Unione Rugby Sannio (founded on August 27, 1998) is a sport society dedicated to

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

, located in

San Giorgio del Sannio San Giorgio del Sannio (formerly '' San Giorgo alla Montagna'' or '' San Giorgio la Montagna'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about 60 km northeast of Naples and about 9&nbs ...

Benevento Benevento (, , ; la, Beneventum) is a city and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, capital of the province of Benevento, northeast of Naples. It is situated on a hill above sea level at the confluence of the Calore Irpino (or Beneventano) and the ...

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, member of the

FIR Firs (''Abies'') are a genus of 48–56 species of evergreen coniferous trees in the family (biology), family Pinaceae. They are found on mountains throughout much of North America, North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The ...

The Beginning

The company was founded in 1998 to give life to a project rugby "high quality" in the initiative of a group of 20 founding members of the three associations involved in rugby decades of Sannio, in close consultation with the oldest rugby tradition of Campania. Makers are involved in the project from the beginning, hiring several of the best coaches in the FIR, dozens of athletes entered by the owners, in the circuit of national youth teams are mixed by an executive team that, besides the figure of the passion, constantly refers to the method of management.

Hall of Fame

* ''Updated on March 6, 2011''. {, class="wikitable" !Year !President !Championship !Captain !Coach , - , 1998–1999, , Michele Manzo , , Under-20 , , Fabio Tirelli , , Lorenzo De Vanna , - , 1999–2000, , Michele Manzo , , Under-20 , , Antonio Mannato , , Lorenzo De Vanna , - , 2000–2001, , Francarlo Iandolo , , Under-20 , , Antonio Mannato , , Lorenzo De Vanna , - , 2001–2002, , Francarlo Iandolo , , Under-20 , , Antonio Mannato , , Lorenzo De Vanna , - , 2002–2003, , Francarlo Iandolo , , Series B , , Antonio Manzo , , Lorenzo De Vanna , - , 2003–2004, , Antonio Follo , , Series B , , Fabio Tirelli , , Lorenzo De Vanna , - , 2004–2005, , Antonio Follo , , Series A , , Fabio Tirelli , , Franco Cioffi , - , 2005–2006, , Antonio Follo , , Series A , , Andrea Porrazzo , , Franco Cioffi , - , 2006–2007, , Antonio Follo , , Series A , , Claudio Gaudiello , , Franco Cioffi , - , 2007–2008, , Antonio Follo , , Series B , , Fabio Tirelli , , Fernando Fossi , - , 2008–2009, , Antonio Follo , , Series B , , Fabio Tirelli , , Fernando Fossi , - , 2009–2010, , Antonio Follo , , Series B , , Fabio Tirelli , , Fernando Fossi , - , 2010–2011, , Antonio Follo , , Series B , , Fabio Tirelli , , {{Flagicon, ITA Fernando Fossi

Notable all time players

* Fabio Tirelli * Claudio Gaudiello * Andrea Porrazzo * Roberto Napoli * Juan Francesio * Alejandro Krancz * Alejo Corral * Alfredo Giuria

Links & References

http://www.ilquaderno.it/unione-rugby-sannio-fernando-fossi-confermato-guida-prima-squadra-26526.html http://www.ilsannita.it/20110504-60352-under-18-elite-la-forturon-unione-rugby-sannio-alle-fasi-finali-nazionali/ Sports organizations established in 1998