Conor O’Shea has announced today the list of 31 players called up for the 2019 Rugby World Cup scheduled in Japan starting next September 20th.
Italy Rugby World Cup squad
🔵 #Italrugby: i 31 Azzurri convocati per la #RWC2019 ➡ https://t.co/1nO1GMCFfi#insieme #rugbypassioneitaliana pic.twitter.com/V43m0XncO3
— Italrugby (@Federugby) August 18, 2019
Props: Simone FERRARI (Benetton Rugby, 23 caps)Andrea LOVOTTI (Zebre Rugby Club, 36 caps) *Tiziano PASQUALI (Benetton Rugby, 19 caps)Nicola QUAGLIO (Benetton Rugby, 10 caps) *Marco RICCIONI (Benetton Rugby, 2 caps) *Federico ZANI (Benetton Rugby 8 caps)
Hookers: Luca BIGI (Zebre Rugby Club, 20 caps)Oliviero FABIANI (Zebre Rugby Club, 8 caps)Leonardo GHIRALDINI (Unattached 104 caps)
Locks: Dean BUDD (Benetton Rugby, 21 caps)Federico RUZZA (Benetton Rugby, 13 caps) *David SISI (Zebre Rugby Club, 6 caps)Alessandro ZANNI (Benetton Rugby, 113 caps)
Flanker / 8: Maxime MBANDA ‘(Zebre Rugby Club, 17 caps) *Sebastian NEGRI (Benetton Rugby, 18 caps)Sergio PARISSE (Toulon, 139 caps) – captainJake POLLEDRI (Gloucester, 9 caps)Abraham STEYN (Benetton Rugby, 31 caps)
Scrum-halves: Callum BRALEY (Gloucester, 2 caps)Guglielmo PALAZZANI (Zebre Rugby Club, 32 caps)Tito TEBALDI (Benetton Rugby, 33 caps)
Fly-halves: Tommaso ALLAN (Benetton Rugby, 49 caps)Carlo CANNA (Zebre Rugby Club, 34 caps)
Centres: Tommaso BENVENUTI (Benetton Rugby, 57 caps) *Michele CAMPAGNARO (Harlequins, 43 caps) *Luca MORISI (Benetton Rugby, 26 caps) *
Back-three: Mattia BELLINI (Zebre Rugby Club, 18 caps) *Giulio BISEGNI (Zebre Rugby Club, 12 caps) *Jayden HAYWARD (Benetton Rugby, 18 caps)Matteo MINOZZI (Wasps, 12 caps) *Edoardo PADOVANI (Zebre Rugby Club, 21 caps) * * is / was a member of the Ivan Francescato FIR Academy
Pre-World Match Test
Ireland v Italy 29-10, Dublin 10 August 2019
Italy v Russia 85-15, San Benedetto del Tronto 17 August 2019
France v Italy, August 30th. Paris 9.10 pm
England v Italy, 6 September. Newcastle 19.45 local time (8.45 ITA)
Match Rugby World Cup, Japan 2019
Italy v Namibia, 22 September. Osaka, 14.15 local time (7.15 ITA)
Italy v Canada, 26 September. Fukuoka, 16.45 local (9.45 ITA)
South Africa v Italy, 4 October. Shizuoka, 18.45 local (11.45 ITA)
New Zealand v Italy, 12 October. Toyota City, 13.45 local (6.45 ITA)