Rugby Calvisano
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| Full name | Rugby Calvisano srl | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1970 | |||||||||||||||||
| Union | Federazione Italiana Rugby | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Calvisano, Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Centro Sportivo San Michele | |||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 3,500 | |||||||||||||||||
| President | Francesco Casali | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach |  Marc Delpoux |
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| Captain | Maurizio Zaffiri | |||||||||||||||||
| League | Super 10 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005-06 | 2nd | |||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Calvisano is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in Super 10. They are based in Calvisano near Brescia in Lombardy. They were founded in 1970 by a group of players Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gavazzi. In 1992 it became "Rugby Calvisano Srl".
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Notable Players
- Paul Griffen (Italy)
- Andrea Scanavacca (Italy)
- Roland de Maringy (Italy)
- Warren Spragg (Italy)
Aaron Perisco (Italy)
Maurizio Zaffiri (Italy) - Alessandro Zanni (Italy)
- Martin Castrogiovanni (Italy)
- Salvatore Perguini (Italy)
- Ludovico Nitoglia (Italy)
- Leananrdo Ghiraldini (Italy)
- Matteo Pratichetti (Italy)
- Giorgio Intoppa (Italy)
- Giampiero de Carli (Italy)
- David del Maso (Italy)
- Cristiano Zanoletti (Italy)
- Apensi Tuta Vodo (Fiji)
- Milton Ngauamo (Tonga)
- Rod Moore (Australia)
- Apenise Tuta Vodo (Fiji)
[edit] Honours
- Super 10:
- Champions: 2005
- Coppa Italia:
- Champions: 2003-04
[edit] Statistics
[edit] European Challenge Cup
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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| 1999-2000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 155 |
[edit] Heineken Cup
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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| 2001-02 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 279 |
| 2002-03 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 236 |
| 2003-04 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 115 | 225 |
| 2004-05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 79 | 264 |
| 2005-06 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 191 |
| 2006-07 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 112 |
[edit] External link
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| Federation: | Federazione Italiana Rugby |
| National team: | Italy • Italy Sevens |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series |
| Domestic Competitions: | Super 10 • Coppa Italia • Serie A • Serie B • Serie C |
| Super 10 teams: | Amatori Catania • L'Aquila • Benetton Treviso • Calvisano • Capitolina • Gran Parma • Rugby Parma • Petrarca • Rovigo • Viadana |
