Unione Rugby Capitolina
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| Full name | Unione Rugby Capitolina |
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| Union | Federazione Italiana Rugby |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Location | Rome, Italy |
| Ground(s) |
Campo dell'Unione Via Flaminia 867 00191 Rome |
| Chairman |
 Giorgio Vaccaro |
| Coach(es) |
Marco Orsini |
| Captain(s) |
Filippo De Michelis |
| League(s) | Serie A |
| Official website | |
| www |
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Coordinates: 41°57′9.6″N 12°29′0.5″E / 41.952667°N 12.483472°E
Unione Rugby Capitolina is an Italian rugby union club, based in Rome.
The team, initially located in the Acqua Acetosa establishment, was founded in 1996. The initial intent of the team was to focus on the younger rugby players, so the seniores team commenced two years after the foundation of the team, in 1998.
Unione Rugby Capitolina won two U.19 national championships: in the 2002-2003 season, winning against the rivals of Lazio-Primavera Rugby in the final held at Stadio Flaminio; and in the 2007-2008 season, drawing 14-14 with Benetton Treviso and winning 2-1 at the shoot-outs in Fontanafredda (PD). The team also won a U.17 national championship in 2006-2007 in an intense final played against Petrarca Padova. In 2011 the Club won the fourth national championship, this time in the U.16 category, beating Rugby Rovigo.
1998 is the year in which the Club moves to its own establishment in Via Flaminia and inaugurates the seniores team, mainly composed of friends and newcomers. Capitolina, captained by Stefano Montalto and coached by Luca Santaroni, starts from the serie C2 and manages to immediately obtain the promotion to serie C1, beating all the teams in their league. The year after another coach joins Santaroni: Marco Iscaro, and together the two coaches manage to bring the team to the serie B, after solely two years from the team's existence.
In the 2005/6 season Capitolina was promoted to Italy's highest rugby league, the Super 10, with a perfect winning record of 22 wins and a total of 110 points. They won the playoffs against city rivals Rugby Roma with a 20-9 victory to reach the top Italian rugby league after only ten years of existence.
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