Rugby Rovigo Delta
| Full name | Rugby Rovigo Delta S.r.l. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Union | Italian Rugby Federation | ||
| Founded | 1935 (1935) | ||
| Location | Rovigo, Italy | ||
| Ground(s) | Stadio Mario Battaglini (Capacity: 6,000) | ||
| President | Nicola Azzi | ||
| Coach(es) | Umberto Casellato | ||
| Captain(s) | Matteo Ferro | ||
| League(s) | Top12 | ||
| 2017–18 | 3rd | ||
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| Official website | |||
| www.rugbyrovigodelta.it | |||
Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12.
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 12 titles between 1951 and 2016. They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union.
Some of the more notable Rovigo players include Mario “Maci” Battaglini, Isidoro Quaglio, Elio De Anna, Stefano Bettarello, Stefano Bordon, Alessandro Moscardi, Carlo Orlandi, Carlo Checchinato, Mirco Bergamasco, Manuel Contepomi, AJ Venter, 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.
Contents
1 Honours
2 Current squad
3 Selected former players
3.1 Italian players
3.2 Overseas players
4 References
5 External links
Honours
Italian championship
Champions (12): 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2015–16
Runners-up (6): 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17
Coppa Italia
Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 2005–06
Excellence Trophy
Runners-up (1): 2013–14
Current squad
The Rovigo Delta senior squad for 2018–19 is:[1]
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
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- Players in bold capped internationally.
- Players with the symbol * are qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality.
- Players and their allocated positions from the Rugby Rovigo Delta website.[1]
- Notes:
Selected former players
Italian players
Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for Italy:
Matías Agüero
Mario Battaglini
Enzo Bellinazzo
Arturo Bergamasco
Mirco Bergamasco
Ottorino Bettarello
Romano Bettarello
Stefano Bettarello
Flaviano Brizzante
Massimo Brunello
Stefano Bordon
Giancarlo Busson
Pablo Canavosio
Carlo Checchinato
David Dal Maso
Elio De Anna
Gianluca Faliva
Simone Favaro
– Julian Gardner
Massimo Giovanelli
Andrea Lo Cicero
Tito Lupini
Giancarlo Malosti
Matteo Mazzantini
Alessandro Moscardi
Giancarlo Navarrini
Carlo Orlandi
Alberto Osti
Antonio Pavanello
Gert Peens
Isidoro Quaglio
Graziano Ravanelli
Pietro Reale
Andrea Scanavacca
Fabrizio Sintich
Pietro Stievano
Edgardo Venturi
Angelo Visentin
Narciso Zanella
Overseas players
Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for their respective country:
Peter FitzSimons
Willie Ofahengaue
Alejandro Abadie
Manuel Contepomi
Serafín Dengra
Juan Pablo Orlandi
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Christian Stewart
Akvsenti Giorgadze
Ilia Zedginidze
Gheorghe Gajion
Ron Cribb
Alexandru Penciu
Cristian Săuan
Nick Mallett
Naas Botha
Gert Smal
AJ Venter
Silao Leaega
Luke Gross
Bernard Thomas
References
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External links
- Official site
