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]
Props Javier Diaz Lucas Favre Ulises Garziera Giovanni Mattioli Mattia Mazzanti Federico Pavesi 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.

Selected former players

Italian players

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

Cristian Bezzi
Luca Bigi
Roberto Mandelli
Antonio Mannato
David Odiete

Overseas players

Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for their respective country:

References

External links

Serie A Elite

Serie A Elite
2023–24 Teams	Colorno Fiamme Oro Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rangers Vicenza Rovigo Delta Valorugby Emilia Viadana
Serie A (1929–1960)	1929 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
Eccellenza (1960–1965)	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65
Serie A (1965–1986)	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Serie A1 (1986–2001)	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01
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

Rugby union in Italy

Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR)

National teams

Women's	Italy 7's
Men's	Italy Italy A 7's U-20 U-18

League competitions

Women's	Serie A Elite Serie A
Men's	United Rugby Championship Serie A Elite Serie A Serie B Serie C

Cup competitions

Men's	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup European Rugby Continental Shield Coppa Italia