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Rugby appeared in Alessandria for the first time in 1946, the year in which a group of rugby lovers created the club “Audace-Mino”.
The team played in the Italian Premiership between the 50's and 60's and also competed for two years in the rugby league championship.
Youth rugby programmes are very active with teams ranging from U6 to U18 categories and a series of elementary and high schools that have been working for several years on the "Progetto Scuola" for the development of rugby in the area.
The senior team plays in the Italian second division after spending nearly three decades in the third division from 1981 to 2009.
Currently the club has almost 200 active athletes.
The strenght of Alessandria Rugby is the numerous core of players in the OLD team (Barberans Vino e Rugby), always ready to help out for the rugby and social activities of the club.
Among the athletes that wore the Alessandria Rugby jersey are:
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Franco Berni - 11 caps with Italy, starter at the 1987 Rugby World Cup and key player at Milan Rugby beteween 1987 and 1997;
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Francesco Pepoli, currently playing for Crociati Rugby F.C. former Italy U20 international (2010);
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Hamid En Naour, currently playing for Crociati Rugby F.C.;
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Jacopo Zucconi, currently playing for Crociati Rugby F.C. (U20);
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Giuseppe Sciacca, currently playing for Crociati Rugby F.C. (U20);
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Mattia Caramella, currently playing for Noceto Rugby F.C. (U18);
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