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List Of Italy National Rugby Union Players
List of Italy national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Italy national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known. A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. References {{Rugby union in Italy Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... Rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy National Rugby Union Team
The Italy national rugby union team (Italian: ''Squadra nazionale italiana di rugby'') represents Italy in men's international rugby union. The team is known as ''gli Azzurri'' (the light-blues). Savoy blue is the common colour of the national teams representing Italy, as it is the traditional colour of the royal House of Savoy which reigned over the Kingdom of Italy from 1860 to 1946. Italy has played international rugby since 1929, and for decades was considered one of the best European teams outside the Five Nations Championship. Since 2000, Italy has competed annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. In 2013, they were holders of the Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy which is played annually between Italy and France. Italy is ranked 14th in the world by the IRB as of 18 July 2022. Italian rugby rose to prominence in 2000 when it was added to the Five Nations, creating the Six Nations. Initially on the receiving end of some heavy de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Collodo
Oscar Collodo (born 16 August 1958) is a former Swiss Italian rugby union footballer. Collodo played mainly at fly-half. Collodo was born in Bern, Switzerland. He played 15 Test matches for Italy between 1977 and 1987, scoring a total of 47 points. He made his international debut against Poland on 23 October 1977 when he kicked a conversion. He continued playing for Italy that season in the FIRA Championship, but did not play again for Italy again until 1986. He played in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup and played against New Zealand (the All Blacks) in the first ever World Cup match. He became the first ever player to kick a penalty in Italy's 70–6 loss. His last international in Italy's 18–15 win over Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ... in that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgardo Venturi
Edgardo Venturi (born Pieve di Cento, 27 July 1962) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current sports director. He played as wing. Venturi played for OVA Pieve di Cento, where he first started aged 16, at the Series C, and would play from 1978/79 to 1982/83. He moved then to Rugby Rovigo, where he played from 1983/84 to 1992/93. He won the National Championship of Excellence in 1987/88 and 1989/90. He finished his player career aged 30, to dedicate himself to assurance business. He had 46 caps for Italy, from 1983 to 1993, scoring 11 tries, 46 points on aggregate. He had his first game at the 37-9 win over Canada, at 1 July 1983, in Toronto, in a tour. He was called for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing a single game and remaining scoreless. His last game was at the 12-14 loss to France XV, at 20 February 1993, in Treviso Treviso ( , ; vec, Trevixo) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Colella
Antonio Colella (born 4 September 1961 in Rome) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current sports director. He played as a lock. Club career Colella played for L'Aquila Rugby, from 1981/82 to 1999/2000. He had his first game at 17 January 1982, aged 20 years old, thanks to head coach Loreto Cucchiarelli. He won twice the National Championship of Excellence, in 1981/82 and 1993/94. He finished his career at Rieti Rugby, where he played from 2000/01 to 2001/02. International career He had 41 caps for Italy, from 1983 to 1990, scoring 2 tries, 8 points on aggregate. He had his first game at the 13-6 win over Romania, at 10 April 1983, in Buzau, for the 1982–83 FIRA Trophy. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in two games and remaining scoreless. He had his last game at the 9-16 loss to Romania, at 14 April 1990, for the 1989–90 FIRA Trophy. He was called for the 1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Romagnoli
Stefano Romagnoli (born Bologna, 5 February 1955) is a former Italian rugby union player and currently, coach. He played as a prop. Career Born and grown in the Emilian capital. Bologna, He debuted at 16 years with Bologna in 1971; then, he moved to Fiamme Oro -the Italian police sports group- in 1973, where he stayed for two years, during which he represented Italy at youth level; moving to Parma in 1975, he was called up in Italy A and, in 1982, in the Italian national team, debuting in the 1982-83 FIRA Trophy against Morocco. Called up also for the later FIRA Trophies, he played his last international match during the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, against Fiji. In the same year, he also returned to play for Bologna for 3 seasons, before retiring in 1991 playing for Noceto. At the time, he was the then-coach of Italy under-19 national team. Since 1991 he led, in parallel with his federal appointment, the Bologna team until 1997, in the last years along w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marzio Innocenti
Marzio Innocenti (born 4 September 1958, in Livorno) is a former Italian rugby union player and coach and current sports director. He played as a flanker and a number 8. Since 21 March 2021 he's the president of the Italian rugby federation. He works as physician. Playing career He grew up playing for Livorno but spent most of his career in Padua playing for Petrarca, team with which he won four league titles (the last one as the captain of the side). He made his international debut for Italy in 1981 in the FIRA Trophy (a predecessor of the present-day European Nations Cup) in a 23-0 win against Western Germany proceeding to win a total of 42 caps (20 as a captain) until his international retirement in 1988. He was the captain of Italy in the 1987 World Cup in which he played all the three games and scored one of his two international tries. Coaching career After his retirement and after having obtained a degree in medicine at the Padua University and started a practice as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Ghini
Alessandro Ghini (born Parma, 4 May 1961) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a scrum-half. Ghini started his player career at Rugby Parma F.C. 1931, where he premiered in the first team in 1977, aged only 15 years old. He played for Parma, from 1976/77 to 1988/89. He moved afterwards to Amatori Rugby Milano, where he played from 1989/90 to 1990/91, winning the National Championship of Excellence the final season. He spent a season at False Bay, a South African team from Cape Town, in 1992. Returning to Parma, he was player-coach for four seasons, from 1993/94 to 1996/97. He had 26 caps for Italy, from 1981 to 1988, without ever scoring. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in a single game. After becoming a full-time coach, he was in charge of Rugby Reggio (1997/98-2002/03), and Parma (2003/04-2006/07), where he won the Italy Cup, in 2005/06. He was the coach of Italy A, in 2007/08, Italy U-20, in 2008/09, and Italy U-18, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Rossi (rugby Union)
Guido Rossi (born 18 April 1959) is a former Italian rugby union player. He played as a prop. Club career Born in Treviso, Rossi played all his career at the city's Benetton Rugby from 1977–78 to 1993–94. He was one of the most emblematic players of Benetton Treviso during this time, winning four titles of the National Championship of Excellence in 1977–78, 1982–83, 1988–89, and 1991–92. International career Rossi had 45 caps for the Italy national rugby union team from 1981 to 1991 without ever scoring. He played in all the editions of the European Nations Cup during this time. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, where he played two games. He was also called for the 1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was ..., wehere he did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mauro Gardin
Mauro Gardin (born 27 March 1961, in Padua) is a former Italian rugby union player who played as lock. Along with Giuseppe Artuso, Artuso, Piergianni Farina, Farina and Antonio Galeazzo, Galeazzo in Petrarca Rugby, Petrarca's scrum which dominated the Italian rugby scenario in the 1980s (5 ''scudetti'' and 1 Coppa Italia), Gardin debuted in the national team in the 1981-82 FIRA Trophy, at Moscow, against Soviet Union national rugby union team, Soviet Union (the final result was 12-12). A very strong lock (almost two metres high), he took part to all the tournament editions until 1986, then, he took part to the 1987 Rugby World Cup playing all the three matches of the tournament. He ended his international career a year later, against Romania national rugby union team, Romania. Focusing on the technical career after retiring from the player career, in the 2008-09 season, Gardin is the scrum coach of Valsugana Rugby, a club from Padua, which plays in Serie B. Notes External l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Zanon
Gianni Zanon (born 3 March 1960 in Treviso) is a former Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a flanker. Zanon started his career at Tarvisium, where he played until 1979/80. He moved then to Benetton Treviso, where he stayed from 1980/81 to 1992/93. He won three Italian Championship titles, in 1982/83, 1988/89 and 1991/92. He had 45 caps for Italy, from 1981 to 1991, scoring 9 tries, 36 points on aggregate. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in a single game, and for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, where he was the captain, playing in two games. He never scored in either occasions. After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He was one of the two head coaches of Benetton Rugby Treviso, with Oscar Collodo Oscar Collodo (born 16 August 1958) is a former Swiss Italian rugby union footballer. Collodo played mainly at fly-half. Collodo was born in Bern, Switzerland. He played 15 Test matches for Italy between 1977 and 1987, scoring a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Gaetaniello
Fabio Gaetaniello (born 25 August 1958 in Livorno) is a former Italian rugby union player and coach. He played as a centre. Club career He started his career at CUS Pisa, like his brother Fabrizio, who also would be an international player, where he played until 1977/78. He moved afterwards to Rugby Livorno 1931, being at their squad from 1978/79 to 1981/82. He had his debut at Italian Championship in 1978. He moved to Rugby Parma F.C. 1931, where he played from 1982/83 to 1987/88. Once again, he returned to Rugby Livorno 1931, his team from 1988/89 to 1993/94, where he finished his player career. Gaetaniello never won an important national title during his player days. National Team Career He had 30 caps for Italy, from 1980 to 1991, scoring 5 tries, 20 points on aggregate. His first game was at the 18-13 win over Spain, in Madrid, at 21 December 1980, for the 1980–81 FIRA Trophy, aged 22 years old. He was called for the 1987 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games, without ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Pavin
Mario Pavin (born Treviso, 18 July 1958) is a former Italian rugby union player and is currently a coach. He played as a flanker. Biography A flanker, Pavin spent his career in Benetton Treviso; called up in the Italy national team for the first time in 1980, during a match of the 1980-1981 FIRA Trophy at Rovigo against the Soviet Union, he had to wait 6 years before being called up again (against France A1, 1986). He took part, under the direction of the coach Marco Bollesan, in the 1987 Rugby World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, where he played his last international match, at Christchurch, against Argentina. After his retirement as player, he became a coach for Bologna and for Mogliano (currently San Marco) before entering into the federal Federal or foederal (archaic) may refer to: Politics General *Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies *Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) governmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
