Italy

Pro 14 side, Benetton have confirmed the re-signing of Tomás Baravalle. The Treviso based club has confirmed that the Argentine hooker will remain at the Italian side until 2022. The contract sees the former Argentina XV player securing his longterm future in an elite-level competition. In what was his first …

Canada will play Italy in Halifax on the July 11 weekend, likely at Wanderers Grounds though the venue is yet to be confirmed. The fixture is the second match set for the new test window which has been shifted from June. A non-test against the French Barbarians will be played …

Canada and Italy have a rivalry at the Rugby World Cup. Japan 2019 unfortunately did not see a close contest between the two. 16 years earlier, however, the North Americans competed strongly, pushing the Azzurri to the limit. The match was decided by goal kicking as Canada matched Italy for …

The dream of playing test match rugby is close to being realized by Juan Ignacio Brex. The 27-year-old has been called up by Italy to prepare for the upcoming Six Nations Championship. Brex joins fellow Argentine player, and captain, Sergio Parisse on the roster. The N8 will retire from international …

Chile, and Uruguay are to host the new World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. The competition will begin in February 2020 and see South American hosting legs in Viña del Mar and Montevideo. The men’s Sevens Challenger Series will consist of 13 teams from all six of the World Rugby defined …

Argentina are to play host to France and Italy in the July 2020 Internationals. The home series will be the first time for Los Pumas to play test rugby since their early exit from RWC 2019. France will tour Argentina, competing against the South Americans in a two match series. …

Italian captain Sergio Parisse has slammed the cancellation of his country’s match against New Zealand on Saturday. Earlier today World Rugby made the announcement that two of Saturday’s three scheduled matches have been cancelled. The decision officially means that the result is a 0-0 draw and sees Italy eliminated from …

Italy have summoned two props to fill in for their final pool match against New Zealand after incredibly losing four following the match against South Africa. Zebre pair Giosuè Zilocchi and Danilo Fischetti, the latter uncapped, will join the team as injury replacements for Simone Ferrari and Marco Riccioni. Ferrari …

Game 23 of RWC 2019 took place earlier today in Shizuoka. The Pool B fixture was a must-win match for both sides. Having beaten Namibia and Canada Italy entered the contest as the Pool B leaders. South Africa were coming off an opening defeat against New Zealand and a win …

Romantic notions of another shock result in Shizuoka at the Rugby World Cup were promptly put to bed as South Africa breezed to a 49-3 win over Italy on Friday. The Springboks won the collisions in the first half, and a red card early in the second put the game …