Olympus Rugby XV Madrid

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid

Full name	Olympus Rugby XV Madrid
Union	Spanish Rugby Federation
Founded	2009; 13 years ago (2009)[1]
Location	Madrid, Spain[1]
Ground(s)	Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain[1] (Capacity: 12,000[1])
Coach(es)	[1]
Captain(s)	Pablo Feijoo[1]
Top scorer	César Sempere (20 points)[2]
League(s)	European Challenge Cup
2009–10	4th in pool
Team kit
Largest defeat
Olympus Madrid 0 – 66 Connacht (2010)[2]
Official website
www.olympusrugby.es

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid is a rugby union team that competes in the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed to play in the 2009–10 European Challenge Cup, consisting of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues.^[3] After an absence of three seasons, it intended to participate in the 2013–14 European Challenge Cup,^[4] but was forced to withdraw due to financial issues.^[5]

2009/10 European Challenge Cup[]

Olympus Rugby XV Madrid competed in the 2009–10 season of the European Challenge Cup. The side was formed of footballers playing in the domestic Spanish leagues.

They lost all six of their pool matches and finished 4th in the pool table.

2009/10 Pool table[]

Team	P	W	D	L	Tries for	Tries against	Try diff	Points for	Points against	Points diff	TB	LB	Pts
Connacht	6	6	0	0	28	5	+23	199	63	+136	2	0	26
Montpellier	6	4	0	2	18	10	+8	158	92	+66	2	1	19
Worcester Warriors	6	2	0	4	18	8	+10	140	83	+57	2	3	13
Olympus Madrid	6	0	0	6	4	45	−41	44	303	−269	0	0	0
Source : www.ercrugby.com Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

2009/10 Matches[]

9 October 2009 18:30

Connacht	46 – 6	Olympus Madrid
	Score

The Sportsground, Galway Attendance: 875

17 October 2009 16:30

Olympus Madrid	5 – 38	Worcester Warriors
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 5,300

11 December 2009 20:00

Montpellier	57 – 24	Olympus Madrid
	Score

Stade Yves du Manoir, Montpellier Attendance: 6,832

19 December 2009 16:00

Olympus Madrid	6 – 42	Montpellier
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 3,000

16 January 2010 15:00

Worcester Warriors	54 – 3	Olympus Madrid
	Score

Sixways Stadium, Worcester Attendance: 5,923

23 January 2010 16:00

Olympus Madrid	0 – 66	Connacht
	Score

Ciudad Universitaria, Madrid Attendance: 4,500

2009/10 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 Hooker Spain Hooker Spain Hooker Portugal Prop Spain Prop Spain Prop Spain Prop Spain Prop Spain Prop Spain Prop Spain Oscar Astarloa Lock Spain Lock Spain Lock Spain Lock Spain Sergio Souto Lock Spain Flanker Spain Rafael Camacho Flanker Spain Flanker Spain Flanker Spain Flanker New Zealand

Player Position Union Number 8 Spain Matthew Cook Number 8 Spain Number 8 Spain (c) Scrum-half Spain Scrum-half Spain Fly-half Spain Fly-half Spain César Sempere Fly-half Spain Centre Spain Fernando Díez Centre Spain Centre Spain David Mota Centre Spain Wing Spain Wing Spain Benjamín Pardo Wing Spain Wing Spain Fullback Spain Marcos Poggi Fullback Spain Matías Tudela Fullback Spain

2013/14 European Challenge Cup[]

After an absence of three seasons, the team intended to participate in the 2013–14 season of the European Challenge Cup.^[6] In the draw carried out on 5 June 2013 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Olympus Madrid was drawn in Pool 5 against France's Stade Français, England's London Irish and Italy's Cavalieri Prato.^[4] However, due to financial issues, the team withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Lusitanos XV on 2 September 2013.^[5]

See also[]

• Spain national rugby union team
• Rugby union in Spain

References[]

External links[]

• Olympus Madrid on ercrugby.com
• Rugby Spain