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)
2022 → Benetton 5 (0)
2022−2023 Benetton 1 (0)
2023 →Mogliano 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(s)
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".
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