Riccardo Bocchino (born 3 March 1988) is an Italian
rugby union
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player. Bocchino, who is a
fly-half, plays his club rugby for
Aironi
Aironi Rugby (, "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the 2011–12 ...
.
He made his debut for
Italy
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against
Ireland
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on 6 February 2010.
Bocchino began his career at
Capitolina, with whom he made his debut during the 2007–08 season.
[ He played for the Italian under-20 team at the ]2008 IRB Junior World Championship
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This competition repla ...
and Italy A at the 2009 IRB Nations Cup
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. Bocchino moved to Rovigo
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Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
prior to the 2009–10 season.[ He was named in ]Nick Mallett
Nicholas Vivian Haward Mallett (born 30 October 1956) is a former South African rugby union player who played for the Springboks, South Africa's national rugby union team, in 1984. He also coached the Springboks between 1997 and 2000 and was the ...
's squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship
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, making his debut against Ireland.
Bocchino joined Aironi
Aironi Rugby (, "herons") was an Italian professional rugby union team competing in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup, representing the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna. It lost its status as a regional side at the end of the 2011–12 ...
in 2010 prior to their first season in the Celtic League.
References
1988 births
Living people
People from Viterbo
Italian rugby union players
Rugby union fly-halves
Italy international rugby union players
Cavalieri Prato players
Sportspeople from the Province of Viterbo
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