L'Aquila Rugby

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.

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

Player Position Union Nicola Breglia Hooker Italy Alessio Cocchiaro Hooker Italy Nicola Rettagliata Hooker Italy Giovanni Marchetto Hooker Italy Luigi Milani Prop Italy Stefano Iovenitti Prop Italy Davide Di Roberto Prop Italy Davide Sebastiani Prop Italy Antonio Brandolini Prop Italy Dario Subrizi Prop Italy Alessandro Cialone Lock Italy Vittorio Flaminni Lock Italy Adolfo Caila Lock Italy Lorenzo Fiore Lock Italy Rossano Fagnani Flanker Italy Luca di Cicco Flanker Italy Andrea Lofrese Flanker Italy Domiziano Gorla Flanker Italy Mattia Catelan Flanker Italy Michele Boccardo Flanker Italy Simone Ceccarelli Number 8 Italy

Player Position Union Nicolò Speranza Scrum-half Italy Guido Leone Scrum-half Italy Simon Picone (c) Scrum-half Italy Giulio Forte Fly-half Italy Simone Matzeu Fly-half Italy Joaquin Andrés Riera Fly-half Argentina Giorgio Erbolini Centre Italy Alessio Mattocchia Centre Italy Josateki Brown Centre Fiji Ezequiel Cortes Centre Argentina Alberto Bonifazi Wing Italy Jonathon Edwards Wing Sweden Lorenzo Crotti Wing Italy Valerio Santillo Wing Italy Marco Ferrini Fullback Italy Francesco Palmisano Fullback Italy

• International are capped in Bold

• National Championship of Excellence:
  • Champions: 1967, 1969, 1981, 1982, 1994
• Coppa Italia:
  • Champions: 1973, 1981
• Reserves Championship:
  • Champions: 1967, 1970, 1973, 1975, 1985
• Under 19/20:
  • Champions: 1950, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1979, 1981, 1995, 1997
• Under 17/18:
  • Champions: 1977
• Coppa Primavera Under 17:
  • Champions: 1967
• Under 15/16:
  • Champions: 1977

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