The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the
IRB Sevens World Series
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since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first (and currently only) ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the
Rugby Europe
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Sevens Grand Prix Series
The Rugby Europe Sevens are a series of rugby sevens tournaments held by Rugby Europe. It was formerly known as the FIRA-AER Sevens until 2013, and the Sevens Grand Prix Series until 2021. Only one annual tournament existed prior to 2011, when ...
each summer.
Italy also plays qualifying matches for two quadrennial tournaments—the Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Summer Olympics. Italy has participated in the Sevens World Cup multiple times, but has not qualified for the Olympics.
Tournament history
Rugby World Cup Sevens
Sevens Grand Prix Series
World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series
Current squad
Squad to the
2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series:
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Francesco Bonavolontà (
Lazio
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*Nicholas Bordin (Rugby Badia 1981)
*Filippo Bozzoni (
Calvisano
Calvisano (Brescian: ) is a ''comune'' in the Italy, Italian province of Brescia, in Lombardy.
It is the manufacturing base of Lones Spa, manufacturer of Fly Flot shoes. Agritech is a known fiberglass silos company.
Sport
Its rugby union team, ...
)
*
Lorenzo Maria Bruno (
Lyons Piacenza)
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Massimo Cioffi
Massimo Cioffi (Telese Terme, 24 May 1997) is an Italian rugby union player.
His usual position is as a Wing and he currently plays for Valorugby Emilia in Top10.
Under contract with Rovigo Delta, for 2019–20 Pro14 season, he named as ''Addit ...
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Petrarca Padova
Petrarca Rugby is a rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the Top10.
Founded in 1947, the team is the rugby union branch of the Unione Sportiva Petrarca, an omnisport club that inclu ...
)
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Federico Cuminetti (
Lyons Piacenza)
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Matthias Douglas Matthias is a name derived from the Greek Ματθαίος, in origin similar to Matthew (given name), Matthew.
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Mogliano
Mogliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about south of Macerata.
Mogliano rises on a hill at 313 m. on the sea level and halfway between the Sibillini ...
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*Riccardo Ghelli (
Rovigo Delta)
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Alessandro Izekor (
Benetton)
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Christian Lai (
Fiamme Oro
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The color of the competition jerseys of the athletes of the Fiamme Oro is crimson, therefore the athletes of the sports group are sometimes called ' ...
)
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Matteo Meggiato (
Benetton/
Mogliano
Mogliano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Macerata in the Italian region Marche, located about south of Ancona and about south of Macerata.
Mogliano rises on a hill at 313 m. on the sea level and halfway between the Sibillini ...
)
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Dewi Passarella
Dewi Passarella (born 30 August 2003) is an Italian rugby union player, who plays for Benetton Rugby. His preferred position is centre.
Club career
Signed in August 2022 as ''Academy Player'', he made his debut for Benetton in Round 5 of the 2 ...
(
Benetton)
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Leonardo Quinteri (Verona Rugby)
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Nicolò Teneggi (
Zebre Parma
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)
*Flavio Pio Vaccari (
Calvisano
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It is the manufacturing base of Lones Spa, manufacturer of Fly Flot shoes. Agritech is a known fiberglass silos company.
Sport
Its rugby union team, ...
)
See also
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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 ...
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Italy women's national rugby sevens team
The Italy women's national rugby union sevens team is a Rugby sevens national women's side that represents Italy. They have only qualified once to the Rugby World Cup Sevens. At the 2021 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Championship Series held in Li ...
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Rugby World Cup Sevens
Rugby World Cup Sevens (RWCS) is the quadrennial world championship of rugby sevens, a variant of rugby union. Organised by World Rugby, it currently consists of men's and women's tournaments, and is the highest level of competition in the sport ...
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World Rugby Sevens Series
The World Rugby Men's Sevens Series is an annual series of international rugby sevens tournaments run by World Rugby featuring national sevens teams. Organised for the first time in the 1999–2000 season as the IRB World Sevens Series, the com ...
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Sevens Grand Prix Series
The Rugby Europe Sevens are a series of rugby sevens tournaments held by Rugby Europe. It was formerly known as the FIRA-AER Sevens until 2013, and the Sevens Grand Prix Series until 2021. Only one annual tournament existed prior to 2011, when ...
References
External links
Federazione Italiana Rugby official site*
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