Rugby Colorno

Rugby Colorno
Full name	Rugby Colorno
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1975
Location	Colorno, Italy
Ground(s)	HBS Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 1,000)
President	Mario Padovani
Coach(es)	Cristian Prestera
League(s)	Top12
2019–20	10th
Official website
	www.rugbycolorno.it

Rugby Colorno is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12. They are based in Colorno (Province of Parma), in Emilia-Romagna. They were founded in 1975.

History

Rugby Colorno was founded in 1975 as an Under-19 team, by Paolo Pavesi , to participate in the Italian Junior Championships. They were a group of young beginners inexperienced in the area, the pitch borrowed from the parish, with open air changing rooms and using buses to travel to matches. They won promotion to the Top12 in the 2018-19 season.[1]

For the 2019–20 season, fly-half Leonardo Mantelli is a permit player for Zebre in the Pro14.[2]

Current Squad

The Colorno squad for the 2019–20 season is:[3]

Colorno squad [lower-alpha 1]
Props Nicolas Achilli Antonino Aloè Dario Bordonaro Giuseppe Datola Jacopo Fiume Tommaso Gemma Pardeep Singh Gustavo Sito Alvarado Oliver Smith Hookers Nicolò Baruffaldi Daniele Goegan Marco Silva Locks Gabriele Cicchinelli Davide Ciotoli Alessandro Da Lisca Matteo Minari	Back row Claudio Borsi Diego Delnevo Thor Halvorsen Mattia Modoni Jacopo Sarto(c) Scrum-halves Giovanni Lucchin Davide Pasini Riccardo Raffaele Henry Seniloli Fly-halves Leonardo Mantelli[lower-alpha 1] Federico Silva	Centres Failaga Afamasaga Andrea Bettin Yann Chibalie Edoardo Scalvi Wings Gabriele Bronzini Daniele Di Giulio Alessandro Terzi Fullbacks Federico Magri Jaco van Tonder

(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 Colorno website.[5] Also additional player for Pro14 team Zebre. [4]

Club Partnerships

Rugby Colorno is in partnership with Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers. The partnership helps to drive development of rugby across the world along with building sustainable links between players, partners and communities.[6][7]

Former players

The following players have previously represented Rugby Colorno:

Failaga Afamasaga
Aldo Birchall
Alessandro Castagnoli
Daniele Di Giulio
Filippo Frati
Alessio Galante
Massimo Giovanelli
Carl Manu
Samuele Pace
Jacopo Sarto
Federico Zani

References

"Partner club Colorno promoted to Italian Top 12". Leicester Tigers. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"LO ZEBRE RUGBY CLUB APRE UFFICIALMENTE LA STAGIONE 2019/2020 COL PRIMO DI GIORNO DI TEST A PARMA". 15 July 2019.
"HBS Colorno" (in Italian). Rugby Colorno. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"LO ZEBRE RUGBY CLUB APRE UFFICIALMENTE LA STAGIONE 2019/2020 COL PRIMO DI GIORNO DI TEST A PARMA". 15 July 2019.
"PRIMA SQUADRA".
"'Benvenuto' to new global partner Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

External links

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[Additional_Player_Zebre-5] Also additional player for Pro14 team Zebre. [4]

[1] "Partner club Colorno promoted to Italian Top 12". Leicester Tigers. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[2] "LO ZEBRE RUGBY CLUB APRE UFFICIALMENTE LA STAGIONE 2019/2020 COL PRIMO DI GIORNO DI TEST A PARMA". 15 July 2019.

[3] "HBS Colorno" (in Italian). Rugby Colorno. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[4] "LO ZEBRE RUGBY CLUB APRE UFFICIALMENTE LA STAGIONE 2019/2020 COL PRIMO DI GIORNO DI TEST A PARMA". 15 July 2019.

[PRIMA_SQUADRA_-_La_rosa_della_prima_squadra-6] "PRIMA SQUADRA".

[7] "'Benvenuto' to new global partner Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[8] "Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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2019–20 Teams	Calvisano Colorno Fiamme Oro I Medicei Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rovigo Delta San Donà S.S. Lazio Valorugby Emilia Viadana
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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