ASA Tel Aviv Rugby Club

ASA "Yaron" Tel Aviv Rugby Club

Emblem(s)
Founded	1973; 49 years ago (1973)
Location	Tel Aviv
Ground(s)	(temporary) Wingate Institute Rugby Fields
Chairman	Arik Gail
President	Elisha Rubin
Director of Rugby	Oren Alt
Coach(es)	and
Captain(s)	Isaac Hirsch
Most caps	Oren Alt (49)
League(s)	Israeli rugby union league
2020-21	2nd
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.telavivrugby.com

ASA "Yaron" Tel Aviv (Hebrew: אס"א "ירון" תל-אביב), is an Israeli amateur rugby club based in Tel Aviv. 14 Times league champion

History[]

Founded in 1973, they are members of Rugby Israel and play home matches at the Sportech.

ASA "Yaron" Tel Aviv won the league title 14 times since. In 1974–75, 1977–78, 1990–1991, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2014–15,^[1] 2018-19^[2] In 2009-10 the club also won the cup, and were undefeated all season.^[3] Club coach Ra'anan Penn assisted by Mark Goldin.

The club's women's team also won the local championship in 2009–10.

Name Change/Dedication[]

In 2020 the club officially added Yaron to its name in honor of the late who was the captain of the team for about 20 years.

Yaron Drori, 1970's

Yaron Drori in shirt #3

Honours[]

• Israeli Rugby Union Championship
  • 2010
• Israeli Rugby Union Cup
  • 2010

Current Squad[]

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 Earad Barkai Hooker Israel Mike Silver Hooker Israel Yaron Harris Prop Israel Sela Hershkovitz Prop Israel Raphael (Fred) Guedj Prop Israel Maayan Shaked Lock Israel Yemi Abitogun Lock England Yonni Elbaz Lock Israel Tomer Danino Lock Israel Isaac Hirsch (c) Back row Israel Adam Rubin Back row Israel Daniel Orozco Back row Israel Daniel Alazraki Back row Israel Julien Journo Back row Israel Tom Curtis Back row Israel Mark Goldin (Assistant Coach) Back row Israel Mark Power Back row England Mor Kalifon Number 8 Israel Roi Goldin Number 8 Israel

Player Position Union Josh Evans Scrum-half Israel Oleg Kulinets Scrum-half Ukraine Mati Gordon Fly-half Israel Lyosha Veklov Centre Israel Raphael Angel Centre Israel Sean Manjavidze Centre Israel Itay Oslon Centre Israel Miles Rabinovitch Centre Israel Yuval Zindani Centre Israel Moran Nagem Centre Israel Amir Fawarsa Wing Israel Gal Aviram Wing Israel Nadav Nachman Wing Israel Navot Yaari Wing Israel Itay Biger Wing Israel Michael Gusev Wing Israel Betzalel Wing Israel Roy Katz Wing Israel Guy Goldin Fullback Israel Willy Heyman Fullback Israel

References[]

External links[]

• Tel-Aviv Rugby on Facebook
• Tel-Aviv Rugby on Instagram
• ASA Tel Aviv Rugby Club's channel on YouTube