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My team for Italy:- 1) Nicola Quaglio (Andrea Lovotti) 2) Leonardo Ghilardini (Luca Bigi) 3) Simone Ferrari (Tiziano Pasquale) 4) David Sisi (Dean Budd) 5) Federico Ruzza (Alessandro Zanni) 6) Braam Steyn (Sebastian Negri) 7) Jake Polledri (Maxime Mbanda) 8) Sergio Parrise (Jimmy Tutivati) 9)...

First of all, I hope you've had a great festive period. I couldn't agree more. As the pro12 league starts to develop and Rugby as a sport starts to take root then teams may start to develop in the south opening up more talent. But the u20 and u18 are doing well in the Roman teams, I love...

Is this a linear comparison though? There is some established domestic leagues in all the Celtic countries, this enables the teams represented in the pro14 (and international coaches) a better rounded way of identifying talent. As I said, the Pro14 has been a blessing for Italian rugby as a...

Hi Amiga, I would agree but only because there is a much larger proportion of Italian players in the GP14 therefore the evidence would always correlate in that manner. If you look at the few Italian players who have moves to the prem their game has gotten significantly better by training with...

Thank you! I think Sperandio is a really exciting prospect and it's really great to see another decent product from the academy - I have to be honest, I'd like to see a little more of him the 6 Nations but I understand CoS reluctance to play him and allow him to develop physically in the GP14...

Hi Gents, First post for me: Couldn't agree more with this, I'm not overly convinced with Benvenuti - He's been a consistent player for Italian rugby but he's not an out-and-out winger (certainly not over Bellini or Sarto) and he's not a starting centre over Campagnaro and Boni or Castello...