The Valorugby Emilia, previously known as Rugby Reggio, is an Italian

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

team based in

Reggio nell'Emilia Reggio nell'Emilia ( egl, Rèz; la, Regium Lepidi), usually referred to as Reggio Emilia, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, and known until 1861 as Reggio di Lombardia, is a city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has abou ...

, in the

Emilia-Romagna egl, Emigliàn (man) egl, Emiglièna (woman) rgn, Rumagnòl (man) rgn, Rumagnòla (woman) it, Emiliano (man) it, Emiliana (woman) or it, Romagnolo (man) it, Romagnola (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title ...

region. They currently play in the

Top12 The Top10, known as the Peroni Top10 for sponsorship reasons, and formerly Top 12, is Italy's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Top 10 is run by Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR) and is contested by 10 teams as of the 2019� ...

, after gaining promotion from winning

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...

in the 2015–16 season. Established in

in 1970 like “Rugby Reggio A.S.D.”, since July 2018 it has changed its name to “Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.”

Honours

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

** Champions (1): 2018–19 ** ''Runners-up (1)'': 2022–23

Current squad

The squad for the 2022-23 Top10 season is:

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for Italy: * Cristian Bezzi *

Luca Bigi Luca Bigi (born 19 April 1991) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays hooker for Zebre Parma of the United Rugby Championship. He has also represented Italy at international level, having made his test debut against S ...

* Roberto Mandelli * Antonio Mannato * David Odiete

Overseas players

Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for their respective country: * Gonzalo Garcia *

Florian Cazenave Florian Cazenave (born 30 December 1989 in Tarbes) is a French rugby union player. His position is Scrum-half and he currently plays for Vannes in the Pro D2 Rugby Pro D2, also known as Pro D2 is the second tier of rugby union club competition ...

* Matteo Dell'Acqua * Karim Jammal * Nico Wegner * Silao Leaega *

Viliami Vaki Viliami Vaki (born 27 April 1976) is a Tongan rugby union footballer. He represented Tonga at the 2003 Rugby World Cup and the 2007 Rugby World Cup. From 2003 to 2005 he played for Gran Rugby in Italy, then moved to USA Perpignan in the Top 14. He ...

Roland Suniula Roland Suniula (born December 17, 1986) is an American international rugby union player who plays for the Austin Elite as a centre in Major League Rugby (MLR). He previously played for the Seattle Seawolves in the MLR and the Ohio Aviators as ...

References

External links

Official website
Rugby union teams in Italy Rugby clubs established in 1970 Province of Reggio Emilia Emilia-Romagna {{italy-rugbyunion-team-stub