Mogliano Veneto
After the officialization of the Top 10 and Coppa Italia calendars, Mogliano is taking shape more and more in these days of August.
A squad full of young promises, but also mixed with experienced players, for a mix that around the pivot of the Argentine director Brian Ormson and under the solid direction of confirmed Salvo Costanzo and Stefan Basson on paper promises a very interesting season.
Renewed Federico Pavan, trocar wing born in 1998, and Marco Bonanni, hooker born in 1999. And after seven seasons back to Petrarca Nicolò Fadalti, Treviso trocar wing born in 1988, already protagonist of the biancoblù championship in 2013. Senators Filippo Guarducci and Cristian Cerioni also remain , while from Valorugby joins Matteo Falsaperla, a Roman utility-pack born in 1990, former Seven national team with a background in San Donà.
From Under 19 the right prop Emmanuel Spironello, the opening halfback Giovanni Sante and the third line Pierfrancesco Vianello pass to the first team.
After five championships in Calvisano – two of which he won – the Treviso scrum-half Fabio “Mozzarella” Semenzato, born in 1986, returns with a personal record with five Scudetti, an Italian Cup, 2 Italian Super Cups, 12 caps and a World Cup in Azzurro, two seasons as permit-player at the Zebre, a call-up to the legendary Barbarians in 2015.
The contract was renewed by Andrea Pratichetti, (center / winger trocar), Mattia D’Anna (utility-back), Nicolò Ceccato (right prop), Edoardo Ferraro (hooker), Giordano Baldino (second / third row), Mirco Finotto (third line), Yannick Abanga (far / wing), Paul Derbyshire (third line), Jacopo Bocchi (second line) and Andrea Ceccato (left prop).
Instead, the captain Matteo Corazzi greeted the club in via Colelli and the rugby played, after eight years of honorable service: Riccardo Favretto (definitive at Benetton), Gianmarco Lucchesi (Benetton), Paolo Bonfiglio (Zebre), also left with him. Andrea Michelini, Mattia Zago, Giacomo Da Re, Antonio Zanatta (agreement with Verona reached), Edoardo Stella, Gianmarco Piva, Tomas Conrado Rosario, Manuel Zuliani, Derrick Appiah. Finally, the signings of Blas Robledi Dei (Argentine prop from the Hindu of Buenos Aires in 1990) and Agostino Notariello, right prop from Benevento born in 1992, last year at Petrarca Padova were announced. ––