Mark Giacheri (born 1 February 1969 in Sydney) is a former Italian-Australian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a lock. He first played for New South Wales Waratahs, from 1988/89 to 1996/97. He moved to Benetton Treviso in 1995/96, playing there for two seasons and being National Champion in 1996/97. Then, he would play two seasons at West Hartpool, in

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, from 1997/98 to 1998/99, one season at CA Brive, in 1999/2000. Moving once more to England, he played for Sale Sharks (2000/01-2001/02), Rotherham Titans (2002/03) and

Coventry R.F.C. Coventry Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club based in Coventry, England. The club enjoyed great success during the 1960s and 70s, with many players representing their countries. Coventry's home ground is the Butts Park Arena, ...

(2003/04-2004/05), where he also played Rugby League with the Coventry Bears, and where he would finish his player career. He first played for Australia U-21, but having dual citizenship, Australian and Italian, he would be called by coach Bertrand Fourcade for

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, in 1992, while still playing in his home country. He had his first game at 1 October 1992, at the 22-3 win over

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, in

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, for the FIRA Championship, D1, Pool B. He had 48 caps for Italy, from 1992 to 2003. He was called for the

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, playing two games, and for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, playing three games. Giacheri played twice at the Six Nations Championship, in 2002 and 2003. His last game was at the 61-6 loss to

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

, at 30 August 2003, in

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, in a friendly, aged 34 years old. Giacheri returned to Australia, after finishing his player career, becoming a coach. He is the head coach of

Randwick DRUFC Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club which competes in the Sydney premier grade rugby union competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 32 first gr ...

, since 2010/11 and finished coaching the side in 2013. In 2013 was in Turin for the world master games with Australian team Mosman Whales Rugby Union Over 45 and won the gold medal. In 2014, Giacheri became the head coach of American side

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, a team that pronominally competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership.

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* 1969 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australian rugby union coaches Australian people of Italian descent Italian rugby union players Italian rugby union coaches Italy international rugby union players Benetton Rugby players CA Brive players Sale Sharks players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Sydney 1995 Rugby World Cup players 1999 Rugby World Cup players {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub