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.
width=15% | Year | width=40% | Tournament | width=30% | Host | width=15% | Rank |
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2000 | - | 6th | |||||
2001 | - | 5th | |||||
2002 | - | 5th | |||||
2003 | - | 5th | |||||
Portugal | 2nd | ||||||
Romania | 5th | ||||||
Romania | 4th | ||||||
Romania | 2nd | ||||||
Romania | 3rd | ||||||
England | 3rd | ||||||
Romania | 3rd | ||||||
Romania | 2nd | ||||||
Georgia | 3rd | ||||||
Georgia | 2nd | ||||||
Romania | 4th | ||||||
Uruguay | 6th | ||||||
Uruguay | 3rd |
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 | Zebre Parma | |
Francesco Ferrara | Hooker | Colorno | |
Andrej Marinello | Hooker | Valorugby Emilia | |
Giovanni Quattrini | Hooker | Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza | |
Niccolò Taddia | Hooker | Fiamme Oro | |
Destiny Aminu | Prop | Mogliano | |
Franco Avaca | Prop | Benetton/Mogliano | |
Riccardo Genovese | Prop | Zebre Parma | |
Mattia Mazzanti | Prop | Valorugby Emilia | |
Samuele Taddei | Prop | Zebre Parma/Colorno | |
Antonio Tripodo | Prop | Lyons Piacenza | |
Riccardo Andreoli | Lock | Benetton/Rangers Vicenza | |
Riccardo Favretto | Lock | Benetton | |
Alessandro Filoni | Lock | Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza | |
Jadin Amoketi Kingi | Lock | Mogliano | |
Nicola Piantella | Lock | Zebre Parma | |
Pietro Turrisi | Lock | Racing 92 | |
Bradley Henderson | Back row | Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza | |
Samuele Locatelli | Back row | Viadana | |
Matteo Meggiato | Back row | Rovigo Delta | |
Enrico Pontarini | Back row | Benetton/Rangers Vicenza |
Position | Club | ||
Sebastiano Battara | Scrum-half | Mogliano | |
Filippo Bozzoni | Scrum-half | Zebre Parma | |
Andrea Cuoghi | Scrum-half | Lyons Piacenza | |
Gianluca Tommaselli | Scrum-half | Fiamme Oro | |
Giacomo Da Re | Fly-half | Benetton | |
Leonardo Marin | Fly-half | Benetton | |
Giovanni Sante | Fly-half | Montpellier Hérault | |
Filippo Drago | Centre | Benetton | |
Dewi Passarella | Centre | Benetton/Mogliano | |
Flavio Pio Vaccari | Centre | Rovigo Delta | |
Fabrizio Ciardullo | Wing | Viadana | |
Federico Cuminetti | Wing | Lyons Piacenza | |
Matthias Douglas | Wing | Mogliano | |
Alessandro Gesi | Wing | Zebre Parma/Colorno | |
Tommaso Jannelli | Wing | Viadana | |
Mattia Ferrarin | Full Back | Mogliano | |
Filippo Lazzarin | Full Back | Valorugby Emilia |