Rugby Calvisano
Rugby Calvisano are an Italian rugby union club currently competing in National Championship of Excellence.
They are based in Calvisano (Province of Brescia), in Lombardy.
They were founded in 1970 by a group of players Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gavazzi.
In 1992 the club became "Rugby Calvisano Srl".
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. They were forced to withdraw from the Super 10 (now National Championship of Excellence) for the 2009-10 season but go on to compete in Serie A. They finally returned to the National Championship of Excellence for the 11/12 season.
Honours
Current squad
2015/2016
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
- Internationally capped players in Bold
Statistics
European Challenge Cup
Heineken Cup
References
External links
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| 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 |
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| "Eccellenza" (1960-65) | 1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 |
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| "Serie A" (1965-86) | 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 |
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| Super 10 (2001-10) | 2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10 |
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| Forwards |
- Michele Andreotti
- Matteo Archetti
- Nicola Belardo
- Rudy Biancotti
- Agustin Cavalieri
- Salvatore Costanzo
- Ugo D'Onofrio
- Renato Giammarioli
- Lorenzo Giovanchelli
- Luhandre Luus
- Luigi Milani
- Gabriele Morelli
- Sami Panico
- Giovanni Pettinelli
- Marco Riccioni
- Daniele Rimpelli
- Jimmy Tuivaiti
- Emilio Vezzoli
- Alessio Zdrilich
- Davide Zanetti
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| Backs |
- Giovanni Alberghini
- Pierre Bruno
- Alberto Chiesa
- Roberto Dal Zilio
- Giacomo De Santis
- Daniele Di Giulio
- Matteo Minozzi
- Juan Leon Novillo
- Joaquin Paz
- Riccardo Raffaele
- Fabio Semenzato
- Marco Susio
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