L'Aquila Rugby

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L'Aquila Rugby
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Full nameL’Aquila Rugby 1936 S.S.D. A.R.L.
Union Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded1936
Disbanded2018
Location L'Aquila, Italy
Ground(s) Stadio Tommaso Fattori (Capacity: 10,000)
PresidentMauro Zaffiri
Coach(es)Massimo Di Marco
League(s) Top12
2014–159th (Excellence)
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Official website
laquilarugbyclub.it

L'Aquila Rugby 1936 was an Italian rugby union club based in L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo. The official colours of the club were black and green, the colours of the city of L'Aquila. The club went into liquidation and disbanded in 2018. [1]

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History

The roots of L'Aquila Rugby date back to the 1930s when, between 1936 and 1942, L'Aquila took part in tournaments organized by the Comandi Federali della GIL. It reached its peak in the 1937–38 season when, after Tommaso Fattori, a legendary figure for the history of the club (the stadium of L'Aquila, Stadio Tommaso Fattori is named after him), joined the team, the club won the local tournament qualifying for the final one, where it finished the season fourth out of 54 participants. It first played in a championship in 1948.

In 1949–50 L'Aquila participated in the Serie B and were in contention for promotion to Serie A up to the final game of the season, Genoa eventually winning out. The following year the team won promotion to the Serie A then the highest division in Italy. In 1958–59 they were losing finalists in the Serie A Grand Final. In 1963–64 they were relegated to Serie B, but returned to Serie A the following year. They won their first title in 1967 defeating Fiamme Oro Padova 6 to 0. Two years later they won their second title after having won 18 games out of 22 without losing a match.

The 1970s weren't a good decade for the Aquilani, as they won only one Italian Cup in 1973. In the 1980s they won two more titles in 1981 (league and cup double) and 1982. These were the years of Massimo Mascioletti (54 caps with the Italian national team), Serafino Ghizzoni (60 caps) and Luigi Troiani (47 caps). Then another period of not brilliant results followed, before they could celebrate their fifth title in 1993–94 after having defeated Milan 23–14 in the historical final in Padua. In 1999–2000 L'Aquila Rugby played another final for the Italian title, losing 35–17 against Roma in the match played in the Flaminio stadium.

In 2001–02 L'Aquila were part of the newly formed Super 10 (now Top12).

In 2009–10 L'Aquila were promoted back to the National Championship of Excellence, finishing 8th in this season.

Current squad

2014-15:Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

PlayerPositionUnion
Nicola Breglia Hooker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Alessio Cocchiaro Hooker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Nicola Rettagliata Hooker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Giovanni Marchetto Hooker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Luigi Milani Prop Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Stefano Iovenitti Prop Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Davide Di Roberto Prop Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Davide Sebastiani Prop Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Antonio Brandolini Prop Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Dario Subrizi Prop Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Alessandro Cialone Lock Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Vittorio Flaminni Lock Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Adolfo Caila Lock Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Lorenzo Fiore Lock Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Rossano Fagnani Flanker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Luca di Cicco Flanker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Andrea Lofrese Flanker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Domiziano Gorla Flanker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Mattia Catelan Flanker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Michele Boccardo Flanker Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Simone Ceccarelli Number 8 Flag of Italy.svg Italy
PlayerPositionUnion
Nicolò Speranza Scrum-half Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Guido Leone Scrum-half Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Simon Picone (c) Scrum-half Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Giulio Forte Fly-half Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Simone Matzeu Fly-half Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Joaquin Andrés Riera Fly-half Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Giorgio Erbolini Centre Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Alessio Mattocchia Centre Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Josateki Brown Centre Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji
Ezequiel Cortes Centre Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Alberto Bonifazi Wing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Jonathon Edwards Wing Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
Lorenzo Crotti Wing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Valerio Santillo Wing Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Marco Ferrini Fullback Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Francesco Palmisano Fullback Flag of Italy.svg Italy

Honours

Notable players

Statistics

European Challenge Cup

SeasonPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainst
2001–026204107239
2002–03200219133
2003–04200211125
2004–05200248109
2005–066006103358

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References

  1. "L'Aquila Rugby Club non parteciperà alla prossima Serie A". On Rugby. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2021.