Filippo Drago (rugby union)

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Filippo Drago
Date of birth (2001-12-24) 24 December 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Treviso, Italy
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight96 kg (15.1 st; 212 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Mogliano
Youth career
F.I.R. Academy
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–2022 Mogliano 20 (20)
2021–2022 → Benetton Rugby 9 (5)
2022–2025 Benetton Rugby 12 (0)
2024–2025 →Zebre Parma 6 (0)
2025– Mogliano ()
Correct as of 27 June 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021 Italy U20 5 (0)
2021− Italy A 4 (0)
Correct as of 24 Jun 2022

Filippo Drago (born 24 December 2001) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Italian side Mogliano in Serie A Elite. His preferred position is centre. [1]

Under contract with Top10 team Mogliano, Drago signed for Benetton as a Permit player in June 2021. [2] He made his debut in Round 3 of the 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup against the Dragons. [3]

From November 2024 he played for Zebre Parma until the end of the 2024–25 United Rugby Championship season. [4] He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2024–25 EPCR Challenge Cup against Connacht. [5]

In June 2025 his loan to Zebre ended and he signed with Mogliano in Serie A Elite, the top tier Italian domestic league. [1]

In June 2021 Drago was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [6] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals [7] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [8] On 9 December 2023 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 Alfio (27 June 2025). "BENTORNATO FILIPPO DRAGO". MOGLIANO VENETO RUGBY (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Dodici i permit players selezionati per la prossima stafione sportiva". Benetton Rugby. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "European Challenge Cup: Benetton 23-9 Dragons - ninth defeat in 10 games for poor visitors". BBC Sport. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Le Zebre salutano sette giocatori: lasciano la franchigia Gregory, Paea, Nasove, Jelic, Andreani, Bozzoni, Drago". Zebre Parma (in Italian). 16 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  5. ↑ "Tanti cambi nelle Zebre che si preparano al debutto in Challenge Cup contro Connacht". www.zebreparma.it (in Italian). Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Selezione Italia U20, gli Azzurrini convocati per il raduno di Parma". Italy Rugby.
  7. ↑ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  9. ↑ "SELEZIONE ITALIA U23, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL RADUNO DI PARMA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
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