Italy A national rugby union team

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Italy A
Italy rugby.png
Union Federazione Italiana Rugby
Coach(es) Gianluca Guidi
Captain(s) Valerio Bernabò
Top scorer Luciano Orquera (30 Nations Cup Only)
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 102-3  Denmark
(1 November 1997)
Worst defeat
 Italy A 3-25  Georgia
(20 June 2008)

The Italy A national rugby union team are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side. They compete every year in the IRB Nations Cup.

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[edit] Fixtures

IRB Nations Cup 2009

12/06/2009 France France 'A', in Romania Bucharest (15-31)

16/06/2009 Russia Russia, in Romania Bucharest (35-3)

21/06/2009 Romania Romania, in Romania Bucharest (24-13)

[edit] 2009 Squad

Squad for the tests against Georgia and Romania.

Backs
Player
Position Club
Edoardo Gori Scrum-half Italy Cavalieri Prato
Fabio Semenzato Scrum-half Italy Benetton Treviso
Riccardo Bocchino Fly-half Italy Rovigo
Enrico Patrizio Centre Italy Petrarca Padova
Andrea Pratichetti Centre Italy Rovigo
Roberto Quartaroli Centre Italy Overmach Parma
Tommaso Benvenuti Wing Italy Benetton Treviso
Michele Sepe Wing Italy Viadana
Paolo Buso Fullback Italy Roma Olimpic
Forwards
Player
Position Club
Tommaso D'Apice Hooker Italy Roma Olimpic
Davide Giazzon Hooker Italy Overmach Parma
Lorenzo Cittadini Prop Italy Benetton Treviso
Massimiliano Ravalle Prop Italy Rovigo
Michele Rizzo Prop Italy Benetton Treviso
Plinio Sciamanna Prop Italy Viadana
Valerio Bernabò (c) Lock Italy Roma Olimpic
Antonio Pavanello Lock Italy Benetton Treviso
Tommaso Reato Lock Italy Rovigo
Mantvydas Tveraga Lock Italy Overmach Parma
Paul Derbyshire Flanker Italy Petrarca Padova
Agustín Cavalieri Flanker Italy Petrarca Padova
Francesco Minto Flanker Italy Overmach Parma
Manoa Vosawai Number eight Italy Overmach Parma

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