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.
They competed in the Six Nations "A" from 2000 to 2003, in the IRB Nations Cup from 2006 until 2013, except in 2011 when they played the Churchill Cup. They have also participated in the IRB Tbilisi Cup in 2014.
From 2016 to 2018 it played in the World Rugby Nations Cup.
Tournament record Year Tournament Host Rank2000 Six Nations "A" -6th2001 Six Nations "A" -5th2002 Six Nations "A" -5th2003 Six Nations "A" -5th2006 IRB Nations Cup Portugal2nd2007 IRB Nations Cup Romania5th2008 IRB Nations Cup Romania4th2009 IRB Nations Cup Romania2nd2010 IRB Nations Cup Romania3rd2011 Churchill Cup England3rd2012 IRB Nations Cup Romania3rd2013 IRB Nations Cup Romania2nd2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup Georgia3rd2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup Georgia2nd2016 World Rugby Nations Cup Romania4th2017 World Rugby Nations Cup Uruguay6th2018 World Rugby Nations Cup Uruguay3rd
Record
Below is a table of the representative rugby matches played by Italy A up until 6 March 2026, updated after the match with . Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn % Won 5 1 4 0 % 3 0 3 0 0% 2 2 0 0 % 1 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 1 1 1 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 17 1 16 0 % 1 0 1 0 0% 5 0 5 0 0% 6 4 2 0 % 6 1 5 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 1 0 1 0 0% 7 7 0 0 % 2 1 0 1 % 3 1 2 0 % 2 2 0 0 % 4 4 0 0 % 9 2 6 1 % 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 2 0 2 0 0% 1 1 0 0 % 1 1 0 0 % 3 0 3 0 0% 3 2 1 0 % 1 1 0 0 % Total 98 42 54 2 %
Current squad On 28 January 2026, the following players were called up for two official tests against Scotland A and Chile during 2026 men's rugby union internationals window of spring. On 27 February an updating of squad.
Head coach: Massimo Brunello
+ ForwardsPositionClubNicholas GasperiniHooker BenettonGiovanni Quattrini*Hooker Zebre ParmaValerio Siciliano**Hooker BriveDestiny AminuProp BenettonPaolo Buonfiglio **Prop Zebre ParmaLuca FranceschettoProp Zebre ParmaMarcos GalloriniProp BenettonRiccardo Genovese*Prop Mogliano/Zebre ParmaFabio Morosi*Prop Fiamme OroSergio Pelliccioli**Prop Petrarca PadovaJuan Pitinari**Prop Zebre ParmaMatteo CanaliLock Zebre ParmaGiulio MariniLock BenettonAlex MattioliLock Racing 92Alessandro OrtombinaLock Zebre ParmaJacopo Botturi**Back row Petrarca PadovaNelson CasartelliBack row Mogliano/BenettonGiacomo FerrariBack row Zebre ParmaJadin Kingi*Back row BenettonDavide Ruggeri*Back row Zebre ParmaPietro Turrisi**Lock Racing 92
+ BacksPositionClubNicolò Casilio**Scrum-half Valorugby EmiliaLorenzo CittonScrum-half Petrarca PadovaCristiano Tizzano*Scrum-half Mogliano/BenettonFilippo Lazzarin*Fly-half Valorugby EmiliaGiovanni MontemauriFly-half Zebre ParmaGiulio Bertaccini *Centre Zebre ParmaDamiano Mazza**Centre Zebre ParmaFrancois Carlo MeyCentre Soyaux AngoulêmeMarco ZanonCentre Zebre ParmaFabrizio Ciardullo**Wing ViadanaAlessandro Forcucci*Wing Fiamme OroSimone Gesi *Wing Zebre ParmaMarco Scalabrin**Wing Petrarca PadovaLeonardo Sodo MiglioriWing Fiamme OroMirko BelloniFullback Zebre ParmaSimone BrisighellaFullback Valorugby Emilia
Only for Scotland A test Only for Chile test
References
External links Official site F.I.R.