also

• Spain national rugby union team
• Rugby union in Spain

External links

• Olympus Madrid on ercrugby.com
• Rugby Spain