Rangers Vicenza Rugby

Rangers Vicenza Rugby
Full name	Rangers Vicenza Rugby
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1974; 50 years ago
Location	Vicenza, Italy
Ground(s)	Rugby Arena (Capacity: 800)
President	Augusto Fantelli
Coach(es)	Andrea Cavinato
League(s)	Serie A Élite
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.rangersrugbyvicenza.it

Rangers Vicenza Rugby is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Italian domestic league Serie A Élite. They are based in Vicenza, in Veneto. They were founded in 1974.^[1]

History

After unsuccessful attempts in the 1930s and 1960s, it was in 1974 that rugby union was established in Vicenza. The AS Rugby Vicenza club was founded by former Recoaro players, who were active in the 1960s.^[2]

The creation responds to strong expectations in the city and very quickly licensees flock. Soon the club was able to field two senior teams and a junior team. The club quickly rose to Serie B.

In the 1980s the club merged with Rugby Thiene which brought many talented players with it.

In 2011 and 2012, the club obtained two successive climbs which brought it to the second division. In 2017, Rangers Vicenza gained great unintentional notoriety when their Argentine captain Bruno Doglioli attacked a referee in the middle of a match against Valsugana. He is disbarred for life.

After a good 2022 season which saw them finish second in their groups, Vicenza obtained accession to the first division in 2023.

Current squad

The Rangers Vicenza Rugby squad for the 2023–24 season is:

Rangers Vicenza Rugby squad^[a]
Props Facundo Avila-Recio Michele Bortolan Giacomo Braggiè Enrico Ceccato Benito Francheschini Marco Lazzarotto Riccardo Messina Hookers Filippo Franchetti Bryan Gutierrez Andrea Pilani Roman Pretz Locks Riccardo Andreoli^[a] Andrea Gallinaro Tommaso Nicoli Matteo Pontarini^[a] Enrico Pontarini Imanol Urruza	Back row Luciano Gomez Matteo Peron Pietro Piantella Conrado Roura Giovanni-Carlo Tonello Federico Trambaiolo Scrum-halves Lorenzo Casilio^[a] Octavio Gelos Tommaso Pozzobon Fly-halves Andrea Bruniera Marco Marin	Centres Luciano Lisciani Sam O'Leary-Blade Fidel Sanchez-Valarolo Erik Scalco Wings Carlo Cielo Paul-Marie Foroncelli Leonardo Poletto Marco Scalabrin^[a] Fullbacks Agustin Galliano Pedro Mercerat Tobias Williams

(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 Rangers Vicenza Rugby website.^[4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Additional player under contract with URC team Benetton^[3]

References

^ "La società - La Rangers Rugby Vicenza è composta da due associazioni sportive dilettantistiche". Retrieved 27 November 2023. (in Italian)
^ "La storia - Il rugby a Vicenza vanta nobili e lontane origini, ma si tratta di una storia poco nota". Retrieved 27 November 2023. (in Italian)
^ "Serie A Elite: la presentazione della Rangers in Sala Stucchi a Vicenza" (in Italian).
^ "Rosa Serie A Elite 2023-2024" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 November 2023.

External links

Official website

[Additional_Player-4] Additional player under contract with URC team Benetton^[3]

[1] "La società - La Rangers Rugby Vicenza è composta da due associazioni sportive dilettantistiche". Retrieved 27 November 2023. (in Italian)

[2] "La storia - Il rugby a Vicenza vanta nobili e lontane origini, ma si tratta di una storia poco nota". Retrieved 27 November 2023. (in Italian)

[3] "Serie A Elite: la presentazione della Rangers in Sala Stucchi a Vicenza" (in Italian).

[5] "Rosa Serie A Elite 2023-2024" (in Italian). Retrieved 27 November 2023.

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Super 10 (2001–2010)	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
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