CR Les Abelles

Les Abelles
Full name	Club de Rugby Les Abelles
Nickname(s)	Abejorros
Founded	1971
Ground	Polideportivo Quatre Carreres, Valencia
Capacity	500
President	Antonio Márquez (Oso)
Manager	Guillermo Ahuir
League	División de Honor
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Club de Rugby Les Abelles is a Professional Spanish rugby team based in Valencia, Spain. They play in Spain's top tier of rugby, the División de Honor

The club was founded in 1971 by Halangode Noel, a teacher at the Jesuit School of Valencia. Having been inspired by the London Wasps, he tried to transfer the name and spirit to a group of young students.

The club's name is the Valencian, not Spanish, translation of Bees, something which would have been rather a controversial thing during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.

Noel also intended for the club to wear Wasps' distinctive colours, but in the 1970s another Valencian club, Tatami, already wore a similar kit, and so for many years Abelles played in orange. Today, the team's colours do resemble those of the English club.

Since its foundation, the club has played at both regional and national levels. In the last twenty years the club has spent more than half its seasons in División de Honor B, with occasional relegations and promotions.

In 2020, after Bathco Independiente Rugby Club announced they were unable to compete in Spain's top-flight División de Honor, Abelles gained promotion. This marked the club's third season in the division, after 2008-09 and 2009-10. Les Abelles has played in that division ever since.

International honours

Fernando Dominguez
Marcos Poggi
Lucas Martín Poggi

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División de Honor
Current teams	Alcobendas Aparejadores Ciencias Complutense Cisneros El Salvador FC Barcelona Gernika La Vila Les Abelles Ordizia Santboiana Valladolid
Former teams	AD Plus Ultra Arquitectura Arquitectos Granada Arquitectura Sevilla At. San Sebastián Atlético Madrid Rugby Bathco Bera Bera Bilbao RC BUC Club Amigos Del Rugby Sevilla CAU Madrid CAU Valencia CDC San José CDU Bilbao CDU Córdoba CDU Grabada CDU Sevilla CEU Barcelona CM Isabel la Católica CN Barcelona CN Montjuic CN Poble Nou CR Atlético Portuense CUD Valladolid Divina Pastora Filosofía y Letras RC GEiEG Getxo Artea Hernani Hípica RC Independiente RC Irún RT Juv. Karmen L'Hospitalet Liceo Francés CRC Madrid Olímpico RC Oviedo RC RC Cornellà SEU Madrid Sevilla FC Sporting Gijón Tatami RC Valencia Vigo Zaharrean RT
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