Rugby Colorno is an Italian

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club currently competing in the Italian domestic league Top10. They are based in

Colorno Colorno (Parmigiano: ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Parma in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about northwest of Bologna and about north of Parma. Colorno borders the following municipalities: Casalmaggiore, Gus ...

(

Province of Parma The Province of Parma ( it, Provincia di Parma) is a province in the Emilia–Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma. It is made up of 47 ''comuni''. It has an area of and a total population of around 450,000 ...

), in

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. They were founded in 1975.

History

Rugby Colorno was founded in 1975 as an Under-19 team, by Paolo Pavesi, to participate in the Italian Junior Championships. They were a group of young beginners inexperienced in the area, the pitch borrowed from the parish, with open air changing rooms and using buses to travel to matches. They won promotion to the

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in the 2018-19 season. For the 2019–20 season, fly-half

Leonardo Mantelli Leonardo Mantelli (born Prato, 7 December 1996) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Fly-Half and he currently plays for Colorno in Top12. For 2019–20 Pro14 season, he named like ''Additional Player'' for Zebre in Pro 1 ...

is a permit player for

Zebre Zebre Parma (, meaning "Zebras") are an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the United Rugby Championship and EPCR competitions from the 2012–13 season. They are based in Parma (Emilia-Romagna), Italy. They are operated by the ...

in the

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Anthem

The club's official anthem, "Non sarai mai solo" by the DJ and composer Hunterwolf and the songwriter Jacopo Mack Rosa has been released in late 2021. The song also features the mezzosoprano Carling Chiu and the video is directed by Danilo Barozzi.

Current squad

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. , - valign="top" , Props * {{flagicon, ITA Luca Franceschetto * {{flagicon, ARG Matias Galliano * {{flagicon, ARG

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Andrea Lovotti Andrea Lovotti (born 28 July 1989) is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a Prop. He currently plays for Colorno in Top10. He grew up in the youth sporting team of Piacenza Gossolengo, in 2008-09 season he passed to Rugby Calvisano. Aft ...

* {{flagicon, ITA Pardeep Singh * {{flagicon, ITA Antonio Tangredi * {{flagicon, ITA Mattia Zecchini Hookers * {{flagicon, Ireland, rugby union

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Oliviero Fabiani Oliviero Fabiani (born 13 July 1990) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Hooker, and he currently plays for Colorno in Top10. After the experience with Lazio, from 2014 to 2022 he played with Zebre. In 2013 and 2014 Fab ...

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* {{flagicon, ITA Francesco Ruffolo , , Back row * {{flagicon, ITA Luca Adorni * {{flagicon, ITA Davide Ciotoli * {{flagicon, ITA Antoine Koffi * {{flagicon, ITA Maxime Mbandà * {{flagicon, ITA Alessandro Mordacci * {{flagicon, ITA Miloud Popescu * {{flagicon, SCO Kwagga van Niekerk Scrum-halves * {{flagicon, ITA Cristiano Augello * {{flagicon, ITA Gregorio Del Prete * {{flagicon, ITA Jacopo Boscolo Fly-halves * {{flagicon, ARG Ignacio Pavese* * {{flagicon, ITA Paolo Pescetto , , Centres * {{flagicon, ITA

Giulio Bisegni Giulio Bisegni (born 4 April 1992) was an Italian rugby union player who played as a Centre (rugby union), Centre . He represented Italy national rugby union team, Italy on 16 occasions. Born in Frascati he was coached at local mini team ASD Fr ...

* {{flagicon, ARG Ignacio Ceballos * {{flagicon, FRA Yann Chibalie * {{flagicon, ITA Giacomo De Santis * {{flagicon, ARG Bautista Mengoni* Wings * {{flagicon, ITA Diego Antl * {{flagicon, ITA Albert Eistein Batista * {{flagicon, NZL Angelo Leaupepe * {{flagicon, ITA Davide Pasini Fullbacks * {{flagicon, ITA Francesco Cozzi * {{flagicon, RSA Jaco van Tonder* , - , colspan="100%" style="height: 10px;" , , - , colspan="100%" style="text-align:center;" , ( 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 Colorno website.{{notelist, group=Squad

Club Partnerships

Rugby Colorno is in partnership with

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Former players

The following players have previously represented Rugby Colorno: {{div col, colwidth=22em *{{flagicon, SAM

Failaga Afamasaga Failaga Afamasaga (born 5 March 1989) is a Samoan rugby union player. His usual position is as a Centre, and he currently plays for Colorno in Top12 . From 2016 to 2018 he played for Zebre. After playing for Samoa Under 19 squad in 2007, from ...

*{{flagicon, ITA

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*{{flagicon, ITA Alessandro Castagnoli *{{flagicon, ITA Daniele Di Giulio *{{flagicon, ITA Filippo Frati *{{flagicon, ITA Alessio Galante *{{flagicon, ITA Massimo Giovanelli *{{flagicon, SAM Carl Manu *{{flagicon, ITA Samuele Pace *{{flagicon, ITA Jacopo Sarto *{{flagicon, ITA Federico Zani * {{flagicon, ROM Dorin Tică {{div col end

References

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External links

Official website

Official Twitter
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