Rugby Reggio

Valorugby Emilia
Full name	Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1970
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)	Top12
2017–18	7th
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.valorugby.it

The Valorugby Emilia, previously known as Rugby Reggio, is an 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.”

Current squad

The Valorugby Emilia squad for 2018–19:

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Anton Gatti	Hooker	Italy
Enrico Manghi	Hooker	Italy
Dario Bordonaro	Prop	Italy
Nico du Plessis	Prop	South Africa
Marcos Gatica Schiappapietra	Prop	Argentina
Matteo Muccignat	Prop	Italy
Nicolò Quaranta	Prop	Italy
Andrea Balsemin	Lock	Italy
Matteo Dell'Acqua	Lock	Italy
Armand du Preez	Lock	South Africa
Alexandre Wrubl	Lock	Italy
Lorenzo Favaro	Flanker	Italy
Gabriele Messori	Flanker	Italy
Alessandro Mordacci	Flanker	Italy
Alessandro Regestro	Flanker	Italy
Davide Rimpelli	Flanker	Italy
Umberto Tedeschi	Flanker	Italy
Mirko Amenta	Number 8	Italy

Player	Position	Union
Pietro Fontana	Scrum-half	Italy
Emilio Fusco	Scrum-half	Italy
Matteo Panunzi	Scrum-half	Italy
Karim Jammal	Fly-half	Lebanon
Davide Farolini	Fly-half	Italy
Luciano Rodriguez	Fly-half	Italy
Giovanni Canali	Centre	Italy
Alberto Costella	Centre	Italy
Francesco Palomba	Centre	Italy
Richard Paletta	Centre	Italy
Cardiff Vaega	Centre	New Zealand
Filippo Caminati	Wing	Italy
Mihai Ciju	Wing	Italy
Marco Antonio Gennari	Wing	Italy
Francesco Masini	Wing	Italy
Alessio Morini	Wing	Italy
Junior Ngaluafe	Fullback	New Zealand

Players in bold capped internationally.
Notes:

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:

External links

Official website

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2018–19 Teams	Calvisano Fiamme Oro I Medicei Mogliano Petrarca Rovigo Delta San Donà S.S. Lazio Valorugby Emilia Valsugana Verona Viadana
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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
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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–present)	2018–19