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The Italia Rugby Football League (Italia RFL) as managed by the Italia Rugby Football League (Italia RFL) is the premier semi-professional

Semi-professional

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- amateur

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rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

competition in Italy that began on June 19, 2010. The competition has attracted a number professional

Professional sports

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, semi professional and amateur

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rugby league and rugby union

Rugby union

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players from Italy and overseas.

The Italia RFL is a breakaway competition managed by the 'Italia Rugby Football League' due to a split caused by the disagreement toward the management of the governing body 'Federazione Italian Rugby League', whom are based in the North of Italy. The original teams of Gladiators Roma

Gladiators Roma

Gladiators Roma are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-2010 Squad:*Pierluigi Gentile*Andrew Tagliavento*Tury Brasca*Shane Pavan*Opeta Palepoi*Franzoni Giacomo*Rosa Marco*Giuseppe Credo*Matteo Marchetti*Stefano Arbitrio...

(Italia RFL 2010 and Central-Southern Italia Rugby League Champions), I Magnifici Firenze

I Magnifici Firenze

I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-External links:****...

and Spes Spartans Catania

Spes Spartans Catania

Spes Spartans Catania are an Italian rugby league team based in Catania, Sicily.-History:They were formed in 2010 in the new Italian Rugby League Championship competition, where they finished 3rd.-2010 Squad:*Johnny Grasso*Stevie Young*Gaetano Trovato...

, along with 2 former Federation members choose to form the new competition, announced just before the 3rd and final round of the 2010 Italian Rugby League Championship - before the finals.

The original Italia Northern Conference teams: XIII Del Ducato Piacenza (2010 Northern Italia Champions), Griffons Padova and Leoni Veneti choose to finish their seasons and not compete in the 'iRFLeague' Gran Finale Day, due to encompassing FIRL members.

2010: Gran Finale

The Gladiators Roma

Gladiators Roma

were the inaugural iRFLeague Champions in 2010. Their opposition in the Grand Final was the I Magnifici Firenze

I Magnifici Firenze

I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-External links:****...

at the Campo dell'Unione Capitolina in Rome on the 18th of July 2010. The final score was Gladiators Roma

Gladiators Roma

Gladiators 36 to 22 I Magnifici Firenze

I Magnifici Firenze

I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-External links:****...

.
The Spes Spartans Catania

Spes Spartans Catania

fielded a team determined to bring home third place in the 'iRFLeague Championship' and managed to control the debutants of Arvalia Villa Pamphili Rugby Roma for much of the match. But on the final parts of the match, the Arvalia Villa Pamphili Rugby Roma put a little 'more order among their ranks' and were rescued by providing good evidence and finally managed to finish the good deeds, which ended with the conversions that had softened the final result of 42 - 14 for Spes Spartans Catania

Spes Spartans Catania

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Exhibition Final Spes Spartans Catania

Spes Spartans Catania

vs Arvalia Villa Pamphili at 3pm
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Gran-Finale Gladiators Roma

Gladiators Roma

vs I Magnifici Firenze

I Magnifici Firenze

I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-External links:****...

at 5pm

The 2010 iRFleague Gran Finale Day happened two weeks after the split, with 'Central-Southern Italia Rugby League' Conference Leaders Gladiators Roma

Gladiators Roma

playing second placed I Magnifici Firenze

I Magnifici Firenze

I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-External links:****...

for the right to be called 'Campioni di Italia Rugby a XIII' for the 'Campionato Italia Rugby League' with the iRFL. Spes Spartans Catania

Spes Spartans Catania

based on the island of Sicily who finished third in the Central-South Conference played a newly invited Serie C Rugby club Arvalia Villa Pamphili Rugby Roma for the third place in the 'iRFLeague' finals, played as a pre-match before the iRFLeague Gran Finali.

The Grand Final appointment saw the strong rivals of Gladiators Roma

Gladiators Roma

play against I Magnifici Firenze

I Magnifici Firenze

I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-External links:****...

for the end of the Grand Final of the 1st-2nd placed teams, while the Spes Spartans Catania

Spes Spartans Catania

challenged the men of Arvalia Villa Pamphili Rugby Roma, after the new team had accepted the invitation to participate in the 2010 'iRFLeague'.

2010 iRFleague Teams

Team	City/Province/Region	Foundation Year	Championships
iRFleague Teams
Arvalia Villa Pamphili Rugby Roma	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	2010 XIII, 1980 XV	0
Gladiators Roma Gladiators Roma Gladiators Roma are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-2010 Squad:Pierluigi GentileAndrew TagliaventoTury BrascaShane PavanOpeta PalepoiFranzoni GiacomoRosa MarcoGiuseppe CredoMatteo MarchettiStefano Arbitrio...	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...	2010	1
I Magnifici Firenze I Magnifici Firenze I'Magnifici Firenze are an Italian rugby league team in the Italia Rugby Football League.-External links:****...	Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....	2010	0
Spes Spartans Catania Spes Spartans Catania Spes Spartans Catania are an Italian rugby league team based in Catania, Sicily.-History:They were formed in 2010 in the new Italian Rugby League Championship competition, where they finished 3rd.-2010 Squad:Johnny GrassoStevie Young*Gaetano Trovato...	Catania, Sicily	2010	0

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