Italy A national rugby union team explained

Country:Italy A
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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.

Tournament record

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2000 -6th
2001 -5th
2002 -5th
2003 -5th
Portugal2nd
Romania5th
Romania4th
Romania2nd
Romania3rd
England3rd
Romania3rd
Romania2nd
Georgia3rd
Georgia2nd
Romania4th
Uruguay6th
Uruguay3rd

Current squad

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

Forwards
PositionClub
Tommaso Di BartolomeoHooker Zebre Parma
Francesco FerraraHooker Colorno
Andrej MarinelloHooker Valorugby Emilia
Giovanni QuattriniHooker Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza
Niccolò TaddiaHooker Fiamme Oro
Destiny AminuProp Mogliano
Franco AvacaProp Benetton/Mogliano
Riccardo GenoveseProp Zebre Parma
Mattia MazzantiProp Valorugby Emilia
Samuele TaddeiProp Zebre Parma/Colorno
Antonio TripodoProp Lyons Piacenza
Riccardo AndreoliLock Benetton/Rangers Vicenza
Riccardo FavrettoLock Benetton
Alessandro FiloniLock Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza
Jadin Amoketi KingiLock Mogliano
Nicola PiantellaLock Zebre Parma
Pietro TurrisiLock Racing 92
Bradley HendersonBack row Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza
Samuele LocatelliBack row Viadana
Matteo MeggiatoBack row Rovigo Delta
Enrico PontariniBack row Benetton/Rangers Vicenza
Backs
PositionClub
Sebastiano BattaraScrum-half Mogliano
Filippo BozzoniScrum-half Zebre Parma
Andrea CuoghiScrum-half Lyons Piacenza
Gianluca TommaselliScrum-half Fiamme Oro
Giacomo Da ReFly-half Benetton
Leonardo MarinFly-half Benetton
Giovanni SanteFly-half Montpellier Hérault
Filippo DragoCentre Benetton
Dewi PassarellaCentre Benetton/Mogliano
Flavio Pio VaccariCentre Rovigo Delta
Fabrizio CiardulloWing Viadana
Federico CuminettiWing Lyons Piacenza
Matthias DouglasWing Mogliano
Alessandro GesiWing Zebre Parma/Colorno
Tommaso JannelliWing Viadana
Mattia FerrarinFull Back Mogliano
Filippo LazzarinFull Back Valorugby Emilia

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: ITALIA U23, I CONVOCATI PER LA DOPPIA SFIDA CON LA SELEZIONE IRLANDESE. Italy Rugby Union. 4 January 2024. 4 January 2024. Italian.
  2. News: SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, DOMENICA LA TERZA SFIDA ALLE COMBINED ACADEMIES IRLANDESI. Italy Rugby Union. 13 January 2024. 13 January 2024. Italian.
  3. News: SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, 24 ORE AL QUARTO ED ULTIMO TEST CON GLI ACCADEMICI IRLANDESI. Italy Rugby Union. 18 January 2024. 18 January 2024. Italian.