Getxo RT

Getxo Artea

Full name	Getxo Artea Rugby Taldea
Founded	1975
Location	Biscay, Spain
Ground	Campos Deportivos de Fadura
Chairman	Jon Etxebarria
Coach	Todd Dammers
League	División de Honor
2012–13	División de Honor, 8th
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.getxorugby.org

Getxo Artea Rugby Taldea is a Spanish rugby union club. The club currently competes in the División de Honor de Rugby competition, the 1st level of Spanish club rugby. The club are based in the province of Biscay, in the autonomous community of Basque Country, northern Spain. Getxo Artea play in yellow and black colours.

Honours

Male team

• Spanish championship
  • Champions: 1993

• Spanish King's cup
  • Champions: 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1997
  • Runners-up: 1993, 1995 and 2005

Female team

• European Female Clubs' Cup
  • Runners-up: 2009

• Spanish Queen's cup
  • Champions: 2001 and 2008
  • Runners-up: 2004

Season by season

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1978–79 1 División de Honor 8th Relegated 1979–80 2 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted 1980–81 1 División de Honor 4th 1981–82 1 División de Honor 3rd 1982–83 1 División de Honor 5th 1983–84 1 División de Honor 9th Relegated 1984–85 2 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted 1985–86 1 División de Honor 4th 1986–87 1 División de Honor 4th 1987–88 1 División de Honor 9th Relegated 1988–89 2 Primera Nacional 1st Promoted 1989–90 1 División de Honor 4th Cup champion 1990–91 1 División de Honor 3rd Cup champion 1991–92 1 División de Honor 5th Cup champion 1992–93 1 División de Honor 1st League champion 1993–94 1 División de Honor 2nd 1994–95 1 División de Honor 2nd 1995–96 1 División de Honor 3rd

Season Tier Division Pos. Notes 1996–97 1 División de Honor 2nd Cup champion 1997–98 1 División de Honor 8th 1998–99 1 División de Honor 8th 1999–00 1 División de Honor 8th 2000–01 1 División de Honor 9th 2001–02 1 División de Honor 10th Relegated 2002–03 2 División de Honor B 1st Promoted 2003–04 1 División de Honor 8th 2004–05 1 División de Honor 7th 2005–06 1 División de Honor 5th 2006–07 1 División de Honor 8th 2007–08 1 División de Honor 5th 2008–09 1 División de Honor 10th Relegated 2009–10 2 División de Honor B 6th 2010–11 2 División de Honor B 1st Promoted 2011–12 1 División de Honor 5th / SF 2012–13 1 División de Honor 8th

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• 29 seasons in División de Honor

Squad 2012–13

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player Position Union Bittor Aboitiz Prop Spain Edorta García Prop Spain Alaitz Boiegi Prop Spain Chris Rowland Prop England Guillermo Peñarredonda Prop Spain Mario Martín Hooker Spain Beñat Lavin Hooker Spain Peio Landaburu Lock Spain Jagoba Acebo Lock Spain Craig Moore Lock New Zealand Iker Hualde Lock Spain Santiago Pérez Lock Spain Aitor Larraona Flanker Spain Gaizka Aguirre Flanker Spain Mikel Arana Flanker Spain Iñigo Lugarezaresti Number 8 Spain

Player Position Union José Luis Young Scrum-half Argentina Mikel Etxeandia Scrum-half Spain Gabriel Besga Scrum-half Spain Eneko Landa Fly-half Spain Imanol Monasterio Centre Spain Iñaki Boiegui Centre Spain José Luís Jiménez Centre Spain Vincent Booiman Centre Netherlands Jon Uriarte Wing Spain Jon Bilbao Wing Spain Paul Fabre Wing France Asier Garamendi Wing Spain Gorka Gárate Wing Spain Brad Linklater Fullback New Zealand Xabier Mendinueta Fullback Spain

See also

• Rugby union in Spain

External links

• Official website
• Spanish Rugby website