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S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927

{{short description|Italian rugby union team}}

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| teamname = S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927

| image = Lazio rugby 1927.png

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| location = Rome, Italy

| fullname = Polisportiva S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927

| shortname = S.S. Lazio

| countryflag = ITA

| union = Italian Rugby Federation

| founded = {{Start date and age|1927}}

| ground = Giulio Onesti Olimpic Preparation Center

| capacity = 1,300

| president = Alfredo Biagini

| coach = Daniele Montella

| captain = Carlo Filippucci

| top scorer =

| caps =

| url = www.laziorugby.it

| league = Top12

| season = 2017–18

| position = 9th

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Polisportiva S.S. Lazio Rugby 1927, also called S.S. Lazio, is an Italian rugby union club based in Rome.

The club is the rugby union branch of the multisport club SS Lazio, which most famous section is the association football team.

S.S. Lazio play in Serie A Elite and in the 2024-25 season represents Rome along with Fiamme Oro Rugby in the top tier of the Italian league system.

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 2024–25:

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colspan="100%" | Lazio Top10 squad
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Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Cannata
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Morelli
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Nicolò Pilati
  • {{flagicon|ARG}} Rodrigo Perez Boulan*
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Matteo Urbani
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Cesare Zucconi

    • Scrum-halves

    Fly-halves

    		Centres
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Gabriele Baffigi
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} GMichele Bianco
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Tommaso Cruciani
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Gianni
  • {{flagicon|ENG}} William Shankland

    • Wings

    Fullbacks

    colspan="100%" style="height: 10px;" |
    colspan="100%" style="text-align:center;" | (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.{{cite web | url=http://www.laziorugby.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=982&Itemid=662| title=Rosa 2021/2022 | work=Lazio Rugby}}{{notelist|group=Squad}}

    Selected former players

    =Italian players=

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

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    {{div col end}}

    =Overseas players=

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

    References

    {{Reflist}}

    External links

    • [http://www.laziorugby.it/ Official site]

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    {{Rugby union in Italy}}

    Category:Rugby union teams in Italy

    Category:Rugby clubs established in 1927

    Category:Rugby union in Rome

    Category:SS Lazio

    Category:Sports clubs and teams in Rome

    Category:Multi-sport clubs in Italy

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