Matteo Meggiato

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Matteo Meggiato
Date of birth (2001-12-10) 10 December 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Italy
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight96 kg (15.1 st; 212 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Rovigo Delta
Youth career
CUS Padova Rugby
F.I.R. Academy
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–2022 Mogliano 7 (0)
2022Benetton 5 (0)
2022−2023 Benetton 1 (0)
2023Mogliano 4 (0)
2023− Rovigo Delta ()
Correct as of 25 Mar 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020 Italy U20 2 (0)
2021−2022 Emerging Italy 3 (0)
Correct as of 28 Jan 2022
National sevens team
YearsTeamComps
2023 Italy Sevens 5
Correct as of 22 May 23

Matteo Meggiato (born 10 December 2001) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Italian Serie A Elite team Rovigo Delta. His preferred position is flanker. [1]

Under contract with Top10 team Mogliano, signed for Benetton as a Permit player in June 2021. [2] He made his debut in Round 11 of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship against the Dragons. [3] In August 2022 he signed with Benetton for United Rugby Championship season, but in January 2023 he come back to Mogliano in Top10, on loan, until the end of the season. [4] [5] [6] [7]

In January 2020, Meggiato was named in the Italy Under 20 squad for the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals [8] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [9] On 13 January 2024 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies. [10]

In April 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series. [11]

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References

  1. "BENVENUTO IN ROSSOBLÙ MATTEO MEGGIATO". Rugby Rovigo Delta. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  2. "Dodici i permit players selezionati per la prossima stafione sportiva". Benetton Rugby. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. "United Rugby Championship: Dragons 13-13 Benetton". BBC Sport. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. "OTTO GIOVANI TALENTI SI UNISCONO ALLA PRIMA SQUADRA DEI LEONI". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  5. "MATTEO MEGGIATO E NICOLA PIANTELLA PASSANO AL MOGLIANO VENETO RUGBY". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  6. "UN RIENTRO E UN NUOVO INGRESSO PER RINFORZARE GLI AVANTI BIANCOBLU'". Mogliano Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. "UN SALUTO E UN RINGRAZIAMENTO AD ALTRI GIOCATORI CHE NON FARANNO PARTE DELLA ROSA 2023/24". 10 June 2023.
  8. "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO LOVOTTI. QUATTRO AZZURRI AGGREGATI AL RADUNO DELL'ITALIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  9. "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  10. "SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, DOMENICA LA TERZA SFIDA ALLE COMBINED ACADEMIES IRLANDESI". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  11. "ITALSEVEN MASCHILE, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER LE WORLD RUGBY SEVENS CHALLENGER SERIES".