Italy A national rugby union team

Italy A
Union Federazione Italiana Rugby
Coach(es) Andrea Cavinato
Captain(s) Andrea de Marchi
Top scorer Luciano Orquera (119 Nations Cup Only)[1]
Most tries Michele Sepe (4 Nations Cup Only)
Team kit
Change kit
First international
Belgium  3-34  Italy B
(7 May 1964)
Largest win
Italy XV Italy 102-3  Denmark
(1 November 1997)
Largest defeat
Italy A Italy 17-45 England England Saxons
(29 January 2011)

The Italy A national rugby union team (also known as Italia Emergenti) are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side. They competed every year in the IRB Nations Cup until 2013; in 2014 they will participate in the IRB Tbilisi Cup.[2]

Current squad

28-man Emerging Italy squad for the 2013 IRB Nations Cup.[3] Last updated 2 June 2013.

Forwards
Player Position Club
Pietro Ceccarelli Prop France La Rochelle
Dario Chistolini Prop Italy Zebre
Andrea de Marchi Prop Italy Zebre
Andrea Lovotti Prop Italy Calvisano
Tommaso D'Apice Hooker Italy Zebre
Giovanni Maistri Hooker Italy Treviso
Ornel Gega Hooker Italy Petrarca
Saverio Colabianchi Lock Italy Lazio
Marco Fuser Lock Italy Treviso
Emiliano Caffini Flanker Italy Zebre
Gabriele Cicchinelli Flanker Italy Calvisano
Filippo Ferrarini Flanker Italy Zebre
Edoardo Ruffolo Flanker Italy Prato
Michael van Vuuren Flanker Italy Zebre
Backs
Player Position Club
Giorgio Bronzini Scrum-half Italy Viadana
Guglielmo Palazzani Scrum-half Italy Calvisano
James Ambrosini Fly-half Italy Treviso
Simone Ragusi Fly-half Italy Prato
Alberto Benettin Centre Italy Zebre
Giulio Bisegni Centre Italy Lazio
Alessandro Castagnoli Centre Italy Reggio
Francesco Menon Centre Italy Rovigo
Andrea Pratichetti Centre Italy Treviso
Denis Majstorovic Wing Italy Prato
Ross Stewart McCann Wing Italy Prato
Alex Morsellino Wing Italy Petrarca
Michele Visentin Wing Italy Calvisano
Ruggero Trevisan Fullback Italy Zebre

Fixtures 2014

2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup [4]

Round 1

14 June 2013
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Emerging Italy – Argentina Argentina Jaguars
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

Round 2

18 June 2013
19:00 GET (UTC+4)
Emerging Italy –  Spain
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

Round 3

22 June 2013
17:00 GET (UTC+4)
Georgia  – Emerging Italy
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi

Tournament record

Year Tournament Host Rank
2006 IRB Nations Cup Portugal Portugal2nd
2007 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania5th
2008 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania4th
2009 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania2nd
2010 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania3rd
2011 Churchill Cup England England3rd
2012 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania3rd
2013 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania2nd
2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup Georgia (country) GeorgiaTBD

References

  1. ↑ http://www.irb.com/nationscup/statistics/index.html
  2. ↑ "Georgia to host Tbilisi Cup 2014". International Rugby Board. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.irb.com/nationscup/teams/team=3953/index.html
  4. ↑ http://www.irb.com/newsmedia/mediazone/pressrelease/newsid=2070948.html#georgia+host+tbilisi+cup+2014

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