Rugby Rovigo Delta

Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Serie A Elite (rugby union). They are based in Rovigo, in Veneto. The club was founded in 1935 by medical student Dino Lanzoni, who discovered rugby at university. They quickly became one of the strongest Italian sides and won 14 titles between 1951 and 2023. They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union. They are the current Italian champion.

Rugby Rovigo Delta
Full nameRugby Rovigo Delta S.r.l.
UnionItalian Rugby Federation
Founded1935 (1935)
LocationRovigo, Italy
Ground(s)Stadio Mario Battaglini (Capacity: 5,500)
PresidentFrancesco Zambelli
Coach(es)Alessandro Lodi
Captain(s)Matteo Ferro
League(s)Serie A Elite (rugby union)
2022–231st
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.rugbyrovigodelta.it
View of the Rovigo Stadium.

Current and former Rovigo players include Elio De Anna, Stefano Bettarello, Stefano Bordon, Alessandro Moscardi, Carlo Orlandi, Carlo Checchinato, Mirco Bergamasco, Manuel Contepomi, AJ Venter, Gert Smal, Viliami Ofahengaue and Naas Botha.

Honours

  • Italian championship
    • Champions (14): 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1989–90, 2015–16, 2020–21, 2022-23
    • Runners-up (7): 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021−22
  • Coppa Italia/Excellence Trophy
    • Champions (1): 2019-20
    • Runners-up (3): 1997–98, 2005–06, 2013−14

Current squad

The Rovigo Delta senior squad for 2023–24 is:

Rovigo Delta squad [lower-alpha 1]

Props

Hookers

  • Italy Filippo Cadorini
  • Italy Edoardo Ferraro
  • Italy Enrico Giulian

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

  • England Jacob Atkins
  • Italy Luca Borin
  • Argentina Ignacio Dogliani*

Centres

  • Italy Lorenzo Elettri
  • Argentina Facundo Diederich Ferrario
  • Argentina Rafael Andres Lertora Castro*
  • Italy Matteo Moscardi
  • Italy Paolo Uncini

Wings

Fullbacks

(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 Rovigo Delta website.[1][2]
  1. Additional player under contract with URC team Benetton

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for Italy:

Overseas players

Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for their respective country:

References

  1. "First XV". Rurby Rovigo Delta.
  2. "DEFINITI I PERCORSI INDIVIDUALI DEGLI ATLETI DELL'ACCADEMIA DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2023.
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