Pierre Bruno

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Pierre Bruno
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Bruno in 2023
Date of birth (1996-06-28) 28 June 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Genoa, Italy
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Weight83 kg (183 lb; 13 st 1 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing
Current team Zebre Parma
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015 Mogliano 5 (0)
2016–2019 Calvisano 53 (160)
2017Zebre Parma 1 (0)
2019–2024 Zebre Parma 56 (70)
Correct as of 24 Dec 2022
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2016 Italy U20 8 (5)
2017–2018 Emerging Italy 6 (5)
2021 Italy A 1 (5)
2021– Italy 15 (25)
Correct as of 6 Oct 2023

Pierre Bruno (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbruːno] ; born 28 June 1996) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays wing for Zebre Parma of the United Rugby Championship. [2]

Contents

Professional career

Bruno has previously played for clubs such as Mogliano and Calvisano in the past. For 2017–18 Pro14 season, he named as Additional Player for Zebre. [3] He played with Zebre Parma from summer 2019 to 2023–24 season. [4] [5]

In 2015 and 2016, Bruno was named in the Italy Under 20 squad and in 2017 and 2018 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad. [6] [7] [8] On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [9]

On 31 October 2021, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 34-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. He made his debut for Italy on 20 November 2021 against Uruguay, scoring a try in Italy's 17–10 win. [10] [11] [12]

Kieran Crowley selected Pierre Bruno also for the 2022 Six Nations Championship, but his debut in the tournament [13] against Ireland was unfortunate, as he had to be replaced after only 20 minutes due to a controversial refereeing decision. [14] Bruno was also in the Italian starting team that faced Scotland in Rome. The match ended in another defeat for Italy (22-33), but with signs of improvement. [15]

Bruno had the opportunity to make up for it in November 2022 Autumn internationals, when he scored two tries in the sparkling victory of Italy over Samoa (49-17), [16] and another try against Australia, a first ever win for the Italian team facing the Wallabies (28-27). [17]

On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [18]

Statistics

List of international test tries

As of 25 February 2022

TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay Parma, Italy Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi 2021 November Internationals 20 November 2021Win17 – 10
2Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa Padua, Italy Stadio Plebiscito 2022 November Internationals 5 November 2022Win49 – 17
3
4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Florence, Italy Stadio Artemio Franchi 2022 November Internationals 12 November 2022Win28 – 27
5IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Rome, Italy Stadio Olimpico 2023 Six Nations 25 February 2023Loss20 – 34

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