Fiamme Oro Rugby

Fiamme Oro Rugby
Full name	G.S. Fiamme Oro Rugby
Union	Italian Rugby Federation
Founded	1955
Location	Rome, Italy
Ground(s)	Centro Sportivo Polizia di Stato (Capacity: 1,300)
President	Armando Forgione
Coach(es)	Gianluca Guidi
Captain(s)	Filippo Cristiano
League(s)	Top12
2017–18	4th
1st kit	2nd kit
Official website
	www.fiammeororugby.it

Fiamme Oro Rugby is the rugby union club section of the Italian State Police sport division Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro. The Fiamme Oro are currently based in Rome and play in the Top12, the first national league. Though since the club's foundation in the 1950s, the former Fiamme Oro Padova won both the Italian championship (5 times) and the Coppa Italia (4 times).

The club was established in 1955, founded by a group of policemen based in Padua (hence the name). The Fiamme Oro Padova won their first championship in 1958, which was followed by another the following season. The team also had a lot of success during the 1960s; winning the National championship in 1960, 1961 and 1968. In addition to their success with the National league, the club won the Coppa Italia in 1968 and 1969 and again in 1971 and 1972 as well.

In 1978, after their first relegation, the club were de facto discontinued although never officially disbanded and in 1985 were re-formed in Milan. The Italian Rugby Federation, because of club's successful past, allowed them to restart from 3rd division. In 1993 the club moved to Rome, and in 1998 rejoined the 1st division. Relegated again in 2000, in 2011 they returned in the Italian championship, where they currently play, and where they won their first Excellence Trophy in 2013–14.

Honours

Italian championship
- Champions (5): 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1967–68
Coppa Italia
- Champions (4): 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72
Excellence Trophy
- Champions (1): 2013–14
- Runners-Up (2): 2016–17, 2017–18

Current squad

The Fiamme Oro Rugby squad for 2018–19:

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Adriano Daniele	Hooker	Italy
Amar Kudin	Hooker	Italy
Alain Moriconi	Hooker	Italy
Stefano Iovenitti	Prop	Italy
George Iacob	Prop	Italy
Leonardo Mariottini	Prop	Italy
Matteo Nocera	Prop	Italy
Alessandro Vannozzi	Prop	Italy
Niccolò Zago	Prop	Italy
Emiliano Caffini	Lock	Italy
Ugo D'Onofrio	Lock	Italy
Davide Fragnito	Lock	Italy
Sean McCarthy	Lock	Ireland
Dario Basha	Flanker	Italy
Dennis Bergamin	Flanker	Italy
Iacopo Bianchi	Flanker	Italy
Filippo Cristiano (c)	Flanker	Italy
Andrea de Marchi	Flanker	Italy
Simone Favaro	Flanker	Italy
Matteo Cornelli	Number 8	Italy

Player	Position	Union
Simone Parisotto	Scrum-half	Italy
Simone Marinaro	Scrum-half	Italy
Lorenzo Masato	Scrum-half	Italy
James Ambrosini	Fly-half	Italy
Filippo Buscema	Fly-half	Italy
Giovanni Massaro	Centre	Italy
Roberto Quartaroli	Centre	Italy
Samuel Seno	Centre	Italy
Ludovico Vaccari	Centre	Italy
Andrea Bacchetti	Wing	Italy
Giovanni D'Onofrio	Wing	Italy
Alessandro Forcucci	Wing	Italy
Matteo Gabbianelli	Wing	Italy
Michelangelo Biondelli	Fullback	Italy
Matteo Gasparini	Fullback	Italy

Players in bold capped internationally.
Notes:

Selected former players

Italian players

Former players who have played for Fiamme Oro Rugby and have caps for Italy:

Anacleto Altigieri
Andrea Bacchetti
Arturo Bergamasco
Ottorino Bettarello
Carlo Canna
Giancarlo Cucchiella
Simone Favaro
Nello Francescato
Giovanni Licata
Roberto Luise
Giancarlo Navarrini
Mario Piovan
Pasquale Presutti
Roberto Quartaroli
Stefano Romagnoli
Carlo Salmaso
Michele Sepe
Matteo Silini
Luigi Troiani

External links

Official site

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