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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".
[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
[edit] Honours
[edit] Current Squad
[edit] Statistics
| Season |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
For |
Against |
| 1999-2000 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
69 |
155 |
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