S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927
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Full name | Polisportiva S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927 | ||
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Union | Italian Rugby Federation | ||
Founded | 1927 | ||
Location | Rome, Italy | ||
Ground(s) | Giulio Onesti Olimpic Preparation Center (Capacity: 1,300) | ||
President | Alfredo Biagini | ||
Coach(es) | Daniele Montella | ||
Captain(s) | Carlo Filippucci | ||
League(s) | Top12 | ||
2017–18 | 9th | ||
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Official website | |||
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Polisportiva S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927, based in Rome, is an Italian rugby union team. They currently play in Top12 after gaining promotion from winning Serie A in the 2009–10 season.
It is the rugby union branch of the multisport club S.S. Lazio, probably the biggest European multisport organization, which operates also the famous association football team with the same name.
They were the first XV in Italy established in Rome in 1927, as “S.S. Lazio Rugby”, the rugby section of Lazio Sports Association. The founders were the brothers Vinci: Eugenio (Vinci I), Paolo (Vinci II), Francesco (Vinci III) and Pietro (Vinci IV). The Oval eagles debuted on 13th May 1928 at Rome's National Stadium (demolished and rebuilt in the 1950s as Stadio Flaminio) in front of 20,000 spectators. S.S. Lazio Rugby defeated “XV Legione Leonessa d'Italia” by a score of 17-0.
They play their home games at the Giulio Onesti Olimpic Preparation Center of Acqua Acetosa, in the Parioli district.
Honours
- Italian championship
- Runners-up (1): 1928–29
- Excellence Trophy
- Runners-up (2): 2011–12, 2012–13
Current squad
The S.S. Lazio 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.
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- Players in bold capped internationally.
- Notes:
Selected former players
Italian players
Former players who have played for S.S. Lazio and have caps for Italy:
Bruno Ancillotti Valerio Bernabò Stefano Barba Giuseppe Bigi Giulio Bisegni Pietro Ceccarelli Gerardo Cinti Guglielmo Colussi Oliviero Fabiani Tommaso Fattori Alessandro Fusco Andrea Lo Cicero Gilberto Luchini Ivo Mazzucchelli Ludovico Nitoglia Michele Sepe Franco Paganelli Sami Panico Carlo Pratichetti Giulio Rubini Francisco Rubio Giulio Toniolatti Eugenio Vinci (Vinci I) Francesco Vinci (Vinci III) Pietro Vinci (Vinci IV) Paolo Vinci (Vinci II)
Overseas players
Former players who have played for S.S. Lazio and have caps for their respective country:
Rodrigo Bruno John Cootes Gary Pearse Dick Greenwood Zinzan Brooke – Stephen Bachop Carl Manu Nick Civetta
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