Carlo Del Fava
| Full name | Carlo Antonio Del Fava | ||||||||
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| Date of birth | 1 July 1981 | ||||||||
| Place of birth | Mthatha, South Africa | ||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (18.1 st) | ||||||||
| School | Queens College | ||||||||
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Carlo Antonio Del Fava (born 1 July 1981) is a South African-born, Italian former rugby union player. His preferred position was Lock, and he last played for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. After hanging his boots up he then decided to take up coaching. He is now a forwards coach at Westoe RFC.
Del Fava was born in Mthatha, South Africa to Italian parents. He was called up to the Italy squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.[1] Del Fava made his Italy debut in the 2004 Six Nations Championship. Previously Del Fava played for the South African under-21 team.
While playing rugby in South Africa, Del Fava served a two-year ban after testing positive for the banned substance stanozolol.[2]
He was part of the BBC Sport coverage for the 2014 and 2015 Six Nations, giving his views on the Italian side.
On 10 February 2014, it was announced Del Fava had been forced to retire due to a long-standing neck injury.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Parisse handed Italy captaincy". BBC. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
- ^ "Checchinato blow for Italy". BBC. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- ^ "Neck injury forces Carlo del Fava to quit". ESPN Scrum. 10 February 2014.
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- South African people of Italian descent
- 1981 births
- Living people
- People from Mthatha
- Italian rugby union players
- South African rugby union players
- Italian people of South African descent
- Aironi players
- CS Bourgoin-Jallieu players
- Ulster Rugby players
- Rugby union locks
- Italy international rugby union players
- Doping cases in rugby union