Date of birth | 4 July 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Florence, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (14.5 st; 203 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lorenzo Pani (born 4 July 2002) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Italian United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma. His preferred position is fullback. [2] [3] [4]
Pani signed for Benetton in July 2021 ahead of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship. [5] He made his debut in Round 2 of the 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup against Gloucester. [6] He played with Benetton until April 2022. [7]
In 2021 and 2022, Pani was named in Italy U20s squad for annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [8] [9] On 5 July 2023, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. He made his debut against Scotland in the first match of 29 July 2023 . [10]
On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [11]
In June 2023 he was also named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series. [12]
The Italy national rugby sevens team has occasionally competed in the IRB Sevens World Series since the series' was introduced in 1999, although they do not participate in every leg. Their first ever points in the World Series came in 2003, when they scored four points in the Cardiff leg of the series. Italy also competes in the Rugby Europe Sevens Grand Prix Series each summer.
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