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)

Alessandro Lodi

Captain(s)

Matteo Ferro

League(s)

Serie A Élite

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.rugbyrovigodelta.it

Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Serie A Élite. They are based in Rovigo, in Veneto.

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Overview

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 14 titles between 1951 and 2023. 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 (14): 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, 2022-23
- 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 2023–24 is:

Rovigo Delta squad ^[a]
Props Andrea Della Sala Vittorio Lastra Masotti Emanuele Leccioli Stefano Lugato Nicola Pomaro Nicola Quaglio Entienne Swanepoel Mitchell Walsh Hookers Filippo Cadorini Edoardo Ferraro Enrico Giulian Locks Keegan Munro Samuele Ortis Paolo Steolo Alfonso Zottola*	Back row Lautaro Casado Sandri* Duccio Cosi Matteo Ferro(c) Edoardo Lubian Matteo Meggiato Matteo Rubinato^[a] Stefano Sironi Scrum-halves Lautaro Bazan Velez Jacopo Boscolo Alberto Chillon Andrea Visentin Fly-halves Jacob Atkins Luca Borin Ignacio Dogliani* Nicolò Teneggi	Centres Lorenzo Elettri Facundo Diederich Ferrario Rafael Andres Lertora Castro* Matteo Moscardi Paolo Uncini Wings Francesco Bini Leonardo Sarto Paolo Pio Vaccari Fullbacks Luca Sperandio

(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.^[1]^[2] ^ ^a ^b Additional player under contract with URC team Benetton

Selected former players

Italian players

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

Matías Agüero
Andrea Bacchetti
Mario Battaglini
Enzo Bellinazzo
Arturo Bergamasco
Mirco Bergamasco
Ottorino Bettarello
Romano Bettarello
Stefano Bettarello
Flaviano Brizzante
Massimo Brunello
Stefano Bordon
Giancarlo Busson
Pablo Canavosio
Carlo Checchinato
David Dal Maso
Elio De Anna
Gianluca Faliva
Simone Favaro
– Julian Gardner
Massimo Giovanelli
Andrea Lo Cicero
Tito Lupini
Giancarlo Malosti
Matteo Mazzantini
Alessandro Moscardi
Giancarlo Navarrini
Giacomo Nicotera
Carlo Orlandi
Alberto Osti
Antonio Pavanello
Gert Peens
Isidoro Quaglio
Graziano Ravanelli
Pietro Reale
Andrea Scanavacca
Fabrizio Sintich
Pietro Stievano
Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara
Edgardo Venturi
Angelo Visentin
Narciso Zanella

Overseas players

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

References

^ "First XV". Rurby Rovigo Delta.
^ "DEFINITI I PERCORSI INDIVIDUALI DEGLI ATLETI DELL'ACCADEMIA DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2023.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rugby Rovigo Delta.

Official website

v t e Serie A Elite
2023–24 Teams	Colorno Fiamme Oro Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rangers Vicenza Rovigo Delta Valorugby Emilia Viadana
Serie A (1929–1960)	1929 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
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
Serie A1 (1986–2001)	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01
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 (2018–2020)	2018–19 2019–20
Top10 (2020–2023)	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Serie A Élite (2023–present)	2023–24

Rugby union in Italy

Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR)

National teams

Women's	Italy 7's
Men's	Italy Italy A 7's U-20 U-18

League competitions

Women's	Serie A Elite Serie A
Men's	United Rugby Championship Serie A Elite Serie A Serie B Serie C

Cup competitions

Men's	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup European Rugby Continental Shield Coppa Italia

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Players
Coaches
Referees
Venues

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