Italy A national rugby union team
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| coach = Alessandro Troncon
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| top scorer = Luciano Orquera (119 Nations Cup Only)
| most tries = Michele Sepe (4 Nations Cup Only)
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| first = {{ru-rt|BEL}} 3-34 {{ruA|ITA|name=Italy B}}
(7 May 1964)
| bigwin = {{ruA-rt|ITA|name=Italy XV}} 102-3 {{ru|DEN}}
(1° November 1997)
| bigloss = {{ruA-rt|ITA}} 17-45 {{ruA|ENG}}
(29 January 2011)
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The Italy A national rugby union team (Italian: Nazionale A di rugby a 15 dell'Italia, also known as Italia Emergenti which means Italy Emerging Players, Italia XV or Italia Under 23) are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side.
They competed in the Six Nations "A" from 2000 to 2003, in the IRB Nations Cup from 2006 until 2013, except in 2011 when they played the Churchill Cup. They have also participated in the IRB Tbilisi Cup in 2014.
From 2016 to 2018 it played in the World Rugby Nations Cup.
Tournament record
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! width=40% | Tournament ! width=30% | Host ! width=15% | Rank | |||
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2000 | Six Nations "A" | | ||
|6th | |||
2001 | Six Nations "A" | | ||
|5th | |||
2002 | Six Nations "A" | | ||
|5th | |||
2003 | Six Nations "A" | | ||
|5th | |||
2006 | IRB Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Portugal}} Portugal | 2nd |
2007 | IRB Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania | 5th |
2008 | IRB Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania | 4th |
2009 | IRB Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania | 2nd |
2010 | IRB Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania | 3rd |
2011 | Churchill Cup | {{flagicon|England}} England | 3rd |
2012 | IRB Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania | 3rd |
2013 | IRB Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania | 2nd |
2014 | IRB Tbilisi Cup | {{flagicon|Georgia}} Georgia | 3rd |
2015 | World Rugby Tbilisi Cup | {{flagicon|Georgia}} Georgia | 2nd |
2016 | World Rugby Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania | 4th |
2017 | World Rugby Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Uruguay | 6th |
2018 | World Rugby Nations Cup | {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Uruguay | 3rd |
Current squad
On 3 December 2024, the following players were called up for uncapped test against Emerging Scotland.{{cite news|url=https://federugby.it/italia-u23-i-convocati-per-la-sfida-con-i-pari-eta-della-scozia-emergenti/|title=
Italia U23, i convocati per la sfida con i pari età della Scozia Emergenti|work=Italy Rugby Union|date=3 December 2024|access-date=3 December 2024|language=Italian}}
Head coach: {{flagicon|ITA|rugby union}} German Fernandez
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|+ Forwards | ||
style="width:180px"|{{center|Player}} | style="width:100px"|Position | style="width:200px"|Club |
Nicholas Gasperini
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Mogliano | ||
Valerio Siciliano
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Brive | ||
Destiny Aminu
|Prop | ||
Marcos Gallorini
|Prop | ||
Riccardo Genovese
|Prop |{{flagicon|ITA}} Benetton | ||
Federico Pisani
|Prop |{{flagicon|ITA}} Mogliano | ||
Samuele Taddei
|Prop |{{flagicon|ITA}} Zebre Parma/Colorno | ||
Fabrizio Boschetti
|Lock |{{flagicon|ITA}} Viadana | ||
Jadin Kingi
|Lock | ||
Francesco Ruffolo
|Lock |{{flagicon|ITA}} Colorno/Zebre Parma | ||
Davide Salvan
|Lock |{{flagicon|ITA}} Zebre Parma/Parma | ||
Luca Andreani
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Zebre Parma | ||
Jacopo Botturi
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Petrarca Padova | ||
David Odiase
|{{flagicon|FRA}} Oyonnax |
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|+ Backs | ||
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Lorenzo Casilio | ||
Gianluca Tomaselli
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Fiamme Oro | ||
Simone Brisighella
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Zebre Parma/Viadana | ||
Mattia Ferrarin
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Mogliano | ||
Patrick De Villers
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Viadana | ||
Dewi Passarella | ||
Filippo Bozzoni
|Wing |{{flagicon|ITA}} Zebre Parma/Valorugby Emilia | ||
Federico Cuminetti
|Wing |{{flagicon|ITA}} Lyons Piacenza | ||
Alessandro Gesi
|Wing |{{flagicon|ITA}} Zebre Parma/Colorno | ||
Marco Scalabrin
|Wing | ||
Mirko Belloni
|{{flagicon|ITA}} Rovigo Delta |
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.federugby.it/ Official site F.I.R.]
{{Italy national rugby union team}}
{{Rugby union in Italy}}
{{IRB Tbilisi Cup}}
{{Nations Cup}}
{{Churchill Cup}}
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