MADRID, 7 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
VRAC Quesos Entrepinares has won the 2023 Copa del Rey rugby after beating Recoletas Burgos Universidad de Burgos this Sunday (29-25) in the final held at the La Cartuja Sports Facilities in Seville, in a match in which they won the victory rehearsal in minute 78.
The Valladolid team, which reacted in the second half, thus lifted its sixth cup title (1998, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2023) five years after its last Cup, achieved in Valencia, precisely the site of the 2024 final.
Diego Merino’s men went ahead with a test by Martiniano Cian, after a magnificent play by captain Kalo Kalo Gavidi, but the people of Burgos reacted through the foot of Juan Diego Zabalegui, who added two hits and a transformation, and the mark of Facundo José Sacovechi to close the first half ahead (5-13).
Before the trial at number 42 by Nicolás Coronel, the cheese captain, Kalo Kalo Gavidi, responded with a mark transformed at number 45 after leaving behind three defenders. Likewise, after Valentín Bustos’ posing in the 50th minute, the newly entered SioSiua Moala put VRAC three minutes later to only one point (24-25).
In the last five minutes, a great kick left Quesos Entrepinares with a ‘touch’ in favor five meters from the rival’s goal area in the 78th minute and the Valladolid did not forgive rehearsing thanks to a powerful ‘maul’ that ended in the rehearsal by Pablo Miejimolle. Burgos had one last possession to win the match, but a great defense from VRAC prevented his response.