Spain/Catalonia

[Druzik]

Convocatòria de Catalunya: Patrice Gomez (UTC), David Berthezene (UTC), Sebastien Amigas (UTC), David Romero (Lezignan), Mathieu Thomas (Universitat de Perpinyà), Raoul Vallosada (Vic), Marius Aliguer (Vic), Cezar Ciobonu (FCB), Fernando Iraizoz (FCB), Lluís Tió (Vic), Albert Homs (capità-GEiEG), Marc López (Poble Nou), Eric Pekkola (GEiEG), Jordi Giménez (Olot), Joan Solani (GEiEG), Ermengol Alemany (BUC), Joan Miquel Puig (Poble Nou). Seleccionador català: Eric Delherbe Suplents: Marc Guerra (Geieg), Roger Ferrater (BUC), Eduard Castells (R.Llull)

Convocatòria del Marroc: Rachid Abdessamad, Rachid Allalou, Mohamed Boudalas, Foued Boudouli, Mimoun Chanif, Mohamed Djamil, Rachid Faresse, Lhoucine Fakir, Mohamed Hammouch, Ismael Khattabi, Hassan Laaziri, Ilyass Lamarti, Karim Nasraoui, Farid Nicolas, Mounir Nordine, Sidi Nordine, Tarik Maïza, Amar Taouil, Alissam Yousri. Seleccionador marroquí: Olivier Dumeaux

[jim]

Jun 21, 2008 0:31:24 GMT 10 Druzik said:

Convocatòria de Catalunya: Patrice Gomez (UTC), David Berthezene (UTC), Sebastien Amigas (UTC), David Romero (Lezignan), Mathieu Thomas (Universitat de Perpinyà), Raoul Vallosada (Vic), Marius Aliguer (Vic), Cezar Ciobonu (FCB), Fernando Iraizoz (FCB), Lluís Tió (Vic), Albert Homs (capità-GEiEG), Marc López (Poble Nou), Eric Pekkola (GEiEG), Jordi Giménez (Olot), Joan Solani (GEiEG), Ermengol Alemany (BUC), Joan Miquel Puig (Poble Nou). Seleccionador català: Eric Delherbe Suplents: Marc Guerra (Geieg), Roger Ferrater (BUC), Eduard Castells (R.Llull)

Convocatòria del Marroc: Rachid Abdessamad, Rachid Allalou, Mohamed Boudalas, Foued Boudouli, Mimoun Chanif, Mohamed Djamil, Rachid Faresse, Lhoucine Fakir, Mohamed Hammouch, Ismael Khattabi, Hassan Laaziri, Ilyass Lamarti, Karim Nasraoui, Farid Nicolas, Mounir Nordine, Sidi Nordine, Tarik Maïza, Amar Taouil, Alissam Yousri. Seleccionador marroquí: Olivier Dumeaux

Are those teams from Spain? I wasn't aware Spain had RL teams, would be nice to see a national team from them. Maybe Catalans could relocate a game or 2 to barcelona for publicity.

[Druzik]

It may be, there are a couple of teams based at unis in Barcelona that have popped up over the last year or so. This may be a selct from them plus maybe some french Catalonia players. Be an interesting match none the less.

I think the Dragons do have some presence in Barcelona, so see what happens in the future.

[jim]

Jun 21, 2008 0:54:11 GMT 10 Druzik said:

It may be, there are a couple of teams based at unis in Barcelona that have popped up over the last year or so. This may be a selct from them plus maybe some french Catalonia players. Be an interesting match none the less.

I think the Dragons do have some presence in Barcelona, so see what happens in the future.

So the game is pretty much spain V morrocco?

Nice to see

[Druzik]

Catalunya 12 Morocco 62

The Catalan XIII lost this evening against Morocco, in a match played in the Gilbert Brutus stadium in Perpignan. The team, coached by the north Catalan Eric Delherbe, have fallen by a clear 12-62, but inspite of that, they have presented a good image against a strong team in which practically all their players are in the French national league. In a temperature of 34ºC, Catalunya presented a good face until the end, but in the second half the Moroccans put to use their better experience and physical superiority, and finished clearly on top.

This was the the third appearance of the Catalan XIII, after their participation in the month of January in the French inter-league championship and their loss last week in Girona against the French University side by (17-68). The match (today) was played in front of 2,000 people, who cheered the Catalan selection. Afterwards, the Catalan Dragons played in their Super League match, and defended their third position against the English team Warrington Wolves.

[Marv]

Jun 21, 2008 12:21:36 GMT 10 jim said:

So the game is pretty much spain V morrocco?

French Morroccans Vs Spain with 4 or 5 French Catalonians

[jim]

Things are falling slowly into place in Spain.

I received an email from the guy who's heading up developments in southern Catalunya, Albert Homs at Girona University. He confirmed three things;

1) there's going to be further coaching clinics for players, referees and coaches, I think, run by the Dragons.
2) they have a number of universities interested and are planning a University league from November to May.
3) Next May and June there'll be a club league, although he gave no indication as to how many clubs will be involved. At a guess I'd say four or five maximum (and hopefully FCB).

With a bit of luck by this time next year there should be a handful of teams established in and around Barcelona.

If we get something going here in Menorca we're going to be able to play in the mainland competition. So that's good news.

That From Number 16 on TRL

Hope it works out for those involved.

I would like to see FCB field a team in Elite when they get the required players. They could run a first team in Elite and 2nds team in the Spanish comp. This may be a while away but would be a good stepping block for them to perhaps go upto Super League.

Anyway good to know the work is being done and hopefully before too long Spain will be playing Internationals aswell.

[Druzik]

www.rlef.eu.com/news.php?id=1004


BARCELONA HOSTS FIRST RUGBY LEAGUE COACHING COURSE
Friday 30th January 2009

In readiness for Catalans Dragons engage Super League clash with Warrington in Barcelona in mid-June, this weekend sees the famous Spanish city host its first Rugby League coaching course.

Run by the Rugby League Catalan Association, and taken by RFL Coach Educator Carl Harrison, the three day course takes place at the Catalan Sports University, INEFC, near the Olympic Stadium that will host the round 17 encounter.

Forty five candidates have signed up for the course, including players, coaches and match officials and Harrison will be helped by German stalwart Danny Stocks, Tom Mather and Malta RL development officer Anthony Micallef.

Also assisting is Catalonia coach Eric Delherbe and the successful graduates intend to spread Rugby League throughout the region in the near future.

[Druzik]

Results form Spain/Catralonia - University Championships

Results from the first round of the Catalan University Championship held in Girona a couple of weeks ago. From France were Universitat de Perpinyà and from Spain were Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barca), Universitat de Girona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Barca), Universitat Ramon Llull (Barca), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Universitat de Vic (Vic, outside Barca).

Group 1
Universitat de Girona 4-8 Universitat de Perpinyà
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 8-4 Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Universitat de Girona Universitat 16-4 Politècnica de Catalunya
Universitat de Perpinyà 16-0 Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Universitat de Girona 14-0 Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 0-12 Universitat de Perpinyà

Group 2
Universitat Ramon Llull 12-8 Universitat de Vic
Universitat Ramon Llull 26-0 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Universitat de Vic 10-14 Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Standings
1- Universitat de Perpinyà 8 punts
2- Universitat Ramon Llull 7 punts
3- Universitat de Girona 6 punts
4- Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 5 punts
5- Universitat de Vic 4 punts
6- Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya 3 punts
7- Universitat Pompeu Fabra 2 punts
8- Universitat de Barcelona 0 punts

The second round of games are this Thursday (12th) in Barcelona, and the groups are as follows;

Group 1
Universitat de Vic
Universitat de Perpinyà
Universitat Autònoma de Catalunya
Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Group 2
Universitat Ramon Llull
Universitat de Girona
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

[Druzik]

4 clubs lined up for the first Catalonian Domestic comp.

CE INEF Lleida Rugby
CA Vic - Crancs
CNPN Enginyers
Garrotxa Rugbi Club

[Druzik]

www.rlef.eu.com/news.php?id=1046



This year has seen the first University Championship of Rugby League take place with 7 Catalan Universities.

The championship was played in two days. The first, on February 26 at Girona’s University and the second, in Barcelona, (Mar Bella rugby field) on March 12 at one of the city Universities. The championship, organized by the Catalan Association of Rugby League, preceeds the next and first Catalan domestic league to be played from April to June.



The participant teams at the University Championship were:



University of Vic,

Ramon Llull University,

University of Perpinyà,

University of Girona,

Autonomous University of Barcelona,

Polytechnic University of Catalonia,

Pompeu Fabra University.



Championship:



The University of Perpinyà was the clear winner of the competition. This result was expected given the high level of the university players of the North of Catalonia. But the level of the rest of the universities was also very high, emphasizing the Ramon Rull University and the University of Girona, which stood up to the Perpinyà players.





FINAL CLASSIFICATION:



1
University of Perpinyà
16 points

2
Ramon Llull University
14 points

3
University of Girona
10 points

4
Autonomous University of Barcelona
9 points

5
University of Vic
9 points

6
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
8 points

7
Pompeu Fabra University
2 points





On Friday 27th April, the Catalan University National Team, a side picked from the best of the University sides, travelled to England to take on Leeds University.



Despite a 34-10 defeat, the Catalan side showed a lot of determination and will look forward to repeating the experience to aid further development in Catalan University Rugby League

[Druzik]

Game to be played on 20 June at l'Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys de Montjuïc before the Dragons/Wire SL game. Kick off is 4.30.