Riccardo Bocchino

{{short description|Italian rugby union player|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_place = Viterbo, Italy

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| weight = 83 kg

| ru_currentteam = Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato

| position = Fly-half

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| years2 = 2009–2010

| years3 = 2010–2011

| years4 = 2011−2012

| years5 = 2012−2014

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| clubs2 = Rovigo

| clubs3 = Aironi

| clubs4 = Rugby Club I Cavalieri Prato

| clubs5 = Capitolina Roma

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| repyears2 = 2010–2011

| repteam1 = Italy A

| repteam2 = Italy

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| repcaps2 = 14

| reppoints1 = 47

| reppoints2 = 29

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Riccardo Bocchino (born 3 March 1988) is an Italian rugby union player. Bocchino, who is a fly-half, plays his club rugby for Aironi.{{cite web|url=http://www.itsrugby.fr/joueur_12238.html|title=Bocchino Riccardo|publisher=itsrugby.fr|language=French|accessdate=28 February 2010}} He made his debut for Italy against Ireland on 6 February 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/statsguru/rugby/player/98241.html|title=Riccardo Bocchino|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=28 February 2010}}

Bocchino began his career at Capitolina, with whom he made his debut during the 2007–08 season. He played for the Italian under-20 team at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/scrum/rugby/story/76450.html|title=France name squad for JWC|publisher=ESPN|date=21 May 2008|accessdate=28 February 2010}} and Italy A at the 2009 IRB Nations Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2031517.html|title=France A and Italy A name Nations Cup squads|publisher=International Rugby Board|date=26 May 2008|accessdate=28 February 2010}} Bocchino moved to Rovigo prior to the 2009–10 season. He was named in Nick Mallett's squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship, making his debut against Ireland.{{cite news|url=http://english.gazzetta.it/More_sports/04-02-2010/mallet-keeps-same-line-up-ready-to-take-on-ireland--602886656398.shtml|title=Mallett keeps same line-up Ready to take on Ireland|newspaper=La Gazzetta dello Sport|date=4 February 2010|accessdate=28 February 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718053406/http://english.gazzetta.it/More_sports/04-02-2010/mallet-keeps-same-line-up-ready-to-take-on-ireland--602886656398.shtml|archivedate=18 July 2011}}

Bocchino joined Aironi in 2010 prior to their first season in the Celtic League.{{cite web | url=https://www.rugbylist.it/pipermail/rugbylist/2010-May/234776.html | title=Re: [RUGBYLIST] Notizie del lunedì | date=24 May 2010 | publisher=rugbylist.it | accessdate=17 November 2019 | language=it }}