Teamname: | Olympus Rugby XV Madrid |
Fullname: | Olympus Rugby XV Madrid |
Location: | Madrid, Spain[1] |
Countryflag: | Spain |
Capacity: | 12,400 |
Top Scorer: | César Sempere (20 points)[2] |
League: | European Challenge Cup |
Position: | 4th in pool |
Leftarm1: | white |
Body1: | white |
Rightarm1: | white |
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Bigloss: | Olympus Madrid 0 - 66 Connacht (2010) |
Url: | http://www.olympusrugby.es/ |
Olympus Rugby XV Madrid was a rugby union team that competed 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, but was forced to withdraw due to financial issues.
See main article: 2009–10 European Challenge Cup pool stage.
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.
Team | P | W | D | L | Tries for | Tries against | Try diff | Points for | Points against | Points diff | TB | LB | Pts | ||
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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 |
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After an absence of three seasons, the team intended to participate in the 2013–14 season of the European Challenge Cup.[4] 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.[5] However, due to financial issues, the team withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Lusitanos XV on 2 September 2013.[6]