Valorugby Emilia

Valorugby Emilia
Full name	Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1970
Location	Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Mirabello (Capacity: 4,500)
President	Enrico Grassi
Coach(es)	Roberto Manghi
Captain(s)	Davide Farolini
League(s)	Top12
2017–18	7th
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.valorugby.it

The Valorugby Emilia, previously known as Rugby Reggio, is an Italian rugby union team based in Reggio nell'Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region. They currently play in the Top12, after gaining promotion from winning Serie A in the 2015–16 season. Established in Reggio nell'Emilia in 1970 like “Rugby Reggio A.S.D.”, since July 2018 it has changed its name to “Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.”

Honours

Coppa Italia
- Champions (1): 2018–2019

Current squad

The squad for the 2020-21 Top12 season is:

Valotugby Emilia squad [lower-alpha 1]. [lower-alpha 2]
Props Dario Chistolini Matteo Muccignat Nicolò Quaranta Guido Randisi Guido Romano Alessio Sanavia Hookers Filippo Braglia Anton Giacomo Gatti Luhandre Luus Giovanni Mattioli Locks Andrea Balsemin Matteo Dall'Acqua Alessandro Devodier Armand du Preez Filippo Gerosa	Back row Mirko Amenta Federico Conforti Lorenzo Favaro Gabriele Messori Alessandro Mordacci(c)[lower-alpha 1] Davide Rimpelli Edoardo Ruffolo Scrum-halves Leonardo Bacchi Alberto Chillon Emilio Fusco Fly-halves Daniel Newton Luciano Javier Rodriguez	Centres Giulio Bertaccini Denis Majstorovic Richard Paletta Cardiff Vaega Wings Filippo Caminati Matteo Colli Francesco Colombo Alberto Costella Marco Antonio Gennari Angelo Leaupepe Fullbacks Matteo Falsaperla Davide Farolini

(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 Valorugby Emilia website.[2] Additional Player for Pro14 team Zebre. [1] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2020–21 season.

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for Italy:

Cristian Bezzi
Luca Bigi
Roberto Mandelli
Antonio Mannato
David Odiete

Overseas players

Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for their respective country:

References

"La squadra". 2020-10-20.
"First XV". Valorugby Emilia.

External links

Official website

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[Additional_Player_Zebre-2] Additional Player for Pro14 team Zebre. [1]

[3] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2020–21 season.

[1] "La squadra". 2020-10-20.

[Archivi_La_Squadra-4] "First XV". Valorugby Emilia.

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