Rugby Rovigo Delta

Rugby Rovigo Delta
Full name	Rugby Rovigo Delta S.r.l.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1935; 89 years ago
Location	Rovigo, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Mario Battaglini (Capacity: 5,500)
President	Francesco Zambelli
Coach(es)	Allister Coetzee
Captain(s)	Matteo Ferro
League(s)	Top10
2020–21	1st
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.rugbyrovigodelta.it

stadium

Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top10. They are based in Rovigo, in Veneto. The club was founded in 1935 by medical student Dino Lanzoni, who discovered rugby at university. They quickly became one of the strongest Italian sides and won 13 titles between 1951 and 2021. They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union. They are the current Italian champion.

Current and former Rovigo players include 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.

Honours

Italian championship
- Champions (13): 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2015–16, 2020–21
- Runners-up (7): 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021−22
Coppa Italia/Excellence Trophy
- Champions (1): 2019-20
- Runners-up (3): 1997–98, 2005–06, 2013−14

Current squad

The Rovigo Delta senior squad for 2022–23 is:

Rovigo Delta squad ^[a]
Props Marco Ciccioli* Emanuele Leccioli Stefano Lugato Nicola Pomaro Nicola Quaglio Entienne Swanepoel Hookers Mattia Bonan Filippo Cadorini Edoardo Ferraro Enrico Giulian Locks Cameron Lindsay Keegan Munro Marco Ruffato Paolo Steolo	Back row Lautaro Casado Sandri* Duccio Cosi Matteo Ferro(c) Enrico Mario Liut Edoardo Lubian Stefano Sironi Bautista Stavile* Scrum-halves Lautaro Bazan Velez Alberto Chillon Andrea Visentin Fly-halves Luca Borin Giovanni Montemauri Abner van Reenen	Centres Lorenzo Elettri Facundo Diederich Ferrario Rafael Andres Lertora Castro* Paolo Uncini Wings Andrea Bacchetti Nicholas Bordin Alessandro Ciofani Leonardo Sarto Fullbacks Riccardo Ghelli

(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 Rovigo Delta website.^[2] ^ He has a dual contract with Rovigo Delta and URC team Benetton.^[1]

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for Italy:

Overseas players

Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for their respective country:

References

^ "Dodici i permit players selezionati per la prossima stafione sportiva". Benetton Rugby. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
^ "First XV". Rurby Rovigo Delta.

External links

Official site

[Permit_Player_Benetton-2] He has a dual contract with Rovigo Delta and URC team Benetton.^[1]

[1] "Dodici i permit players selezionati per la prossima stafione sportiva". Benetton Rugby. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

[Archivi_La_Squadra-3] "First XV". Rurby Rovigo Delta.

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