RC Valencia
Encyclopedia
RC Valencia is a Spanish rugby
team. The club currently competes in Group C of the Primera Nacional.
and sometimes on the river banks by the teacher's training college in the early years. After a while they managed to acquire their own ground, the Campo de La Pechina (Field of The Pendant), the very first rugby ground in the city.
The following season a youth team was started, which ended up winning the regional championship.
The senior team reached the national leagues in 1973/1974 for the first time, and was eventually promoted to the División de Honor
in the 1976/1977 season, winning the title in 1982/1983.
In 1990 the club gained their primary sponsor, Tecnidex, a company providing chemicals and disinfectants for agricultural purposes.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team. The club currently competes in Group C of the Primera Nacional.
History
The club was established in May 1966 by a group of young players who wanted to see a team from the city of Valencia playing in the national leagues. There were problems securing a field, and the club played on a football field in PicanyaPicanya
Picanya is a municipality in the comarca of Horta Sud in the Valencian Community, Spain....
and sometimes on the river banks by the teacher's training college in the early years. After a while they managed to acquire their own ground, the Campo de La Pechina (Field of The Pendant), the very first rugby ground in the city.
The following season a youth team was started, which ended up winning the regional championship.
The senior team reached the national leagues in 1973/1974 for the first time, and was eventually promoted to the División de Honor
División de Honor de Rugby
-Past winners:-External links:*...
in the 1976/1977 season, winning the title in 1982/1983.
In 1990 the club gained their primary sponsor, Tecnidex, a company providing chemicals and disinfectants for agricultural purposes.
Honours
- División de Honor
- 1983
- División de Honor BDivisión de Honor B de RugbyThe Spanish rugby league has been contested since 1953. The second division is currently known as the Division de Honor B and has two groups of 8 clubs.-Teams 2010–11 season:--------External links:*...
- 1976
- Valencian Regional Championship
- 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974