Rugby Rovigo Delta

Rugby Rovigo Delta
Full name	Rugby Rovigo Delta S.r.l.
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1935; 89 years ago
Location	Rovigo, Italy
Ground(s)	Stadio Mario Battaglini (Capacity: 5,500)
President	Francesco Zambelli
Coach(es)	Alessandro Lodi
Captain(s)	Matteo Ferro
League(s)	Serie A Élite
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.rugbyrovigodelta.it

Rugby Rovigo Delta, formerly known until 2010 as Rugby Rovigo, is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Serie A Élite. They are based in Rovigo, in Veneto.

Overview

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.

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 ^[a]
Props Andrea Della Sala Vittorio Lastra Masotti Emanuele Leccioli Stefano Lugato Nicola Pomaro Nicola Quaglio Entienne Swanepoel Mitchell Walsh Hookers Filippo Cadorini Edoardo Ferraro Enrico Giulian Locks Keegan Munro Samuele Ortis Paolo Steolo Alfonso Zottola*	Back row Lautaro Casado Sandri* Duccio Cosi Matteo Ferro(c) Edoardo Lubian Matteo Meggiato Matteo Rubinato^[a] Stefano Sironi Scrum-halves Lautaro Bazan Velez Jacopo Boscolo Alberto Chillon Andrea Visentin Fly-halves Jacob Atkins Luca Borin Ignacio Dogliani* Nicolò Teneggi	Centres Lorenzo Elettri Facundo Diederich Ferrario Rafael Andres Lertora Castro* Matteo Moscardi Paolo Uncini Wings Francesco Bini Leonardo Sarto Paolo Pio Vaccari Fullbacks Luca Sperandio

(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] ^ ^a ^b 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

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

External links

Official website

[Additional_Player-1] Additional player under contract with URC team Benetton

[Archivi_La_Squadra-2] "First XV". Rurby Rovigo Delta.

[Academy_loans-3] "DEFINITI I PERCORSI INDIVIDUALI DEGLI ATLETI DELL'ACCADEMIA DEL BENETTON RUGBY". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 20 July 2023.

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v t e Serie A Elite
2023–24 Teams	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