The Valorugby Emilia, previously known as Rugby Reggio, is a professional Italian rugby union team based in Reggio nell'Emilia, in the Emilia-Romagna region. They currently play in the Top12, after gaining promotion from winning Serie A in the 2015–16 season. Established in Reggio nell'Emilia in 1970 like “Rugby Reggio A.S.D.”, since July 2018 it has changed its name to “Valorugby Emilia S.S.D.”
Honours Coppa Italia Champions (2): 2018–19, 2025–26 Runners-up (1): 2022–23
Current squad
The squad for the 2025-26 Serie A Elite season is:
Valotugby Emilia squad Props Riccardo Brugnara Nicolò D'Amico Javier Díaz Lucas Favre Francesco Rossi Daniele Rimpelli Samuele Taddei
Hookers Luca Bigi Juan Ignacio Cruz* Matteo Musajo Marco Silva
Locks Matteo Dall'Acqua* Armand du Preez Rusiate Nasove Santiago Portillo* Roberto SchinchiriminiBack row Giovanni Cenedese Filippo Esposito Tommaso Mussini Martin Pérez Caffè* Giacomo Milano Conrado Roura* Fabio Ruaro Nicolás Sbrocco* Juan Wagenpfeil
Scrum-halves Nicolò Casilio Andrea Cuoghi Elia Gherardi
Fly-halves Matteo Bianco Schalk HugoCentres Patrick De Villiers Santiago Gilligan Giovanni Leituala* Santiago Resino* Fabio Schiabel Federico Cuminetti
Wings Pierre Bruno Francesco Colombo Simone Crivaro Luca Pagnani
Fullbacks Simone Brisighella Davide Farolini Filippo Lazzarin (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 Valorugby Emilia website.
Selected former players Italian players Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for Italy: Cristian Bezzi Giulio Bertaccini Luca Bigi Roberto Mandelli Antonio Mannato David Odiete
Overseas players Former players who have played for the Emilian team and have caps for their respective country: Gonzalo García Guido Randisi Florian Cazenave Matteo Dell'Acqua Karim Jammal Nico Wegner Silao Leaega Viliami Vaki Roland Suniula
References
External links Official website