Santiago Dellapè

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Santiago Dellapè
Personal information
Full name Santiago Dellapè
Date of birth 15 February 1980 (1980-02-15) (age 28)
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Weight 18 st 8 lb (118 kg)
Club information
Position(s) Lock
Current club Biarritz Olympique
Number 5
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points)
2001 ‐ __


L'Aquila Rugby
Benetton Treviso
SU Agen
Biarritz Olympique
Representative teams
2002 ‐ Italy

* Professional club appearances and points
counted for domestic first grade only.

Santiago Dellapè (born 9 May 1978) is an Italian rugby union footballer. His usual position is at lock. He has played for the national team over 30 times in the past, and was included their their 2003 Rugby World Cup squad to Australia. He plays his club rugby for Biarritz Olympique in the domestic French league, the Top 14.

Born in La Plata, Argentina, Dellapè played rugby there until he joined L'Aquila in Italy in 2001. He soon moved to Treviso, and was a part of the team that won the 2003-04 Super 10 title. Dellapè made his debut for Italy during the 2002 Six Nations Championship match against France, and since the 2002 series, has become a regular in the Italian side. He went to Australia in 2003 for the World Cup, and played in Italy's matches against Tonga, Canada and Wales.

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