Birth name | Francesco Minto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 20 May 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Benevento, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 16 st 0 lb (224 lb; 102 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francesco Minto (born 29 May 1987) is a former Italian rugby union player, and has been capped for the Italian national team for 39 occasions. His usual position was at flank. [1]
From 2010 to 2018 he currently played for Benetton in the Pro14. [2] [3]
On 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup. [4]
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