Aeolos Rugby is the first rugby union team established in Patras, Greece and Peloponnisos in general. It is part of Aeolos Gymnastic Club.
The team has played its "home" matches in Haikali municipality stadium.

Aeolos Rugby
Full nameAeolos Patras Rugby Club
Founded2010
LocationPatras, Greece
Ground(s)Agios Stafanos Municipality Field, Agios Stefanos
ChairmanGreece Markos Andreas[1]
League(s)Unity Cup, Unity 7s Cup
Team kit
Official website
www.aeolosrugby.gr
Aeolos Rugby is located in Greece
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Aeolos Rugby (Greece)

History

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First Era (2010-11)

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The team was founded in August 2010, by local people assisted by French who used to live in Patras.
Aeolos under Christophe Zapirain's directions, competed in 2010-11 for the 15s Greek National Championship[2][3] and finished in 5th place.[4]
Unfortunately in the summer of 2011 the team decided to pause all activities.

2013–present

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Aeolos 7s team with David Campese

In April 2013 few locals formed a Rugby team in Patras that was named Patras Rebels. After some months the team was merged with Aeolos Rugby.
Aeolos rugby in 2013-14 participated in Unity Cup and Unity 7's Cup of GRASS facing Athens Spartans RFC, Panathinaikos RFC, Attica Springboks RFC, Thessaloniki Lions RFC, Titanes Kavalas RFC, West Side United RFC. Despite being a newcomer Aeolos team managed to finish 3rd in the Unity Cup after a long challenging season. Alongside the 7s team of Aeolos secured the 3rd place in Unity 7s Cup, in which the players had the honor to meet and play with the Australian rugby legend, David Campese.
Also in 2014 Aeolos 7s Rugby Women team was created that also took part in Unity 7s Cup.

Badge and colours

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Aeolos Old Crest(2010)

The club's badge is derived from the ruler of the winds in Greek mythology, Aeolus.
The Aeolos Rugby first strip in 2010 was black shirt with green sleeves, black shorts and green socks.
In 2013 when the team was merged with Patras Rebels the strip changed, now the shirt is white with green details, white shorts and green socks.

Grounds

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Aeolos is using the municipality field of Agios Stefanos, which is located in between the villages of Agios Stefanos and Haikali.
In the summer of 2013 with the help of the local community of Agios Stefanos and Haikali municipality, the local Football field was renovated and the first exclusively Rugby field in Greece was created.

Sponsorship

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The club's first shirt sponsors at the beginning of the 2010–11 season was Freyssinet and Jidet.
In 2014 Aeolos signed a deal with Zaharopoulos Basilios and Arkhon Panel became the golden sponsor of the team. Also Cherry's Cafe and The Mark are sponsoring the club.

Players

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As of 1 October 2014

Seniors

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  • Forwards

  Arapogiannis Thomas
  Arnaoutis Aggelos
  Barakos Georgios (c)
  Sklivas Aggelos
  Kotsetas Panagiotis
  Aggelakopoulos Georgios
  Giannakopoulos Basilios
  Markos Apostolos
  Maxeras Panagiotis
  Papagiavis Georgios
  Papachristou Aleksandros
  Sakkoulis Athanasios
  Skretas Sotirios
  Tsigaras Ioannis
  Solakakis Stauros

 
  • Backs

  Gatsos Dimitrios
  Simeopoulos Georgios
  Livanos Theodoros
  Livanos Georgios
  Panagopoulos Georgios
  Kallinikos Theodoros
  Panagiotopoulos Ilias
  Panagopoulos Petros
  Rousseas Panagiotis
  Mauroudakis Panagiotis
  Christodoulou Georgios
  Nikolopoulos Christos
  Bardakis Aggelos
  Klosteridis Nikiforos
  Zachiotis Christos

(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes player has been internationally capped.

Women

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  Markou Eustathia
  Christofi Eudoksia (c)
  Kaukia Loukia
  Tsampli Maria
  Bracha Nikoleta
  Davilla Eustathia
  Chrisanthopoulou Eutihia
  Siameti Fotini
  Aggelakopoulou Dimitra
  Margariti Chara
  Kipreou Ioanna
  Siriopoulou Vasiliki
  Halimi Florida
  Chrisanthopoulou Triseugeni
  Christopoulou Christina
  Christopoulou Christina

 

(c) Denotes team captain.

Veterans

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  Cyril Rouzies
  Christophe Zapirain
  Luc Desaintpalais
  Robinson Nicoloso
  Mathieu Augereau
  Frederic Cochin
  Poludoropoulos Panagiotis

 

Citations and References

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  1. ^ "Ο Σύλλογος | Αίολος Πατρών".
  2. ^ "ΟΜΑΔΕΣ". Archived from the original on 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2014-03-24.
  3. ^ el:Ελληνική Ομοσπονδία Ράγκμπι
  4. ^ fr:Championnat de Grèce de rugby à XV 2010-2011
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