Valorugby Emilia

Valorugby Emilia
Full name	Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1970; 54 years ago
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 2019-20 Top12 season is:

Valotugby Emilia squad^[a]
Props Matteo Muccignat Dario Chistolini Nicolò Quaranta Alessio Sanavia Guido Randisi Guido Romano Hookers Luhandre Luus Anton Giacomo Gatti Marco Ferro Locks Geronimo Alfredo Albertario Andrea Balsemin Matteo Dall'Acqua Armand du Preez	Back row Mirko Amenta Edoardo Ruffolo Lorenzo Favaro Gabriele Messori Alessandro Mordacci(c) Davide Rimpelli Scrum-halves Leonardo Bacchi Emilio Fusco Matteo Panunzi Fly-halves Luciano Javier Rodriguez	Centres Giulio Bertaccini Francesco Bonavolontà Matteo Falsaperla Denis Majstorovic Richard Paletta Latu Vaeno Wings Filippo Caminati Matteo Colli Alberto Costella Marco Antonio Gennari Junior Ngaluafe Fullbacks 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.^[1] ^ Taking into account signings and departures head of 2019–20 season.

Selected former players

Italian players

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

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 2019–20 season.

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

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