Rugby Calvisano

Rugby Calvisano
Full name Rugby Calvisano S.R.L.
Union Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded 1970 (1970)
Location Calvisano, Italy
Ground(s) Centro Sportivo San Michele (Capacity: 5,000)
President Alessandro Vaccari
Coach(es) Massimo Brunello
Captain(s) Tommaso Castello
League(s) National Championship of Excellence
2014-15 Winner (Excellence)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.rugbycalvisano.it

Rugby Calvisano are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in National Championship of Excellence. They are based in Calvisano (Province of Brescia), in Lombardy. They were founded in 1970 by a group of players Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gavazzi. In 1992 the club became "Rugby Calvisano Srl".

History

Calvisano were founded in 1970 by a group of players, in 1992 the club became Rugby Calvisano Srl. Calvisano first qualified for European competition for the 1999-00 season, where they competed in the European Challenge Cup, playing six pool games, though they did not win any. They qualified for their first Heineken Cup for the 2001-02 season, though it was season after where the club won a couple of their pool games, but they have yet to make the finals.

In 2005 they beat Benetton Treviso 25-20 in Padova to win their first championship. They had previously lost in the final on four occasions. Later in the year, they hosted a match in the 2005-06 Heineken Cup against the Cardiff Blues that turned out to be notable as the first competitive appearance of All Blacks great Jonah Lomu since undergoing a kidney transplant in 2004. They were forced to withdraw from the Super 10 (now National Championship of Excellence) for the 2009-10 season but go on to compete in Serie A. They finally returned to the National Championship of Excellence for the 11/12 season.

Honours

Current squad

2015/2016 Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Lorenzo Giovanchelli Hooker Italy Italy
Luhandre Luus Hooker Italy Italy
Rudy Biancotti Prop Italy Italy
Salvatore Costanzo Prop Italy Italy
Gabriele Morelli Prop Italy Italy
Sami Panico Prop Italy Italy
Marco Riccioni Prop Italy Italy
Luca Scarsini Prop Italy Italy
Elia Violi Prop Italy Italy
Michele Andreotti Lock Italy Italy
Luca Beccaris Lock Italy Italy
Augustin Cavalieri Lock Italy Italy
Davide Zanetti Lock Italy Italy
Matteo Archetti Flanker Italy Italy
Nicola Belardo Flanker Italy Italy
Emilio Vezzoli Flanker Italy Italy
Alessio Zdrilich Flanker Italy Italy
Renato Giammarioli Number 8 Italy Italy
Maxime Mbandà Number 8 Italy Italy
Jimmy Tuivaiti Number 8 New Zealand New Zealand
Player Position Union
Riccardo Raffaele Scrum-half Italy Italy
Florin Surugiu Scrum-half Romania Romania
Filippo Buscema Fly-half Italy Italy
Florin Vlaicu Fly-half Romania Romania
Alberto Bergamo Centre Italy Italy
Pablo Canavosio Centre Italy Italy
Tommaso Castello (c) Centre Italy Italy
Alberto Chiesa Centre Italy Italy
Daniele Di Giulio Wing Italy Italy
Gabriele Di Giulio Wing Italy Italy
Marco Susio Wing Italy Italy
Benjamin De Jager Fullback Italy Italy
Giacomo De Santis Fullback Italy Italy
Matteo Minozzi Fullback Italy Italy

Notable former players

Statistics

European Challenge Cup

Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1999-2000 600669155
2007-2008 6204123200
2012-2013 6105117223
2013-2014 601580173

Heineken Cup

Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
2001-02 600658279
2002-03 6204105236
2003-04 6006115225
2004-05 600679264
2005-06 600648191
2006-07 600674264
2008-09 600687280

References

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