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Italy A national rugby union team

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Italy A
UnionFederazione Italiana Rugby
Coach(es)Alessandro Troncon
Top scorerLuciano Orquera (119 Nations Cup Only)
Most triesMichele 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)
Largest defeat
Italy A  17-45  England Saxons
(29 January 2011)

The Italy A national rugby union team (Italian: Nazionale A di rugby a 15 dell'Italia, also known as Italia Emergenti which means Italy Emerging Players, Italia XV or Italia Under 23) are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side.

They competed in the Six Nations "A" from 2000 to 2003, in the IRB Nations Cup from 2006 until 2013, except in 2011 when they played the Churchill Cup. They have also participated in the IRB Tbilisi Cup in 2014.

From 2016 to 2018 it played in the World Rugby Nations Cup.

Tournament record

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Year Tournament Host Rank
2000 Six Nations "A" - 6th
2001 Six Nations "A" - 5th
2002 Six Nations "A" - 5th
2003 Six Nations "A" - 5th
2006 IRB Nations Cup Portugal Portugal 2nd
2007 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania 5th
2008 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania 4th
2009 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania 2nd
2010 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania 3rd
2011 Churchill Cup England England 3rd
2012 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania 3rd
2013 IRB Nations Cup Romania Romania 2nd
2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup Georgia (country) Georgia 3rd
2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup Georgia (country) Georgia 2nd
2016 World Rugby Nations Cup Romania Romania 4th
2017 World Rugby Nations Cup Uruguay Uruguay 6th
2018 World Rugby Nations Cup Uruguay Uruguay 3rd

Current squad

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On 4 January 2024, the following players were called up for uncapped test against IRFU Combined Academies for 14 and 19 January 2024.[1]
On 13 January 2024, an updating of squad.[2]
On 18 January 2024, an updating of squad.[3]

Head coach: Italy German Fernandez

References

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  1. ^ "ITALIA U23, I CONVOCATI PER LA DOPPIA SFIDA CON LA SELEZIONE IRLANDESE". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 4 January 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ "SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, DOMENICA LA TERZA SFIDA ALLE COMBINED ACADEMIES IRLANDESI". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  3. ^ "SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, 24 ORE AL QUARTO ED ULTIMO TEST CON GLI ACCADEMICI IRLANDESI". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
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