Italy

Conor O’Shea’s preparation for his first match in charge of Italy has hit a bump with Tommaso Boni forced out with a half strain. His place in the starting lineup against Argentina has been taken by Tommaso Castello. Castello is to make the step up next season from Calvisano in …

Uruguay pushed Emerging Italy to the limit this afternoon, losing 26-24 in the World Rugby Nations Cup in Bucharest, Romania. The fixture was the second of three opening round match-ups. The others being the Argentina XV vs Spain and the official test match of Romania vs Namibia. Uruguay’s two remaining …

Argentina Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has confirmed the lineup for Los Pumas’ first test match of 2016. Argentina will play host to Italy on Saturday at the Estadio Brigadier López in Santa Fé. El Huevo‘s selection is highly consistent with that used in 2015. The missing trio of Ramiro Herrera, Tomás …

The World Rugby Nations Cup returns on Thursday, hosted for the 10th consecutive time in Bucharest, Romania. This year’s tournament has been expanded from four to six teams for the first time since 2012. With the Tbilisi Cup put on hold due to Georgia’s Pacific Island tour, Emerging Italy and …

Uruguay has made wholesale changes to their team to face Emerging Italy in Bucharest on Thursday. Only four players are retained in the starting lineup, with several youngsters given a chance to impress in the first round of the World Rugby Nations Cup. Experience returns to the front row in …

Rosario referee Damián Schneider will take charge of the officiating of tomorrow’s World Rugby Nations Cup opening round fixture between Uruguay and Emerging Italy. Schneider is one of Argentina’s leading officials. He refereed three matches in the Americas Rugby Championship and in May 2015 he made his debut on the world stage, taking …

In his first match in charge of Italy Conor O’Shea has named a much altered lineup to that which represented Italy in the 2016 Six Nations Championship. With regular captain Sergio Parisse not touring the captaincy has fallen upon scrum half Edoardo Gori. He will join forces in the halves …

Brazil’s preparation for the Olympic Games is set to continue this month with participation in the upcoming Rome Sevens. Set to be played in the Italian capital on June 10-11 os Tupis will be up against a combination of Italian clubs and countries. For Brazil the Rome Sevens is now …

Argentina Head Coach Daniel Hourcade has announced a 28-man roster for the June Internationals. Los Pumas will play three home tests, beginning with hosting Italy in Santa Fé on Saturday June 11. Hourcade’s 28-man roster will begin training on Monday June 06 in Buenos Aires and will travel to Santa Fé …

Italian scrum half will captain the Azzurri in place of Sergio Parisse next month the FIR confirmed. The Benetton Treviso number 9 has been designated captain by the new Italian Head Coach Conor O’Shea. Parisse’s non-availability is not due to the Top 14, but, rather is a case of player …