Rugby Viadana
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| Union | Federazione Italiana Rugby |
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| Founded | 1970 |
| Location | Viadana, Italy |
| Ground(s) | Stadio Luigi Zaffanella (Capacity: 6,000) |
| Chairman | Davide Tizzi |
| Coach(es) | Regan Sue |
| Captain(s) | Roberto Santamaria |
| League(s) | National Championship of Excellence |
| 2013/2014 | 4th (Excellence) |
| Official website | |
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Rugby Viadana is an Italian rugby union club based in Viadana (province of Mantua, Lombardy). The club was established in 1970, and has since won the Italian championship in 2002, and the Coppa Italia three times. They also compete in European rugby competitions and were runners-up in the European Shield in 2004. Viadana plays in yellow and black. The club did not compete professionally between 2010-2012 as they focused their efforts on Aironi. Aironi was based at Viadana's home ground and represented a number of regional teams in the multi-national Celtic League. The FIR withdrew Aironi's licence to play at the end of the 2012 so Viadana reformed as a professional team. Former Aironi Coach Rowland Phillips is now Viadana Head Coach. They will be playing in 2013/14 Amlin Challenge Cup. They will be playing in Pool 4 along with Bayonne, Grenoble and London Wasps.
The reformed professional Viadana club will play in Italy's top division in 2012-13, the National Championship of Excellence.
They were founded in 1970 as a rugby sector in the Vitellianense Cebogas Multisports Club by some ex-Rugby Parma players. They started in the lowest possible league, Serie D.
In 1980-1981 Viadana won Serie B but after three years the team were relegated back to Serie C. But they bounced back the following year and won promotion back to Serie B. 1986-1987 they won promotion to Serie A2 and finished sixth in their first year. However they were relegated back the following year and didn't return for three years.
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