Italy A national rugby union team
The Italy A national rugby union team are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side.
They competed in the IRB Nations Cup from 2006 until 2013, except in 2011 when they played the Churchill Cup. Since 2014 they participate in the IRB Tbilisi Cup.
From 2016 it plays in the World Rugby Nations Cup.The 28-man squad for World Rugby Nations Cup, during Summer Internationals 2018.
On the 24 May Marco Capraro, Gianmarco Vian and Pierre Bruno substitute Andrea Bettin, Matteo Corazzi and Simone Rossi.
Head Coach: Pasquale Presutti
Note: Bold denotes players who are internationally capped.
Player | Position | Club |
Nicolò Broglia | Hooker | I Medicei |
Luhandre Luus | Hooker | Zebre |
Damiano Borean | Prop | Petrarca |
Riccardo Brugnara | Prop | Rovigo Delta |
George Iacob | Prop | Fiamme Oro |
Jody Rossetto | Prop | Petrarca |
Alessandro Vannozzi | Prop | Petrarca |
Niccolò Zago | Prop | Fiamme Oro |
Matteo Cornelli | Lock | Fiamme Oro |
Ugo D'Onofrio | Lock | Calvisano |
Davide Fragnito | Lock | Fiamme Oro |
Samuele Ortis | Lock | Rovigo Delta |
Mirko Amenta | Flanker | Fiamme Oro |
Matteo Corazzi | Flanker | Mogliano |
Federico Conforti | Flanker | Petrarca |
Andrea Trotta | Flanker | Petrarca |
Gianmarco Vian | Flanker | San Donà |
Giovanni Pettinelli | Number 8 | Calvisano |
Player | Position | Club |
Simone Parisotto | Scrum-half | Fiamme Oro |
Charly Trussardi | Scrum-half | Clermont Auvergne |
Maicol Azzolini | Fly-half | Zebre |
Andrea Menniti Ippolito | Fly-half | Petrarca |
Andrea Bettin | Centre | Petrarca |
Marco Capraro | Centre | Petrarca |
Matteo Gabbianelli | Centre | Fiamme Oro |
Roberto Dal Zilio | Centre | Calvisano |
Marco Zanon | Centre | Mogliano |
Simone Balocchi | Wing | Calvisano |
Andrea Bronzini | Wing | Benetton |
Pierre Bruno | Wing | Calvisano |
Simone Rossi | Wing | Petrarca |
Massimo Cioffi | Fullback | Rovigo Delta |