Rugby Colorno

Rugby Colorno
Full name	Rugby Colorno
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1975
Location	Colorno, Italy
Ground(s)	HBS Rugby Stadium (Capacity: 1,000)
President	Mario Padovani
Coach(es)	Cristian Prestera
League(s)	Top12
2019–20	10th
Official website
	www.rugbycolorno.it

Rugby Colorno is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Top12. They are based in Colorno (Province of Parma), in Emilia-Romagna. 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 Top12 in the 2018-19 season.[1]

For the 2019–20 season, fly-half Leonardo Mantelli is a permit player for Zebre in the Pro14.[2]

Current squad

The Colorno squad for the 2020–21 season is:[3]

Colorno squad
Props Gustavo Sito Alvarado Jader Chalonec Jacopo Fiume Tommaso Gemma Marius Pop Dorin Tica Pardeep Singh Hookers Nicolò Baruffaldi Luca Buondonno Daniele Goegan Marco Silva Locks Massimiliano Chiappini Gabriele Cicchinelli Martin Granier Mattia Zecchini Thomas Parolo	Back row Michele Boccardo Edoardo Mannelli Gustavo Mozzato Samuele Saluppo Jacopo Sarto(c) Scrum-halves Tommaso Pozzobon Riccardo Raffaele Jacopo Tomasselli Fly-halves Michele Ceresini Rocco Del Bono Sean Kearns	Centres Failaga Afamasaga Yann Chibalie Lorenzo Massari Federico Silva Franco Smith Alessandro Terzi Wings Simone Balocchi Albert Eistein Batista Matteo Canni Simone Gesi Andrea Papa Davide Pasini Fullbacks Gabriele Bronzini Jaco van Tonder

(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.[4]

Club Partnerships

Rugby Colorno is in partnership with Premiership Rugby side Leicester Tigers. The partnership helps to drive development of rugby across the world along with building sustainable links between players, partners and communities.[5][6]

Former players

The following players have previously represented Rugby Colorno:

Failaga Afamasaga
Aldo Birchall
Alessandro Castagnoli
Daniele Di Giulio
Filippo Frati
Alessio Galante
Massimo Giovanelli
Carl Manu
Samuele Pace
Jacopo Sarto
Federico Zani

References

"Partner club Colorno promoted to Italian Top 12". Leicester Tigers. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"LO ZEBRE RUGBY CLUB APRE UFFICIALMENTE LA STAGIONE 2019/2020 COL PRIMO DI GIORNO DI TEST A PARMA". 15 July 2019.
"HBS Colorno" (in Italian). Rugby Colorno. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"TOP 10 HBS COLORNO".
"'Benvenuto' to new global partner Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
"Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

External links

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[1] "Partner club Colorno promoted to Italian Top 12". Leicester Tigers. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[2] "LO ZEBRE RUGBY CLUB APRE UFFICIALMENTE LA STAGIONE 2019/2020 COL PRIMO DI GIORNO DI TEST A PARMA". 15 July 2019.

[3] "HBS Colorno" (in Italian). Rugby Colorno. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[4] "TOP 10 HBS COLORNO".

[5] "'Benvenuto' to new global partner Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

[6] "Rugby Colorno". Leicester Tigers. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

Top10
2020–21 Teams	Calvisano Colorno Fiamme Oro Lyons Piacenza Mogliano Petrarca Rovigo Delta S.S. Lazio Valorugby Emilia Viadana
Serie A (1929–1960)	1929 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60
Eccellenza (1960–1965)	1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65
Serie A (1965–1986)	1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86
Serie A1 (1986–2001)	1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01
Super 10 (2001–2010)	2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
Eccellenza (2010–2018)	2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Top12 (2018–2020)	2018–19 2019–20
Top10 (2020–present)	2020–21