Valorugby Emilia Explained

Teamname:	Valorugby Emilia
Location:	Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Fullname:	Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.
Shortname:	Valorugby Emilia
Countryflag:	ITA
Union:	Italian Rugby Federation
Ground:	Stadio Mirabello
Capacity:	4,500
President:	Enrico Grassi
Coach:	Roberto Manghi
Captain:	Davide Farolini
Url:	www.valorugby.it
League:	Serie A Élite
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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 2023-24 Serie A Elite season is:

Valotugby Emilia squad
Props Javier Diaz Lucas Favre Ulises Garziera Giovanni Mattioli Mattia Mazzanti Federico Pavesi Daniele Rimpelli Francesco Rossi Hookers Juan Ignacio Cruz* Andrej Mariniello Marco Silva Locks Matteo Dall'Acqua* Armand du Preez Marco Fuser Filippo Gerosa	Back row Mirko Amenta Giovanni Cenedese Filippo Esposito Pietro Mazzei Rusiate Nasove Benito Paolucci* Davide Rimpelli Fabio Ruaro Nicolas Sbrocco* Jimmy Tuivaiti Scrum-halves Josh Renton Facundo Silva* Marcello Violi Fly-halves Maximiliano Ledesma* Daniel Newton	Centres Giulio Bertaccini Denis Majstorovic Facundo Panceyra Garrido* Santiago Resino* Fabio Schiabel Wings Francesco Colombo Edoardo Mastrandrea Luca Pagnani Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara Dario Schiabel Fullbacks Blaise Barnes* Davide Farolini Filippo Lazzarin

(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]