Filippo Drago (born 24 December 2001) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Italian United Rugby Championship side Benetton. His preferred position is centre.[1][2]
| Date of birth | 24 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 96 kg (15.1 st; 212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Under contract with Top10 team Mogliano, Drago signed for Benetton as a Permit player in June 2021.[3] He made his debut in Round 3 of the 2021–22 EPCR Challenge Cup against the Dragons.[4]
In June 2021 Drago was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship[5] 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[6] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[7] On 9 December 2023 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies.[8]
References edit
- ^ "I TRE PERMIT PLAYER DA RE, DRAGO E DRUDI DIVENTANO LEONI". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 13 April 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Filippo Drago". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Dodici i permit players selezionati per la prossima stafione sportiva". Benetton Rugby. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "European Challenge Cup: Benetton 23-9 Dragons - ninth defeat in 10 games for poor visitors". BBC Sport. 15 January 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
- ^ "Selezione Italia U20, gli Azzurrini convocati per il raduno di Parma". Italy Rugby.
- ^ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "SELEZIONE ITALIA U23, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL RADUNO DI PARMA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.