Rugby Calvisano
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Rugby Calvisano is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12. 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 S.r.l.”
History
Calvisano were founded in 1970 by a group of players, in 1992 the club became “Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.” Calvisano first qualified for European competition for the 1999–2000 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 the May FIR Federal Council meeting, Rugby Calvisano officially decided not to exercise its right to participate in the Italian Championship of Excellence Peroni TOP10 2023/2024.
Honours
- Italian championship
- Champions (7): 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018−19
- Runners-up (7): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2015–16, 2017–18
- Coppa Italia
- Champions (1): 2003–04
- Runners-up (3): 1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07
- Excellence Trophy
- Champions (2): 2011–12, 2014–15
- Intercontinental Cup
- Champions (1): 2006
- European Rugby Continental Shield
- Champions (1): 2019
Current squad
The Calvisano squad for 2022–23 season:
Selected former players
Italian players
Former players who have played for Calvisano and have caps for Italy:
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- Template:Flagicon Caludio Appiani
- Template:Flagicon Sergio Appiani
- Template:Flagicon Valerio Bernabò
- Template:Flagicon Massimo Bonomi
- Template:Flagicon Paolo Buso
- Template:Flagicon Pablo Canavosio
- Template:Flagicon Tommaso Castello
- Template:Flagicon Martin Castrogiovanni
- Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Cittadini
- Template:Flagicon Salvatore Costanzo
- Template:Flagicon Giambattista Croci
- Template:Flagicon Marcello Cuttitta
- Template:Flagicon Massimo Cuttitta
- Template:Flagicon David Dal Maso
- Template:Flagicon Tommaso D'Apice
- Template:Flagicon Giampiero De Carli
- Template:Flagicon Andrea De Rossi
- Template:Flagicon Jaco Erasmus
- Template:Flagicon Gabriel Filizzola
- Template:Flagicon Gonzalo García
- Template:Flagicon Leonardo Ghiraldini
- Template:Flagicon Renato Giammarioli
- Template:Flagicon Paul Griffen
- Template:Flagicon Kelly Haimona
- Template:Flagicon Giorgio Intoppa
- Template:Flagicon Benjamin de Jager
- Template:Flagicon Andrea Lovotti
- Template:Flagicon Roberto Mandelli
- Template:Flagicon Andrea Marcato
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- Template:Flagicon Nicola Mazzucato
- Template:Flagicon Maxime Mbanda
- Template:Flagicon Luke McLean
- Template:Flagicon Matteo Minozzi
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- Template:Flagicon Andrea Moretti
- Template:Flagicon Ludovico Nitoglia
- Template:Flagicon Guglielmo Palazzani
- Template:Flagicon Sami Panico
- Template:Flagicon Gert Peens
- Template:Flagicon Aaron Persico
- Template:Flagicon Salvatore Perugini
- Template:Flagicon Simon Picone
- Template:Flagicon Marco Platania
- Template:Flagicon Andrea Pratichetti
- Template:Flagicon Matteo Pratichetti
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- Template:Flagicon Massimo Ravazzolo
- Template:Flagicon Marco Riccioni
- Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Romano
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- Template:Flagicon Antonio Spagnoli
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- Template:Flagicon Maurizio Zaffiri
- Template:Flagicon Alessandro Zanni
- Template:Flagicon Cristiano Zanoletti
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- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon Matthew Phillips - Scored a try against his Home Country of NZ in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
Foreign players
Former players who have played for Calvisano and have caps for their respective country:
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- Template:Flagicon Rod Moore
- Template:Flagicon Lorenzo Massari
- Template:Flagicon Sekonaia Kalou
- Template:Flagicon Shayne Philpott
- Template:Flagicon Johan Ackermann
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- Template:Flagicon Florin Vlaicu
- Template:Flagicon Paino Hehea
- Template:Flagicon Milton Ngauamo
Statistics
European Challenge Cup
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 69 | 155 |
| 2007–08 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 200 |
| 2012–13 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 117 | 223 |
| 2013–14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 80 | 173 |
| 2015–16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 344 |
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Heineken Cup
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001–02 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 58 | 279 |
| 2002–03 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 105 | 236 |
| 2003–04 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 115 | 225 |
| 2004–05 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 79 | 264 |
| 2005–06 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 48 | 191 |
| 2006–07 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 74 | 264 |
| 2008–09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 87 | 280 |
References
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External links
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