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): 2018–19
- Runners-up (1): 2022–23

Current squad

The squad for the 2022-23 Top10 season is:

Valotugby Emilia squad [lower-alpha 1]
Props Javier Diaz Lucas Favre Ulises Garziera Giovanni Mattioli Bernardo Panerai Guido Randisi* Francesco Rossi Dario Chistolini Hookers Luhandre Luus Marco Silva Locks Matteo Dall'Acqua* Armand du Preez Filippo Gerosa Alessandro Ortobina	Back row Mirko Amenta Giovanni Cenedese Filippo Esposito Pietro Mazzei Davide Rimpelli Nicolas Sbrocco* Jimmy Tuivaiti Scrum-halves Thomas Dominguez* Mohammadali Esteki* Josh Renton Marcello Violi Fly-halves Theo Castiglioni* Piero Dominguez* Daniel Newton	Centres Giulio Bertaccini Denis Majstorovic Facundo Panceyra Garrido* Santiago Resino* Fabio Schiabel Wings Alberto Costella Francesco Colombo Luca Pagnani Fullbacks Davide Farolini Filippo Lazzarin

(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.[1] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2022–23 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

"First XV". Valorugby Emilia.

External links

Official website

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[1] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2022–23 season.

[Archivi_La_Squadra-2] "First XV". Valorugby Emilia.

Top10
2022–23 Teams	Calvisano Colorno CUS Torino Fiamme Oro Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rovigo Delta 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 2021–22