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)	Serie A Élite
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.valorugby.it

The Valorugby Emilia, previously known as Rugby Reggio, is a professional 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): 2018–19
- Runners-up (1): 2022–23

Current squad

The squad for the 2023-24 Serie A Elite season is:

Valotugby Emilia squad ^[a]^[b]
Props Javier Diaz Lucas Favre Ulises Garziera Giovanni Mattioli Mattia Mazzanti Federico Pavesi Daniele Rimpelli^[b] Francesco Rossi Hookers Juan Ignacio Cruz* Andrej Mariniello Marco Silva Locks Matteo Dall'Acqua* Armand du Preez Marco Fuser Filippo Gerosa	Back row Mirko Amenta Giovanni Cenedese Filippo Esposito Pietro Mazzei Rusiate Nasove Benito Paolucci* Davide Rimpelli Fabio Ruaro Nicolas Sbrocco* Jimmy Tuivaiti Scrum-halves Josh Renton Facundo Silva* Marcello Violi Fly-halves Maximiliano Ledesma* Daniel Newton	Centres Giulio Bertaccini Denis Majstorovic Facundo Panceyra Garrido* Santiago Resino* Fabio Schiabel Wings Francesco Colombo Edoardo Mastrandrea Luca Pagnani Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara Dario Schiabel Fullbacks Blaise Barnes* Davide Farolini Filippo Lazzarin

(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 2022–23 season. ^ ^a ^b Loan Player on loan from URC team Zebre Parma

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 2022–23 season.

[Loan_Player-2] Loan Player on loan from URC team Zebre Parma

[Archivi_La_Squadra-3] "First XV". Valorugby Emilia.

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Super 10 (2001–2010)	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Eccellenza (2010–2018)	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Top12 (2018–2020)	2018–19 2019–20
Top10 (2020–2023)	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Serie A Élite (2023–present)	2023–24