Italy

Italy - Statistics
(as at 21/5/2012)

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: TBA
Captain: Sergio Parisse
No of Clubs: 532
No of Coaches:896
No of Players: 38,185
World Cup Champions: None
6-Nations Champions: None

INDEX
1.Players RWC Statistics - 2011 2.Players Test Statistics - 2012 3.Italy 'A' Churchill Cup Statistics - 2011 4.Match Results - 2007-2012 5.Test Match Summary - 2000-2012 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 - 2012
Most Points in 2011: 61 - Mirco Bergamasco
Most Tries in 2011: 3 - Tommasco Benvenuti, Sergio Parisse

Points	T	C	P	D	Total
Kris Burton	0	2	3	2	19
Tobie Botes	0	1	2	0	7
Mirco Bergamasco	0	0	2	0	6
Tommaso Benvenuti	1	0	0	0	5
Sergio Parisse	1	0	0	0	5
Giovanbattista Venditti	1	0	0	0	5
T - Tries scored C - Conversions P - Penalties D - Drop goals

Tries
5	-
4	-
3	-
2	Giovanbattista Venditti
1	Tommaso Benvenuti Sergio Parisse

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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

Tries
5	-
4	-
3	-
2	Tommaso Benvenuti Sergio Parisse Giulio Toniolatti Penalty Tries
1	Martin Castrogiovanni Edoardo Gori Luke McLean Luciano Orquera Alessandro Zanni

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3. ITALY 'A' CHURCHILL CUP STATISTICS - 2011
Most Points in 2010: 55 - Luciano Orquera
Most Tries in 2010: 1 - Robert Barbieri, Alberton Sgarbi

Points	T	C	PG	DG	Total
Tito Tebaldi	0	4	9	0	35
Andrea Pratichetti	2	0	0	0	10
Riccardo Bocchino	1	0	1	0	8
Toniolatti	1	0	0	0	5
Giovanbattista Venditti	1	0	0	0	5
-	0	0	0	0	0
T - Tries scored C - Conversions P - Penalties D - Drop goals

Results
Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Tries
Churchill Cup
2	0	1	1	-
4/6/2011	Canada	Northampton	12-26	0-3
12/6/2011	Russia	Northampton	24-19	2-1
18/6/2011	Tonga	Sixways	27-18	3-2
Played 3	Won 2	Lost 1	63-63	5-6
Nations Cup
2	0	1	0	-
11/6/2010	Argentina Jaguars	Bucharest	22-20	1-2
15/6/2010	Georgia	Bucharest	21-3	0-0
20/6/2010	Romania	Bucharest	22-27	1-2
Played 3	Won 2	Lost 1	65-50	2-4
2	0	0	9	-
12/6/2009	France A	Bucharest	15-31	0-5
16/6/2009	Russia	Bucharest	35-3	5-0
21/6/2009	Romania	Bucharest	24-13	3-1
Played 3	Won 2	Lost 1	74-47	8-6

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4. MATCH RESULTS - 2007-2012
Date	Opponent	Venue & Kick-off Time	Competition	H/Time	Result	Tries	League pts
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	Buenos Aires	June International	0-0	0-0	0-0	-
/6/2012	-	-	June International	0-0	0-0	0-0	-
/6/2012	-	-	June International	0-0	0-0	0-0	-
/11/2012	-	-	End-of-the-Year-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	-
/11/2012	-	-	End-of-the-Year-2	0-0	0-0	0-0	-
/11/2012	-	-	End-of-the-Year-3	0-0	0-0	0-0	-
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 - 2000-2012
	Pld	Won	Lost	Draw	PF	PA	TF	TA	League pts
2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6-Nations	5	1	4	0	53	121	4	12	2
vs Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
vs -	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-
TOTAL: 2012	5	1	4	0	53	121	4	12	-
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	137	38	98	1	2622	4049	251	462	-

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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

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 (20/5/1929 to 26/3/2012)
*Opponents ()**	Pld	Won	Lost	Drawn	PF	PA
Argentina: 1978	17	5	11	1	290	420
Australia: 1983	14	0	14	0	178	493
Belgium	2	2	0	0	75	0
Bulgaria	1	1	0	0	17	0
Canada	6	4	2	0	178	76
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	18	0	18	0	227	725
Fiji	7	3	4	0	169	171
France: 17/10/1937	33	2	31	0	341	1000
Georgia	1	1	0	0	31	22
Germany	18	13	4	1	215	99
Ireland: 1988	21	3	18	0	350	685
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	11	0	11	0	108	644
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	19	7	12	0	335	420
South Africa: 1995	10	0	10	0	129	533
Spain	27	23	3	1	581	207
Tonga	3	2	1	0	110	40
Tunisia	3	3	0	0	60	19
Uruguay	3	3	0	0	92	25
United States of America	3	3	0	0	100	44
USSR	14	4	9	1	171	165
Wales: 1994	19	2	16	1	323	615
Zimbabwe	4	3	1	0	74	67
OTHER	41	6	31	4	444	824
TOTAL	405	166	225	14	7054	8558
ratio (%)		40.98	55.56	3.46
(*) 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	21	5	1
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
(x)Tommaso Benvenuti	Bennetton Treviso	12/12/1990	1.87m	95kg	Wing	17	20	4
(x)Mauro Bergamasco	Stade Francais	1/5/1979	1.85m	80kg	Flanker	88	75	15
(x)Mirco Bergamasco (CAPTAIN: 1)	Stade Francais	23/2/1983	1.81m	94kg	Wing/centre	88	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	12	6	0
(x)Marco Bortolami (CAPTAIN: 37)	Gloucester	12/6/1980	1.95m	93kg	Lock	93	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	5	8	0
Kris Burton	Benetton Treviso	4/8/1980	1.75m	90kg	Flyhalf	16	19	0
(x)Gonzalo Canale	Clermont-Auvergne	11/11/1982	1.81m	92kg	Centre/Wing	76	35	7
(x)Pablo Canavosio	Calvisano	26/12/1981	1.75m	83kg	Wing/scrumhalf	38	35	7
(x)Martin Leandro Castrogiovanni	Leicester Tigers	21/10/1981	1.87m	117kg	Prop	85	55	11
(x)Lorenco Cittadini	Treviso	17/12/1982	1.91m	127kg	Prop	13	0	0
Salvatore Costanzo	-	9/4/1982	1.87m	120kg	Prop	2	0	0
Tommaso d'Apice	Aironi	30/6/1988	1.83m	104kg	Hooker	8	0	0
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
(x)Paul Derbyshire	Treviso	3/7/1986	1.91m	100kg	Flank	16	0	0
Simone Favaro	Parma	7/11/1988	1.84m	99kg	Flank/centre/wing	10	0	0
Ignacio Fernandez-Rouyet	-	22/10/1978	1.80m	99kg	Prop	4	0	0
Carlo Festuccia	Racing-Metro	20/6/1980	1.82m	93kg	Hooker	51	10	2
Ezio Galon	Overmach Cariparma	22/7/1977	1.85m	85kg	Centre/fullback	19	5	1
(x)Gonzalo Garcia	Treviso	18/4/1984	1.85m	93kg	Centre	26	5	1
(x)Quintin Geldenhuys	Viadana	19/6/1981	2.03m	122kg	Lock	30	0	0
(x)Leonardo Ghiraldini (CAPTAIN: 7)	Benetton Treviso	26/12/1984	1.82m	101kg	Hooker	46	15	3
(x)Edoardo Gori	Benetton Treviso	25/3/1990	1.78m	82kg	Scrumhalf	12	10	2
Craig Gower	Bayonne	29/4/1978	1.74m	90kg	Centre/flyhalf	14	17	1
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	95	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	Racing Metro	30/3/1981	1.83m	97kg	Utility back	68	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	Treviso	29/6/1987	1.90m	97kg	Utility back	36	59	3
Jean-Francois Montauriol	-	21/3/1983	1.98m	100kg	Lock/flank	1	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	Aironi	12/10/1981	1.70m	78kg	Flyhalf	14	13	10
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: 40)	Stade Francais	12/9/1983	1.95m	110kg	Flank/eighthman	88	38	7
Antonio Pavanello	Treviso	13/10/1982	1.93m	108kg	Lock	2	0	0
Enrico Pavanello	Treviso	15/10/1980	1.95m	108kg	Lock/flank	13	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	26	25	5
Roberto Quartaroli	Overmach Parma	29/3/1988	1.91m	110kg	Wing/prop	1	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	3	0	0
Kaine Robertson	Viadana	29/10/1980	1.77m	78kg	Wing/fullback	47	70	14
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	20	0	0
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	14	3	0
(x)Guilio Toniolatti	Aironi	15/1/1984	1.80m	80kg	Wing	10	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	Aironi	27/3/1990	1.90m	112kg	Wing	4	10	2
Maurizio Zaffiri	Ghial Calvisano	12/1/1978	1.82m	98kg	Eighthman	14	0	0
(x)Alessandro Zanni	Treviso	31/1/1984	1.93m	103kg	No 8/flanker	63	10	2
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
101	Alessandro Troncon
95	Andrea lo Cicero
93	Marco Bortolami
89	Mauro Bergamasco
88	Mirco Bergamasco
88	Sergio Parisse
85	Martin Castrogiovanni
83	Carlo Checchinato
83	Salvatore Perugini
80	Fabio Ongaro
76	Gonzalo Canalé
75	Diego Dominguez
71	Cristian Stoica
69	Massimo Cuttitta
68	Andrea Masi
64	Paolo Vaccari (1991-2003)
62	Santiago Dellapé
62	Alessandro Zanni (2005-2012)
60	Serafino Ghizzoni
60	Massimo Giovanelli
56	Aaron Persico
55	Stefano Bettarello
54	Marcello Cuttitta
54	Carlo del Fava (2004-2011)
54	Massimo Mascioletti
54	Franco Properzi-Curti
53	Giovanni Pivetta
51	Carlo Festuccia (2003-2011)
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
40	Sergio Parisse (2008-2012)
37	Marco Bollesan (1968-1975)
37	Marco Bortolami (2002-2007)
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
14	Mauro Bergamasco
14	Kaine Robertson
13	Andrea Masi
11	Martin Castrogiovanni
11	Cristian Stoica
11	Edgardo Venturi
10	Vittorio Ambron
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)