Английская Википедия:El Salvador national rugby union team
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The El Salvador national rugby union team (Spanish: rugby union equipo nacional de El Salvador), nicknamed Los Torogoces, represents El Salvador in rugby union. They had their first international tournament in 2011 in Costa Rica along the other teams from Central America, winning the Silver Cup.
History
El Salvador started playing matches against Guatemalan clubs in 2009, losing 3−85 against Xela and winning 37–11 against Santa Rosa.[1] Consequently, a victory against Xela Rugby Club 17–0, after clinching the second place in the Guatemalan Championship the "Torogoces" prepare 2 teams to give battle in the upcoming championship, which is in this case to bring the 1st place.
El Salvador's coaches are from France and Argentina. Even though rugby is such a young sport in this country, it is opening way within other popular sports. Recently,Шаблон:When the Salvadoran Rugby Association (Federacion Salvadorena de Rugby) was recognized as a federation from the local Olympic committee, making it an official recognized sport in El Salvador.
El Salvador played their first international against Costa Rica as part of the 2012 South American Rugby Championship "C". They recorded their first international win, during the 2014 ARC, over Costa Rica. They went on to defeat Panama, which secured their first major tournament victory.[2]
Record
Overall
| Against | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шаблон:Ru | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Шаблон:Ru | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Шаблон:Ru | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Шаблон:Ru | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Шаблон:Ru | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Шаблон:Ru | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Total | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 22.22 |
Tournaments
| Year | Tournament level |
Win/Loss | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | C | 0–3 | 4/4 |
| 2013 | C | 0–3 | 4/4 |
| 2014 | C | 2–1 | 1/4 |
| 2015 | C | 1–2 | 3/4 |
| 2016 | C | 0–3 | 4/4 |
| 2017 | - | - | - |
| 2018 | C | 1–1 | 2/3 |
Leadership
- Coaches
- Alvaro Gorostiza (Esp)
- Juan Carlos Peréz (Esp)
- Board of Directors
- Chairman: Daniel Ola
- Vice chair: Nelson Bolaños
- Treasurer: Diana Diaz
- Secretary: Moisés Nóchez
Players
Current players
El Salvador's rugby union team has a mixture of local young athletes with the reinforcement of experienced foreign players. Torogoces now remains as El Salvador's national team, recognized by CONSUR as a member and will participate in south and Central American tournaments under that name. Rugby in this country has evolved and two clubs have been created: Cuscatlan Rugby Club and Santa Tecla Rugby Club, both still participating in the binational club league with Guatemala. Players from both teams will be selected by trainers and the Federacion Salvadorena de Rugby to be part of Torogoces for international tournaments. In September 2013, Cuscatlán Rugby Club became the first Salvadoran team to win the Bi-National League with Guatemala. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-break
| Player | Position | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Adrien Martinez Almansa | Scrum-half | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Vladimir Salguero | Scrum-half | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Jorge García Herrera (Cap) | Fly-half | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Francisco Deras | Fly-half | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Felipe Flores | Fly-half | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Oscar Rodriguez | Fly-half | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Moisés Nóchez | Centre | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Erick Salas | Centre | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Oscar Díaz | Centre | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Roberto Martínez | Centre | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Jimmy Melara | Centre | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Jorge Huezo | Centre | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Raul Arevalo | Wing | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Jose Gonzalez | Wing | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Oscar Diaz | Wing | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Samuel Zelaya | Wing | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Gerardo Martinez | Wing | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Mauricio Lazo | Fullback | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Pablo Guth | Fullback | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Gerardo Valenzuela | Fullback | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Player | Position | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Enrique Angulo | Hooker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Pablo Maza | Hooker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Diego Albón | Prop | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Erick Perdomo | Prop | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Herman Arrua | Prop | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Joaquín Fuentes | Prop | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Walter Martinez | Prop | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Fares Canizalez | Lock | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Xavier Luna | Lock | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Napoleón Vargas | Lock | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Rodrigo Ramirez | Lock | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Nelson Bolanos | Lock | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Jorge Cacerés | Lock | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Victor Carcamo | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Douglas Lopez | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Efraín Hernández | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| David Alfaro | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Eduardo Bonilla Solís | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Rafael Ramírez | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Angel Yanes | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Roberto Dubois | Flanker | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Ricardo Avendano | Number eight | Шаблон:Flagicon |
| Luis Vilanova | Number eight | Шаблон:Flagicon |
See also
References
External links
Шаблон:National rugby teams Шаблон:National sports teams of El Salvador
Шаблон:National-rugbyunion-team-stub
Шаблон:ElSalvador-sport-stub
