S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927
Full namePolisportiva S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927
UnionItalian Rugby Federation
Founded1927 (1927)
LocationRome, Italy
Ground(s)Giulio Onesti Olimpic Preparation Center (Capacity: 1,300)
PresidentAlfredo Biagini
Coach(es)Daniele Montella
Captain(s)Carlo Filippucci
League(s)Top12
2017–189th
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.laziorugby.it

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 SS 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 13 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

Current squad

The S.S. Lazio squad for 2021–22:

Lazio Top10 squad

Props

  • Italy Antonio Careri
  • Italy Davide Di Roberto
  • Italy Enzo Gentile
  • Argentina Miguel Leiger*
  • Argentina Juan Criach Montilla
  • Italy Antonio Paparone

Hookers

  • Italy Paolo Gisonni
  • Argentina Thomas Rosario*

Locks

  • Argentina Gianluca Broglia*
  • Italy Matteo Colangeli
  • Argentina Marcos German De Lorenzi*
  • Italy Gianmarco Duca
  • South Africa Daniel Ferreira
  • Australia Hugh Margin
  • Argentina Ricardo Wagner

Back row

  • Italy Alessandro Asoli
  • Italy Kevin Cacciagrano
  • Australia James Donato*
  • Italy Luca Ercolani
  • Italy Giulio Marucchini
  • Argentina Pablo Parlatore*
  • Italy Nicolò Pilati
  • Italy Ruben Riccioli(c)
  • Italy Daniele Ulisse

Scrum-halves

  • Italy Nicolò Cristofaro
  • Argentina Francisco Del Valle*
  • Italy Riccardo Loro

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

  • Italy Francesco Bonavolontà
  • Italy Paolo Di Gianmarco
  • Italy Federico Gianni
  • Italy Alessio Mattoccia
  • Italy Andrea Pancini
  • Italy Andrea Vella

Fullbacks

  • Argentina Leopoldo Herrera
  • Italy Gabriele Leveratto
  • Italy Vittorio Santarelli
(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality.
Players and their allocated positions from the Lazio website.[1]

    Selected former players

    Italian players

    Former players who have played for S.S. Lazio and have caps for Italy:

    Overseas players

    Former players who have played for S.S. Lazio and have caps for their respective country:

    References

    1. "Rosa 2021/2022". Lazio Rugby.


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