Rugby Calvisano

Rugby Calvisano is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12. They are based in Calvisano (Province of Brescia), in Lombardy. They were founded in 1970 by a group of players: Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gavazzi. In 1992 the club became “Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.”

Rugby Calvisano
Full nameRugby Calvisano
UnionItalian Rugby Federation
Founded1970 (1970)
LocationCalvisano, Italy
Ground(s)Stadio San Michele (Capacity: 5,000)
PresidentAngelo Zanetti
Coach(es)Gianluca Guidi
Captain(s)Guglielmo Palazzani
League(s)Top12
2018–19Champions
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.rugbycalvisano.it

History

Calvisano were founded in 1970 by a group of players, in 1992 the club became “Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.” Calvisano first qualified for European competition for the 1999–2000 season, where they competed in the European Challenge Cup, playing six pool games, though they did not win any. They qualified for their first Heineken Cup for the 2001–02 season, though it was season after where the club won a couple of their pool games, but they have yet to make the finals.

In the May FIR Federal Council meeting, Rugby Calvisano officially decided not to exercise its right to participate in the Italian Championship of Excellence Peroni TOP10 2023/2024.

Honours

  • Italian championship
    • Champions (7): 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018−19
    • Runners-up (7): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2015–16, 2017–18
  • Coppa Italia
    • Champions (1): 2003–04
    • Runners-up (3): 1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07
  • Excellence Trophy
    • Champions (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
  • Intercontinental Cup
    • Champions (1): 2006
  • European Rugby Continental Shield
    • Champions (1): 2019

Current squad

The Calvisano squad for 2022–23 season:

Calvisano squad

Props

  • Italy Riccardo Brugnara
  • Italy Nicolò D'Amico
  • Italy Nicola Fioravanti
  • Italy Piermaria Leso
  • Italy Thomas Sassi
  • Italy Jacopo Schiavon

Hookers

  • Italy Massimo Ceciliani
  • Italy Andrej Mariniello
  • Italy Matteo Luccardi

Locks

  • Italy Fabrizio Boschetti
  • Italy Samuele Ortis
  • Italy Michael van Vuren
  • Italy Davide Zanetti

Back row

  • Argentina Tomas Bernasconi
  • Italy Jacopo Botturi
  • Argentina Bautista Grenon*
  • Italy Andrea Martani
  • Italy Angelo Maurizi
  • Italy Samuela Vunisa
  • Australia Otto Louis Wendt

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

  • Italy Michele Brighetti
  • Argentina Emanuel Contino*
  • South Africa Schalk Hugo

Centres

  • Italy Andrea Bronzini
  • Italy Filippo Gigli
  • Brazil Lorenzo Massari*
  • Italy Michele Regonaschi
  • Fiji Poasa Waqanibau

Wings

  • Italy Edoardo Mastrandrea
  • Italy Marco Susio
  • Italy Flavio Pio Vaccari


Fullbacks

  • Italy Rocco Del Bono
  • South Africa Kayle van Zyl*
(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 Calvisano website.[1][2][3]

    Selected former players

    Italian players

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

    • Italy Manfredi Albanese
    • Italy Caludio Appiani
    • Italy Sergio Appiani
    • Italy Valerio Bernabò
    • Italy Massimo Bonomi
    • Italy Paolo Buso
    • Italy Pablo Canavosio
    • Italy Tommaso Castello
    • Italy Martin Castrogiovanni
    • Italy Lorenzo Cittadini
    • Italy Salvatore Costanzo
    • Italy Giambattista Croci
    • Italy Marcello Cuttitta
    • Italy Massimo Cuttitta
    • Italy David Dal Maso
    • Italy Tommaso D'Apice
    • Italy Giampiero De Carli
    • Italy Andrea De Rossi
    • Italy Jaco Erasmus
    • Italy Gabriel Filizzola
    • Italy Gonzalo García
    • Italy Leonardo Ghiraldini
    • Italy Renato Giammarioli
    • Italy Paul Griffen
    • Italy Kelly Haimona
    • Italy Giorgio Intoppa
    • Italy Benjamin de Jager
    • Italy Andrea Lovotti
    • Italy Roberto Mandelli
    • Italy Andrea Marcato
    • Italy Roland de Marigny
    • Italy Nicola Mazzucato
    • Italy Maxime Mbanda
    • Italy Luke McLean
    • Italy Matteo Minozzi
    • Argentina Italy Alex Moreno
    • Italy Andrea Moretti
    • Italy Ludovico Nitoglia
    • Italy Guglielmo Palazzani
    • Italy Sami Panico
    • Italy Gert Peens
    • Italy Aaron Persico
    • Italy Salvatore Perugini
    • Italy Simon Picone
    • Italy Marco Platania
    • Italy Andrea Pratichetti
    • Italy Matteo Pratichetti
    • Italy Giovanni Raineri
    • Italy Massimo Ravazzolo
    • Italy Marco Riccioni
    • Italy Lorenzo Romano
    • Italy Andrea Scanavacca
    • Italy Fabio Semenzato
    • Italy Antonio Spagnoli
    • Italy Warren Spragg
    • Italy Marko Stanojevic
    • Italy Braam Steyn
    • Italy Paolo Vaccari
    • Italy Marcello Violi
    • Italy Michele Visentin
    • Italy Samuela Vunisa
    • Italy Maurizio Zaffiri
    • Italy Alessandro Zanni
    • Italy Cristiano Zanoletti
    • Italy Matteo Zanusso
    • Italy Giosuè Zilocchi
    • Italy New Zealand Matthew Phillips - Scored a try against his Home Country of NZ in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

    Foreign players

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

    • Argentina Gabriel Bocca
    • Argentina Franco Brarda
    • Argentina Emiliano Mulieri
    • Argentina Juan León Novillo
    • Argentina Joaquín Paz
    • Australia Rod Moore
    • Brazil Lorenzo Massari
    • Fiji Sekonaia Kalou
    • New Zealand Shayne Philpott
    • South Africa Johan Ackermann
    • Wales Ben Evans
    • Samoa Tusi Pisi
    • Romania Florin Surugiu
    • Romania Florin Vlaicu
    • Tonga Paino Hehea
    • Tonga Milton Ngauamo

    Statistics

    European Challenge Cup

    Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
    1999–2000 600669155
    2007–08 6204123200
    2012–13 6105117223
    2013–14 601580173
    2015–16 600639344
    2019–20 000000

    Heineken Cup

    Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
    2001–02 600658279
    2002–03 6204105236
    2003–04 6006115225
    2004–05 600679264
    2005–06 600648191
    2006–07 600674264
    2008–09 600687280

    References

    1. "PRIMA SQUADRA".
    2. "ALESSANDRO IZEKOR ALIMENTA LA ROSA DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
    3. "L'EX AZZURRINO MANFREDI ALBANESE AGGIUNGE QUALITÀ ALLA ROSA DELLE ZEBRE RUGBY". Zebre. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

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