Rugby Colorno
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| Full name | Rugby Colorno | |
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| 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) | Serie A Élite | |
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| Official website | ||
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Rugby Colorno is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in the Italian domestic league Top10. They are based in Colorno (Province of Parma), in Emilia-Romagna. They were founded in 1975.
History
[edit]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]
Anthem
[edit]The club's official anthem, "Non sarai mai solo"[3] 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
[edit]The Colorno squad for the 2024–25 season is:[4]
| Colorno squad [a][b] | ||
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Props
Hookers Locks |
Back row
Scrum-halves Fly-halves |
Centres Wings Fullbacks |
| (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.[7] |
Chronicle
[edit]| Chronicle of the Rugby Colorno |
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Club Partnerships
[edit]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.[8][9]
Former players
[edit]The following players have previously represented Rugby Colorno:
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "Ecco la Rugby Colorno Family 2021/2022: presentata allHBS stadium - SportParma". www.sportparma.com (in Italian). 12 October 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "HBS Colorno" (in Italian). Rugby Colorno.
- ^ "Academy". Zebre Parma.
- ^ "FRANCESCO DELLA CECA: "LAVORIAMO IN CRESCENDO. ABBIAMO RITROVATO I GIOCATORI IN OTTIME CONDIZIONI"5". Zebre Parma (in Italian). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
- ^ "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.
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