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 2024-25 Serie A Elite season is:

Valotugby Emilia squad ^[a]^[b]^[c]
Props Javier Diaz Lucas Favre Ulises Garziera Giorgio Luca Kakaliashvili Mattia Mazzanti Federico Pavesi Daniele Rimpelli Francesco Rossi Hookers Juan Ignacio Cruz* Andrej Mariniello Marco Silva Locks Matteo Dall'Acqua* Armand du Preez Samuele Mirenzi^[c] Riccardo Pisicchio Roberto Schinchirimini	Back row Mirko Amenta Giovanni Cenedese Filippo Esposito Pietro Mazzei Tommaso Mussini Benito Paolucci* Davide Rimpelli Fabio Ruaro Nicolas Sbrocco* Jimmy Tuivaiti Scrum-halves Andrea Cuoghi Elia Gherardi Josh Renton Fly-halves Maximiliano Ledesma* Paolo Pescetto	Centres Giulio Bertaccini^[b] Denis Majstorovic Giovanni Leituala* Santiago Resino* Fabio Schiabel Wings Francesco Colombo Edoardo Mastrandrea Luca Pagnani Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara Dario Schiabel Fullbacks Pierre Bruno 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.^[3] ^ Taking into account signings and departures head of 2024–25 season. ^ ^a ^b Additional player on loan to URC team Zebre Parma^[1] ^ ^a ^b Additional player under contract with URC team Zebre Parma^[2]

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

^ "FRANCESCO DELLA CECA: "LAVORIAMO IN CRESCENDO. ABBIAMO RITROVATO I GIOCATORI IN OTTIME CONDIZIONI"5". Zebre Parma (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
^ "Academy". Zebre Parma.
^ "First XV". Valorugby Emilia.

External links

Official website

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[1] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2024–25 season.

[Permit_Player_Zebre-3] Additional player on loan to URC team Zebre Parma^[1]

[Academy_Player_Zebre-5] Additional player under contract with URC team Zebre Parma^[2]

[2] "FRANCESCO DELLA CECA: "LAVORIAMO IN CRESCENDO. ABBIAMO RITROVATO I GIOCATORI IN OTTIME CONDIZIONI"5". Zebre Parma (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.

[4] "Academy". Zebre Parma.

[Archivi_La_Squadra-6] "First XV". Valorugby Emilia.

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