Alessandro Zanni (born 31 January 1984 in Udine)[1] is a former Italian rugby union player who has played over 100 times for Italy. His usual position was a number 8, but in national team and Benetton he has played openside flanker, blindside flanker and Lock.[2][3]
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| Birth name | Alessandro Zanni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 31 January 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Udine, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106.5 kg (16 st 11 lb; 235 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Zanni made his debut for the Italian national team in November 2005 in a Test against Tonga[4] and has been a regular in the Italian test team ever since winning his 100th cap against England on 4 February 2018.[5]
About Rugby World Cup, on 21 August 2011, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.,[6] on 24 August 2015, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup[7] and on 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[8] He also parteciped to 2007 Rugby World Cup.
References edit
- ^ "Alessandro Zanni". ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "ALESSANDRO ZANNI LASCIA IL RUGBY GIOCATO".
- ^ "BENETTON RUGBY SALUTA GLI 8 LEONI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Petrarca Rugby (in Italian). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "Italy (21) 48 - 0 (0) Tonga (FT)". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Zanni back for Italy after two years to win 100th cap | Reuters". Reuters. 2 February 2018.
- ^ "L'Italia per i mondiali
Mallett non cambia - la Repubblica". 21 August 2011. - ^ Rugby World Cup, Scelti i 31 Azzurri per Inghilterra 2015
- ^ "ITALRUGBY, CONOR O'SHEA ANNUNCIA I 31 GIOCATORI CONVOCATI PER IL MONDIALE".