Tommaso Menoncello

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Tommaso Menoncello
Tommaso Menoncello 2023.jpg
Menoncello in 2023
Date of birth (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Treviso, Italy
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing
Current team Benetton
Youth career
Rugby Paese
– Benetton
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2020–2021 F.I.R. Academy ()
2021– Benetton 37 (75)
Correct as of 11 March 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021 Italy U20 5 (0)
2021 Italy A 2 (0)
2022– Italy 23 (30)
Correct as of 24 November 2024

Tommaso Menoncello (Italian pronunciation: [menonˈtʃɛllo] ; born 20 August 2002) is an Italian professional rugby union player who primarily plays centre for Benetton of the United Rugby Championship. [1] [2]

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Professional career

Menoncello has previously played for clubs such as Paese in the past. For 2020–21 Pro14 and initially for 2021–22 United Rugby Championship seasons, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton Rugby. [3] [4] [5]

Selected with F.I.R. Academy, in June 2021 Menoncello was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [6] [7] [8] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals. [9]

On 13 January 2022, Menoncello was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against France, where he scored a try and became the youngest try-scorer in the history of the tournament, at the age of 19 years and 170 days. [10] [11]

In April 2024, Menoncello was named the 2024 Six Nations Player of the Championship. [12]

Statistics

List of international test tries

As of 13 November 2022 [13]

TryOpposing teamLocationVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1Flag of France.svg  France Saint-Denis, France Stade de France 2022 Six Nations 5 February 2022Loss37 – 10
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest, Romania Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 2022 July Internationals 1 July 2022Win13 - 45
3
4Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia Batumi, Georgia Batumi Stadium 2022 July Internationals 10 July 2022Loss28 - 19
5IRFU flag.svg  Ireland Dublin, Ireland Aviva Stadium 2023 RWC Warm-Ups 5 August 2023Loss33 – 17
6Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Turin, Italy Juventus Stadium 2024 November Internationals 23 November 2024Loss11 - 29

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References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby.
  2. ↑ "TOMMASO MENONCELLO FIRMA SINO AL 30 GIUGNO 2025". Benetton Rugby. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "SCELTO IL XV BIANCOVERDE PER LA SFIDA CONTRO I DRAGONS" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "SEI GIOVANI TALENTI SI AGGREGHERANNO AI LEONI". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "DODICI I PERMIT PLAYERS SELEZIONATI PER LA PROSSIMA STAGIONE SPORTIVA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Selezione Italia U20, gli Azzurrini convocati per il raduno di Parma". Italy Rugby.
  7. ↑ "Academy Profile" (in Italian). F.I.R. Rugby.
  8. ↑ "FIR Academy Selection" (in Italian). CRV Rugby.
  9. ↑ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "ITALRUGBY, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER L'ESORDIO AL GUINNESS SEI NAZIONI 2022". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ↑ @SixNationsRugby (6 February 2022). "Menoncello is the youngest try-scorer in #GuinnessSixNations history, 19 years 170 days.Fickou was 19 years and 3…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ↑ undefined, undefined (5 April 2024). "ITALY'S MENONCELLO VOTED GUINNESS PLAYER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP - Guinness Men's Six Nations". www.sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Montana Wilson Ioane". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 3 June 2022.


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