Italy A national rugby union team

Italy A

Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Coach(es)	Alessandro Troncon
Top scorer	Luciano Orquera (119 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)
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

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	2nd
2007	IRB Nations Cup	Romania	5th
2008	IRB Nations Cup	Romania	4th
2009	IRB Nations Cup	Romania	2nd
2010	IRB Nations Cup	Romania	3rd
2011	Churchill Cup	England	3rd
2012	IRB Nations Cup	Romania	3rd
2013	IRB Nations Cup	Romania	2nd
2014	IRB Tbilisi Cup	Georgia	3rd
2015	World Rugby Tbilisi Cup	Georgia	2nd
2016	World Rugby Nations Cup	Romania	4th
2017	World Rugby Nations Cup	Uruguay	6th
2018	World Rugby Nations Cup	Uruguay	3rd

Current squad

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: German Fernandez

Forwards Player Position Club Tommaso Di Bartolomeo Hooker Zebre Parma Francesco Ferrara Hooker Colorno Andrej Marinello Hooker Valorugby Emilia Giovanni Quattrini Hooker Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza Niccolò Taddia Hooker Fiamme Oro Destiny Aminu Prop Mogliano Franco Avaca Prop Benetton/Mogliano Riccardo Genovese Prop Zebre Parma Mattia Mazzanti Prop Valorugby Emilia Samuele Taddei Prop Zebre Parma/Colorno Antonio Tripodo Prop Lyons Piacenza Riccardo Andreoli Lock Benetton/Rangers Vicenza Riccardo Favretto Lock Benetton Alessandro Filoni Lock Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza Jadin Amoketi Kingi Lock Mogliano Nicola Piantella Lock Zebre Parma Pietro Turrisi Lock Racing 92 Bradley Henderson Back row Zebre Parma/Lyons Piacenza Samuele Locatelli Back row Viadana Matteo Meggiato Back row Rovigo Delta Enrico Pontarini Back row Benetton/Rangers Vicenza

Backs Player Position Club Sebastiano Battara Scrum-half Mogliano Filippo Bozzoni Scrum-half Zebre Parma Andrea Cuoghi Scrum-half Lyons Piacenza Gianluca Tommaselli Scrum-half Fiamme Oro Giacomo Da Re Fly-half Benetton Leonardo Marin Fly-half Benetton Giovanni Sante Fly-half Montpellier Hérault Filippo Drago Centre Benetton Dewi Passarella Centre Benetton/Mogliano Flavio Pio Vaccari Centre Rovigo Delta Fabrizio Ciardullo Wing Viadana Federico Cuminetti Wing Lyons Piacenza Matthias Douglas Wing Mogliano Alessandro Gesi Wing Zebre Parma/Colorno Tommaso Jannelli Wing Viadana Mattia Ferrarin Full Back Mogliano Filippo Lazzarin Full Back Valorugby Emilia

References

External links

• Official site F.I.R.