Santboiana Secures Permanence in Rugby's División de Honor After Intense Derby

The team from Baix Llobregat defeated Barça 25-17 in a decisive match at Baldiri Aleu.

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Santboiana confirmed its permanence in rugby's División de Honor in an exciting Catalan derby against Barça, who had already been relegated, with a final score of 25 to 17.

The match, played at the Baldiri Aleu field, was an energetic confrontation from the opening whistle. Barça, despite already being relegated to the Élite category, showed great resilience, aiming to bid farewell to the top division with a worthy performance.
The Sant Boi team had to deploy a solid defense to overcome the Barcelona side, who initially managed to break the local strategy and score the first tries. However, Santboiana's reaction in the second half of the match proved decisive.

The good reaction of Santboiana at Baldiri Aleu in the second half of the match, together with the spark of the proclaimed most valuable player of the match (with two tries for his team), Pau Massoni from Tarragona, led Sergi Guerrero's Santboiana to a 25-17 victory over Barça.

This victory, combined with the triumph of El Salvador de Valladolid over Ciencias de Sevilla by 13 to 28, definitively secured the continuity of Santboiana, a historic rugby club, in the División de Honor.