Rugby Calvisano
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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".
, 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 for the 09-10 season but go on to compete in Serie A
. They finally returned to the Super 10
for the 11/12 season.
Roland de Marigny
Warren Spragg
Martin Castrogiovanni
Salvatore Perugini
Giorgio Intoppa Matteo Pratichetti
Leonardo Ghiraldini
Alessandro Zanni
Paul Griffen
Luke McLean
Giampiero de Carli
Andrew Mehrtens
Cristiano Zanoletti Lorenzo Cittadini
Milton Ngauamo Rod Moore Apenisa Tota Vodo Tusi Pisi
Andrew Mehrtens
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club currently competing in National Championship of Excellence.
They are based in Calvisano
Calvisano
Calvisano is a comune in the Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy.It is the manufacturing base of Flyflot, the well known comfort shoe manufacturers.Agritech is a known fiberglass silos company....
(Province of Brescia
Province of Brescia
The Province of Brescia is a Province in Lombardy, Italy. It borders with the province of Sondrio in the N and NW, the province of Bergamo in the W, province of Cremona in the SW and S, the province of Mantova to the S, and to the east, the province of Verona and Trentino .Source for statistical...
), in Lombardy
Lombardy
Lombardy is one of the 20 regions of Italy. The capital is Milan. One-sixth of Italy's population lives in Lombardy and about one fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in this region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest in the whole of Europe...
.
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 CupEuropean Challenge Cup
The European Challenge Cup, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Amlin Challenge Cup, is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup. The cup was known as the Parker Pen Shield from 2001 to 2003 and Parker Pen Challenge Cup from 2003 to 2005. The European...
, playing six pool games, though they did not win any. They qualified for their first Heineken Cup
Heineken Cup
The Heineken Cup is one of two annual rugby union competitions organised by European Rugby Cup involving leading club, regional and provincial teams from the six International Rugby Board countries in Europe whose national teams compete in the Six Nations Championship: England, France, Ireland,...
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
Benetton Rugby Treviso
Benetton Rugby Treviso are an Italian professional rugby union club currently competing in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup.They are based in Treviso in Veneto, and owned by the Benetton clothing company....
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
2005-06 Heineken Cup
The 2005–06 Heineken Cup was the eleventh edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. 24 teams from 7 different countries took part, with the opening game played on Friday October 21, 2005...
against the Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Blues are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the team have played at Cardiff City Stadium since the start of the 2009/2010 season and are owned by Cardiff Rugby Football Club....
that turned out to be notable as the first competitive appearance of All Blacks
All Blacks
The New Zealand men's national rugby union team, known as the All Blacks, represent New Zealand in what is regarded as its national sport....
great Jonah Lomu
Jonah Lomu
Jonah Tali Lomu, MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union player. He had sixty-three caps as an All Black after debuting in 1994. He is generally regarded as the first true global superstar of rugby union. He has had a huge impact on the game...
since undergoing a kidney
Kidney
The kidneys, organs with several functions, serve essential regulatory roles in most animals, including vertebrates and some invertebrates. They are essential in the urinary system and also serve homeostatic functions such as the regulation of electrolytes, maintenance of acid–base balance, and...
transplant
Organ transplant
Organ transplantation is the moving of an organ from one body to another or from a donor site on the patient's own body, for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or absent organ. The emerging field of regenerative medicine is allowing scientists and engineers to create organs to be...
in 2004. They were forced to withdraw from the Super 10 for the 09-10 season but go on to compete in Serie A
Serie A (rugby union)
Serie A is the name of the second tier of the Italian Rugby Union championship. Until the creation of the Super 10 in a 2002 restructuring exercise, it was the name of the top tier....
. They finally returned to the Super 10
Super 10 (Italian premiership)
The withdrawal of Viadana and Benetton Treviso from the league has been compounded by club mergers. Rugby Viadana, Gran Parma and Colorno have merged to form GranDucato Rugby. Overmach Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati, both new clubs to be based in Parma. These changes created 2...
for the 11/12 season.
Current squad
2011/2012Notable former players
Andrea ScanavaccaAndrea Scanavacca
Andrea "Pepe" Scanavacca is a former Italian rugby union footballer.His usual position was as a fly half.He spent most of his club career with Rovigo which he entered at the age of 6....
Roland de Marigny
Roland de Marigny
Roland de Marigny is an Italian rugby union footballer. His normal position is fullback though he can also play centre or fly-half.His parents originated from Mauritius....
Warren Spragg
Warren Spragg
Warren Spragg is an Italian Rugby Union international. He is 6 foot tall and 189 lbs . He is a versatile back and goalkicker-Education:Warren Spragg was educated at Kirkham Grammar School...
Martin Castrogiovanni
Martin Castrogiovanni
Martín Leandro Castrogiovanni is an Italian Argentine rugby union footballer. He played for Ghial Calvisano, with whom he won the Italian championship in 2005. He has since signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, and after a successful 2006/07 season with them was named Guinness Premiership...
Salvatore Perugini
Salvatore Perugini
Salvatore Perugini is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12 club competition. He has also been capped for the Italian national team, making his debut in 2000 against Italy. His usual position is at prop...
Giorgio Intoppa Matteo Pratichetti
Matteo Pratichetti
Matteo Pratichetti is an Italian rugby union player.He currently plays for Aironi in the RaboDirect Pro12.Pratichetti's father, Oreste, was a rugby player and coach, his uncle Carlo was capped several times for Italy in the 1980s, and his brother Andrea was his teammate at Calvisano for the...
Leonardo Ghiraldini
Leonardo Ghiraldini
Leonardo Ghiraldini is an Italian rugby union player for Benetton Rugby Treviso in the RaboDirect Pro12.Ghiraldini's position of choice is at Hooker.-Underage & 'A' Level:...
Alessandro Zanni
Alessandro Zanni
Alessandro Zanni is an Italian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Treviso in the Super 10 in Italy. His usual position is as a number 8, but in national team he plays often as substitute of Mauro Bergamasco in openside flanker position, or in blindside flanker position.Zanni made his...
Paul Griffen
Paul Griffen
Paul Richard Griffen is an Italian rugby union footballer. He has represented Italy at scrum half in forty two full internationals...
Luke McLean
Luke McLean
Luke McLean is an Italian Australian rugby union footballer who plays at fullback and fly-half for Treviso in Italy. He has also represented the Italy national rugby union team.-Background:McLean was born in Townsville, Queensland...
Giampiero de Carli
Giampiero de Carli
Giampiero de Carli is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a prop.De Carli played for Rugby Roma Olimpic, from 1989/90 to 1996/97. He spend a season at Amatori Rugby Milano , returning then to Roma Olimpic for another season. He would represent Stade Français for...
Andrew Mehrtens
Andrew Mehrtens
Andrew Philip Mehrtens MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, currently playing in France for Béziers, a club in the third-level Fédérale 1 league...
Cristiano Zanoletti Lorenzo Cittadini
Lorenzo Cittadini
Lorenzo Cittadini is an Italian rugby union player. Cittadini, who is a prop, plays club rugby for Benetton Treviso. He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 2 February 2008.He played at the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand....
Milton Ngauamo Rod Moore Apenisa Tota Vodo Tusi Pisi
Tusi Pisi
Tusi Pisi is a rugby union player who played for North Harbour in the Air New Zealand Cup. His position is fly half, but he has also played at centre and full back...
Andrew Mehrtens
Andrew Mehrtens
Andrew Philip Mehrtens MNZM is a New Zealand rugby union footballer, currently playing in France for Béziers, a club in the third-level Fédérale 1 league...
Honours
- Super 10Super 10 (Italian premiership)The withdrawal of Viadana and Benetton Treviso from the league has been compounded by club mergers. Rugby Viadana, Gran Parma and Colorno have merged to form GranDucato Rugby. Overmach Parma and Noceto have merged to form Crociati, both new clubs to be based in Parma. These changes created 2...
:- Champions: 2005, 2008
- Coppa ItaliaCoppa Italia (rugby)The Coppa Italia is a rugby union competition in Italy for domestic clubs. The competition is second to the Super 10. The competition has been contested annually since 1967, though it was not held from 1974 to 1980, and 1983 to 1994, and again in 1996, 1999 and 2002...
:- Champions: 2003-04
European Challenge Cup
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 155 |
| 2007-2008 2007-08 European Challenge Cup The 2007–08 European Challenge Cup was the 12th year of the European Challenge Cup, the second tier rugby union cup competition below the Heineken Cup. The tournament was held between November 2007 and May 2008.-Pool 1:-Pool 2:-Pool 3:-Pool 4:... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 200 |
Heineken Cup
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-02 2001-02 Heineken Cup The 2001–02 Heineken Cup was the seventh edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other. The pool winners and two best runners-up qualified for... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 279 |
| 2002-03 2002-03 Heineken Cup The 2002–03 Heineken Cup was the eighth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams from France, Ireland, Italy, Wales, England and Scotland, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other... |
6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 236 |
| 2003-04 2003-04 Heineken Cup The 2003-4 Heineken Cup was the ninth season for which European teams competed for the Heineken Cup. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 115 | 225 |
| 2004-05 2004-05 Heineken Cup The 2004-5 Heineken Cup was the tenth edition of the Heineken Cup. Competing teams, from England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales, were divided into six pools of four, in which teams played home and away matches against each other... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 79 | 264 |
| 2005-06 2005-06 Heineken Cup The 2005–06 Heineken Cup was the eleventh edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. 24 teams from 7 different countries took part, with the opening game played on Friday October 21, 2005... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 191 |
| 2006-07 2006-07 Heineken Cup The 2006–07 Heineken Cup was the 12th edition of the European Heineken Cup rugby union club tournament. The pool draw took place on 21 June at Twickenham. The pool stages started on 20 October and concluded in January, going for six rounds... |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 264 |
| 2008-09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 87 | 280 |