Gernika Rugby Taldea is a Basque rugby union team based in Gernika, Bizkaia, which play in the Spanish League. The team was set up by some rugby supporters of the bombed village, and is enjoying a steady rise in popularity in the region.
For the 2012–13 season, Gernika took part in the European Challenge Cup. Despite finishing fifth in the División de Honor in 2011–12 and losing in the playoff semifinals, Gernika were tapped for the Challenge Cup when the sides finishing ahead of them bowed out due to financial constraints.
Honours División de Honor B: 3 Champions: 1983–84, 1989–90, 2008–09 Copa del Rey: 0 Runners-up: 1991
2012–13 Challenge Cup Gernika RT played in pool 2 of the 2012–13 European Challenge Cup.
Final table TeamPWDLPFPADiffTFTATBLBPts Perpignan (3) 6 5 0 1 293 89 +204 42 5 4 1 25 Worcester Warriors 6 5 0 1 354 78 +276 51 7 4 1 25 Gernika RT 6 2 0 4 80 309 −229 6 47 0 0 8 Rovigo 6 0 0 6 67 318 −251 6 46 0 1 1 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 Per the Competition Rules, Perpignan and Worcester were level on the first tiebreaker of head-to-head competition points (5–5); Perpignan topped the pool on the second tiebreaker of head-to-head try count (3–1).
Matches
Season by season SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1977–782 Primera Nacional8th 1978–792 Primera Nacional4th 1979–802 Primera Nacional5th 1980–812 Primera Nacional5th↑1981–821 División de Honor6th↓1982–832 Primera Nacional2nd 1983–842 Primera Nacional1st 1984–852 Primera Nacional4th 1985–862 Primera Nacional5th 1986–872 Primera Nacional5th 1987–882 Primera Nacional3rd 1988–892 Primera Nacional3rd 1989–902 Primera Nacional1st↑1990–911 División de Honor7th 1991–921 División de Honor8th 1992–931 División de Honor12th↓1993–942 Primera Nacional9th 1994–952 Primera Nacional3rd 1995–962 Primera Nacional6th 1996–972 Primera Nacional4th SeasonTierDivisionPos.Notes1997–982 Primera Nacional4th 1998–993 Primera Nacional7th↓1999–004 Segunda Nacional—↑2000–013 Primera Nacional4th 2001–023 Primera Nacional5th 2002–033 Primera Nacional5th 2003–043 Primera Nacional3rd 2004–053 Primera Nacional1st↑2005–062 División de Honor B3rd 2006–072 División de Honor B4th 2007–082 División de Honor B2nd 2008–092 División de Honor B1st↑2009–101 División de Honor8th 2010–111 División de Honor4th 2011–121 División de Honor / 2012–131 División de Honor / 2013–141 División de Honor9th 2014–151 División de Honor6th 2015–161 División de Honor11th
11 seasons in División de Honor
References
External links Official website