Valorugby Emilia

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| location = Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy

| fullname = Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.

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| union = Italian Rugby Federation

| founded = {{Start date and age|1970}}

| ground = Stadio Mirabello

| capacity = 4,500

| president = Enrico Grassi

| coach = Roberto Manghi

| captain = Davide Farolini

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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:

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colspan="100%" style="height: 10px;" \|
colspan="100%" style="text-align:center;" \| (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.{{cite web \| url=http://www.valorugby.it/squadre/first-xv/\| title=First XV \| work=Valorugby Emilia}}{{notelist\|group=Squad}}

Selected former players

=Italian players=

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

{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Bezzi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Giulio Bertaccini
{{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Bigi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Mandelli
{{flagicon|ITA}} Antonio Mannato
{{flagicon|ITA}} David Odiete

=Overseas players=

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

{{flagicon|ARG}} Gonzalo García
{{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Randisi
{{flagicon|FRA}} Florian Cazenave
{{flagicon|BRA}} Matteo Dell'Acqua
{{flagicon|LBN}} Karim Jammal
{{flagicon|RSA}} Nico Wegner
{{flagicon|WSM}} Silao Leaega
{{flagicon|TON}} Viliami Vaki
{{flagicon|USA}} Roland Suniula

References

External links

[http://www.valorugby.it Official website]

Category:Rugby union teams in Italy

Category:Rugby clubs established in 1970

Category:Province of Reggio Emilia

Category:Emilia-Romagna

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colspan="100%" style="text-align:center;" \| (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.{{cite web \| url=http://www.valorugby.it/squadre/first-xv/\| title=First XV \| work=Valorugby Emilia}}{{notelist\|group=Squad}}