The Spanish rugby team moved this training session on Thursday to the Nuevos Ministerios station of the Madrid Metro, a surprising initiative for all metro passengers, which is part of the team’s preparation for the match “part” against Los Pumas on Aug. 26 in the Estadio Metropolitano with which they celebrated the centenary of the Spanish Rugby Federation.
The match against Argentina, one of the candidates for the World title, will be the preparation of Los Pumas, who will participate in the World Cup from September 8 to October 23, 2023 in France. Spain, meanwhile, will have to wait until 2027 to try their luck in Australia.
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Internationals Pepe Borraz, Andy Petros, Santiago Ortega, Alejandro Pérez, Telmo Jáuregui and Enrique Boliches, intermingled with the ball of Madrid metro users, who unexpectedly followed on their daily journey.
“Spain is the sleeping giant of rugby. We will see this game explode soon. It is the only sport in which we are not at world level, but we are looking at Spain Australia 2027, we need to improve the structures of Spanish Rugby. We are going to put all the meat on the grill, said the president of the Spanish Rugby Federation ( BRING).
“We could not play in a better place than the Metropolitano. We are happy to be able to play there and we want to give the best show. We are sleeping giants, but the graph is growing every year,” said player Enrique. Bolinches
Now the player expressed his idea of promoting the game and spoke about his values.
“I encouraged people to play rugby. I used to play football before and when I had experience I realized that it was my sport. Everyone can play rugby, it’s a good game. In the third quarter you talk to the rival you are with. It would be useful if they worked this out in other sports and so they can talk about things after the game and solve them,” he proposed.
