Rugby Rovigo Delta

Rugby Rovigo Delta
Full name	Rugby Rovigo Delta S.r.l.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1935
Location	Rovigo, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Mario Battaglini (Capacity: 5,500)
President	Francesco Zambelli
Coach(es)	Umberto Casellato
Captain(s)	Matteo Ferro
League(s)	Top12
2018–19	2nd
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.rugbyrovigodelta.it

Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12. They are based in Rovigo, in Veneto. The club was founded in 1935 by medical student Dino Lanzoni, who discovered rugby at university. They quickly became one of the strongest Italian sides and won 12 titles between 1951 and 2016. They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union.

stadium

Current and former Rovigo players include Elio De Anna, Stefano Bettarello, Stefano Bordon, Alessandro Moscardi, Carlo Orlandi, Carlo Checchinato, Mirco Bergamasco, Manuel Contepomi, AJ Venter, Gert Smal, Viliami Ofahengaue and Naas Botha.

Honours

Italian championship
- Champions (12): 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2015–16
- Runners-up (6): 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018-19
Coppa Italia/Excellence Trophy
- Champions (1): 2019-20
- Runners-up (3): 1997–98, 2005–06, 2013−14

Current squad

The Rovigo Delta senior squad for 2020–21 is:

Rovigo Delta squad [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
Props Antonio Brandolini Emanuele Leccioli Stefano Lugato Nicola Pomaro Francesco Rossi Entienne Swanepoel Davide Vecchini Hookers Filippo Cadorini Emanuele Leccioli Jacques Momberg Giacomo Nicotera[lower-alpha 2] Locks Matteo Canali[lower-alpha 2] Lubabalo Mtyanda Paolo Steolo	Back row Matteo Ferro(c) Carel Greeff Edoardo Lubian Michele Mantovani Davide Ruggeri[lower-alpha 2] Stefano Sironi Gianmarco Vian Scrum-halves Lorenzo Citton Charly Trussardi[lower-alpha 1] Andrea Visentin Fly-halves Luca Borin Francesco Cozzi Andrea Menniti Ippolito	Centres Diego Antl Nicolás Coronel Luciano Lisciani Francesco Modena Matteo Moscardi Wings Andrea Bacchetti Guido Barion Edoardo Mastrandrea Paolo Uncini Fullbacks Nicholas Bordin Massimo Cioffi

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players. ^* denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality. Players and their allocated positions from the Rovigo Delta website.[4] He has a dual contract with Rovigo Delta and Pro14 team Benetton. [1] Additional player for Pro14 team Benetton.[2] [3]

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for Italy:

Matías Agüero
Mario Battaglini
Enzo Bellinazzo
Arturo Bergamasco
Mirco Bergamasco
Ottorino Bettarello
Romano Bettarello
Stefano Bettarello
Flaviano Brizzante
Massimo Brunello
Stefano Bordon
Giancarlo Busson
Pablo Canavosio
Carlo Checchinato
David Dal Maso
Elio De Anna
Gianluca Faliva
Simone Favaro
– Julian Gardner
Massimo Giovanelli
Andrea Lo Cicero
Tito Lupini
Giancarlo Malosti
Matteo Mazzantini
Alessandro Moscardi
Giancarlo Navarrini
Carlo Orlandi
Alberto Osti
Antonio Pavanello
Gert Peens
Isidoro Quaglio
Graziano Ravanelli
Pietro Reale
Andrea Scanavacca
Fabrizio Sintich
Pietro Stievano
Edgardo Venturi
Angelo Visentin
Narciso Zanella

Overseas players

Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for their respective country:

References

https://benettonrugby.it/sei-talentuosi-azzurrini-sotto-contratto-come-permit-players/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
"TRE NUOVI PERMIT PLAYERS IN ACCORDO CON I CLUB DI APPARTENENZA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
"GIACOMO NICOTERA È UN NUOVO PERMIT PLAYER DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
"First XV". Rurby Rovigo Delta.

External links

Official site

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[Dual_Contract_Benetton-2] He has a dual contract with Rovigo Delta and Pro14 team Benetton. [1]

[Additional_Player_Benetton-5] Additional player for Pro14 team Benetton.[2] [3]

[1] ttps://benettonrugby.it/sei-talentuosi-azzurrini-sotto-contratto-come-permit-players/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] "TRE NUOVI PERMIT PLAYERS IN ACCORDO CON I CLUB DI APPARTENENZA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.

[4] "GIACOMO NICOTERA È UN NUOVO PERMIT PLAYER DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.

[Archivi_La_Squadra-6] "First XV". Rurby Rovigo Delta.

Top10
2020–21 Teams	Calvisano Colorno Fiamme Oro Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rovigo Delta S.S. Lazio Valorugby Emilia Viadana
Serie A (1929–1960)	1929 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
Eccellenza (1960–1965)	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65
Serie A (1965–1986)	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Serie A1 (1986–2001)	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01
Super 10 (2001–2010)	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Eccellenza (2010–2018)	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Top12 (2018–2020)	2018–19 2019–20
Top10 (2020–present)	2020–21