Italy A national rugby union team

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) are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side.

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)

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. Since 2014 they participate in the IRB Tbilisi Cup.

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

Tournament record
Year Tournament Host Rank
2000Six Nations "A"-6th
2001Six Nations "A"-5th
2002Six Nations "A"-5th
2003Six Nations "A"-5th
2006IRB Nations Cup Portugal2nd
2007IRB Nations Cup Romania5th
2008IRB Nations Cup Romania4th
2009IRB Nations Cup Romania2nd
2010IRB Nations Cup Romania3rd
2011Churchill Cup England3rd
2012IRB Nations Cup Romania3rd
2013IRB Nations Cup Romania2nd
2014IRB Tbilisi Cup Georgia3rd
2015World Rugby Tbilisi Cup Georgia2nd
2016World Rugby Nations Cup Romania4th
2017World Rugby Nations Cup Uruguay6th
2018World Rugby Nations Cup Uruguay3rd

Current squad

On 8 December, for the match against Romania, a 27-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals was named.[1]
On 10 December, Muhamed Hasa was added at the squad.[2], on 13 December, was added Armand Du Preez at list[3] and on 16 December Swanepoel.[4]

Head Coach: Alessandro Troncon

References
  1. "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. "ITALIA EMERGENTI, CONVOCATO HASA PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. "ITALIA EMERGENTI, CONVOCATO DU PREEZ PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  4. "ITALIA EMERGENTI, CONVOCATO SWANEPOEL PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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