Gran Ducato Parma Rugby

GranDucato Parma Rugby

Full name	GranDucato Parma Rugby
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded	2010
Location	Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma & Stadio Maini, Colorno
President	Cosetta Falavigna[1]
Coach(es)	Roland de Marigny and Cristian Prester
League(s)	National Championship of Excellence
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.granrugby.it

Gran Ducato Parma Rugby is an Italian rugby union team.

History

SKG Gran Parma Rugby was founded in 1999 following the merger of Amatori Parma Rugby and Rugby Noceto.

Between 1999 and 2002 they competed in Seria A2 and won promotion to Serie A1. They finished eighth in their first season in the top flight which gave them the right to join the newly formed Super 10 (now National Championship of Excellence). They made their European debut in 2002–03 in the European Shield.

Gran Ducato Parma Rugby was formed in June 2010 through the merger of Gran Parma Rugby, Rugby Colorno and Rugby Viadana.^[2][3] With the formation of Aironi to play in the Magners League the best players and sponsorship from the three participating clubs was concentrated in this new single club Aironi. As a result of Aironi these three teams decided to merge their senior and U-20 teams in order to better compete in the National Championship of Excellence for the 2010/2011 season. The three teams continued to exist below the U-20 level independently with the goal of producing players for GranDucato, and ultimately Aironi and the national team.

Aironi struggled in the two season in the Magners League ran into financial difficulties and were replaced by Zebre. Viadana reformed as a professional team in the National Championship of Excellence.

Current squad

2010/2011 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 Antonio Denti Hooker Italy Andrea Manici Hooker Italy Marco Camin Prop Italy Edoardo Carugi Prop Italy Ben Evans Prop Wales Daniele Goegan Prop Italy Cristian Rizzelli Prop Italy Flavio Tripodi Prop Italy Gabriele Turroni Prop Italy Nicolaas du Plessis Lock South Africa Daniele Fratalocchi Lock Italy Liviu Pascu Lock Romania Mario Vella Lock Italy Andrea Barbieri Flanker Italy Emiliano Caffini Flanker Italy Lorenzo Contini Flanker Italy Lorenzo Santelli Flanker Italy Andrea Balsemin Number 8 Italy Jon Dunbar Number 8 Scotland

Player Position Union Giorgio Bronzini Scrum-half Italy Alberto Cigarini Scrum-half Italy Sebastiano Dusi Scrum-half Italy DuRandt Gerber Fly-half South Africa Alessio Galante Centre Italy Chris Mayor Centre England Ross McCann Centre Scotland Michele Mortali Centre Italy Marco Palumbo Centre Italy Federico Silva Centre Italy Giovanni Alberghini Wing Italy Alessandro Castagnoli Wing Italy Alessandro Onori Wing Italy Yohei Shinomiya Wing Japan Nicola Sintich Wing Italy Steve Jones Fullback Scotland

Players in 2010/2011

• Chris Mayor^[4]

European Challenge Cup

See also

• Rugby union in Italy

References

External links

• Official site