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

Emerging Italy
UnionFederazione Italiana Rugby
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 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 it plays in the World Rugby Nations Cup.

Tournament record
Year Tournament Host Rank
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


References
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