Italy national under-18 rugby union team

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Italy under-18
Union Italian Rugby Federation
Coach Flag of Italy.svg   Massimo Brunello
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The Italy national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Italy national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.

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History

Under-18 became a recognised age-grade in European rugby in 2004.

European Championship

Italy, who is the only other six nation side apart from France to have competed at every edition of the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, has done so with moderate success. A third place in 2006 stands as the team's best result, while a last place finish in the A division in 2009 almost meant relegation.

In a revamped competition in 2011, the elite division featured only the top four teams and Scotland and Italy failed to qualify. The two sides reached the final of the first division where Italy lost 12–17 to Scotland. The elite division was expanded to 8 teams for 2012, to include all of the six nations sides.

Honours

European championship

Positions

The team's final positions in the European championship:

YearDivisionPlace
2004 A Division3rd - Bronze medal icon.svg
2005 A Division4th
2006 A Division3rd - Bronze medal icon.svg
2007 A Division4th
2008 A Division4th
2009 A Division8th
2010 A Division5th
2011 Elite Division2nd - Silver medal icon.svg
2012 Elite Division7th
2013 Elite Division7th
2014 Elite Division6th
2015 Elite Division4th