Polisportiva S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927, based in

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, is an Italian

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team. They currently play in

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after gaining promotion from winning

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in the 2009–10 season. It is the

branch of the multisport club S.S. Lazio, probably the biggest

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an multisport organization, which operates also the famous association football team with the same name. They were the first XV in

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established in

in 1927, as “S.S. Lazio Rugby”, the

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section of Lazio Sports Association. The founders were the brothers Vinci:

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(Vinci I), Paolo (Vinci II), Francesco (Vinci III) and Pietro (Vinci IV). The ''Oval eagles'' debuted on 13 May 1928 at Rome's

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(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

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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 2021–22:

Selected former players

Italian players

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

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* Stefano Barba * Giuseppe Bigi * Giulio Bisegni * Pietro Ceccarelli * Gerardo Cinti * Guglielmo Colussi *

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* Tommaso Fattori * Alessandro Fusco * Andrea Lo Cicero * Gilberto Luchini * Ivo Mazzucchelli *

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* Michele Sepe * Franco Paganelli * Sami Panico * Carlo Pratichetti * Giulio Rubini *

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* Eugenio Vinci (Vinci I) * Francesco Vinci (Vinci III) * Pietro Vinci (Vinci IV) *

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(Vinci II)

Overseas players

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

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* Gary Pearse * Dick Greenwood *

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*– Stephen Bachop * Carl Manu * Nick Civetta

References

External links

Official site
Italian rugby union teams Rugby clubs established in 1927 Rugby union in Rome S.S. Lazio Sports clubs in Rome {{italy-rugbyunion-team-stub