Iacopo Bianchi

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Iacopo Bianchi
Full nameIacopo Bianchi
Date of birth (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Arezzo, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Zebre
Youth career
Vasari Arezzo
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016−2017 F.I.R. Academy ()
2017−2020 Fiamme Oro 37 (15)
2018−2020 →Zebre 11 (5)
2020− Zebre 29 (5)
2021 →Fiamme Oro 2 (0)
Correct as of 18 Dec 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017−2018 Italy Under 20 14 (5)
2022 Italy A 1 (5)
Correct as of 25 Jun 2022

Iacopo Bianchi [note 1] (born 5 May 1998) is an Italian rugby union player.

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Career

His usual position is as a Flanker and he currently plays for Zebre, in Pro14 and for Fiamme Oro in Top10, on loan as Permit Player. [4] [5]

For the 2018–2019 Pro14 season, Bianchi was named as Additional Player for Zebre and in the 2019–2020 Pro14 season he was named as Permit Player ever for Zebre. [6] [7]

In 2017 and 2018, Bianchi was named in the Italy Under 20 squad. [8] On 26 May he was called in Italy A squad for the South African tour in the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests against Namibia and Currie Cup XV team. [9]

Notes

  1. ↑ There are different spellings of Bianchi's name in use. Zebre rugby lists the spelling of his first name as Iacopo, [1] which is also used by the Pro14 in their news sources, but several other website lists his name as Jacopo Bianchi. Both variants yield several search results from reliable sources. [2] [3] The player hasn't publicly commented on his preferred name spelling.

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References

  1. ↑ "Iacopo Bianchi". Zebre Parma.
  2. ↑ "Iacopo Bianchi - Google News Search". Google. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Jacopo Bianchi - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Zebre Rugby Club – Cinque giovani talenti italiani per le Zebre del futuro". Zebre Rugby Club. 1 June 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "Iacopo Bianchi profile". Fiamme Oro Rugby.
  6. ↑ "LUNEDI 3 GIUGNO L'INIZIO DELLA STAGIONE 2019-20. 5 PERMIT PLAYERS E 5 GIOCATORI AGGREGATI". Zebre Rugby Club. 31 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "Iacopo Bianchi". Zebre Rugby Club.
  8. ↑ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Fir Rugby.
  9. ↑ "ITALIA A IN RADUNO A TREVISO DAL 16 GIUGNO". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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