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Italy


Italy - Statistics
(as at 18/3/2013)


Founded:1928
IRB Affiliation:1987
President: Giancarlo Dondi
Secretary: Guilliano Spingardi
Address: Stadio Olimpico, Curva Nord, Foro Italico, 00194, Roma
E-mail:federugby@atleticom.it
Website:www.rugbyitalia.com
Colours: Sky Blue
Coach: Jacques Brunel (since: 4/2/2012)
Captains: Sergio Parisse, Martin Castrogiovanni
No of Clubs: 532
No of Coaches:896
No of Players: 38,185
World Cup Champions: None
6-Nations Champions: None

INDEX

1.Players Test Statistics - 2013
2.Players RWC Statistics - 2011
3.Italy 'A' Churchill Cup Statistics - 2011
4.Match Results - 2007-2012
5.Test Match Summary - 2000-2013
6.World Cup Results - 1987-2011
7.Summary World Cup - 1987-2011
8.Italy's Overall Test Record Against All Countries
9.Players Test Profiles
10. Test Records

Pld = Played
PF = Points For
PA = Points Against
PD = Points Difference
TF = Tries For
TA = Tries Against

1.   PLAYERS OVERALL TEST STATISTICS - 2013
Most Points in 2012: 62 - Kris Burton
Most Tries in 2012: 2 - Edoardo Gori, Giovanbattista Vendutti, Penalty Tries

Points

T

C

P

D

Total

Luciano Orquera

0

3

7

1

33

Kris Burton

0

1

3

1

14

Martin Castrogiovanni

1

0

0

0

5

Luke McLean

1

0

0

0

5

Sergio Parisse

1

0

0

0

5

Giovanbattista Venditti

1

0

0

0

5

Alessandro Zanni

1

0

0

0

5

Gonzalo Garcia

0

0

1

0

3

-

0

0

0

0

0

T - Tries scored; C - Conversions; P - Penalties; D - Drop goals

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2. PLAYERS RWC STATISTICS - 2011

Points

T

C

P

D

Total

Mirco Bergamasco

0

2

5

0

19

Tommaso Benvenuti

2

0

0

0

10

Sergio Parisse

2

0

0

0

10

Giulio Toniolatti

2

0

0

0

10

Penalty Tries

2

0

0

0

10

Riccardo Bocchino

0

4

0

0

8

Martin Castrogiovanni

1

0

0

0

5

Edoardo Gori

1

0

0

0

5

Luke McLean

1

0

0

0

5

Luciano Orquera

1

0

0

0

5

Alessandro Zanni

1

0

0

0

5

T - Tries scored; C - Conversions; P - Penalties; D - Drop goals

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4. MATCH RESULTS - 2007-2013

Date

Opponent

Venue & Kick-off Time

Competition

H/Time

Result

Tries

League pts

2013

3/2/2013

France

Stadio Olimpico, Rome (16:00)

Six Nations

13-15

23-18

2-2

2

9/2/2013

Scotland

Murrayfield, Edinburgh (14:30)

Six Nations

3-13

10-34

1-4

0

23/2/2013

Wales

Stadio Olimpico, Rome (14:30)

Six Nations

6-9

9-26

0-2

0

10/3/2013

England

Twickenham, London (15:00)

Six Nations

3-12

11-18

1-0

0

16/3/2013

Ireland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome (15:30)

Six Nations

9-6

22-15

1-0

2

8/6/2013

South Africa

Mr Price Kings Park, Durban

Quadrangular Tournament

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

15/6/2013

Samoa

Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Quadrangular Tournament

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

22/6/2013

TBC

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Quadrangular Tournament

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

/2013

-

-

-

0-0

0-0

0-0

0

2012

4/2/2012

France

Stade de France, Paris: 15:30

Six Nations

6-15

12-30

0-4

0

11/2/2012

England

Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 17:00

Six Nations

12-6

15-19

2-1

0

25/2/2012

Ireland

Lansdowne Road, Dublin: 13:30

Six Nations

10-17

10-42

1-5

0

10/3/2012

Wales

Millennium Stadium, Cardiff: 14:30

Six Nations

3-9

3-24

0-2

0

17/3/2012

Scotland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome (13:30)

Six Nations

3-3

13-6

1-0

2

9/6/2012

Argentina

Estadio del Bicentenario, San Juan

June International

10-13

22-37

3-4

-

15/6/2012

Canada

Toronto

June International

9-13

25-16

1-1

-

23/6/2012

USA

Houston

June International

17-10

30-10

3-1

-

10/11/2012

Tonga

Stadio Rigamonti, Brescia

End-of-the-Year-1

18-16

28-23

3-2

-

17/11/2012

New Zealand

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

End-of-the-Year-2

7-13

10-42

1-5

-

24/11/2012

Australia

Stadion Artemio Franchi, Florence

End-of-the-Year-3

6-22

19-22

1-1

-

2011

4/2/2011

Ireland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 15:30

6-Nations

6-3

11-13

1-1

0

12/2/2011

England

Twickenham, London: 14:30

6-Nations

6-31

13-59

1-8

0

26/2/2011

Wales

Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 15:30

6-Nations

11-21

16-24

2-2

0

12/3/2011

France

Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 15:30

6-Nations

8-6

22-21

1-2

2

19/3/2011

Scotland

Murrayfield, Edinburgh: 14:30

6-Nations

8-6

8-21

1-2

0

13/8/2011

Japan

Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena: 20:45

Test - RWC Warm-up

14-17

31-24

4-3

-

20/8/2011

Scotland

Murrayfield, Edinburgh: 15:00

Test - RWC Warm-up

7-13

12-23

2-2

-

2010

6/2/2010

Ireland

Croke Park, Dublin: 14:30

6-Nations

8-23

11-29

1-2

0

14/2/2010

England

Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 15:30

6-Nations

6-6

12-17

0-1

0

27/2/2010

Scotland

Stadio Olimpico, Rome: 14:30

6-Nations

6-6

16-12

1-1

2

14/3/2010

France

Stade de France, Paris: 15:30

6-Nations

3-22

20-46

2-6

0

20/3/2010

Wales

Millennium Stadium Cardiff: 14;30

6-Nations

0-12

10-33

1-3

0

19/6/2010

South Africa

Puma Stadium, Witbank: 15:00

1st Test

3-22

13-29

1-4

-

26/6/2010

South Africa

Buffalo City Stadium, East London

2nd Test

6-27

11-55

1-7

-

13/11/2010

Argentina

Stadio Bentigodi, Verona

Test

6-6

16-22

1-1

-

20/11/2010

Australia

Stadion Artemio, Firenze

Test

9-13

14-32

1-2

-

27/11/2010

Fiji

Modena

Test

9-16

24-16

0-1

-

2009

7/2/2009

England

Twickenham, London: 17:00

6-Nations

6-22

11-36

1-5

0

15/2/2009

Ireland

Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 16:30

6-Nations

9-14

9-38

0-5

0

28/2/2009

Scotland

Murrayfield, Edinburgh: 17:00

6-Nations

3-16

6-26

0-2

0

14/3/2009

Wales

Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 17:00

6-Nations

9-7

15-20

0-2

0

21/3/2008

France

Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 15:15

6-Nations

3-25

8-50

1-7

0

13/6/2009

Australia

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

1st Test

3-17

8-31

1-5

-

20/6/2009

Australia

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

2nd Test

6-20

12-34

0-5

-

27/6/2009

New Zealand

AMI Stadium, Christchurch

Test

3-13

6-27

0-3

-

14/11/2009

New Zealand

Milan

End of the Year-1

3-14

6-20

0-1

-

21/11/2009

South Africa

Stadio Fruili, Udine

End of the Year-2

7-12

10-32

1-4

-

28/11/2009

Samoa

Rome

End of the Year-3

14-6

24-6

2-0

-

2008

2/2/2008

Ireland

Croke Park: 16:00

6-Nations

3-10

11-16

1-1

0

10/2/2008

England

Stadio Flaminio: 16:30

6-Nations

6-20

19-23

1-2

0

23/2/2008

Wales

Millennium Stadium: 17:00

6-Nations

8-13

8-47

1-5

0

9/3/2008

France

Stade de France: 15:00

6-Nations

6-13

13-25

1-3

0

15/3/2008

Scotland

Stadio Flaminio: 15:00

6-Nations

10-17

23-20

2-2

2

21/6/2008

South Africa

Cape Town: 15:00

Test

0-14

0-26

0-4

-

28/6/2008

Argentina

Cordoba

Test

0-0

13-12

1-0

-

8/11/2008

Australia

Padova

End-of-the-Year

14-14

20-30

1-2

-

15/11/2008

Argentina

Turin

End-of-the-Year

3-9

14-22

1-1

-

22/11/2008

Pacific Islands

Reggio Emilia

End-of-the-Year

10-22

17-25

2-3

-

2007

3/2/2007

France

Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 14:30

6-Nations

3-22

3-39

0-5

0

10/2/2007

England

Twickenham: 13:30

6-Nations

0-14

7-20

1-1

0

24/2/2007

Scotland

Murrayfield: 15:00

6-Nations

24-10

37-17

4-2

2

10/3/2007

Wales

Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 16:30

6-Nations

13-7

23-20

2-2

2

17/3/2007

Ireland

Stadio Flaminio, Rome: 14:30

6-Nations

12-20

24-51

2-8

0

2/6/2007

Uruguay

Gran Parque Central, Montevideo

Test

-

29-5

4-1

-

9/6/2007

Argentina

Mendoza

Test

3-18

6-24

0-2

-

18/8/2007

Japan

St Vincent Perruca Stadium

WC Warm-up

-

36-12

5-2

0

24/8/2007

Ireland

Ravenhill, Belfast

WC Warm-up

13-10

20-23

2-2

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5. TEST MATCH SUMMARY - 2000-2013

Pld

Won

Lost

Draw

PF

PA

TF

TA

League pts

2013

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6-Nations

5

2

3

0

75

111

5

8

4

vs - South Africa

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

vs - Samoa

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOTAL: 2013

5

2

3

0

75

111

5

8

-

2012

11

4

7

0

187

271

16

26

-

2011

11

4

7

0

205

280

25

31

-

2010

10

2

8

0

147

291

9

28

-

2009

11

1

10

0

115

320

6

39

-

2008

10

2

8

0

138

246

11

23

-

2007

13

6

7

0

270

328

28

39

-

2006

12

4

7

1

367

221

42

24

-

2005

11

3

8

0

221

359

21

42

-

2004

10

4

6

0

202

286

22

36

-

2003

12

4

8

0

229

438

23

57

-

2002

10

2

8

0

164

337

13

39

-

2001

12

3

9

0

301

413

27

47

-

2000

10

2

8

0

210

409

22

45

-

TOTAL

148

43

104

1

2831

4310

270

484

-

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6. WORLD CUP RESULTS - 1987-2011

Date

Opponent

Venue

Result

Tries

1987

New Zealand and Australia

22/5/1987

New Zealand

Eden Park, Auckland

6-70

0-12

28/5/1987

Argentina

Lancaster Park, Christchurch

16-25

2-2

31/5/1987

Fiji

Carisbrook, Dunedin

18-15

3-1

1991

Britain and France

5/10/1991

USA

Cross Green, Otley

30-9

4-1

8/10/1991

England

Twickenham, London

6-36

1-4

13/10/1991

New Zealand

Welford Road, Leicester

21-31

2-4

1995

South Africa

27/5/1995

Samoa

Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London

18-42

2-6

31/5/1995

England

King's Park Stadium, Durban

20-27

2-2

4/6/1995

Argentina

Basil Kenyon Stadium, East London

31-25

3-4

1999

Britain and France

2/10/1999

England

Twickenham, London

7-67

1-8

10/10/1999

Tonga

Welford Road, Leicester

25-28

1-4

14/10/1999

New Zealand

McAlphine Stadium, Huddersfield

3-101

0-14

2003

Australia

11/10/2003

New Zealand

Telstra Dome, Melbourne

7-70

1-11

15/10/2003

Tonga

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

36-12

3-2

21/10/2003

Canada

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

19-14

1-1

25/10/2003

Wales

Canberra Stadium, Canberra

15-27

0-3

2007

Group C

France & Britain

8/9/2007

New Zealand

Marseille

14-76

2-11

12/9/2007

Romania

Marseille

24-18

2-2

19/9/2007

Portugal

Paris

31-5

3-1

29/9/2007

Scotland

St. Etienne

16-18

1-0

2011

Group C

New Zealand & Local Kick-off Time

11/9/2011

Australia

AMI Stadium. Christchurch (15:30)

6-32

0-4

20/9/2011

Russia

Trafalgar Park, Nelson (19:30)

53-17

9-3

27/9/2011

USA

Trafalgar Park, Nelson (19:30)

27-10

4-1

2/10/2011

Ireland

Otago Stadium, Dunedin (20:30)

6-36

0-3

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7. SUMMARY WORLD CUP - 1987-2011

Played

Won

Lost

Draw

Pts F

Pts A

Tries F

Tries A

1987

3

1

2

0

40

110

5

15

1991

3

1

2

0

57

76

7

9

1995

3

1

2

0

69

94

7

12

1999

3

0

3

0

35

196

2

26

2003

4

2

2

0

77

123

5

17

2007

4

2

2

0

85

117

8

14

2011

4

2

2

0

92

95

13

11

TOTAL

24

9

15

0

455

811

47

104

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8. ITALY'S OVERALL TEST RECORD AGAINST ALL COUNTRIES
(25/6/1929 to 18/3/2013)

Opponents (*)

Pld

Won

Lost

Drawn

PF

PA

Argentina: 1978

18

5

12

1

312

457

Australia: 1983

15

0

15

0

197

515

Belgium

2

2

0

0

75

0

Bulgaria

1

1

0

0

17

0

Canada

7

5

2

0

203

92

Cook Islands

1

0

1

0

6

15

Croatia

1

1

0

0

76

0

Czech Republic

12

10

1

1

266

62

England: 1991

19

0

19

0

238

743

Fiji

7

3

4

0

169

171

France: 17/10/1937

34

3

31

0

372

1010

Georgia

1

1

0

0

31

22

Germany

18

13

4

1

215

99

Ireland: 1988

22

4

18

0

372

700

Japan

5

5

0

0

176

64

Leopards

2

2

0

0

49

14

Madagascar

2

2

0

0

26

15

Morocco

8

6

2

0

184

52

Namibia

3

1

2

0

75

74

Netherlands

4

4

0

0

178

27

New Zealand: 1987

12

0

12

0

118

686

Pacific Islands: 22/11/2008

1

0

1

0

17

25

Poland

7

6

1

0

165

49

Portugal

12

10

1

1

333

71

Romania

41

22

16

3

577

612

Russia

6

6

0

0

253

76

Samoa

4

1

3

0

75

108

Scotland: 1996

20

7

13

0

345

454

South Africa: 1995

10

0

10

0

129

533

Spain

27

23

3

1

581

207

Tonga

4

3

1

0

138

63

Tunisia

3

3

0

0

60

19

Uruguay

3

3

0

0

92

25

United States of America

4

4

0

0

130

54

USSR

14

4

9

1

171

165

Wales: 1994

20

2

17

1

332

641

Zimbabwe

4

3

1

0

74

67

OTHER

41

6

31

4

444

824

TOTAL

416

171

231

14

7263

8819

ratio (%)

41.11

55.53

3.36

(*) The above table refers to all matches where Test Caps have been awarded. It is important to note that there can be some differentiation between countries in terms of awarding caps. Some countries have awarded caps in games their opponents have not recognised as Tests.

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9. PLAYERS PROFILES

Players

Club

Birthdate

Height

Weight

Position

Tests

Points

Tries

Matias Aguero

Saracens

13/2/1981

1.85m

108kg

Prop

17

5

1

(x)Roberto Barbieri

Treviso

5/6/1984

1.85m

106kg

Flanker

28

10

2

Marco Barbini

Padova

15/7/1978

1.65m

93kg

Centre/fullback

5

5

1

Matteo Barbini

Padova

8/6/1982

1.87m

90kg

Centre

11

5

1

Andrea Benatti

Arix Viadana

8/11/1979

1.90m

93kg

Flanker

5

5

1

Alberto Benettin

Aironi

25/11/1990

1.83m

87kg

Fullback/flyhalf

1

0

0

(x)Tommaso Benvenuti

Bennetton Treviso

12/12/1990

1.87m

95kg

Wing/centre

28

20

4

(x)Mauro Bergamasco

Stade Francais

1/5/1979

1.85m

80kg

Flanker

93

75

15

(x)Mirco Bergamasco (CAPTAIN: 1)

Stade Francais

23/2/1983

1.81m

94kg

Wing/centre

90

256

17

Valerio Bernabo

Futura Park, Rome

3/3/1984

1.98m

110kg

Lock

19

0

0

Cristian Bezzi

Viadana

13/5/1975

1.93m

115kg

Lock

12

0

0

(x)Ricardo Bocchino

Prato

3/3/1988

1.80m

82kg

Flyhalf/centre

14

33

0

(x)Marco Bortolami (CAPTAIN: 38)

Gloucester

12/6/1980

1.95m

93kg

Lock

94

35

7

David Bortolussi

Montpellier, France

21/6/1981

1.85m

82kg

Fullback

16

147

1

Tobie Botes

Benetton Treviso

26/4/1984

1.80m

88kg

Scrumhalf

13

8

0

Kris Burton

Benetton Treviso

4/8/1980

1.75m

90kg

Flyhalf

21

87

1

(x)Gonzalo Canale

Stade Rochelais

11/11/1982

1.81m

92kg

Centre/Wing

82

35

7

(x)Pablo Canavosio

Calvisano

26/12/1981

1.75m

83kg

Wing/scrumhalf

38

35

7

(x)Martin Leandro Castrogiovanni (CAPTAIN: 3)

Leicester Tigers

21/10/1981

1.87m

118kg

Prop

95

60

12

(x)Lorenzo Cittadini

Benetton Treviso

17/12/1982

1.91m

127kg

Prop

21

5

1

Salvatore Costanzo

-

9/4/1982

1.87m

120kg

Prop

2

0

0

Tommaso d'Apice

Aironi

30/6/1988

1.83m

104kg

Hooker

10

5

1

Denis Dallan

Stade Francais

4/3/1978

1.85m

85kg

Wing

41

35

7

David Dal Maso

Treviso

14/8/1980

1.90m

102kg

Flanker/eighthman

15

0

0

(x)Carlo del Fava

Viadana

1/7/1981

1.97m

111kg

Lock

54

5

1

Santiago Dellapé

Biarritz Olympique

9/5/1978

2.00m

118kg

Lock

62

15

3

Alberto de Marchi

Benetton Treviso

13/3/1986

1.83m

123kg

Prop

9

0

0

(x)Paul Derbyshire

Benetton Treviso

3/7/1986

1.91m

100kg

Flank

20

0

0

Simone Favaro

Benetton Treviso

7/11/1988

1.84m

99kg

Flank/centre/wing

21

0

0

Carlo Festuccia

Racing-Metro

20/6/1980

1.82m

93kg

Hooker

54

15

3

Joshua Furno

Aironi

21/10/1989

1.98m

110kg

Lock

8

0

0

Marco Fuser

Benetton Treviso

9/3/1991

2.00m

116kg

Lock

1

0

0

Ezio Galon

Overmach Cariparma

22/7/1977

1.85m

85kg

Centre/fullback

19

5

1

(x)Gonzalo Garcia

Zebre Rugby

18/4/1984

1.85m

93kg

Centre

28

8

1

(x)Quintin Geldenhuys

Zebre Rugby

19/6/1981

2.03m

122kg

Lock

38

0

0

(x)Leonardo Ghiraldini (CAPTAIN: 7)

Benetton Treviso

26/12/1984

1.82m

101kg

Hooker

53

20

4

(x)Davide Giazzon

Zebre Rugby

16/1/1986

1.82

106kg

Hooker

10

0

0

(x)Edoardo Gori

Benetton Treviso

25/3/1990

1.78m

82kg

Scrumhalf

24

20

4

Craig Gower

Bayonne

29/4/1978

1.74m

90kg

Centre/flyhalf

14

17

1

Tommaso Iannone

Benetton Treviso

16/9/1990

1.83m

82kg

Wing

1

0

0

Giorgio Intoppa

Ghial Calvisano

15/2/1981

1.80m

96kg

Hooker

7

0

0

(x)Andrea Lo Cicero Vaina

Racing-Metro

7/5/1976

1.85m

118kg

Prop

103

35

7

Roberto Mandelli

Valvisano

10/4/1979

1.93m

103kg

Loose Forward

5

0

0

Andrea Marcato

-

17/4/1983

1.80m

80kg

Flyhalf/fullback

16

81

0

(x)Andrea Masi

London Wasps

30/3/1981

1.83m

97kg

Utility back

77

65

13

Matteo Mazzantini

Viadana

24/10/1976

1.77m

81kg

Scrumhalf

9

0

0

Francesco Mazzariol

Gran Parma

1/3/1975

1.72m

76kg

Flyhalf

33

81

2

Nicola Mazzucato

Calvisano

27/10/1975

1.87m

80kg

Wing

38

25

5

(x)Luke McLean

Benetton Treviso

29/6/1987

1.90m

97kg

Utility back

46

64

5

Francesco Minto

Benetton Treviso

20/5/1987

1.93m

104kg

Lock

7

0

0

Jean-Francois Montauriol

-

21/3/1983

1.98m

100kg

Lock/flank

1

0

0

Luca Morisi

Benetton Treviso

22/2/1991

1.83m

92kg

Centre

2

0

0

Carlos Nieto

Gloucester

28/4/1976

1.85m

110kg

Prop

33

0

0

Ludovico Nitoglia

Ghial Calvisano

2/11/1983

1.79m

83kg

Wing

17

0

0

(x)Fabio Ongaro

Saracens

23/9/1977

1.82m

99kg

Hooker

80

25

5

(x)Luciano Orquera

Zebre Rugby

12/10/1981

1.70m

78kg

Flyhalf

33

99

3

Silvio Orlando

Benetton Treviso

9/2/1981

1.87m

95kg

Flanker

14

0

0

Samuele Pace

-

28/6/1980

1.82m

89kg

Centre/Wing

3

0

0

Scott Palmer

Treviso

10/11/1977

1.90m

100kg

Flanker

12

10

2

Tino Paoletti

Overmach Parma

28/11/1977

1.82m

120kg

Prop

17

0

0

(x)Sergio Parisse (CAPTAIN: 47)

Stade Francais

12/9/1983

1.95m

110kg

Flank/eighthman

95

53

10

Antonio Pavanello

Benetton Treviso

13/10/1982

1.93m

108kg

Lock

16

0

0

Enrico Pavanello

Benetton Treviso

15/10/1980

1.95m

108kg

Lock/flank

14

0

0

Roberto Pedrazzi

Castres

21/9/1976

1.82m

90kg

Wing

8

0

0

Aaron Persico

Agen

29/3/1978

1.87m

98kg

Flanker

56

10

2

(x)Salvatore Perugini

Bayonne

6/3/1978

1.83m

119kg

Prop

83

0

0

Ramiro Pez

Bayonne

6/12/1978

1.90m

80kg

Flyhalf

40

254

4

Matthew Phillips

Arix Viadana

10/4/1975

1.93m

114kg

Eighthman

14

15

3

Simon Picone

Benetton Treviso

26/9/1982

1.81m

92kg

Centre/scrumhalf

23

5

1

Walter Pozzebon

Benetton Treviso

12/6/1979

1.77m

82kg

Centre/wing

23

20

4

(x)Matteo Pratichetti

Aironi

27/7/1985

1.90m

108kg

Centre/wing

24

20

4

Andrea Pratichetti

Benetton Treviso

26/11/1988

1.83m

94kg

Centre

1

0

0

Roberto Quartaroli

Overmach Parma

29/3/1988

1.91m

110kg

Centre

5

0

0

Giovanni Raineri

Ghjial Amatori

4/11/1976

1.75m

78kg

Centre

22

10

2

Tommaso Reato

Rovigo

12/5/1984

1.93m

96kg

Flanker/lock

9

0

0

Michele Rizzo

Ghjial Amatori e Calvisano

16/9/1982

1.88m

102kg

Prop

7

0

0

Kaine Robertson

Viadana

29/10/1980

1.77m

78kg

Wing/fullback

47

70

14

Lorenzo Romano

Aironi

31/3/1989

1.85m

115kg

Prop

2

0

0

Ignacio Rouyet

Treviso

22/10/1978

1.80m

99kg

Prop

6

0

0

Guilio Rubini

-

24/4/1987

1.73m

79kg

Utility back

4

0

0

Stefano Saviozzi

Treviso

4/3/1975

1.85m

86kg

Hooker

14

15

3

Franco Sbaraglini

Benetton Treviso

3/12/1982

1.79m

103kg

Hooker/prop

5

0

0

(x)Fabio Semenzato

Benetton Treviso

6/5/1986

1.78m

86kg

Scrumhalf

12

5

1

Michele Sepe

Viadana

8/10/1986

1.83m

89kg

Wing

3

5

1

(x)Alberto Sgarbi

Benetton Treviso

26/11/1986

1.90m

97kg

Centre

24

5

1

Joshua Sole

Viadana

15/2/1980

1.95m

111kg

Flank/eighthman

36

10

2

Fabio Staibano

Castres

20/4/1983

1.83m

123kg

Prop

11

0

0

Marko Stanojevic

Bristol

1/10/1979

1.80m

80kg

Wing

7

45

9

Tito Tebaldi

Gran Parma

23/9/1987

1.79m

88kg

Scrumhalf

16

3

0

(x)Guilio Toniolatti

Aironi

15/1/1984

1.80m

80kg

Wing

12

10

2

Alessandro Troncon

Clermont-Auvergne

16/9/1973

1.77m

84kg

Scrumhalf

101

95

19

(x)Corniel van Zyl

Treviso

27/1/1979

1.99m

113kg

Lock

8

0

0

Giovanbattista Venditti

Zebre Rugby

27/3/1990

1.90m

112kg

Wing

14

15

3

Manoa Vosawai

Benetton Treviso

12/8/1983

1.85m

113kg

Eighthman

11

0

0

Maurizio Zaffiri

Ghial Calvisano

12/1/1978

1.82m

98kg

Eighthman

14

0

0

(x)Alessandro Zanni

Benetton Treviso

31/1/1984

1.93m

103kg

No 8/flanker

74

15

3

Vincenzo Zulla

Calvisano

11/4/1981

1.72m

75kg

Flyhalf

0

0

0

(x) - RWC 2011

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10. TEST RECORDS

Individual

Most career tests

103

Andrea lo Cicero (2000-2013)

101

Alessandro Troncon

95

Martin Castrogiovanni (2002-2013)

95

Sergio Parisse (2002-2013)

94

Marco Bortolami

93

Mauro Bergamasco

90

Mirco Bergamasco

83

Carlo Checchinato

83

Salvatore Perugini

82

Gonzalo Canalé (2003-2013)

80

Fabio Ongaro

77

Andrea Masi (1999-2013)

75

Diego Dominguez

74

Alessandro Zanni (2005-2013)

71

Cristian Stoica

69

Massimo Cuttitta

64

Paolo Vaccari (1991-2003)

62

Santiago Dellapé

60

Serafino Ghizzoni

60

Massimo Giovanelli

56

Aaron Persico

55

Stefano Bettarello

54

Marcello Cuttitta

54

Carlo del Fava (2004-2011)

54

Carlo Festuccia (2003-2012)

54

Massimo Mascioletti

54

Franco Properzi-Curti

53

Leonardo Ghiraldini (2006-2013)

53

Giovanni Pivetta

50

Ambrogio Bona (1972-1981)

Most Consecutive Tests

29

Marco Bollesan (1968-1972)

27

Massimo Cuttitta (1991-1994)

25

Carlo Orlandi (1995-1998)

Most Tests as a Captain

47

Sergio Parisse (2008-2013)

38

Marco Bortolami (2002-2007; 2012)

37

Marco Bollesan (1968-1975)

37

Massimo Giovanelli (1992-1999)

Most Career Points

983

Diego Dominguez

483

Stefano Bettarello

294

Luigi Troiani

256

Mirco Bergamasco

254

Ramiro Pez

153

David Bortolussi

133

Ennio Ponzi

110

Marcello Cuttitta

107

Paolo Vaccari

105

Carlo Checchinato

105

Gert Peens

Most points in a test

29

Stefano Bettarello (v Canada, Toronto, 1/7/1983)

29

Andrea Scanavacca (v Croatia, Makarska, 1998)

29

Diego Dominguez
v Scotland, Rome, 2000
v Fiji, Treviso, 2001

28

Diego Dominguez (v Holland, Calvisano, 1994)

27

Diego Dominguez (v Ireland, Bologna, 1997)

25

Diego Dominguez (v Romania, Tarbes, 1997)

24

Luigi Troiani (v Spain, Parma, 1994)

24

Mirco Bergamasco (v Fiji, Modena, 2010)

Most career tries

25

Marcello Cuttitta

22

Paolo Vaccari

21

Carlo Checchinato

21

Enrico Marchetto

19

Alessandro Troncon

17

Mirco Bergamasco

17

Serafino Ghizzoni

17

Massimo Mascioletti

16

Ivan Francescato

15

Mauro Bergamasco

14

Kaine Robertson

13

Andrea Masi

12

Martin Castrogiovanni

11

Cristian Stoica

11

Edgardo Venturi

10

Vittorio Ambron

10

Sergio Parisse

Most career drop goals

20

Diego Dominguez

17

Stefano Bettarello

Most career penalty goals

208

Diego Domingurz

104

Stefano Bettarello

Most tries in a test

6

Pierpaolo Rotillo (vs Denmark, Brescia, 1997)

4

Renzo Cova (v Belgium, Paris, 10/10/1937)

4

Ivan Francescato (v Morocco, Carcassonne, 19/6/1993)

Most Conversions in as Test

12

Luigi Troiani (vs Czech Republic, 18/5/1994: Viadana)

10

Luigi Troiani (vs Croatia, 1993: Perpigan)

10

G Filizzola (vs Morocco, 1993: Carcassone)

8

Luigi Troiani (vs Spain, 1994: Parma)

8

David Bortolussi
vs Portugal, 2006: L'Aquila
vs Russia, 2006: Moscow

Most Penalties in a Test

8

Diego Dominguez (vs Romania, 1994: Catania)

8

Mirco Bergamasco (vs Fiji, 2010: Modena)

6

Diego Dominguez
vs Scotland, 1993: Rovigo
vs Argentina, 1997: Lourdes
vs Ireland, 1997: Bologna
vs Scotland, 1998: Treviso
vs Tonga, 1999: Leicester
vs Scotland, 2000: Rome

6

Gert Peens (vs Argentina, 2005: Salta, Arg)

6

Ramiro Pez (vs Australia, 2006: Rome)

Most Dropped Goals in a Test

3

Diego Dominguez (vs Scotland, 5/2/2000: RomeCatania)

Team

Most Points in a Match

104-8

v Czech Republic (Viadana, 18/5/1994)

102

v Denmark (Brescia, 1997)

83

v Portugal (L'Aquila, 2006)

78

v Croatia (Perpignan, 1993)

70

v Morroco (Carcassone, 1993)

67

v Netherlands (Huddersfield, 1998)

67

v Russia (Moscow, 2006)

66

v Fiji (Treviso, 2001)

64

v Portugal (Lisbon, 1996)

Highest score by opposing Individual countries

101-0

by South Africa (Durban, 19/6/1999)

101-3

by New Zealand (Huddersfield, 14/10/1999)

80-23

by England (London, 17/2/2001)

60-13

by France (Toulon, 1967)

76-14

by New Zealand (Marseille, 8/9/2007)

74-3

by South Africa (Port Elizabeth, 12/6/1999)

61-6

by Ireland (Limerick, 30/8/2003)

69-21

by Australia (Melbourne, 25/6/2005)

Most Tries in a Test

16

v Czech Republic (Viadana, 18/5/1994)

16

v Denmark (Brescia, 1997)

13

v Portugal (L'Aquila, 2006)

11

v Croatia (Perpignan, 1993)

11

v Netherlands (Huddersfield, 1998)

10

v Belgium (Paris, 1937)

10

v Morocco (Carcassone, 1993)

10

v Portugal (Lisbon, 1996)

Most tries conceded in a Test

15

by South Africa (Durban, 19/6/1999)

14

by New Zealand (Huddersfield, 1999)

11

by Australia (Melbourne, 2005)

11

by New Zealand (Marseille, 2007)

Most Consecutive Test Wins

6

12/5/1968 to 10/5/1969

Most Consecutive Tests Without Defeat

6

12/5/1968 to 10/5/1969 (6 wins)

5

1982-1983 (4 wins, 1 draw)

Longest losing sequence

13

8/11/2008 to 21/11/2009

8

17/11/2001 to 8/6/2002

7

25/2/1973 to 4/7/1973
19/2/2000 to 11/11/2000
25/11/2000 to 8/4/2001 (6)

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