Aironi

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Aironi
Pro12
2011–1212th
Team kit

Aironi Rugby (Italian pronunciation:

Zebre from the 2012–13 season.[4]

Home ground

The team played in

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

Top12
) division would have attracted far less sponsorship.

History

After several failed attempts, there was doubt that a deal for Italian entry into the Celtic League would be completed in time for the 2010–11 season, with the Scots delaying support for entry until changes were made to the

National Championship of Excellence
.

Italy had failed to make an impact in the

Federazione Italiana Rugby put incentives in place for the new teams. The successful franchises would receive financial support from the FIR to recruit national team players at the time 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 Super 10 series (Italy's top flight league at the time), would scoop €30,000 and €20,000 bonuses.[14]

It was proposed initially that Aironi would join along with a new team

Heineken Cup. Roma were to be based at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome, where Six Nations
matches had been 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 bold capped internationally.
  • Players with the symbol * are qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality so not counted as a Non-Italian player in squad.
  • Notes:
    • Players in Italic joined in the winter.

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
Cardiff Blues
 22 13 1 8 479 392 +87 37 33 3 3 60
7
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 Ireland33 – 17Italy Aironi
Report
Musgrave Park
Attendance: 8,426
Referee: Graham Knox
11 September 2010
19:05
(1 BP) Aironi Italy15 – 22Ireland Ulster
Report
Stadio Luigi Zaffanella
Attendance: 4,453
Referee: Stefano Penne
17 September 2010
20:05
(1 BP) Scarlets Wales49 – 10Italy Aironi
Report
Parc y Scarlets
Attendance: 6,123
Referee: John Lacey
25 September 2010
18:30
(1 BP) Ospreys Wales38 – 6Italy Aironi
Report
Liberty Stadium
Attendance: 7,289
Referee: Andy Macpherson
2 October 2010
19:05
(1 BP) Aironi Italy9 – 10Scotland Edinburgh
Report
Stadio Zaffanella
Attendance: 4,053
23 October 2010
18:30
Newport Gwent Dragons Wales36 – 5Italy Aironi
Report
Rodney Parade
Attendance: 5,033
Referee: Andrew McMenemy
29 October 2010
19:05
Aironi Italy3 – 20Wales Cardiff Blues
Report
Stadio Zaffanella
Attendance: 2,900
Referee: Graham Knox
5 November 2010
19:30
Glasgow Warriors Scotland33 – 8Italy Aironi
Report
Firhill Stadium
Attendance: 2,078
27 November 2010
19:05
Aironi Italy17 – 34Wales Scarlets (1 BP)
Report
Stadio Zaffanella
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Andy MacPherson
3 December 2010
19:00
Connacht IrelandP – PItaly Aironi
Sportsground
24 December 2010
14:30
Benetton Treviso Italy15 – 10Italy 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
Chris White (England
)
16 October 2010
14:30
Aironi Italy6 – 22England Bath
Pen: Mercier (2/2) 21', 54'ReportTry: 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
Marshall 38' m
Toniolatti 48' c
Pratichetti 63' c
Con: Tebaldi (2/3)
Pen: Tebaldi (2) 3', 31'
Drop: J. Laharrague 78'
ReportTry: 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 France34 - 3Italy 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'		ReportPen: Bocchino (1/2) 60'
Parc des Sports Aguiléra
Attendance: 6,816
Referee: Andrew Small (England)
15 January 2011
14:30
Bath
Marshall (3/3) 4', 14', 49'
The Recreation Ground
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Neil Paterson (Scotland)
22 January 2011
14:30
Aironi
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
 downward-facing red arrow Argentina Ulyses Gamboa (released - joined Scotland Edinburgh)
HK
 downward-facing red arrow Italy Luigi Ferraro (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano) upward-facing green arrow
Roma
)
LK
 downward-facing red arrow South Africa Vickus Liebenberg (joined France Aix-en-Provence)
FL downward-facing red arrow Italy Aldo Birchall (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano)
downward-facing red arrow South Africa Gareth Krause (retired - but then joined South Africa Border Bulldogs in 2012) 		upward-facing green arrow South Africa Frans Viljoen (from South Africa Cheetahs)
upward-facing green arrow Italy Filippo Ferrarini (from Italy Crociati)
N8
 downward-facing red arrow Italy Jaco Erasmus (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano)
SH
 downward-facing red arrow Italy Pablo Canavosio (joined Italy Rugby Calvisano)
downward-facing red arrow Italy Mickey Wilson (released - joined Italy Rovigo) 		upward-facing green arrow New Zealand Tyson Keats (from New Zealand Hurricanes)
FH
 downward-facing red arrow Italy Riccardo Bocchino (released - joined Italy Cavalieri Prato)
downward-facing red arrow New Zealand James Marshall (released - joined New Zealand Tasman) 		upward-facing green arrow Italy Luciano Orquera (from France Brive)
upward-facing green arrow South Africa Naas Oliver (from South Africa Cheetahs)
CE
 downward-facing red arrow
Horacio San Martin (released - France Périgueux
) 		upward-facing green arrow
Racing-Métro
)
WG
 downward-facing red arrow South Africa Danwel Demas (joined South Africa Boland)
downward-facing red arrow France Julien Laharrague (released - joined France Lourdes)
downward-facing red arrow Italy Giulio Rubini (released - joined Italy Crociati) 		upward-facing green arrow Samoa Sinoti Sinoti (from New Zealand Hawkes Bay)
FB
 upward-facing green arrow 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

Semi-finalists Edinburgh.[37][38] 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.

Zebre, which would be based in Parma and be built around Italian players.[40]

Pro12 Table
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification[a]
1 Ireland Leinster (F) 22 18 1 3 568 326 +242 48 28 5 2 81 Play-off place
2 Wales Ospreys (C) 22 16 1 5 491 337 +154 44 22 2 3 71
3 Ireland Munster (SF) 22 14 1 7 489 367 +122 45 27 5 4 67
4 Scotland Glasgow Warriors (SF) 22 13 4 5 445 321 +124 34 23 2 3 65
5 Wales Scarlets 22 12 2 8 446 373 +73 43 30 5 5 62
6 Ireland Ulster 22 12 0 10 474 424 +50 53 41 5 3 56
7
Cardiff Blues
 22 10 0 12 446 460 −14 43 45 5 5 50
8 Ireland Connacht 22 7 1 14 321 433 −112 27 36 0 7 37
9
Newport Gwent Dragons
 22 7 1 14 370 474 −104 27 41 1 5 36
10 Italy Benetton Treviso 22 7 0 15 419 558 −139 41 57 3 5 36
11 Scotland Edinburgh 22 6 1 15 454 588 −134 42 65 2 4 32
12 Italy Aironi 22 4 0 18 289 551 −262 22 54 1 5 22
Updated to match(es) played on 5 May 2012. Source: RaboDirect PRO12
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:[41]
  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 red cards received;
  7. the fewest yellow cards received.
    (C) Champions; (F) Lost in the final; (SF) Lost in the semi-finals
    Notes:
  1. Zebre
    side replaced Aironi in the Pro12 and Heineken Cup.

Squad 2011–12 - Final Season

[42] Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby 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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