Rangers Vicenza Rugby
Rangers Vicenza Rugby is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Italian domestic league Top10 (rugby union), Serie A Élite. They are based in Vicenza, in Veneto. They were founded in 1974. 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. 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 di ...
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Vicenza
Vicenza ( , ; ) is a city in northeastern Italy. It is in the Veneto region at the northern base of the ''Monte Berico'', where it straddles the Bacchiglione River. Vicenza is approximately west of Venice and east of Milan. Vicenza is a thriving and cosmopolitan city, with a rich history and culture, and many museums, art galleries, piazzas, villas, churches and elegant Renaissance '' palazzi''. With the Palladian Villas of the Veneto in the surrounding area, and his renowned ''Teatro Olimpico'' (Olympic Theater), the "city of Palladio" has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1994. In December 2008, Vicenza had an estimated population of 115,927 and a metropolitan area of 270,000. Vicenza is the third-largest Italian industrial centre as measured by the value of its exports, and is one of the country's wealthiest cities, in large part due to its textile and steel industries, which employ tens of thousands. Additionally, about one fifth of the country's gold a ...
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