Aironi

Aironi
Founded 2010
Location Lombardy & Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Ground(s) Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana (Capacity: 6,000)
Coach(es)
Rowland Phillips (Head Coach)[1]
Andrea Moretti (Forwards)
Antonio Zanichelli (Backs)
Andrew Scotney (Backs)[2]
Captain(s) Quintin Geldenhuys
League(s) Pro12
2011–12 12th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.aironirugby.eu

Aironi Rugby (Italian pronunciation: [aiˈroni], "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the RaboDirect Pro12 season, as the Italian Rugby Federation revoked its licence for financial reasons.[3] They were replaced by Zebre.[4]

Home ground

The team played in Viadana at Stadio Luigi Zaffanella. It was expected that Reggio Emilia's Stadio Giglio would be used for larger games but no games required its near 30,000 capacity.

Kit

The team's primary kit was all black with a silver stripe. Their alternative kit was white with a silver stripe. In the Heineken Cup the players wore an all green kit.[5] Their kit was supplied by Adidas.[6]

Member clubs

The formation of the team was made possible by the co-operation of eight existing rugby clubs Rugby Viadana 54%, Colorno 15%, Gran Parma Rugby 10%, Rugby Parma 10%, Noceto 5%, Reggio Emilia 2%, Modena 2% and Mantova 2%.[7] Gran Parma, Rugby Viadana and Colorno have merged as a result of the formation of Aironi to form GranDucato Rugby Parma.[8] Rugby Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati (Crusaders) Rugby Parma.[9][10] These mergers were essential as the Super 10 (now National Championship of Excellence) division would have attracted far less sponsorship.

History

After several failed attempts there was doubt that a deal for Italian entry would be done in time for the 2010–2011 season, with the Scots delaying support for entry until changes were made to the Celtic League management structure. In February 2010 it was announced that the planned expansion of the Celtic League was to be put on hold. The reasons were the insistence by existing members that the Italian teams could be ejected after three years. Also the financial demands the league placed on the Italians could not be met. The existing teams said this was to cover the need to have larger squads to cover the extra fixtures and additional travel expenses.[11] Agreement was reached in early March 2010 to allow Italian teams entry to the Celtic League in time for the 2010–11 season.[12] The clubs will also be guaranteed places annually into the Heineken Cup which had previously been awarded to the two top teams in the National Championship of Excellence.

Italy have failed to make an impact in the Six Nations Championship tournament since joining 10 years ago. This has largely been blamed on the fact their best players do not have a competitive enough domestic tournament or are forced to play abroad. The fact that the Six Nations decider in 2009 between Wales and Ireland featured 42 Celtic League players out of 44 in their squads supported this notion.[13] Most Italian players play in France's Top 14. In order to ensure the new teams deliver players for the national side the Federazione Italiana Rugby have put incentives in place for the new teams. The successful franchises will receive financial support from the FIR to recruit national team players currently playing abroad and fresh home-grown talent. Signing one of Italy's top players, most of whom play abroad, would net clubs €50,000, while other lesser players, mostly plying their trade in the Italian Excellenza series, would scoop €30,000 and €20,000 bonuses.[14]

It was proposed initially Aironi would join along with a new team Praetorians Roma,[15] but Benetton Rugby Treviso were nominated instead. Benetton Treviso and Duchi Nord-Ovest could not agree to form one club to represent the Veneto region and lost out in the first round of bidding despite the region being the traditional home of Italian rugby.[16] However Pretorians Roma failed to satisfy the evaluators of their financial muscle and Benetton Treviso were nominated in their stead.[17] This was boosted by Treviso's defeat of USA Perpignan in the Heineken Cup. Praetorians were to be based at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome, where Six Nations matches are currently staged.

2010–11 Debut Season

Aironi had a very difficult debut season. They initially struggled to compete in the Celtic League. Their coach, Franco Bernini, was sacked in November after a run of disappointing losses.[18] They suffered a number of heavy defeats but often when they did lose (particularly at home) they did so by a single score. This is evidenced by the 8 Losing Bonus points received in 22 games.[19] They finally registered their first win against French team Biarritz in December in the Heineken Cup. This was a massive shock as Biarritz had contested the previous year's final.[20] Their first Celtic League win came at home against Connacht on 26 March, which they won 25–13.[21] They finished bottom of the league in 12th.

Squad

Players in regular font were the founding players

Players in italic joined in the winter

Player Position Union Previous club
Luigi Ferraro Hooker Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Fabio Ongaro Hooker Italy Italy England Saracens[22]
Roberto Santamaria Hooker Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Matias Aguero Prop Italy Italy England Saracens
Alberto de Marchi Prop Italy Italy Italy Overmach Parma
Andrea de Marchi Prop Italy Italy Italy Rugby Rovigo[23]
Ulises Gamboa Prop Italy Italy ?
Luigi Milani Prop Italy Italy Italy Overmach Parma
Salvatore Perugini Prop Italy Italy France Bayonne[24]
Luca Redolfini Prop Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Plinio Sciamanna Prop Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Fabio Staibano Prop Italy Italy France Castres[25]
George Biagi Lock Italy Italy Italy Rugby Club Prato
Marco Bortolami Lock Italy Italy England Gloucester[26]
Carlo Del Fava Lock Italy Italy ?
Joshua Furno Lock Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Quintin Geldenhuys (C) Lock Italy Italy ?
Vickus Liebenberg Lock South Africa South Africa France CA Brive
Aldo Birchall Flanker Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Nicola Cattina Flanker Italy Italy Italy Gran Parma Rugby
Simone Favaro Flanker Italy Italy Italy Overmach Parma
Gareth Krause Flanker South Africa South Africa Italy Viadana Rugby
Josh Sole Flanker Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Andrea Benatti Number 8 Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Jaco Erasmus Number 8 Italy Italy ?
Nick Williams Number 8 New Zealand New Zealand Ireland Munster[27]
Player Position Union Previous club
Giorgio Bronzini Scrum-half Italy Italy ?
Pablo Canavosio Scrum-half Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Tito Tebaldi Scrum-half Italy Italy Italy Gran Parma Rugby[28]
Micky Wilson Scrum-half Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby
Riccardo Bocchino Fly-half Italy Italy Italy Rugby Rovigo
James Marshall Fly-half New Zealand New Zealand ?
Ludovic Mercier Fly-half France France Italy Petrarca[29]
Alberto Benettin Centre Italy Italy ?
Dylan des Fountain Centre South Africa South Africa South Africa Stormers[30]
Gilberto Pavan Centre Italy Italy ?
Gabriel Pizarro* Centre Argentina Argentina Italy Rugby Rovigo[31]
Matteo Pratichetti Centre Italy Italy ?
Rodd Penney Centre New Zealand New Zealand England Saracens
Roberto Quartaroli Centre Italy Italy Italy Overmach Parma
Horacio San Martin Centre Argentina Argentina ?
Giovanbattista Venditti Centre Italy Italy Italy Gran Parma Rugby[32]
Danwel Demas Wing South Africa South Africa South Africa Cheetahs[33]
Julien Laharrague Wing France France France Montauban[34][35]
Riccardo Pavan Wing Italy Italy ?
Kaine Robertson Wing Italy Italy Italy Viadana Rugby[36]
Giulio Rubini Wing Italy Italy Italy Overmach Parma
Giulio Toniolatti Wing Italy Italy ?
Paolo Buso Fullback Italy Italy Italy Rugby Roma

Magners League

Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA Try bonus Losing bonus Pts
1 Ireland Munster 22 19 0 3 496 327 +169 44 22 5 2 83
2 Ireland Leinster 22 15 1 6 495 336 +159 50 25 5 3 70
3 Ireland Ulster 22 15 1 6 480 418 +62 44 35 3 2 67
4 Wales Ospreys 22 12 1 9 553 418 +135 56 29 6 7 63
5 Wales Scarlets 22 12 1 9 503 453 +50 49 43 5 7 62
6 Wales Cardiff Blues 22 13 1 8 479 392 +87 37 33 3 3 60
7 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 22 10 1 11 444 462 −18 47 49 3 4 49
8 Scotland Edinburgh 22 9 0 13 421 460 −39 39 44 2 5 43
9 Ireland Connacht 22 7 1 14 394 459 −65 32 44 3 6 39
10 Italy Benetton Treviso 22 9 0 13 374 502 −128 29 58 0 2 38
11 Scotland Glasgow Warriors 22 6 1 15 401 543 −142 33 48 1 6 33
12 Italy Aironi 22 1 0 21 247 517 −270 21 52 0 8 12
Correct as of 7 May 2011
4 September 2010
19:30
(1 BP) Munster Ireland 33 – 17 Italy Aironi
Report
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 8,426
Referee: Graham Knox
11 September 2010
19:05
(1 BP) Aironi Italy 15 – 22 Ireland Ulster
Report
Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
Attendance: 4,453
Referee: Stefano Penne
17 September 2010
20:05
(1 BP) Scarlets Wales 49 – 10 Italy Aironi
Report
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 6,123
Referee: John Lacey
25 September 2010
18:30
(1 BP) Ospreys Wales 38 – 6 Italy Aironi
Report
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,289
Referee: Andy Macpherson
2 October 2010
19:05
(1 BP) Aironi Italy 9 – 10 Scotland Edinburgh
Report
Stadio Zaffanella
Attendance: 4,053
23 October 2010
18:30
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales 36 – 5 Italy Aironi
Report
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,033
Referee: Andrew McMenemy
29 October 2010
19:05
Aironi Italy 3 – 20 Wales Cardiff Blues
Report
Stadio Zaffanella
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Graham Knox
5 November 2010
19:30
Glasgow Warriors Scotland 33 – 8 Italy Aironi
Report
Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,078
27 November 2010
19:05
Aironi Italy 17 – 34 Wales Scarlets (1 BP)
Report
Stadio Zaffanella
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Andy MacPherson
3 December 2010
19:00
Connacht Ireland P – P Italy Aironi
Sportsground
24 December 2010
14:30
Benetton Treviso Italy 15 – 10 Italy Aironi
Report
Stadio di Monigo
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Carlo Damasco

2010–11 Heineken Cup pool stage - Pool 4

Team P W D L Tries for Tries against Try diff Points for Points against Points diff TB LB Pts
France Biarritz (4) 6 4 0 2 16 9 +7 140 86 +55 4 2 22
Ireland Ulster (8) 6 5 0 1 15 8 +7 145 93 +52 2 0 22
England Bath 6 2 0 4 20 8 +12 147 108 +39 3 3 14
Italy Aironi 6 1 0 5 4 30 −26 65 211 −146 0 0 4
8 October 2010
19:30
Ulster Ireland 30 – 6 Italy Aironi
Try: Trimble 21' m
Humphreys 44' m
Danielli 60' c
Pienaar 67' c
Con: Pienaar (0/2)
Humphreys (2/2)
Pen: Pienaar (2/3) 2', 39'
 Report Pen: Mercier (2/3) 5', 17'
Ravenhill, Belfast
Attendance: 7,777
Referee: Chris White (England)
16 October 2010
14:30
Aironi Italy 6 – 22 England Bath
Pen: Mercier (2/2) 21', 54'
 Report Try: Biggs 12' m
Carraro 23' m
Abendanon 36' c
Watson 67' m
Con: Barkley (1/4)
Stadio Luigi Zaffanella, Viadana
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
11 December 2010
14:30
Aironi Italy 28 - 27 France Biarritz Olympique
Try: Marshall 38' m
Toniolatti 48' c
Pratichetti 63' c
Con: Tebaldi (2/3)
Pen: Tebaldi (2) 3', 31'
Drop: J. Laharrague 78'
 Report Try: Terrain 7' m
Ngwenya 16' c
Balshaw 42' m
Gimenez 58' c
Con: Yachvili (2/4)
Pen: Yachvili 73'
Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (Ireland)
17 December 2010
19:00
Biarritz Olympique France 34 - 3 Italy Aironi
Try: Bosch 10' c
Penalty try 22' c
Ngwenya 46' c
August 56' c
Con: Yachvili (4/4)
Pen: Yachvili (2/2) 2', 16'
 Report Pen: Bocchino (1/2) 60'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 6,816
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
15 January 2011
14:30
Bath England 55 – 16 Italy Aironi
Try: Biggs (2) 9' m, 27' c
Watson (2) 20' c, 77' c
Banahan (4) 29' c, 53' c, 58' c, 70' m
Con: Barkley (6/8)
Pen: Barkley (1/1) 2'
 Report Try: Sole 36' c
Con: Marshall (1/1)
Pen: Marshall (3/3) 4', 14', 49'
The Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
22 January 2011
14:30
Aironi Italy 6 – 43 Ireland Ulster
Pen: Tebaldi 37'
Drop: Marshall 26'
 Report Try: Trimble 23' c
Wannenburg (2) 41' c, 46' c
Penalty try 57' c
Henry 67' c
Danielli 78' m
Con: Humphreys (5/6)
Pen: Humphreys (1/2) 3'
Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Christophe Berdos (France)

2011–12 Final Season

Aironi transfers 2011–12
Pos Out In
PR Argentina Ulyses Gamboa (released - joined Scotland Edinburgh)
HK Italy Luigi Ferraro (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano) Italy Carlo Festuccia (from France Racing-Métro)
Italy Tommaso D'Apice (from Italy Roma)
LK South Africa Vickus Liebenberg (joined France Aix-en-Provence)
FL Italy Aldo Birchall (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano)
South Africa Gareth Krause (retired - but then joined South Africa Border Bulldogs in 2012)		 South Africa Frans Viljoen (from South Africa Cheetahs)
Italy Filippo Ferrarini (from Italy Crociati)
N8 Italy Jaco Erasmus (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano)
SH Italy Pablo Canavosio (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano)
Italy Mickey Wilson (released - joined Italy Rovigo)		 New Zealand Tyson Keats (from New Zealand Hurricanes)
FH Italy Riccardo Bocchino (released - joined Italy Cavalieri Prato)
New Zealand James Marshall (released - joined New Zealand Tasman)		 Italy Luciano Orquera (from France Brive)
South Africa Naas Oliver (from South Africa Cheetahs)
CE South Africa Dylan des Fountain (joined South Africa Lions)
Argentina Horacio San Martin (released - France Périgueux)		 Italy Andrea Masi (from France Racing-Métro)
WG South Africa Danwel Demas (joined South Africa Boland)
France Julien Laharrague (released - joined France Lourdes)
Italy Giulio Rubini (released - joined Italy Crociati)		 Samoa Sinoti Sinoti (from New Zealand Hawkes Bay)
FB Italy Ruggero Trevisan (from Italy Crociati Parma Rugby FC)
Coach

Aironi again struggled in the Pro12 league and finished last. However they did record four victories, including a notable home win over defending champions Munster[37] and eventual Heineken Cup Semi-finalists Edinburgh.[38][39] In a very tough Heineken Cup group they failed to record any win, or even a losing bonus point. In March Aironi announced they were in financial difficulty. The FIR decided to withdraw their licence for the upcoming season, the death knell for Aironi. Viadana, the primary club behind Aironi applied to take the vacant place in the Pro12 but this was rejected by the FIR.[40] In June 2012 it was announced that the new franchise would be known as Zebre, which is to be based in Parma and be built around Italian players.[41]

Pro12 Table
Club Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1 Ireland Leinster (F) 221813568326+24248285281
2 Wales Ospreys (C) 221615491337+15444222371
3 Ireland Munster (SF) 221417489367+12245275467
4 Scotland Glasgow Warriors (SF) 221345445321+12434232365
5 Wales Scarlets 221228446373+7343305562
6 Ireland Ulster 2212010474424+5053415356
7 Wales Cardiff Blues 2210012446460−1443455550
8 Ireland Connacht 227114321433−11227360737
9 Wales Newport Gwent Dragons 227114370474−10427411536
10 Italy Benetton Treviso 227015419558−13941573536
11 Scotland Edinburgh 226115454588−13442652432
12 Italy Aironi 224018289551−26222541522

If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[42]

  1. number of matches won;
  2. the difference between points for and points against;
  3. the number of tries scored;
  4. the most points scored;
  5. the difference between tries for and tries against;
  6. the fewest number of red cards received;
    7.
  7. the fewest number of yellow cards received.
Green background (rows 1 to 4) are play-off places. Qualification for the Heineken Cup is based on each country's allocation, i.e. three highest-ranked Irish teams, three highest-ranked Welsh teams, both Italian teams and both Scottish teams. Because Leinster won the 2012 Heineken Cup Final, Ireland earned an extra Heineken Cup place, which will go to Connacht. Aironi were denied a licence for the 2012–13 season due to financial issues; the newly established Zebre side replaced Aironi in the Pro12 and Heineken Cup.

Updated 5 May 2012. Source: RaboDirect PRO12

    Squad 2011–12 - Final Season

    [43] 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
    Tommaso D'Apice Hooker Italy Italy
    Antonio Denti Hooker Italy Italy
    Davide Giazzon** Hooker Italy Italy
    Fabio Ongaro Hooker Italy Italy
    Roberto Santamaria Hooker Italy Italy
    Matías Agüero Prop Italy Italy
    Alberto de Marchi Prop Italy Italy
    Andrea de Marchi Prop Italy Italy
    Salvatore Perugini Prop Italy Italy
    Luca Redolfini Prop Italy Italy
    Lorenzo Romano Prop Italy Italy
    Fabio Staibano Prop Italy Italy
    George Biagi Lock Italy Italy
    Marco Bortolami Lock Italy Italy
    Filippo Cazzola** Lock Italy Italy
    Carlo Del Fava Lock Italy Italy
    Joshua Furno Lock Italy Italy
    Quintin Geldenhuys (c) Lock Italy Italy
    Andrea Benatti Flanker Italy Italy
    Mauro Bergamasco Flanker Italy Italy
    Nicola Cattina Flanker Italy Italy
    Simone Favaro Flanker Italy Italy
    Filippo Ferrarini Flanker Italy Italy
    Frans Viljoen Flanker South Africa South Africa
    Josh Sole Number 8 Italy Italy
    Nick Williams Number 8 New Zealand New Zealand
    Player Position Union
    Giorgio Bronzini Scrum-half Italy Italy
    Tyson Keats Scrum-half New Zealand New Zealand
    Tito Tebaldi Scrum-half Italy Italy
    Naas Olivier Fly-half South Africa South Africa
    Luciano Orquera Fly-half Italy Italy
    Alberto Benettin Centre Italy Italy
    Gilberto Pavan Centre Italy Italy
    Gabriel Pizarro Centre Italy Italy
    Matteo Pratichetti Centre Italy Italy
    Roberto Quartaroli Centre Italy Italy
    Riccardo Pavan** Wing Italy Italy
    Kaine Robertson Wing Italy Italy
    Sinoti Sinoti Wing Samoa Samoa
    Giulio Toniolatti Wing Italy Italy
    Giovanbattista Venditti Wing Italy Italy
    Paolo Buso Fullback Italy Italy
    Andrea Masi Fullback Italy Italy
    Ruggero Trevisan Fullback Italy Italy

    **World Cup Cover

    Transfers

    Players Out 2012–2013

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