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.”

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Valorugby Emilia
Full nameValorugby Emilia S.S.D.
UnionItalian Rugby Federation
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
LocationReggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Ground(s)Stadio Mirabello (Capacity: 4,500)
PresidentEnrico Grassi
Coach(es)Roberto Manghi
Captain(s)Davide Farolini
League(s)Serie A Élite
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Official website
www.valorugby.it
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Honours

  • Coppa Italia
    • Champions (1): 2018–19
    • Runners-up (1): 2022–23

Current squad

The squad for the 2023-24 Serie A Elite season is:

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Valotugby Emilia squad [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]

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Hookers

  • Argentina Juan Ignacio Cruz*
  • Italy Andrej Mariniello
  • Italy Marco Silva

Locks

Back row

  • Italy Mirko Amenta
  • Italy Giovanni Cenedese
  • Italy Filippo Esposito
  • Italy Pietro Mazzei
  • Fiji Rusiate Nasove
  • Argentina Benito Paolucci*
  • Italy Davide Rimpelli
  • Italy Fabio Ruaro
  • Argentina Nicolas Sbrocco*
  • Italy Jimmy Tuivaiti

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

Fullbacks

(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.[1]
  1. Taking into account signings and departures head of 2022–23 season.
  2. Loan Player on loan from URC team Zebre Parma
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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

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