Rovigo, comeback is worth 15th Scudetto: only regrets for Viadana
The Femi-CZ Rugby Rovigo Delta is rugby champion d’Italia for the fifth time in its history, the third in five years.
The Bersaglieri, in the final of the Serie A Elite Men” got the better of Rugby Viadana 1970 with a final score of 27-21, mainly the result of a 17-0 partial in the second half that frustrated the ambitions of the gialloneri, who came first in the regular season and number 1 seed in the playoffs.
At the “Sergio Lanfranchi” stadium in Parma, site of the tricolor rugby final, the red and blue team started well, taking the lead at 16′ with Moscardi’s goal converted by Thomson, but then (thanks to yellow cards with attached “sin bin” for Fourcade at 14′ and Frangini at 21′) suffered the retaliation of Gilberto Pavan’s men, who first equalized at 24′ with Wagenpfeil’s heavy scoring converted by Roger Farias, and then took over the reins of the match with goals by the same Farias and Sauze (both converted by the Argentine), for 21-7.
These, however, will be the last points of the entire match for Viadana: Rovigo, in fact, first shortened close to the whistle that sent the teams to’halftime with a Thomson square, then went wild (again initially taking advantage of a yellow, inflicted at 44′ on Morosini) in the second half, scoring with Della Sala at 51′ (Thomson transformation), Lertora on a free kick at 63′ and Moscardi at 72′, who completed the comeback: Thomson signs the transformation of the latter goal and it goes to 27-21.
The final is intense but the result does not change anymore: Rovigo thus wins its Scudetto number 15, continuing the great rugby tradition of a club that celebrated the Tricolor from 1951 to 1954, from 1962 to 1964, in 1976, 1979, 1988 (Star Scudetto) and 1990, before a long fast interrupted in 2016. The last titles are those of 2021, 2023 and the one won today. For Viadana, on the other hand, only regrets: the Gialloneri’s only scudetto remains the one won in 2002 in the final against Calvisano.
