Roland de Marigny explained

Roland de Marigny
Birth Name:Roland de Marigny
Birth Date:1975 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Durban, South Africa
Height:6feet
Weight:13.6st
Ru Position:Flyhalf, Fullback
Amatteam1:Bangor
Ru Amupdate:13 July 2014
Repteam1:Italy
Repyears1:2004-
Repcaps1:?
Reppoints1:(?)
Ru Ntupdate:13 July 2014
Years1:2000–01
Years2:2001-05
Years3:2005-06
Clubs1:Llanelli
Clubs2:Overmach Parma
Clubs3:Leeds Tykes
Apps1:2
Points1:0
Ru Clubupdate:13 July 2014
Superyears1:1997
Superyears2:1998-2000
Super1:Bulls
Super2:Sharks
Super14update:13 July 2014
Province1:Leopards
Province2:Blue Bulls
Provinceyears1:1996-97
Provinceyears2:1997-98
Provinceyears3:1998-2000
Ru Provinceupdate:13 July 2014
Relatives:Marc de Marigny (brother)
School:Westville Boys' High School

Roland de Marigny (born 17 November 1975) is an Italian rugby union footballer. His normal position is fullback though he can also play centre or fly-half.

Personal life

Marigny was born in Durban, South Africa. His parents originated from Mauritius.

He developed his rugby skills whilst at Westville Boys' High School, a school known for producing rugby talent such as former Springbok Tim Cocks and Shaun Payne.

Playing career

He went on to play in Wales with Bangor and Llanelli and Super 12 with the Blue Bulls and Sharks. He moved to Italy originally to play for Overmach Parma for the 2000–2001 season. Roland joined Leeds Tykes for the 2005–2006 season. Roland opted to play international rugby union for Italy, qualifying for them after playing there for more than five years in the domestic league. He made his Azzurri debut as a replacement in the 2004 Six Nations against the then newly crowned World Champions England. He followed this up in the following week when he made his first start against France in Paris and was part of the side which beat Scotland in Rome that season. Roland scored Italy's last gasp try that ultimately denied Ireland their first 6 Nations triumph.

His brother Marc de Marigny is a South Africa national rugby union team sevens player and has previously captained the SA sevens side.

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