# Castilla y León Iberians

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. 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.
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

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
| Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
| Jordan Argerich | Hooker | (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 31) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Pablo Miejimolle | Hooker | (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 29) | 2 | VRAC |
| Álvaro Pírez | Hooker | (1999-07-19) 19 July 1999 (age 25) | 0 | VRAC |
| Matthew Smith | Hooker | (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 33) | 1 | El Salvador |
| Andrés Alvarado | Prop | (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 33) | 2 | El Salvador |
| Alberto Blanco | Prop | (1990-10-18) 18 October 1990 (age 33) | 22 | VRAC |
| Raúl Calzón | Prop | (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) | 0 | VRAC |
| Lucas Favre | Prop | (1990-10-12) 12 October 1990 (age 33) | 2 | El Salvador |
| Nicolás Jurado | Prop | (1998-12-14) 14 December 1998 (age 25) | 1 | El Salvador |
| Leandro Wozniak | Prop | (1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 33) | 1 | Aparejadores |
| Sacha Casañas | Lock | (1993-10-24) 24 October 1993 (age 30) | 0 | VRAC |
| Kalokalo Gavidi (c | Lock | (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 42) | 15 | VRAC |
| Víctor Sánchez | Lock | (1987-06-20) 20 June 1987 (age 37) | 27 | El Salvador |
| Daniel Stöhr | Lock | (1995-05-23) 23 May 1995 (age 29) | 1 | VRAC |
| Nicolas Walker | Lock | (1998-01-05) 5 January 1998 (age 26) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Michael Walker-Fitton | Lock | (1986-10-02) 2 October 1986 (age 38) | 13 | El Salvador |
| Valentín Bustos | Back row | (2000-08-22) 22 August 2000 (age 24) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Rodrigo Fernández | Back row | (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 24) | 0 | El Salvador |
| Ignacio Martínez | Back row | (1999-11-12) 12 November 1999 (age 24) | 0 | El Salvador |
| Siosiua Moala | Back row | (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 35) | 0 | VRAC |
| Marc Sánchez | Back row | (1999-08-21) 21 August 1999 (age 25) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| George Stokes | Back row | (1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 (age 29) | 0 | VRAC |
| Kirk Tufuga | Back row | (1991-06-04) 4 June 1991 (age 33) | 0 | El Salvador |
| Gabriel Vélez | Back row | (1997-07-10) 10 July 1997 (age 27) | 0 | VRAC |
| Nicolás Herreros | Scrum-half | (1990-01-23) 23 January 1990 (age 34) | 3 | Aparejadores |
| Zee Mkhabela | Scrum-half | (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 29) | 0 | VRAC |
| Facundo Munilla | Scrum-half | (1995-05-16) 16 May 1995 (age 29) | 24 | El Salvador |
| Nicolás Rocaries | Scrum-half | (2000-03-30) 30 March 2000 (age 24) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Sam Katz | Fly-half | (1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34) | 0 | El Salvador |
| Baltazar Taibo | Fly-half | (1997-01-30) 30 January 1997 (age 27) | 3 | VRAC |
| Nathan de Thierry | Fly-half | (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30) | 2 | VRAC |
| Martin du Toit | Fly-half | (1989-06-27) 27 June 1989 (age 35) | 0 | El Salvador |
| Alejandro Alonso | Centre | (1998-07-21) 21 July 1998 (age 26) | 1 | VRAC |
| David Barrios | Centre | (1999-05-02) 2 May 1999 (age 25) | 0 | El Salvador |
| Álvar Gimeno | Centre | (1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 28) | 23 | VRAC |
| Juan Diego Zabalegui | Centre | (1991-12-26) 26 December 1991 (age 32) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Miguel Lainz | Wing | (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 29) | 0 | VRAC |
| Andrés Masuyama | Wing | (1998-07-16) 16 July 1998 (age 26) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Pedro Luis de la Lastra | Wing | (1995-12-05) 5 December 1995 (age 28) | 23 | VRAC |
| Pablo Rascón | Wing | (1999-07-21) 21 July 1999 (age 25) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Franco Velarde | Wing | (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 29) | 0 6 | El Salvador |
| Jean-Yves Zebango | Wing | (1993-05-03) 3 May 1993 (age 31) | N/A | El Salvador |
| J. W. Bell | Fullback | (1990-01-18) 18 January 1990 (age 34) | 4 | VRAC |
| Tomás Carrió | Fullback | (1989-03-10) 10 March 1989 (age 35) | 0 | Aparejadores |
| Federico Castiglioni | Fullback | (1990-08-10) 10 August 1990 (age 34) | 28 | Aparejadores |
* Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold.