Barcelona Sevens

In Buenos Aires, on the first day of our tour to Argentina to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Enginyers Rugby Club, Santi and other members of the team were reading the text of an award that our host club granted to some of its members. To describe the human values that the award wished to define, the text simply described how was the person that had inspired the award. Santi commented: "This is the best description that I have seen of what the word 'Rugbyman' signifies'.

Perhaps he was not conscious of the fact that he possessed these same qualities, but this is what he was: a 'Rugbyman'. A good friend, devoted, a hard worker, cheerful... A tremendous optimist, no challenge was too great for him; on or off the field he always rendered 100%.

A most unfortunate accident when he was trying to reach North Cape (Norway) by motorcycle robbed us of his company. The challenge, that a short time before we had begun together to found the Barcelona Sevens, now more than ever and with the aid of everyone who esteemed him, must be met..

Santi, as always: "Twenty minutes full out!"

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