Rugby Calvisano

Rugby Calvisano

Full name	Rugby Calvisano S.R.L.
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded	1970
Location	Calvisano, Italy
Ground(s)	Centro Sportivo San Michele (Capacity: 3,500)
President	Gianluigi Vaccari
Coach(es)	Dean McKinnel
Captain(s)	Paul Griffen
League(s)	National Championship of Excellence
2010-11	Promoted (Serie A)
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Official website
www.rugbycalvisano.it

Rugby Calvisano are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in National Championship of Excellence. 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".

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 Super 10 for the 09-10 season but go on to compete in Serie A. They finally returned to the National Championship of Excellence for the 11/12 season.

Current squad

2011/2012 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-IRB nationality.

Player Position Union Giovanni Maistri Hooker Italy Gabriele Morelli Hooker Italy Giacomo Zoli Hooker Italy Maurizio Aluigi Prop Italy Salvatore Costanzo Prop Italy Andrea Gavazzi Prop Italy Andrea Lovotti Prop Italy Elia Violi Prop Italy Luca Beccaris Lock Italy Paino Hehea Lock Tonga Liviu Pascu Lock Romania Emmanuele Bellandi Flanker Italy Aldo Birchall Flanker Italy Jaco Erasmus Flanker Italy Stefano Scanferla Flanker Italy Samuela Vunisa Number 8 Fiji

Player Position Union Pablo Canavosio Scrum-half Italy Guglielmo Palazzani Scrum-half Italy Paul Griffen (c) Fly-half Italy Andrea Marcato Fly-half Italy Shaun Berne Centre Australia Tommaso Castello Centre Italy Ben Smith Centre New Zealand Matteo Appiani Wing Italy Alberto Bergamo Wing Italy Michele Visentin Wing Italy Nicola Pavan Fullback Italy

Notable former players

• Andrea Scanavacca
• Roland de Marigny
• Warren Spragg
• Martin Castrogiovanni
• Salvatore Perugini
• Giorgio Intoppa
• Matteo Pratichetti
• Leonardo Ghiraldini
• Alessandro Zanni
• Paul Griffen
• Luke McLean
• Giampiero de Carli
• Andrew Mehrtens
• Cristiano Zanoletti
• Lorenzo Cittadini
• Milton Ngauamo
• Rod Moore
• Apenisa Tota Vodo
• Tusi Pisi
• Andrew Mehrtens

Honours

• Super 10:
  • Champions: 2005, 2008
• Coppa Italia:
  • Champions: 2003-04

Statistics

European Challenge Cup

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
1999–2000	6	0	0	6	69	155
2007-2008	6	2	0	4	123	200

Heineken Cup

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
2001-02	6	0	0	6	58	279
2002-03	6	2	0	4	105	236
2003-04	6	0	0	6	115	225
2004-05	6	0	0	6	79	264
2005-06	6	0	0	6	48	191
2006-07	6	0	0	6	74	264
2008-09	6	0	0	6	87	280

External links

• Official site