Rugby Rovigo Delta

Rugby Rovigo Delta
Full name	Femi-CZ Vea Rugby Rovigo Delta
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded	1935; 89 years ago
Location	Rovigo, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini (Capacity: 6,000)
President	Francesco Zambelli
Coach(es)	Filippo Frati
Captain(s)	Luke Mahoney
League(s)	National Championship of Excellence
2013/2014	2nd (Excellence)
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.rugbyrovigo.com

Rugby Rovigo Delta (formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo) are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in National Championship of Excellence. They are based in Rovigo in Veneto. The club were founded in 1935 by medical student Dino Lanzoni, who discovered rugby at university. They quickly became one of the strongest Italian sides and won 11 titles between 1951 and 1990. They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union.

Some of the more notable Rovigo players include Mario "Maci" Battaglini and his brother Checco, Ercole Ponzetti, Quaglio, Vallini, Elio De Anna, Stefano Bettarello, Gert Smal, Viliami Ofahengaue and Naas Botha. However, in recent times the team has had difficulties, from the death of president Carlo Bego to the serious social conditions that had threatened the team's survival.

Honours

National Championship of Excellence:
- Champions: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1979, 1988, 1990
Riserve:
- Champions: 1981, 1989, 1991
Under 19/20:
- Champions: 1970, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1999
Under 21:
- Champions: 2004
Under 17:
- Champions: 1982, 1988

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Renzo Balboni	Hooker	Italy
Enrico Ceccato	Hooker	Italy
Enrico Manghi	Hooker	Italy
Luke Mahoney (c)	Hooker	New Zealand
Guillermo Roan	Prop	Argentina
Alessandro Borsi	Prop	Italy
Andrea Pozzi	Prop	Italy
Massimiliano Ravalle	Prop	Italy
Gheorghe Gajion	Prop	Moldova
Nicola Quaglio	Prop	Italy
Giacomo Riedo	Lock	Italy
Matteo Maran	Lock	Italy
Jean-François Montauriol	Lock	Italy
Giuseppe Boggiani	Lock	Italy
Emiliano Caffini	Flanker	Italy
Edoardo Ruffolo	Flanker	Italy
Andrea De Marchi	Flanker	Italy
Edoardo Lubian	Flanker	Italy
Guglielmo Zanini	Number 8	Italy
Matteo Ferro	Number 8	Italy

Player	Position	Union
Giorgio Bronzini	Scrum-half	Italy
Marco Frati	Scrum-half	Italy
Luciano Javier Rodriguez	Fly-half	Italy
Davide Farolini	Fly-half	Italy
Nicolò Fratini	Fly-half	Italy
Ross McCann	Centre	Italy
Francesco Menon	Centre	Italy
Denis Majstorovic	Centre	Italy
Joe van Niekerk	Centre	Italy
Billy Ngawini	Wing	New Zealand
Steven Bortolussi	Wing	Italy
Lorenzo Lubian	Wing	Italy
Peter Pavanello	Wing	Italy
Stefan Basson	Fullback	South Africa
Steven Bortolussi	Fullback	Italy

Notable former players

Notable former coaches

External links

Official site

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