Spanish Rugby Roundup

Venezuela´s Madrid takeover

On Saturday, thousands of Venezuelans flooded into Sol to hear political leader and democracy activist Maria Machado in the flesh. Despite placing herself inside a Spanish political battle, her only words were for Venzuela´s political future. Photo property of Met in Madrid

Waking up Europe on defence - Sir Bernard Jenkin and Graeme Downie MP

At El Español´s "Wake Up Spain" event, many were speaking on the need for Spain to embrace digitalisation and AI but British speakers had come to deliver a more blunt message. Putting aside Westminster party politics , Conservative MP Sir Bernard and Labour´s Graeme Downie came together to tell Madrid just how serious the new military reality really is. Photo taken by David Morales and used with permission of LLYC

Double Delight for Spanish Rugby

We look back on the Women´s team triumph over Belgium and Portugal in the REC2026 , Spanish U18 toppling Wales in Vichy and an interview with Liceo Frances´ Adriano Talemaisuva on climbing the leagues. Interview Starts 17:45 Copa Del Rey Tickets : https://ferugby.es/entradas/ Photo taken by Javier Alonso Mesonero, used with permission of FERugby

Spain and Türkiye ´s new multinational order?

With events in the middle east moving rapidly, Fundación Alternativas event "España y Turquía: juntos por Gaza, Palestina y la paz regional" offered space to think. Mehmet Güllüoğlu (Co-ordinator for Humanitarian Aid to Palestine of behalf of The Republic of Türkiye ) was able to offer his immediate thoughts on how Spain and Türkiye ´s strengthing cooperation is redrawing traditional political boundries.

Spanish Rugby Roundup

A new deal for Spanish International Rugby at Leganes , División de Honor reaches the split and a moan about the devaluation of the Rugby Europe Championship.