Valorugby Emilia

Italy Valorugby Emilia
Full name	Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1970; 56 years ago
Location	Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy
Ground	Stadio Mirabello (Capacity: 4,500)
President	Enrico Grassi
Coach	Marcello Violi
Captain	Lucas Favre
League	Serie A Élite
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Official website
	www.valorugby.it

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 2025-26 Serie A Elite season is:

Valotugby Emilia squad ^[a]^[b]^[c]^[d]
Props Italy Riccardo Brugnara Italy Nicolò D'Amico Javier Díaz Lucas Favre Italy Francesco Rossi Italy Daniele Rimpelli Italy Samuele Taddei Hookers Italy Luca Bigi Juan Ignacio Cruz* Italy Matteo Musajo Italy Marco Silva Locks Matteo Dall'Acqua* Italy Armand du Preez Rusiate Nasove Santiago Portillo* Italy Roberto Schinchirimini	Back row Italy Giovanni Cenedese Italy Filippo Esposito Italy Tommaso Mussini Martin Pérez Caffè* Conrado Roura* Italy Fabio Ruaro Nicolás Sbrocco* Italy Juan Wagenpfeil Scrum-halves Italy Nicolò Casilio Italy Andrea Cuoghi Italy Elia Gherardi Fly-halves Italy Matteo Bianco South Africa Schalk Hugo	Centres Italy Patrick De Villiers Santiago Gilligan New Zealand Giovanni Leituala* Santiago Resino* Italy Fabio Schiabel Italy Federico Cuminetti Wings Italy Pierre Bruno Italy Francesco Colombo Italy Simone Crivaro Italy Luca Pagnani Fullbacks Italy Simone Brisighella Italy Davide Farolini Italy 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.^[4] ^ Taking into account signings and departures head of 2024–25 season. ^ Additional player on loan to URC team Zebre Parma^[1] ^ Additional player under contract with URC team Zebre Parma^[2] ^ Additional player on loan under contract with URC team Zebre Parma^[3]

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for Italy:

Overseas players

Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for their respective country:

Gonzalo García
Guido Randisi
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Matteo Dell'Acqua
Lebanon Karim Jammal
South Africa Nico Wegner
Samoa Silao Leaega
Tonga Viliami Vaki
United States Roland Suniula

References

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External links

Official website

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[1] Taking into account signings and departures head of 2024–25 season.

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v t e Serie A Elite
2025–26 Teams	Biella Colorno Fiamme Oro Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rangers Vicenza Rovigo Delta Valorugby Emilia Viadana
Serie A (1929–1960)	1929 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
Eccellenza (1960–1965)	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65
Serie A (1965–1986)	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Serie A1 (1986–2001)	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01
Super 10 (2001–2010)	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Eccellenza (2010–2018)	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Top12 (2018–2020)	2018–19 2019–20
Top10 (2020–2023)	2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Serie A Élite (2023–present)	2023–24 2024–25

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