The Japan national rugby league team, nicknamed the Samurais, represents Japan in rugby league football. Japan have played some international competition since 1994. The Japanese National Cup, the JRL domestic club competition, was founded in 1998. In 2021 the season was restarted after a break for COVID with five teams in two divisions, three clubs in East Japan, the Abiko Ducks, Mitaka Spartans and South Ikebukuro Rabbitohs; and two clubs in West Japan, the Kamisenryu Sea Turtles and The Kansai Kaminari.
Estadio José Zorrilla is a municipally-owned football stadium in Valladolid, Spain. The capacity of the stadium is 27,618 seats, making it the 22nd-largest stadium in Spain and the largest in Castile and León.
Rugby union is a growing team sport in Spain. As of 2019, there were 37,241 registered rugby union players in Spain, playing for 332 clubs in various divisions. The sport's governing body in Spain, the Spanish Rugby Federation, was founded in 1923. It joined the International Rugby Board in 1988, and is also a member of Rugby Europe.
The Costa Rica national rugby union team represents Costa Rica in international rugby union. The nation have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. The Costa Rica national rugby team played their first international in 2005 defeating their opponents Panama by 60–0.
Club de Rugby El Salvador, known for sponsorship reasons as SilverStorm El Salvador on the men's category and as Crealia El Salvador on the women's, is a Spanish rugby union club. The club was established in 1960 and currently competes in the men's División de Honor de Rugby and in the women's División de Honor Femenina de Rugby competitions, the highest levels of Spanish club rugby. The club is based in Valladolid in central Spain, playing their matches at the Estadio Pepe Rojo. The club's colours are black and white.
Uale Mai Vala is a retired rugby union player who played for the country's national teams, Manu Samoa and Samoa Sevens. He is a former captain of the Samoa Sevens team which represent Samoa internationally in the IRB Sevens World Series. He was at the time of his retirement sevens rugby's most capped player, and Mai is considered one of the greats in the international sport. Mai has been one of the top points scorers in the IRB World Sevens Series.
Diego Zarzosa Peña is a Spanish rugby union hooker who plays for CR El Salvador in the División de Honor.
The El Salvador national rugby union team, 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.
César Sempere is a Spanish rugby union player. He plays fly-half and fullback for El Salvador. Sempere plays for the Spanish rugby union team.
Vicente do Salvador born Vicente Rodrigues Palha, was a Franciscan friar in the Portuguese colony of Brazil, the author of the first history of Brazil, often titled the "father of Brazilian history".
The Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR) Championship C Division Championship took place between 1–7 December 2013 at Colegio Franco Costarricense in San Jose, Costa Rica. This was the second time CONSUR has run a 3rd division championship.
The Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR) Championship C Division Championship took place between 5-11 October 2014 at Ciudad Deportiva Kiwanis in Clayton, Panama. This was the third time CONSUR has run a 3rd division championship.
Natasha Palha is an Indian former tennis player.
The El Salvador national rugby league team, nicknamed El Trueno Azul, represents El Salvador in rugby league. They had their first international 9's tournament in 2015 in Australia along with Chile in Latin America at the Cabramatta International Nines.
The Uruguay national rugby league team, nicknamed Gauchos Uruguayos, represents Uruguay in rugby league and made their debut at the first Latino Sevens on 17 October 2015.
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A list of men and women international rugby league matches played throughout 2019 and does not include wheelchair rugby league international matches. A † denotes a recognised, but unofficial match that did not contribute to the RLIF World Rankings.
Jaime Nava de Olano is a Spanish former rugby union player. He was a Spanish rugby union (FER) and sevens international. In addition to being frequently called up for Spain, he was also captain; with 79 caps, he is the second player with most international caps for his country. Currently he collaborates with FER as rugby ambassador for Spain. Furthermore, in the later years he was known publicly after his stint on the RTVE cooking show MasterChef Celebrity and for his role as secondary actor in the series La Unidad, aired by Movistar+. In October 2020 he published his first book TEAM! Lecciones y valores del rugby para la vida (Diëresis).
Capitão Fausto are a Portuguese rock band from Lisbon, formed in 2009. The band currently consists of Tomás Wallenstein, Manuel Palha, Domingos Coimbra (bass) and Salvador Seabra (drums). Francisco Ferreira was the main keyboard player until 2024.
José Julio Álvarez de Temiño, known also by his nickname Pirulo, is a Spanish former rugby union player and currently coach. He played as a prop.
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