1973 Italy Rugby Union Tour Of Rhodesia And South Africa
The 1973 Italy rugby union tour of South Africa and Rhodesia was a series of matches played between June and July 1973 in South Africa and Rhodesia by Italy national rugby union team. It was the second time that the "Azzurri" toured outside Europe, after a short tour in Madagascar in 1970. The experience signed a turn in the story of Italian rugby: before of that, contact with the bigger union members was almost non-existent, and limited only to confrontations with France (between 1952 and 1967). The tour was arranged by Italian federation and SARB, that sent coach Amos du Plooy to Italy to prepare the team. It was an historical tour, but the results were very poor: only a victory against the SARF Leopard selection. The most important player of the last match, against Transvaal XV, was Rocco Caligiuri: the fly-half (but normally play ad full-back) scored three drops. It was the first time that a player scored three drops in an international match in South Africa. A plate was th ...
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Mauro Bollesan
Mauro may refer to: Given name * Mauro (footballer, born 1932), Brazilian footballer * Mauro Silva (footballer, born 1978), Brazilian footballer * Mauro (footballer, born 1984), Portuguese footballer * Bruno Mauro (born 1973), Angolan footballer * Fra Mauro (15th century), Venetian monk and mapmaker * Mauro Barella (born 1956), Italian pole vaulter * Mauro Blanco (born 1965), Bolivian footballer * Mauro Camoranesi (born 1976), Italian football manager and former player * Mauro Díaz (born 1991), Argentine footballer * Mauro Esposito (born 1979), Italian footballer * Mauro Eustáquio (born 1993), Canadian soccer player * Mauro Giuliani (1781–1829), Italian guitarist and composer * Mauro Hamza, fencing coach * Mauro Icardi (born 1993), Argentine footballer * Mauro Pagani (born 1946), Italian musician * Mauro Pawlowski (born 1971), Belgian musician * Mauro Prosperi (born 1955), Italian police officer and pentathlete * Mauro Ramos (1930–2002), Brazilian footballer * Mauro Ranallo (b ...
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