Rugby Livorno 1931 is an Italian
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
team from
Livorno
Livorno () is a port city on the Ligurian Sea on the western coast of the Tuscany region of Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of 152,916 residents as of 2025. It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn ...
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The club was founded in 1931 (hence that year in the club's name) and spent several seasons in the Italy's top tier championship.
Rugby Livorno 1931's best placement in the
Italian Premiership was 6th place in 1989/90 and they played overall 17 seasons in the main division.
Currently the team plays in Serie B, the third division of Italian rugby union.
Notable former players
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Stefano Bettarello
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Michael Cheika
Michael Cheika (born 4 March 1967) is an Australian professional rugby union and rugby league coach, and former rugby union player. He is head coach of Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby.
Cheika was the coach of the Australia r ...
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Andrea De Rossi
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Fabio Gaetaniello
Fabio Gaetaniello (born 25 August 1958 in Livorno) is a former Italian rugby union player and coach. He played as a centre.
Club career
He started his career at CUS Pisa, like his brother Fabrizio, who also would be an international player, whe ...
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Gianluca Guidi
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Marzio Innocenti
Marzio Innocenti (born 4 September 1958, in Livorno) is a former Italians, Italian rugby union player and coach and current sports director.
He played as a Flanker (rugby union), flanker and a Number eight (rugby union), number 8.
Since 21 March 2 ...
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David Knox
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Andrea Lovotti
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Stefano Saviozzi
External links
Rugby Livorno 1931 Official Site
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Rugby union teams in Italy