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Italian Super10
Treviso vs Viadana
Match scheduled:
Date:: 29-05-2010
Time: 16:00 until 18:00
Treviso vs Viadana - The Final of the Italian Super10
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- Benetton Treviso
- Cavalieri Prato
- Gran Parma
- L'Aquila
- Overmach Parma
- Petrarca Padova
- Roma Olimpic
- Rovigo
- Venezia Mestre
- Viadana
[edit] Current Standings
Template:2009-10 Super 10 Table
[edit] Overview
Parma (Rugby Parma and Gran Rugby) and Rome (Capitolina and Rugby Roma) are the only cities to have two teams. The majority of the other teams are either from Veneto or Lombardy in the North of Italy. Treviso, Viadana and Calvisano have dominated the championship in recent years.
Over time Italian rugby union has evolved; the clubs are better equipped, better organised and have begun to train their players better. There is more sponsorship money and an influx of foreign players (some of whom have gone on to represent Italy after qualifying under the 3 year rule). In 2005 the FIR decided to introduce a rule requiring teams to field at least 12 Italians out of their 22 man squad. This was an effort to counter the top Italian players often playing in France which means that the Italian league is not a particularly good place to build the national team.
[edit] The future of Italian club rugby
Despite rising playing standards and more media attention on rugby union, Italian teams competing in the Heineken Cup and European Challenge Cup, have generally struggled to compete against the more established club teams of the other Six Nations countries. In response to this both John Kirwan, the former Italian coach, and David Pickering, the Welsh Rugby Union chairman, have suggested that merged Italian teams should enter the Magners League,[1] [2] and in March 2009 the Celtic Rugby Board (Magners League) and FIR announced an agreement in principle to add two Italian teams to the Magners League for 2010-11.[3] The two new Magners League teams were announced on 18 July 2009 as Aironi, based in Viadana, and Praetorians Roma, from the capital. These 2 teams are intended to offer Italian qualified players a higher standard of rugby to hone their skills. It will remove the best Italian players from the Super 10. It is envisaged after the change that the Super 10 will be a semi-professional league only. As of Oct 2009 it is likely that the 2 teams to join the Magners League will be Benetton Treviso and an new merged club called Aironi. Praetorians Roma were nominated in the first round but failed to meet the criteria set down by the evaluators and Benetton Treviso were nominated instead. This decision is likely to face a legal challenge however. These new sides would also take the Italian qualification spots in the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup, and future Super 10 champions would not play in Europe.
Rugby Calvisano were forced to pull out of the competition for the 09-10 season due to financial difficulties, most likely setting up an amateur side in the Serie A. Roman clubs Capitolina and Futura Park Roma decided to combine and have also taken Calvisano's place in Europe due to their league position. These 2 clubs would also be the basis of the new Magners League side Praetorians Roma. L'Aquila and Prato were promoted from Serie A taking Calvisano and the spare Roman club's place.[4]
