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The Italy national rugby union team [1] represents the Italian Rugby Federation in men's international rugby union.The team is known as gli Azzurri (the light-blues).Savoy blue is the common colour of the national teams representing Italy, as it is the traditional colour of the royal House of Savoy which reigned over the Kingdom of Italy from 1860 to 1946.
There are 1,024 rugby clubs within Italy. These clubs support 153,173 registered male players, as well as 8,118 registered female players. [citation needed]Many teams are either from Veneto or Lombardy in the north of Italy as this area has the highest rugby popularity however the sport has achieved national presence as it is played and followed throughout the country.
The Italian Rugby Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Rugby) or FIR is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy. The FIR has one seat on the 28-member World Rugby Council, the governing body of World Rugby .
Italy national rugby team may refer to national teams in the different varieties of rugby: Italy national rugby union team, often nicknamed the Azzurri, administered by the Federazione Italiana Rugby. Italy national rugby sevens team compete in the World Sevens Series; Italy national rugby league team, administered by Italian Rugby League XIII
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The Italy and South Africa rugby union teams first met in 1995. Their 101-0 victory in Durban in 1999 was at the time the Springboks' largest victory, [ 1 ] and remains Italy's heaviest defeat. Italy earned their first ever win over South Africa on 19 November 2016, 20-18, in Florence.
List of Italy national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Italy national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. [1] Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known.
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