Aironi
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Full name | Aironi | ||
Founded | 2010 | ||
Stadion | Stadio Luigi Zaffanella (Viadana) | ||
Places | 7,000 | ||
president | Silvano Melegari | ||
Trainer | Rowland Phillips | ||
Homepage | |||
league | Pro12 | ||
2011/12 | 12th place | ||
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Aironi ( Italian heron ) was an Italian rugby union team. It was founded in 2010 and took part in the international Pro12 championship . Eight clubs from the Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna regions are involved in this franchise and provide players for Aironi. At the end of the 2011/12 season, the team was dissolved again as the Federazione Italiana Rugby revoked its license for financial reasons.
Member clubs and stadiums
The franchise was a collaboration between eight rugby clubs, which were involved as follows:
- Rugby Viadana (54%)
- Rugby Colorno (15%)
- Gran Parma Rugby (10%)
- Rugby Parma (10%)
- Rugby Noceto FC (5%)
- Rugby Mantova (2%)
- Reggio (2%)
- Modena (2%)
Aironi's home games were played in Viadana at Stadio Luigi Zaffanella , the home stadium of Rugby Viadana. For particularly important games, the Stadio Giglio in Reggio nell'Emilia could be used.
Squad
The squad for the 2011/2012 season:
Front side (forwards)
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Back line (backs) |
Individual evidence
- ^ Aironi, Silvano Melegari presidente. Gazzetta di Mantova, March 17, 2010, accessed August 28, 2010 (Italian).
- ↑ Squadra. Aironi, archived from the original on October 14, 2011 ; Retrieved October 11, 2011 (Italian).