rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club in
Lund, Sweden
Lund (, ;"Lund" (US) and ) is a city in the
. The club was founded in 1972 by John Nash, Perry Hadley, Giuseppe Garza and Calle Erlandsson as the rugby section of the ''Lunds Universitets Gymnastik och Idrottsförening'' (Lund University Gymnastics and Sports Club).. LUGI Lions play their home games at Centrala idrottsplatsen, where they also have their club house.
The club is known to be a very social and open rugby club, with members from all over the world active in the club.
During the late 1980s and early 1990s LUGI's u18s were among the best teams in Sweden, winning 3 Swedish championships. The seniors had their best placements in the early 1980s, placing third 1982 and second in 1984.
LUGI currently have active teams for both ladies and men in ages from u8-senior. They also have an old boys team.
Men's
LUGI's men's team is currently playing in Allsvenskan (Sweden's highest division).
The team usually goes up and down between the two highest leagues.
LUGI currently have both a ladies' and men's team as well as kids and youths in all ages from u8-u18.
Ladies
LUGI's ladies team, often called the lionesses, was created in 2003. They have since then been a well established team with several players being capped for
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
in both 7s and 15s. The Lionesses currently play their 15s games together with Malmö RK under the name "Skånelaget".