Derrick Appiah

Derrick Appiah
Birth name	Derrick Appiah
Date of birth	19 July 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth	Modena, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
; 2010−2013	Modena; F.I.R. Academy
Senior career
Years	Team
2013–2015; 2015–2017; 2016; 2016; 2017; 2017−2018; 2018−2021; 2021; 2021−; 2022	Mogliano; Worcester Warriors; →Nottingham; →London Scottish ; →Edinburgh (loan); London Scottish; Benetton; →Mogliano; Colorno; →Northern Suburbs
	Correct as of 26 Mar 2021
International career
Years	Team
2014; 2017−	Italy U20; Emerging Italy
	Correct as of 30 April 2018

Derrick Appiah (born 19 July 1994, in Modena) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Italinan club Colorno in the Top10.^[1]

Appiah has featured for Mogliano in Italy's National Championship of Excellence and the Amlin Challenge Cup and has also enjoyed spells with Rugby Parma and Modena Rugby.

On 4 February 2015, Appiah made a move to England with Worcester Warriors in top level competition, which is the Aviva Premiership, starting from the 2015-16 season.^[2] On 5 May 2017, Appiah signs for RFU Championship outfit London Scottish ahead of the 2017-18 season.^[3] From 2018 to 2021, Appiah played with Italian Pro14 team Benetton.^[4]

The prop was a regular for Italy U20s during the 2014 RBS Junior Six Nations campaign, helping Italy to a 32-13 victory over Scotland and a fifth-place finish. Later that year, he helped Italy to a third-place pool finish during the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship - a campaign which saw his country defeat Argentina U20s 29-26. In 2017 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad.^[5]

References edit

^ "MERCATO BIANCOROSSO: INGAGGIATO L'EX BENETTON DERRICK APPIAH". Rugby Colorno (in Italian). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
^ "Worcester Warriors sign Italy U20s prop Derrick Appiah". BBC Sport. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
^ "Worcester Warriors prop Derrick Appiah signs permanent deal with Championship outfit London Scottish". Worcester News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
^ "Il Benetton Rugby saluta 10 Leoni e 4 componenti dello staff". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ Portoghese, Matteo (25 May 2017). "Rugby – Italia Emergenti pronta per la Nations Cup".

External links edit

[1] "MERCATO BIANCOROSSO: INGAGGIATO L'EX BENETTON DERRICK APPIAH". Rugby Colorno (in Italian). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.

[2] "Worcester Warriors sign Italy U20s prop Derrick Appiah". BBC Sport. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

[3] "Worcester Warriors prop Derrick Appiah signs permanent deal with Championship outfit London Scottish". Worcester News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.

[4] "Il Benetton Rugby saluta 10 Leoni e 4 componenti dello staff". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[5] Portoghese, Matteo (25 May 2017). "Rugby – Italia Emergenti pronta per la Nations Cup".

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]