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Rugby Rovigo
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| Full name | LNG Adriatic Rovigo | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1935 | |||||||||||||||||
| Union | Federazione Italiana Rugby | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Rovigo, Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground | Stadio Comune Mario Battaglini | |||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 6,000 | |||||||||||||||||
| President | Ugo Taddeo | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Alessandro Zanella | |||||||||||||||||
| League | Super 10 | |||||||||||||||||
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Rugby Rovigo is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in Super 10. They are based in Rovigo in Veneto. The club were founded in 1935 by medical student Dino Lanzoni, who discovered rugby at university. They quickly became one of the strongest Italian sides and won 11 titles between 1951 and 1990. They have never been relegated from the top flight of Italian rugby union.
Some of the more notable Rovigo players include Mario "Maci" Battaglini and his brother Checco, Ercole Ponzetti, Quaglio Vallini and Naas Botha. However in recent times the team has had difficulties from the death of president Carlo Bego to the serious social conditions that had threatened the team's survival.
- Super 10:
- Champions: 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1976, 1979, 1988, 1990
- Riserve:
- Champions: 1981, 1989, 1991
- Under 19/20:
- Champions: 1970, 1975, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1999
- Under 21:
- Champions: 2004
- Under 17:
- Champions: 1982, 1988
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| Federation: | Federazione Italiana Rugby |
| National team: | Italy • Italy Sevens |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series |
| Domestic Competitions: | Super 10 • Coppa Italia • Serie A • Serie B • Serie C |
| Super 10 teams: | Amatori Catania • L'Aquila • Benetton Treviso • Calvisano • Capitolina • Gran Parma • Rugby Parma • Petrarca • Rovigo • Viadana |