# Catalonia national rugby union team

The Catalonia rugby union team is the national and/or representative rugby union team of Catalonia. It is organised by the Catalan Rugby Federation and has been active since 1923. On 14 April 1934 they made their international debut with a 5–5 draw at the Camp de Les Corts against Italy.

## History

The Catalan Rugby Federation was founded in 1922 and the national rugby union team made their debut on 21 May 1923, losing 9–0 to Toulouse Lanlade Olimpique at the l'Hipòdrom de Can Tunis. During the early 1930s they played against various French club and provincial teams. In 1930 they also twice played a visiting Royal Navy XV and also embarked on brief tour of Germany. In March 1934 Catalonia became a founding member of the Fédération Internationale de Rugby Amateur and on 14 April 1934 they made their international debut with a 5–5 draw at the Camp de Les Corts against Italy. On 27 May 1934 Catalonia played their first international against France, losing 15–22. After the Spanish Civil War, Catalonia lost its sporting independence. This saw the Catalan Rugby Federation lose its full membership of FIRA and the right to organise full international games. Despite these restrictions, the Catalonia national rugby union team continues to play friendlies against international teams as well as club and provincial teams. The Catalan Rugby Federation has also campaigned for its full membership of Rugby Europe to be restored, citing founding members rights of FIRA (now Rugby Europe) and comparing their stance to that of England, Scotland, and Wales, who do not compete in a unified Great Britain team, but rather as individual entities and founding members of the IRB (now World Rugby).

## Matches
### Internationals

| Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue |
| 14 April 1934 | Catalonia | 5–5 | Italy | Camp de Les Corts |
| 27 May 1934 | Catalonia | 15–22 | France | Camp de Les Corts |
| 24 March 1935 | Italy | 5–3 | Catalonia | Stadio Luigi Ferraris |
| 6 July 1936 | Catalonia | 17–24 | France | Barcelona |
| January 1940 | Catalonia | ? | Romania | Camp de Les Corts |
| 27 Nov 1955 | Catalonia | 20–5 | England XV | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 29 Nov 1955 | Catalonia | 0–11 | England XV | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 25 Sept. 1960 | Catalonia | 26–3 | Ireland Universities | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 21 May 1972 | Catalonia | 31–17 | France XV | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat |
| 1980 | Catalonia | 16–3 | England XV | |
| 11 June 1982 | Catalonia | 17–22 | Ireland XV | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 13 June 1982 | Catalonia | 24–17 | Scotland XV | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 13 January 1990 | Catalonia | 8–34 | Italy | Argelès-sur-Mer |
| 22 April 1990 | Catalonia | 16–15 | Tunisia | Andorra la Vella |
| 11 May 1990 | Basque Country | 56–15 | Catalonia | San Mamés |
| 25 March 1995 | Catalonia | 66–6 | Andorra | Estadi Baldiri Aleu Sant Boi de Llobregat |
| 6 April 1995 | Catalonia | 40–12 | Czech Republic | Barcelona |
| 3 May 1997 | Catalonia | 61–17 | Spain | Estadi Baldiri Aleu |
| 28 May 1997 | Catalonia | 18–58 | France | Estadi Olímpic |
| 24 March 1998 | Catalonia | 15–67 | Russia | L'Hospitalet de Llobregat |
| 13 June 1998 | Catalonia | 19–40 | Italy | Estadi La Feixa Llarga |
| 18 June 2006 | Catalonia | 17–21 | Basque Country | Cornellà |
| 14 February 2010 | Catalonia | 17–21 | Sweden | Estadi Baldiri Aleu |
| 25 Sept. 2010 | Catalonia | 12–29 | France Classic | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 21 Sept. 2013 | Catalonia | 64–10 | Andorra | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 25 June 2016 | Catalonia | 25–22 | Portugal XV | Camp de la Foixarda |
| 5 March 2023 | Catalonia | 54–14 | Sweden | Camp de la Foixarda |
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#### Notes

* ^1 Recognised as full internationals by Rugby Europe
* ^2 In January 1940 Catalonia played two games against a Bucharest XV. The Catalan Rugby Federation refers to one of these games as an international against Romania.
* ^3 75th Anniversary of the Catalan Rugby Federation.

### Spanish Regions Championship finals

Since 1983–84 Catalonia have competed in the Spanish Regions Championship, featuring other teams, such as the Basque Country, representing the autonomous communities of Spain. This competition is organised by the Spanish Rugby Federation.
| Season | Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue |
| 1983–84 | 26 February 1984 | Basque Country | 24–12 | Catalonia | |
| 1984–85 | 3 March 1985 | Basque Country | 25–4 | Catalonia | |
| 1985–86 | 18 May 1986 | Madrid | 13–12 | Catalonia | |
| 1987–88 | 5 June 1988 | Catalonia | 16–9 | Basque Country | |
| 1988–89 | 28 May 1989 | Catalonia | 21–20 | Castile-León | |
| 1989–90 | 8 June 1990 | Castile-León | 20–16 | Catalonia | |
| 1990–91 | 19 May 1991 | Catalonia | 19–16 | Castile-León | |
| 1993–94 | | Basque Country | 28–10 | Catalonia | |
| 1995–96 | 19 Nov 1995 | Basque Country | 25–17 | Catalonia | |
| 1996–97 | 3 Nov 1996 | Basque Country | 37–14 | Catalonia | Guernica |
| 1997–98 | 7 December 1997 | Basque Country | 29–8 | Catalonia | Tudela, Navarre |
| 1999–2000 | 5 December 1999 | Catalonia | 10–9 | Andalusia | Camp de la Foixarda |
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## Honours

* Spanish Regions Championship
** Winners: 1987–88, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1999–2000: 5
** Runners-up: 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98: 8
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## 2010 squad

Catalonia vs. Sweden (2010)
| # | Name | Club |
| 1 | Josep Raya | CR Sant Cugat |
| 2 | Omar Miniño | UE Santboiana |
| 3 | Marc González | BUC |
| 4 | Pol Massoni | UE Santboiana |
| 5 | Ignacio Gaminde | RC l'Hospitalet |
| 6 | Ivan Gurriere | FC Barcelona |
| 7 | Andrés Rangel | CR Sant Cugat |
| 8 | Sergi Guerrero | UE Santboiana |
| 9 | Marc Puigvert | UE Santboiana |
| 10 | Àlex Benet | CN Poble Nou |
| 11 | Cristian Martín | UE Santboiana |
| 12 | Sebastià Fernández | FC Barcelona |
| 13 | Sergi Aubanell | UE Santboiana |
| 14 | Jordi Sánchez | BUC |
| 15 | Geoffroy Lourdou | CR Sant Cugat |
| 16 | Leo Paredes | CR Sant Cugat |
| 17 | Óscar Ferreras | RC l'Hospitalet |
| 18 | Gerard Blasco | RC l'Hospitalet |
| 19 | Àlex Palomo | UE Santboiana |
| 20 | David Porto | SEL Vilanova |
| 21 | Víctor Linares | Químic RC |
| 22 | Pau Puigdollers | CR Sant Cugat |
| 23 | Ignasi Baqué | RC l'Hospitalet |

## Catalan qualified players who represented other qualified international teams
### Men's internationals

Algeria
* Sadek Deghmache
Catalonia (1934–1941)
* Josep Aguilar $^{(C&S)}$
* Baldiri Aleu
* Bartomeu Balcells$^{(C&S)}$
* Baltasar
* Joan Bisbal
* Vicenç Bisbal$^{(C&S)}$
* Baudili Ejia$^{(C&S)}$
* Jaume Garrigosa$^{(C&S)}$
* Gual
* Jaume Juanes$^{(C&S)}$
* Joan Massoni$^{(C&S)}$
* Josep Miret
* Antoni Nuvials$^{(C&S)}$
* Miquel Puigdeval$^{(C&S)}$
* Riera
* Eduard Ruiz$^{(C&S)}$
* Jordán Vallmajo
* Antoni Vilaespasa
$^{(C&S:thisplayersrepresentedtheCataloniaandtheSpainrugbyteam)}$  France
* Roger Aguerre
* Patrick Arlettaz
* Marcel Baillette
* Paul Barrère
* Stéphane de Bésombes
* Yves Brunet
* Ernest Camo
* Jean Carbonne
* Jean Carrère
* Frédéric Cermeno
* Jean Coderc
* Georges Constant
* Amedee Cutzach
* Vincent Debaty
* Francis Desclaux
* Joseph Desclaux
* Enzo Forletta
* Roger Furcade
* Henri Galau
* Jean Galia
* Joseph Galy
* Cédric Garcia
* Pierre-Emmanuel Garcia
* Georges Gauby
* Raoul Got
* Bernard Goutta
* Vincent Graule
* Guilhem Guirado
* Jean-François Imbernon
* Melvyn Jaminet
* Pierre Jeanjean
* Gilbert Lavail
* Marc Lièvremont
* Matthieu Lièvremont
* Thomas Lièvremont
* Alain Macabiau
* Brice Mach
* David Marty
* Nicolas Mas
* René Monié
* Camille Montade
* Olivier Olibeau
* Dacien Olive
* Jacques Palat
* Joseph Pascot
* Étienne Piquiral
* Adrien Planté
* Pierre Pons
* Jérôme Porical
* Maurice Porra
* Alphonse Puig
* Roger Ramis
* Raymond Rébujent
* Eugène Ribère
* Jean-Pierre Romeu
* Gérard Roucariès
* André Sanac
* Joseph Sayrou
* Jérôme Schuster
* Noël Sicart
* Farid Sid
* Marcel Soler
* Romain Taofifénua
* Sébastien Taofifénua
* Serge Torreilles
* Posolo Tuilagi
* Georges Vaills
* Fernand Vaquer
* Quentin Walcker
Ireland
* Jordi Murphy
Italy
* Giovanni Antoni
South Africa
* Bryan Habana
Spain
* Josep Aguilar$^{(C&S)}$
* Mario Auzmendi
* Bartomeu Balcells$^{(C&S)}$
* Vicenç Bisbal$^{(C&S)}$
* Joan Blanquet
* Jordi Camps
* Baudili Ejia$^{(C&S)}$
* Joan Escoda
* Miguel Escoda
* Samuel Ezeala
* Enrique Font
* Jaume Garrigosa$^{(C&S)}$
* Jordi Jorba
* Jaume Juanes$^{(C&S)}$
* Sergi Loughney
* Joan Lluis
* Alberto Malo
* Victor Marlet
* Héctor Massoni$^{(C&S)}$
* Juan Massoni
* Joël Merkler
* Antoni Nuvials$^{(C&S)}$
* Isidro Oller
* Marco Pinto
* Miquel Puigdeval$^{(C&S)}$
* Daniel Ripol
* Oriol Ripol
* Roger Ripol
* Fabien Rofes
* Eduard Ruiz$^{(C&S)}$
* Narciso Trull
* Imanol Urraza
* Marc Ventura
* Ferran Velazco
* Antoni Vilaespasa$^{(C&S)}$
$^{(C&S:thisplayersrepresentedtheCataloniaandtheSpainrugbyteam)}$

### Women's internationals

France
* Aurélie Bailon
* Marie Bourret
* Maud Camatta
* Catherine Devillers
* Fanny Horta
* Myriam Loyez
* Marion Talayrach
Spain
* Anna Agustí
* Anna Arnau
* Meritxell Basté
* Mercedes Bastidor
* Marta Cabané
* Rosa Calafat
* Alba Capell
* Marta Carreras
* Meritxell Carreras
* Núria Carreras
* Alexandra Castillón
* Clara Costa
* Marta Costa
* Ana Isabel Dolera
* Helena Estevan
* Paz Estevan
* África Félez
* Raquel García
* Diana Gassó
* Aroa González
* Marta Gran
* María Losada
* Elisabet Martínez
* Susanna Monclús
* Ángela del Pan
* Bárbara Plà
* Olga Pons
* Montserrat Poza
* Anna Puig
* Anna Ramón
* Otília Roca
* Carla Rodríguez
* Beth Segarra
* María del Carmen Sequedo
* Judith Vèlez
* Coral Vila
* Mariona Vila