Pierre Bruno (; born 28 June 1996) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays wing for

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in the Serie A Elite.

Professional career

Bruno has previously played for clubs such as

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and Calvisano in the past. For

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season, he named as ''Additional Player'' for Zebre. He played with Zebre Parma from summer 2019 to 2023–24 season. In 2015 and 2016, Bruno was named in the Italy Under 20 squad and in 2017 and 2018 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad. On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the

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. On 31 October 2021, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 34-man squad for the

. He made his debut for Italy on 20 November 2021 against Uruguay, scoring a try in Italy's 17–10 win. Kieran Crowley selected Pierre Bruno also for the

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, but his debut in the tournament against Ireland was unfortunate, as he had to be replaced after only 20 minutes due to a controversial refereeing decision. Bruno was also in the Italian starting team that faced Scotland in Rome. The match ended in another defeat for Italy (22-33), but with signs of improvement. Bruno had the opportunity to make up for it in November 2022 Autumn internationals, when he scored two tries in the sparkling victory of Italy over Samoa (49-17), and another try against

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, a first ever win for the Italian team facing the Wallabies (28-27). On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the

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Statistics

List of international test tries

''As of 25 February 2022''

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* 1996 births Sportspeople from Genoa Zebre Parma players Living people Rugby union wings Mogliano Rugby players Rugby Calvisano players Italy international rugby union players 2023 Rugby World Cup players {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub