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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.
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]
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.
The Colorno squad for the 2024–25 season is: [4]
| Colorno squad [lower-alpha 1] [lower-alpha 2] | ||
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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 of the Rugby Colorno |
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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]
The following players have previously represented Rugby Colorno:
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