CR Les Abelles

CR Les Abelles is a Spanish rugby team based in Valencia, Spain. The Club de Rugby Les Abelles was founded in 1971 by D. Halangode Noel, a professor at the Jesuit School of Valencia. Player during a time of the London club London Wasps (London Wasps), tries to transfer the name and spirit of a group of young students. He has since been affiliated with the Spanish Federation of Rugby (FER) and as a member of the Valencian club Territorial Federation of Valencia.

Les Abelles

Full name	Club de Rugby Les Abelles
Nickname(s)	Abejorros
Founded	1971
Ground	Polideportivo Quatre carreres, Valencia
Capacity	500
President	Jorge Diego Garcerán
Manager	Facundo Ozú
League	División de Honor B
Website	Club website

With forty years of history, Les Abelles has worked a name in the Spanish Rugby, because of the various titles and awards achieved. In the city of Valencia has all this time fighting for the dissemination and uptake of practitioners of a sport that tends to captivate anyone who comes close. Over a thousand people have gone through this club, many of them have been selected to play in the selection of Valencia as the Spanish.

Squad 2009-2010

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

Player Position Union José Luis Conejero Prop Spain Georgel Dragomir Prop Romania Diego Erezuma Prop Spain Hugo Martinez Prop Spain Samuel Hobbs Flanker England Luis Damián Montorfano Prop Spain Stefan Ionel Nicusor Prop Romania Juan Sebastián Perez Prop Spain Cristi Cornei Hooker Romania Gustavo Dinuchi Hooker Argentina Matthias Amman Lock Uruguay Luis Gomez de Membrillera Lock Spain José Emilio Lopez Lock Spain Juan Manuel Marti Lock Spain Jorge Luis Parra Lock Spain Matías Bottarini Flanker Spain Juan Pablo Burgos Flanker Argentina Manuel Nadal Flanker Spain Juan Rango Flanker Argentina Nicolas Vila Segui Flanker Spain Osvaldo Galvan Number 8 Argentina Metale Phedadig Number 8 New Zealand

Player Position Union Francisco Nin Scrum-half Spain Fernando Dominguez Scrum-half Spain Facundo Ozu Scrum-half Spain Jorge Alvarez-Querol Fly-half Spain Christopher McNaughton Fly-half Scotland Japie Naude Fly-half South Africa Wayne Bell Fly-half South Africa David Montoliu Centre Spain Evaristo Perez Centre Spain Lucas Martín Poggi Centre Spain Marcelo Sa Centre Argentina José Ignacio Sevillano Centre Spain Diego Martín Aspesi Wing Uruguay Esteban Salvo Wing Spain Pablo Garcia del Moral Wing Spain Benoit Lochin Wing France Paul Sumner Wing England Javier Izquierdo Fullback Spain Marcos Poggi Fullback Spain Santiago Sanmarti Fullback Spain

International honours

• Fernando Dominguez
• Marcos Poggi
• Lucas Martín Poggi

Other notable players