Country: | Italy A |
Badge Size: | 150px |
Union: | Federazione Italiana Rugby |
Coach: | Alessandro Troncon |
Top Scorer: | Luciano Orquera (119 Nations Cup Only) |
Most Tries: | Michele Sepe (4 Nations Cup Only) |
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First: | 3-34 (7 May 1964) |
Bigwin: | 102-3 (1° November 1997) |
Bigloss: | 17-45 (29 January 2011) |
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.
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On 4 January 2024, the following players were called up for uncapped test against IRFU Combined Academies for 14 and 19 January 2024.[1]
On 13 January 2024, an updating of squad.[2]
On 18 January 2024, an updating of squad.[3]
Head coach: German Fernandez
Position | Club | ||
Tommaso Di Bartolomeo | Hooker | ![]() | |
Francesco Ferrara | Hooker | ![]() | |
Andrej Marinello | Hooker | ![]() | |
Giovanni Quattrini | Hooker | ![]() | |
Niccolò Taddia | Hooker | ![]() | |
Destiny Aminu | Prop | ![]() | |
Franco Avaca | Prop | ![]() | |
Riccardo Genovese | Prop | ![]() | |
Mattia Mazzanti | Prop | ![]() | |
Samuele Taddei | Prop | ![]() | |
Antonio Tripodo | Prop | ![]() | |
Riccardo Andreoli | Lock | ![]() | |
Riccardo Favretto | Lock | ![]() | |
Alessandro Filoni | Lock | ![]() | |
Jadin Amoketi Kingi | Lock | ![]() | |
Nicola Piantella | Lock | ![]() | |
Pietro Turrisi | Lock | ![]() | |
Bradley Henderson | Back row | ![]() | |
Samuele Locatelli | Back row | ![]() | |
Matteo Meggiato | Back row | ![]() | |
Enrico Pontarini | Back row | ![]() |
Position | Club | ||
Sebastiano Battara | Scrum-half | ![]() | |
Filippo Bozzoni | Scrum-half | ![]() | |
Andrea Cuoghi | Scrum-half | ![]() | |
Gianluca Tommaselli | Scrum-half | ![]() | |
Giacomo Da Re | Fly-half | ![]() | |
Leonardo Marin | Fly-half | ![]() | |
Giovanni Sante | Fly-half | ![]() | |
Filippo Drago | Centre | ![]() | |
Dewi Passarella | Centre | ![]() | |
Flavio Pio Vaccari | Centre | ![]() | |
Fabrizio Ciardullo | Wing | ![]() | |
Federico Cuminetti | Wing | ![]() | |
Matthias Douglas | Wing | ![]() | |
Alessandro Gesi | Wing | ![]() | |
Tommaso Jannelli | Wing | ![]() | |
Mattia Ferrarin | Full Back | ![]() | |
Filippo Lazzarin | Full Back | ![]() |