Italy national rugby league team
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| Nickname | The Azzuri | ||||||||||||||||
| Association | Federazione Italiana Rugby League | ||||||||||||||||
| Region | Europe | ||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Carlo Napolitano |
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| Captain | Andrew Kaleopa |
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| Home stadium | Stadio del Plebiscito | ||||||||||||||||
| RLIF ranking | 16th | ||||||||||||||||
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First international Australia 37 - 15 Italy (Rome, Italy; 1960) |
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Biggest win Canada 6 - 66 Italy (Keighley, England; 15 November 2000) |
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| Biggest defeat Australia 67 - 22 Italy (Treviso, Italy; 1960) |
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The Italy national rugby league team represent Italy in international rugby league tournaments. The team dates back from the 1950s after the formation of a domestic competition in the country, and in the 1960s they played Australia and France. In the 1970s however the game, and thus the team, disappeared. In the mid 1990s the team were revived and have been playing in international competitions since.
The team have never competed in a World Cup, although did attempt to in 2000. Though they did compete in the Emerging Nations Tournament in 2000 and have since then contested the Ionio Cup against Greece in 2003 and 2004. In 2008 they will play Germany and the Czech Republic in the European Shield.
Currently the team are ranked 16th in the world, behind Georgia but ahead of the Cook Islands. In Europe they are ranked 13th, behind Malta. Italian Carlo Napolitano coaches the team, and Andrew Kaleopa captains the side.
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[edit] History
In 1950, an Italian team from Turin tours the North of England. Italy later runs a domestic competition.
In 1960, Italy played Australia in two international matches, but the game disappeared in the country over the course of the next decade.
The Italian team was revived in 1995, and the current team is made up of players from New South Wales, Australia with Italian backgrounds. Attempts are currently being made to re-establish the game on Italian soil, and an international competition, the Padova Cup, was staged in Italy in 2002.
[edit] Competitions
Italy has participated in:
- World Sevens (1995, 1997, plus the qualification tournament in 2003)
- Superleague World Nines (1996)
- Emerging Nations Tournament (2000)
Since 2003 the Ionio Cup has been contested between Greece and Italy.
[edit] Results
- Italy def. Greece 58-14 (2 October 2004)
- Italy def. Greece 26-24 (27 September 2003)
- Scotland A def. Italy 30-10 (11 July 2003)
- Tartarstan def. Italy 16-12 (2002)
- BARLA def. Italy 20-14 (20 November 2000
- Italy def. USA 40-16 (17 November 2000)
- Italy def. Canada 66-6 (15 November 2000)
- Lebanon def. Italy 36-16 (11 November 1999)
- Italy def. France 14-10 (1999)
- Italy def. Morocco 34-0 (1999)
- Australia def. Italy 67-22 (1960)
- Australia def. Italy 37-15 (1960)
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