The Rugby Union Equipo Nacional de El Salvador, nicknamed Los Torogoces, represents El Salvador

El Salvador

El Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...

 in rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

. They have not yet played an international match.

History

El Salvador started playing matches against Guatemalan clubs in 2009, losing 3-85 against Xela and winning 37-11 against Santa Rosa.
consequently a victory against Xela Rugby Club for 17-0, after clinching the second place in the Guatemalan Championship the "Torogoces" prepare 2 teams to give battle in the upcoming championship, which is in this case to bring the 1st place, to make this happen, the Salvadoran squad prepares with rugby knowledgeable coaching group (coaches are from France and Argentina) even though Rugby is such a young sport in this Central American country it's opening way within other popular sports, recently "FSR" (Federacion Salvadorena de Rugby) was recognized as a federation from the local Olympic committee, making it an official recognized sport in El Salvador.

Current players

El Salvador's rugby union team has a mixture of local young athletes with the reinforcement of experienced foreign players. El Salvador's "A" Team presented the following lineup during their last match in the Guatemalan league

Backs

Player	Position	Club
JuanCa Flamenco	Scrum-half
André Doratt	Scrum-half
Augusto Dumit	Fly-half
Felipe Flores	Fly-half
Oscar Rodriguez	Fly-half
Luis Baz	Centre
Felipe Torres	Centre
Oscar Martinez	Centre
Damian Poppie	Centre
Natxo Baeza	Centre
Alejandro Juarez	Centre
Jorge Huezo	Centre
Raul Arevalo	Wing
Jose Gonzalez	Wing
Oscar Diaz	Wing
Ricardo Penate	Wing
Samuel Zelaya	Wing
Gerardo Martinez	Wing
Mauricio Lazo	Fullback
Pablo Guth	Fullback
Gerardo Valenzuela	Fullback

Forwards

Player	Position	Club
Enrique Angulo	Hooker
Mauricio Regalado	Hooker
Carlos Ceron	Prop
Joel Portillo	Prop
Herman Arrua	Prop
Joaquín Fuentes	Prop
Walter Martinez	Prop
Fares Canizalez	Lock
Xavier Luna	Lock
Salvador Sermeno	Lock
Rodrigo Ramirez	Lock
Nelson Bolanos	Lock
Roberto Calderon	Lock
Victor Carcamo	Flanker Flanker (rugby union) A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
Dany Vigil	Flanker Flanker (rugby union) A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
Efraín Hernández	Flanker Flanker (rugby union) A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
David Alfaro	Flanker Flanker (rugby union) A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
Diego Walh	Flanker Flanker (rugby union) A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
Raul Conte	Flanker Flanker (rugby union) A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
Angel Yanes	Flanker Flanker (rugby union) A flanker is a position in the sport of rugby union. Flankers play in the forwards, and are generally classified as either blindside, or openside flankers; numbers six and seven respectively. The name comes from their position in a scrum in which they flank each set of forwards...
Ricardo Avendano	Number eight
Luis Vilanova	Number eight

COACHES
Jean Pierre Agati (Fra)
Manuel Natero (Arg)
Ivan Seassal (Fra)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

• Chairman: Enrique Angulo
• Vice chair: Luis Donis
• Treasurer: Jorge Huezo
• Secretary: Roberto Calderon

Current players

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|+ Jugadoras
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| Ligia Rivas
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| Shelby Funes
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| Veronica Martz
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| Nory Olivares
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| Claudia Mejia
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| Kathya Morales
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| Kathya Hernandez
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| Marlina Hernandez
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| Angie Funes
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| Anna Rispa
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| Yalile Flores
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| Carmen Aída Fuentes
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| Ingrid Solorzano
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| Patricia Macagni
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| Virginia Massut
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| Laura Cardoza
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| Rhina Aparicio
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COACHES: Daniel Ola, Erik Salas