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Rugby Calvisano are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in Serie A. 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 Srl".
[edit] History
Calvisano were founded in 1970 by a group of players, in 1992 the club became Rugby Calvisano Srl. Calvisano first qualified for European competition for the 1999-00 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 2005 they beat Benetton Treviso 25-20 in Padova to win their first championship. They had previously lost in the final on four occasions. Later in the year, they hosted a match in the 2005-06 Heineken Cup against the Cardiff Blues that turned out to be notable as the first competitive appearance of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu since undergoing a kidney transplant in 2004. They were forced to withdraw from the the Super 10 for the 09-10 season but go on to compete in Serie A.
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] Honours
[edit] Current Squad
- 1. ALESSI GIANNI Colonia Veneta (Vr) 29.10.1975 95/176 prima linea
- 2. BERGAMO ALBERTO Bergamo 11.09.1988 90/187 ala
- 3. COSTANTINI DANIEL Basilea (Svi) 05.9.1984 90/178 estremo
- 4. COSTANTINI RAMBO Siena 22.1.1986 90/184 estremo
- 5. CUDICIO ALESSANDRO Brescia 15.5.1988 96/176 ¾ ala
- 6. DAL MASO DAVID Legnago (Vr) 14.8.1980 100/188 3 linea
- 7. DAMASCO LUCA Brescia 03.08.1982 100/183 pilone
- 8. FRANZONI FABRIZIO Montichiari (Bs) 12.03.1985 77/170 m.mischia
- 9. GALLUPPI MATTEO Rho (Mi) 03.03.1987 108/193 2-3 linea
- 10. GAVAZZI ANDREA Manerbio (Bs) 13.11.1982 115/175 pilone
- 11. GAVAZZI MARCO Manerbio (Bs) 25.11.80 83/171 tallonatore
- 12. GRIFFEN PAUL Dunedin (Nz) 30.3.1975 85/177 m. mischia e apertura
- 13. LETINIC FEDERICO Manerbio (Bs) 24.12.1978 92/183 3 linea
- 14. LETINIC NICOLA Brescia 11.9/.1982 83/180 centro/ala
- 15. MAGLI MANUEL Montichiari 13.7.1982 80/175 ala
- 16. MANCINI MARCO Brescia 16.8.1883 90/180 3a linea
- 17. MIGLIORATI DIEGO Montichiari 21.7.1978 110/178 pilone
- 18. MORELLI GABRIELE Montichiari 29.6.1988 122/189 pilone/tallonatore
- 19. PAGHERA MAURO Montichiari 12.1.1986 95/192 3a linea
- 20. PODESTA’ ENRIQUE Buenos Aires (Arg) 19.10.1974 110/195 2a/3a linea
- 21. POLLONINI MAURO Montichiari 15.11.1982 98/190 2a linea
- 22. PROVEZZA MARCO Leno (Brescia) 15.08.1979 88/177 centro
- 23. RAVAZZOLO CRISTIAN Brescia 22.9.1977 100/195 ala
- 24. RAVAZZOLO DANIELE Calvisano 22.4.1971 125/190 2a linea
- 25. RAVAZZOLO MASSIMO Calvisano 5.9.1972 90/190 estremo
- 26. SALVI NICOLA Montichiari 25.11.1986 100/188 3a linea
- 27. SOLDI LUCIO Desenzano d. G. (Bs) 16/02/1987 104/189 2a/3a linea
- 28. SOSSI FEDERICO Brescia 3.10.1983 112/193 centro
- 29. TRECATE EUGENIO Verona 2.2.1973 82/173 m. mischia
- 30. TRIVELLA MATTEO Montichiari 14.9.1988 92/182 centro
- 31. VALENTI GIACOMO Asola (Mn) 04/04/1987 97/180 pil.tal.
- 32. VIOLI ELIA Lovere 4.6.1988 115/186 pilone
- 33. ZANETTI GIOVANNI Leno 1.10.1980 77/177 ala
[edit] Out for 2009
[edit] Statistics
| Season |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
For |
Against |
| 1999-2000 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
69 |
155 |
| 2007-2008 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
123 |
200 |
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