Rugby Rovigo Delta
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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 (15): 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. 2024-25
- Runners-up (7): 1988–89, 1991–92, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19, 2021−22
- Coppa Italia/Excellence Trophy
- Champions (2): 2019-20, 2024-25
- Runners-up (3): 1997–98, 2005–06, 2013−14
Current squad
The Rovigo Delta senior squad for 2024–25 is:
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Selected former players
Italian players
Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for Italy:
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- Template:Flagicon Matías Agüero
- Template:Flagicon Andrea Bacchetti
- Template:Flagicon Mario Battaglini
- Template:Flagicon Enzo Bellinazzo
- Template:Flagicon Arturo Bergamasco
- Template:Flagicon Mirco Bergamasco
- Template:Flagicon Ottorino Bettarello
- Template:Flagicon Romano Bettarello
- Template:Flagicon Stefano Bettarello
- Template:Flagicon Flaviano Brizzante
- Template:Flagicon Massimo Brunello
- Template:Flagicon Stefano Bordon
- Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Busson
- Template:Flagicon Pablo Canavosio
- Template:Flagicon Carlo Checchinato
- Template:Flagicon David Dal Maso
- Template:Flagicon Elio De Anna
- Template:Flagicon Gianluca Faliva
- Template:Flagicon Simone Favaro
- Template:Flagicon–Template:Flagicon Julian Gardner
- Template:Flagicon Massimo Giovanelli
- Template:Flagicon Andrea Lo Cicero
- Template:Flagicon Tito Lupini
- Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Malosti
- Template:Flagicon Matteo Mazzantini
- Template:Flagicon Alessandro Moscardi
- Template:Flagicon Giancarlo Navarrini
- Template:Flagicon Giacomo Nicotera
- Template:Flagicon Carlo Orlandi
- Template:Flagicon Alberto Osti
- Template:Flagicon Antonio Pavanello
- Template:Flagicon Gert Peens
- Template:Flagicon Isidoro Quaglio
- Template:Flagicon Nicola Quaglio
- Template:Flagicon Graziano Ravanelli
- Template:Flagicon Pietro Reale
- Template:Flagicon Leonardo Sarto
- Template:Flagicon Andrea Scanavacca
- Template:Flagicon Fabrizio Sintich
- Template:Flagicon Pietro Stievano
- Template:Flagicon Iliesa Ratuva Tavuyara
- Template:Flagicon Edgardo Venturi
- Template:Flagicon Angelo Visentin
- Template:Flagicon Narciso Zanella
Overseas players
Former players who have played for Rovigo and have caps for their respective country:
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- Template:Flagicon Peter FitzSimons
- Template:Flagicon Viliami Ofahengaue
- Template:Flagicon Alejandro Abadie
- Template:Flagicon Lautaro Bazan Velez
- Template:Flagicon Manuel Contepomi
- Template:Flagicon Juan Cruz Legora
- Template:Flagicon Leandro Lobrauco
- Template:Flagicon Serafín Dengra
- Template:Flagicon Juan Pablo Orlandi
- Template:Flagicon–Template:Flagicon Christian Stewart
- Template:Flagicon Akvsenti Giorgadze
- Template:Flagicon Ilia Zedginidze
- Template:Flagicon Gheorghe Gajion
- Template:Flagicon Ron Cribb
- Template:Flagicon Alexandru Penciu
- Template:Flagicon Cristian Săuan
- Template:Flagicon Nick Mallett
- Template:Flagicon Stefan Basson
- Template:Flagicon Schalk van der Merwe
- Template:Flagicon Schalk Burger Sr.
- Template:Flagicon Hendro Scholtz
- Template:Flagicon Naas Botha
- Template:Flagicon Gert Smal
- Template:Flagicon AJ Venter
- Template:Flagicon Silao Leaega
- Template:Flagicon Elvis Seveali'i
- Template:Flagicon Luke Gross
- Template:Flagicon Bernard Thomas
References
External links
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