International Rugby Events
European Union
All kind of International Rugby Events, like June Tours, Pacific cups and all others.
England vs New Zealand
Match scheduled:
Date: 21-11-2009
Time: 14:30 until 16:30
Autumn Internationals / And Of Year Tours
The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri (the Blues). Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and today are considered to be in the top tier of European rugby and compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Arguably, Italian Rugby really came to prominence in 2000 when it was added to the Five Nations, creating the Six Nations. Originally on the end of some heavy defeats, the side has grown in competitiveness, recorded a fourth place finish in 2007, and even in defeat, lop-sided losses are becoming far less frequent. Italy are ranked twelfth in the world by the IRB as of 23 March 2009.
Italy have also competed at every Rugby World Cup since the first tournament in 1987, but have yet to progress beyond the first round. Their best showing thus far has been in 2003 and 2007 where they managed two wins during the pool stages.
The current head coach is Nick Mallett.
