Nicola Piantella

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Nicola Piantella
Date of birth (2001-03-28) 28 March 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Bassano del Grappa, Italy
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Fiamme Oro
Youth career
Rangers Vicenza Rugby
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020−2021 F.I.R. Academy - (-)
2021 →Benetton 2 (0)
2021−2022 Rovigo Delta 9 (5)
2022 →Benetton 3 (5)
2022−2023 Benetton 1 (0)
2023 →Mogliano 7 (5)
2023−2024 Zebre Parma 0 (0)
2024− Fiamme Oro ()
Correct as of 25 Mar 2023
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021 Italy Under 20 5 (0)
2022 Emerging Italy 1 (0)
2022 Italy A 1 (0)
Correct as of 24 Jun 2022

Nicola Piantella (born 28 March 2001) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Lock and he currently plays for Serie A Elite team Fiamme Oro. [1]

Selected for F.I.R. Academy, in the 2020–21 Pro14 season, and under contract with Rovigo Delta, in 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton Rugby. [2] [3] [4] [5] He made his debut in Round 16 of the competition against Munster. [6] In 2022–23, he played for Benetton Rugby and, on loan, with Top10 team Mogliano, until the end of the season. [7] [8] [9] [10] In may 2023 he signed for Zebre Parma in United Rugby Championship, but he didn't play for injury and in march 2024 he came back in Serie A Elite with Fiamme Oro. [11]

In June 2021 Piantella was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [12] [13] [14]

On 26 May 2022, for the match against Netherlands, he was named in the 30-man Emerging Italy squad, for the 2022 July rugby union tests. [15] On 26 May Piantella was called in Italy A squad for the South African tour in the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests against Namibia and Currie Cup XV team. [16] On 13 January 2024 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies. [17]

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References

  1. ↑ "NNICOLA PIANTELLA È UN GIOCATORE DELLE FIAMME" (in Italian). 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "SEI GIOVANI TALENTI SI AGGREGHERANNO AI LEONI". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "DODICI I PERMIT PLAYERS SELEZIONATI PER LA PROSSIMA STAGIONE SPORTIVA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "BENVENUTO NICOLA PIANTELLA". Rugby Rovigo Delta (in Italian). Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "IN BOCCA AL LUPO RAGAZZI!". Rugby Rovigo Delta.
  6. ↑ "Pro14: Second row Hurley to make Munster debut against Benetton". BBC Sport. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "OTTO GIOVANI TALENTI SI UNISCONO ALLA PRIMA SQUADRA DEI LEONI". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "MATTEO MEGGIATO E NICOLA PIANTELLA PASSANO AL MOGLIANO VENETO RUGBY". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "UN RIENTRO E UN NUOVO INGRESSO PER RINFORZARE GLI AVANTI BIANCOBLU'". Mogliano Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "IL CLUB SALUTA E RINGRAZIA ALCUNI GIOCATORI CHE NON FARANNO PARTE DELLA ROSA 2023/24". Mogliano Rugby. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "NICOLA PIANTELLA RINFORZA LA SECONDA LINEA DELLE ZEBRE" (in Italian). 30 May 2023. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Selezione Italia U20, gli Azzurrini convocati per il raduno di Parma". Italy Rugby.
  13. ↑ "Selezione Italia U20, gli Azzurrini convocati per il raduno di Parma". Italy Rugby (in Italian). 19 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  14. ↑ "Accademia nazionale Ivan Francescato 17 Veneti sui 37 athleti selezionati". C.R.V.Rugby (in Italian). Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  15. ↑ "ITALIA EMERGENTI IN RADUNO A ROVIGO DAL 5 GIUGNO". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  16. ↑ "ITALIA A IN RADUNO A TREVISO DAL 16 GIUGNO". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  17. ↑ "SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, DOMENICA LA TERZA SFIDA ALLE COMBINED ACADEMIES IRLANDESI". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.



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