Michele Lamaro

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Michele Lamaro
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Lamaro in 2023
Date of birth (1998-06-03) 3 June 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Rome, Italy
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb) [1]
Notable relative(s) Gianluca Lamaro (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Current team Benetton
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015−2016 Primavera 15 (15)
2016–2017 Lazio 14 (15)
2017–2019 Petrarca 20 (10)
2018−2019 →Benetton 8 (5)
2019− Benetton 45 (25)
Correct as of 4 August 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–2018 Italy U20 17 (10)
2020– Italy 41 (5)
Correct as of 6 Oct 2023

Michele Lamaro (born 3 June 1998) is an Italian professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for United Rugby Championship club Benetton and captains the Italy national team. [2] [3]

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At international level, Lamaro made his test debut against France during the Autumn Nations Cup. He has previously played for clubs such as Primavera, Lazio, and Petrarca in the past.

Early life

Gianluca, Lamaro's father, competed for Italy in sailing at the Olympic Games in 1984 and 1988. He was raised ten minutes from Stadio Olimpico and is a native of Rome. Lamaro played for Primavera in his brother's footsteps before gaining a transfer to Lazio and later Petrarca. [4]

Club career

For 2018–19 Pro14 season, Lamaro was named Permit Player for Benetton in Pro 14. He was injured on 9 February 2019 and took almost a year to recover. [5] In February 2020 he returned to help defeat Cardiff. [6]

As of the end of the 2022 season, Lamaro is captain of Benetton Rugby. [7]

International career

From 2016 to 2018, Lamaro was named in the Italy Under 20 squad [8] and from November 2020 he was named in the Italy squad. [9]

On 25 October 2021, Lamaro was named Captain of Italy squad for 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals in substitution of Luca Bigi. [10]

In 2022, Lamaro captained Italy to their first win in 36 games in the Six Nations, with a win over Wales in the final round of the 2022 Six Nations Championship. [11]

On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [12]

During the 2024 Six Nations Championship, he set a new record for the most tackles by a player in a championship campaign with 103, surpassing the previous tally set by Jonny Gray in 2018 with 100. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Michele Lamaro player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ↑ "Lamaro Michele". Benetton Rugby.
  3. ↑ "Lamaro Michele è ufficialmente un nuovo leone biancoverde". Benetton Rugby.
  4. ↑ "Michele Lamaro: Italy's new captain, son of Olympic sailor who idolised Richie McCaw". Six Nations Rugby. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  5. ↑ "Michele Lamaro pronto al rientro dopo quasi un anno di stop - Pro14 - Rugbymeet - il social network del rugby". www.rugbymeet.com (in Italian). Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "Benetton Rugby, Lamaro: "Finalmente sono tornato a giocare"". www.onrugby.it. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Simon (20 May 2022). "Season ends with humiliating 10-try rout for Cardiff". WalesOnline. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  8. ↑ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Fir Rugby.
  9. ↑ "Italrugby in viaggio verso Parigi". F.I.R. Rugby.
  10. ↑ "ITALRUGBY, MICHELE LAMARO E' IL NUOVO CAPITANO DEGLI AZZURRI". F.I.R. Rugby. 25 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Historic Wales win is 'first step' for Italy, says Benetton's Michele Lamaro". www.unitedrugby.com. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  12. ↑ "ITALIA, I 33 AZZURRI PER LA RUGBY WORLD CUP "FRANCIA 2023". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). 22 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "103 - @Federugby 's Michele Lamaro made 103 tackles in the #GuinnessM6N this year, the most by any player in an edition of the Championship, surpassing Jonny Gray's tally of 100 in 2018. Colossus". X. OptaJonny. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
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