Castilla y León Iberians

{{short description|Spanish rugby union team}}

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| fullname = Castilla y León Iberians

| location = Castilla y León, Spain

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| founded = {{Start date and age|2021}}

| ground = Estadio Pepe Rojo

| capacity = 5,000

| coach = Miguel Velasco

| captain = Kalokalo Gavidi

| league = Rugby Europe Super Cup

| season = 2021–22

| position = 3rd

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The Castilla y León Iberians is a professional Spanish rugby union team based in the Castilla y León region. They compete annually in the Rugby Europe Super Cup.[https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/rugby-europe-launches-the-super-cup/ Rugby Europe Launches The Super Cup] Their motto is "We are Iberians". Their homeground is Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid.

History

The franchise was founded in 2021 as the Spanish representative in the Rugby Europe Super Cup. The Castilla y Leon Iberians is made up of the clubs from the Castile and León Rugby División de Honor, thus bringing together VRAC, El Salvador, and the University of Burgos (UBU) teams.

The Rugby Europe Super Cup competition features 8 teams or franchises in two groups or "conferences", which is played in a Round Robin format. At the end of the two rounds, the two best teams from each conference participated in the final phase.

During 2021 the Western Conference included the Brussels Devils of Belgium, the Delta of the Netherlands, the Lusitanos of Portugal, and the Castilla y Leon Iberians.

The Iberians qualified for the semi-finals, losing to the Black Lion 43-40 at Avchala Stadium.

The Rugby Europe Super Cup 2022 saw the Iberians in the semi-finals losing again to the Black Lion 41-9.

Home Ground

Estadio Pepe Rojo is located in the city of Valladolid, Spain. It is also the home ground of CR El Salvador and Valladolid RAC. The sports complex consists of five rugby fields (Field no.1 - main field; Field no.2; field no.3 - 'track and field'; field no.4 and field no. 5, - 'artificial grass' ), of which the no. 1 y no. 2 are used regularly for first-grade official competition.

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The No. 1 field, which is the main field of the complex, has a roofed grandstand with seats at the west end, as well as a unroofed stand at the east end, with also a small stand at the north end, with the west stand being refurbished and expanded and the south end was built in 2016 (the stadium records big attendances when both teams play the local derby or a championship final). With this refurbishment it was possible to expand the capacity of Pepe Rojo to 1.150 seats, thus, reaching the amount of 6.000 seats in the No.1 field.

2021-22 squad

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{{nat rs player| pos=HK | name={{flagicon|FRA}} Jordan Argerich|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|4|6}}|caps=0 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=HK | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Miejimolle|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|01|17}}|caps=2 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=HK | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Pírez|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|07|19}} |caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=HK | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Matthew Smith|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|10|12}}|caps=1 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=PR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Andrés Alvarado|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|10|12}}|caps= 2|club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=PR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Alberto Blanco|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|10|18}}|caps=22 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=PR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Raúl Calzón|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|02|16}}|caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=PR | name={{flagicon|ARG}} Lucas Favre|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|10|12}}|caps=2 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=PR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Nicolás Jurado|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|14}}|caps=1 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=PR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Leandro Wozniak|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|8|10}}|caps=1 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=LK | name={{flagicon|ARG}} Sacha Casañas|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|10|24}}|caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=LK | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Kalokalo Gavidi (c|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|10|9}}|caps=15 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=LK | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Víctor Sánchez|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|6|20}}|caps=27 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=LK | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Stöhr|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|05|23}}|caps= 1|club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=LK | name={{flagicon|ARG}} Nicolas Walker|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|5}}|caps=0 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=LK | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Michael Walker-Fitton|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1986|10|2}}|caps=13 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Valentín Bustos|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|8|22}}|caps=0 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Rodrigo Fernández|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|8|18}}|caps=0 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Ignacio Martínez|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|11|12}}|caps=0 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|NZL}} Siosiua Moala|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|05|29}}|caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Marc Sánchez|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|8|21}}|caps= 0|club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|ENG}} George Stokes|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|05|15}}|caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|SAM}} Kirk Tufuga|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|6|4}}|caps=0 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=BR | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Gabriel Vélez|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|07|10}}|caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=SH | name={{flagicon|CHI}} Nicolás Herreros|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|1|23}}|caps= 3|club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=SH | name={{flagicon|RSA}} Zee Mkhabela|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|10|15}}|caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=SH | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Facundo Munilla|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|5|16}}|caps= 24|club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=SH | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Nicolás Rocaries|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|3|30}}|caps= 0|club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=FH | name={{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Katz|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|9|7}}|caps=0 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=FH | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Baltazar Taibo|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|1|30}}|caps= 3|club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=FH | name={{flagicon|HKG}} Nathan de Thierry|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|2|14}}|caps= 2|club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=FH | name={{flagicon|RSA}} Martin du Toit|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|6|27}}|caps=0 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=CE | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Alejandro Alonso|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|7|21}}|caps= 1 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=CE | name={{flagicon|ESP}} David Barrios|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|5|2}}|caps=0 |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=CE | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Álvar Gimeno|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|12|15}}|caps= 23|club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=CE | name={{flagicon|ARG}} Juan Diego Zabalegui|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|12|26}}|caps=0 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=WG | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Lainz|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|2}}|caps=0 |club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=WG | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Andrés Masuyama|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|7|16}}|caps=0 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=WG | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Pedro Luis de la Lastra|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|12|5}}|caps= 23|club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=WG | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Rascón|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|7|21}}|caps=0 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=WG | name={{flagicon|CHI}} Franco Velarde|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|4}}|caps=0 6|club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=WG | name={{flagicon|Burkina Faso}} Jean-Yves Zebango|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|5|3}}|caps=N/A |club=El Salvador}}

{{nat rs player| pos=FB | name={{flagicon|ESP}} J. W. Bell|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|1|18}}|caps= 4|club=VRAC}}

{{nat rs player| pos=FB | name={{flagicon|ARG}} Tomás Carrió|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|3|10}}|caps=0 |club=Aparejadores}}

{{nat rs player| pos=FB | name={{flagicon|ESP}} Federico Castiglioni|age={{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|8|10}}|caps=28 |club=Aparejadores}}

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  • Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.

See also

References