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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 rugby team may refer to: Italy national rugby league team; Italy national rugby union team This page was last edited on 13 February 2022, at 17:38 (UTC) ...
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
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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Italy A 17-45 England Saxons (29 January 2011) The Italy A national rugby union team ( Italian : Nazionale A di rugby a 15 dell'Italia , also known as Italia Emergenti which means Italy Emerging Players , Italia XV or Italia Under 23 ) are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side .