Rugby Calvisano is an Italian

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club currently competing in the

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. They are based in

Calvisano Calvisano (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It is the manufacturing base of Lones Spa, manufacturer of Fly Flot shoes. Agritech is a known fiberglass silos company. Sport Its rugby union Rugby ...

(

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), in

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. They were founded in 1970 by a group of players: Tonino Montanari, Gianluigi Vaccari and Alfredo Gavazzi. In 1992 the club became “Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.”

History

Calvisano were founded in 1970 by a group of players, in 1992 the club became “Rugby Calvisano S.r.l.” Calvisano first qualified for European competition for the 1999–2000 season, where they competed in the

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, playing six pool games, though they did not win any. They qualified for their first

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for the 2001–02 season, though it was season after where the club won a couple of their pool games, but they have yet to make the finals. In the May FIR Federal Council meeting, Rugby Calvisano officially decided not to exercise its right to participate in the Italian Championship of Excellence Peroni TOP10 2023/2024.

Honours

* Italian championship ** Champions (7): 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018−19 ** ''Runners-up (7)'': 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06, 2015–16, 2017–18 *

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** Champions (1): 2003–04 ** ''Runners-up (3)'': 1998–99, 2002–03, 2006–07 * Excellence Trophy ** Champions (2): 2011–12, 2014–15 * Intercontinental Cup ** Champions (1): 2006 *

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** Champions (1): 2019

Current squad

The Calvisano squad for 2022–23 season:

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Calvisano and have caps for Italy: * Manfredi Albanese * Caludio Appiani * Sergio Appiani *

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* Paolo Buso * Pablo Canavosio * Tommaso Castello *

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* Salvatore Costanzo * Giambattista Croci * Marcello Cuttitta *

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* David Dal Maso * Tommaso D'Apice * Giampiero De Carli * Andrea De Rossi * Jaco Erasmus * Gabriel Filizzola * Gonzalo García *

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* Renato Giammarioli *

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* Kelly Haimona * Giorgio Intoppa * Benjamin de Jager * Andrea Lovotti *

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* Andrea Marcato *

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* Luke McLean *

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* Alex Moreno *

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* Ludovico Nitoglia *

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* Sami Panico * Gert Peens * Aaron Persico *

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* Marco Platania * Andrea Pratichetti * Matteo Pratichetti * Giovanni Raineri *

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* Lorenzo Romano *

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* Fabio Semenzato * Antonio Spagnoli *

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* Paolo Vaccari * Marcello Violi *

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* Maurizio Zaffiri *

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* Cristiano Zanoletti *

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* Giosuè Zilocchi * Matthew Phillips - Scored a try against his Home Country of NZ in the 2003 Rugby World Cup.

Foreign players

Former players who have played for Calvisano and have caps for their respective country: * Gabriel Bocca * Franco Brarda * Emiliano Mulieri *

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* Rod Moore *

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* Sekonaia Kalou *

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* Ben Evans *

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* Florin Surugiu *

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* Paino Hehea * Milton Ngauamo

Statistics

European Challenge Cup

Heineken Cup

References

External links

Official website
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