Italy women's national rugby union team

Italy

Nickname(s)	Le Azzurre (The Blues)
Union	Federazione Italiana Rugby
Head coach
Captain	Manuela Furlan
Most caps	Sara Barattin (101)
Top scorer	(383)
Top try scorer	Manuela Furlan (20)
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	7 (as of 23 November 2020)
First international
Italy 0-0 France  (Riccione, 22 June 1985)
Biggest win
Italy 52-0 Germany  (Hamburg, 7 April 2005)
Biggest defeat
England 76-6 Italy  (Rome. 9 February 2008)
World Cup
Appearances	4 (First in 1991)
Best result	9th 2017

Italy women's national rugby union team are the national women's rugby union team that represents Italy at international level. It has been administered by Federazione Italiana Rugby since 1991; previously, since its inception in 1985 up to 1991, it was administered by UISP – Unione Italiana Sport Popolari (Italian Union for People's Sports), an association which promotes amateur sports at every level of the society.

History[]

The Italian team played their 1st international in 1985 against France; the team takes part to the Women's Rugby World Cup, the FIRA Women's European Championship and the Women's Six Nations Championship. Italy won 1 FIRA European Championship and 2 FIRA European Nations Cup.

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  Italy women's national rugby union team in 2013.

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  Italy women's national rugby union team in 2014 during 6 nations tournament.

Achievements[]

Competition				Total
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0
World Championship	0	0	0	0
European Championship	3	0	3	6
Total	3	0	3	6

Squad[]

2017 Women's Rugby World Cup squad:^[1]

• Elisa Cucchiella
• Marta Ferrari
• Lucia Gai
• Gaia Giacomoli
• Melissa Bettoni
• Lucia Cammarano
• Valeria Fedrighi
• Valentina Ruzza
• Flavia Severin
• Sara Tounesi
• Alice Trevisan
• Ilaria Arrighetti
• Michela Este
• Silvia Gaudino
• Elisa Giordano
• Isabella Locatelli.
• Sara Barattin (C)
• Claudia Salvadego
• Beatrice Rigoni
• Veronica Schiavon
• Maria Grazia Cioffi
• Manuela Furlan
• Veronica Madia
• Maria Magatti
• Aura Muzzo
• Michela Sillari
• Sofia Stefan
• Paola Zangirolami

Results summary[]

Women's World Rugby Rankings v t
Top 20 rankings as of 22 November 2021[2]
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		England	096.26
2		New Zealand	088.58
3	1	France	088.43
4	1	Canada	088.15
5		Australia	078.68
6		United States	076.63
7		Ireland	076.54
8		Italy	076.43
9		Scotland	073.48
10		Spain	072.10
11		Wales	071.02
12		Japan	065.49
13		South Africa	063.39
14		Russia	061.10
15		Kazakhstan	060.45
16		Samoa	059.72
17		Netherlands	058.27
18		Hong Kong	057.89
19		Sweden	057.73
20		Germany	057.72
*Change from the previous week

(Full internationals only)
Correct as of 22 March 2015

Rugby: Italy internationals 1985-

Opponent	First game	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Percentage
Belgium	2006	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Canada	1991	1	0	0	1	0.00%
England	1991	14	0	0	14	0.00%
France	1985	17	2	1	14	11.76%
Great Britain	1988	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Germany	1996	7	7	0	0	100.00%
Ireland	1997	14	2	0	12	14.28%
Japan	2002	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Kazakhstan	2001	2	0	0	2	0.00%
Netherlands	1988	8	6	0	2	75.00%
Russia	1998	4	4	0	0	100.00%
Samoa	2013	1	1	0	0	100.00%
Scotland	1995	13	7	1	5	53.84%
Spain	1991	11	2	0	9	18.18%
Sweden	1991	8	5	0	3	62.50%
United States	2012	1	0	0	1	0.00%
Wales	1999	15	4	0	11	26.66%
Summary	1985	120	42	2	76	35.00%

Results[]

See Women's international rugby for information about the status of international games and match numbering

Full internationals[]

1980s[]

[6]
	1985-06-22	Italy	0-0	France	, Riccione	[1/5/1]

[10]
	1986-05-18	France	12-0	Italy	Bardos	[8/2/2]

[15]
	1987-05-17	Italy	4-16	France	Rome	[3/10/3]

[22]
	1988-05-21 (EC)	Great Britain	32-9	Italy	Bourg-en-Bresse	[3/4/1]

[23]
	1988-05-22 (EC)	France	16-3	Italy	Bourg-en-Bresse	[13/5/4]

[26]
	1988-05-23 (EC)	Italy	6-10	Netherlands	Bourg-en-Bresse	[6/13/1]

1990s[]

[36]
	1990-03-18	Great Britain	32-0	Italy	Moseley	[8/7/2]

[54]
	1991-04-08 (WC)	England	25-9	Italy	Llanharan	[9/8/1]

[58]
	1991-04-10 (WC)	Italy	7-13	Spain	Glamorgan Wanderers	[9/3/1]

[60]
	1991-04-11 (WC)	Italy	18-0	Sweden	Cardiff	[10/9/1]

[65]
	1991-04-12 (WC)	Canada	6-0	Italy	Cardiff	[7/11/1]

[76]
	1993-03-13	Italy	8-5	Netherlands	, Rho	[12/26/2]

[78]
	1993-04-04	Italy	0-24	France	Rovigo	[13/24/5]

[118]
	1995-04-12 (FIRA)	Italy	0-5	Spain	Trévise	[14/5/2]

[119]
	1995-04-16 (FIRA)	Italy	23-19	Netherlands	Trévise	[15/25/2]

[121]
	1995-04-30	Scotland	10-12	Italy	Meggetland, Edinburgh	[12/16/1]

[131]
	1996-04-08 (FIRA)	France	53-0	Italy	Madrid	[33/17/6]

[136]
	1996-04-12 (FIRA)	Italy	11-6	Netherlands	Madrid	[18/31/4]

[137]
	1996-04-13 (FIRA)	Italy	39-0	Germany	Madrid	[19/11/1]

[159]
	1997-04-02 (FIRA)	Italy	7-31	Scotland	Nice, France	[20/21/2]

[160]
	1997-04-04 (FIRA)	Italy	13-5	Ireland	Nice, France	[21/16/1]

[165]
	1997-04-06 (FIRA)	Italy	24-26	Netherlands	Nice, France	[22/34/4]

[195]
	1998-05-02 (WC)	Italy	8-37	Scotland	Amsterdam	[23/29/3]

[203]
	1998-05-05 (WC)	Germany	5-34	Italy	Amsterdam	[24/21/2]

[213]
	1998-05-09 (WC)	Italy	51-7	Russia	Amsterdam	[25/11/1]

[218]
	1998-05-12 (WC)	Ireland	20-5	Italy	Amsterdam	[25/26/2]

[223]
	1998-05-15 (WC)	Italy	10-12	Wales	Amsterdam	[27/36/1]

[247]
	1999-04-19 (FIRA)	Italy	15-43	Scotland	Belluno, Italy	[28/39/4]

[249]
	1999-04-21 (FIRA)	Italy	17-28	Wales	Belluno, Italy	[29/42/2]

[252]
	1999-04-24 (FIRA)	Italy	50-18	Netherlands	Belluno, Italy	[30/44/5]

2000s[]

[275]
	2000-05-08 (FIRA)	Spain	58-16	Italy	Roquetas, Spain	[29/31/3]

[277]
	2000-05-10 (FIRA)	Italy	24-25	Wales	El Ejido, Spain	[32/49/3]

[285]
	2000-05-13 (FIRA)	Italy	27-5	Germany	Roquetas, Spain	[33/28/3]

[312]
	2001-05-06 (FIRA)	Spain	34-3	Italy	, France	[37/34/4]

[321]
	2001-05-10 (FIRA)	Italy	0-20	Kazakhstan	Lille, France	[35/25/1]

[326]
	2001-05-12 (FIRA)	Ireland	9-8	Italy	Lille, France	[38/36/3]

[353]
	2002-03-20 (ENC)	Italy	16-0	Germany		[37/33/4]

[356]
	2002-03-23 (ENC)	Italy	35-24	Sweden	Treviso	[38/29/1]

[366]
	2002-05-13 (WC)	England	63-9	Italy	Barcelona	[82/39/2]

[374]
	2002-05-17 (WC)	Italy	30-3	Japan	Barcelona	[40/13/1]

[380]
	2002-05-20 (WC)	Wales	35-3	Italy	Barcelona	[67/41/4]

[388]
	2002-05-24 (WC)	Italy	3-20	Kazakhstan	Barcelona	[42/30/2]

[412]
	2003-05-01 (FIRA)	Italy	5-29	Spain	Malmö, Sweden	[43/54/5]

[413]
	2003-05-03 (FIRA)	Sweden	15-10	Italy	Malmö, Sweden	[32/44/2]

[445]
	2004-05-02 (FIRA)	England	73-7	Italy	Toulouse, France	[99/45/3]

[450]
	2004-05-05 (FIRA)	Ireland	14-5	Italy	Toulouse, France	[60/46/4]

[455]
	2004-05-08 (FIRA)	Italy	13-0	Sweden	Toulouse, France	[47/36/3]

[492]
	2005-04-07 (FIRA)	Germany	0-52	Italy	Hamburg, Germany	[44/48/5]

[494]
	2005-04-09 (FIRA)	Italy	22-3	Netherlands	Hamburg, Germany	[49/68/6]

[514]
	2005-10-22	Italy	11-14	Wales	Treviso	[50/94/5]

[539]
	2006-04-23 (ENC)	Italy	34-0	Belgium	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[51/8/1]

[541]
	2006-04-23 (ENC)	Italy	30-0	Russia	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[52/19/2]

[546]
	2006-04-26 (ENC)	Italy	33-0	Sweden	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[53/41/4]

[549]
	2006-04-30 (ENC)	Italy	28-7	Netherlands	San Dona Di Piave, Italy	[54/69/7]

[594]
	2006-11-18	Wales	31-7	Italy	Glamorgan Wanderers	[101/55/6]

[600]
	2007-02-04 (6N)	Italy	17 – 37	France	Biella	[56/112/7]

[602]
	2007-02-10 (6N)	England	23 – 0	Italy	Twickenham, London	[126/57/4]

[604]
	2007-02-24 (6N)	Scotland	26 – 6	Italy	Meggetland, Edinburgh	[103/58/5]

[608]
	2007-03-11 (6N)	Italy	0 – 24	Wales	Rome	[59/106/7]

[610]
	2007-03-17 (6N)	Italy	12 – 17	Ireland	Tre Fontane, Rome	[60/83/5]

[627]
	2007-04-28 (FIRA)	Spain	15-6	Italy	Barcelona, Spain	[79/61/6]

[630]
	2007-04-30 (FIRA)	England	41-11	Italy	Barcelona, Spain	[131/62/5]

[634]
	2007-05-02 (FIRA)	Italy	50-5	Russia	Barcelona, Spain	[63/24/3]

[639]
	2007-05-05 (FIRA)	Italy	0-6	Sweden	Barcelona, Spain	[64/46/5]

[656]
	2008-02-01 (6N)	Ireland	19-0	Italy	St Mary's RFC, Dublin	[85/65/6]

[659]
	2008-02-09 (6N)	Italy	6-76	England	Rome	[66/135/6]

[664]
	2008-02-24 (6N)	Wales	27-5	Italy	Taff's Well	[115/67/8]

[667]
	2008-03-08 (6N)	France	35-6	Italy	Valence, Lyon	[124/68/8]

[670]
	2008-03-16 (6N)	Italy	31-10	Scotland	Mira	[69/111/6]

[724]
	2009-02-07 (6N)	England	69-13	Italy	London Welsh	[147/70/7]

[727]
	2009-02-14 (6N)	Italy	17-35	Ireland	, Colleferro	[71/94/7]

[730]
	2009-02-28 (6N)	Scotland	13-10	Italy	Meggetland	[118/72/7]

[734]
	2009-03-15 (6N)	Italy	7-29	Wales	Mira (Riviera del Brenta)	[73/124/9]

[737]
	2009-03-22 (6N)	Italy	10-14	France	Torino	[74/134/9]

[743]
	2009-05-17 (FIRA)	Sweden	16-14	Italy	Stockholm	[52/75/6]

[745]
	2009-05-20 (FIRA)	Germany	0-47	Italy	Enköping, Sweden	[58/76/6]

[751]
	2009-05-23 (FIRA)	Italy	7-12	Spain	Stockholm, Sweden	[77/88/6]

2010s[]

[785]
	2010-02-05 (6N)	Ireland	22-5	Italy	Ashbourne	[98/78/8]

[789]
	2010-02-13 (6N)	Italy	0-41	England	Stadio Nando Capra, Noceto, Parma	[79/155/8]

[799]
	2010-02-28 (6N)	Italy	6-6	Scotland	Stadio Maurizio Natali, Colleferro, Rome	[80/126/8]

[803]
	2010-03-13 (6N)	France	45-14	Italy	Stade Yves-du-Manoir, Montpellier, Hérault	[143/81/10]

[806]
	2010-03-21 (6N)	Wales	15-19	Italy	Brewery Field, Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan	[130/82/10]

[808]
	2010-05-08 (FIRA)	Germany	0-43	Italy	Sélestat	[58/83/7]

[811]
	2010-05-10 (FIRA)	Italy	33-0	Russia	Colmar	[84/34/4]

[814]
	2010-05-12 (FIRA)	Italy	10-0	Sweden	Haguenau	[85/61/8]

[824]
	2010-05-15 (FIRA)	Italy	13-31	Spain	Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg	[86/94/8]

[868]
	2011-02-06 (6N)	Italy	5-26	Ireland	Rovigo	[87/108/9]

[871]
	2011-02-12 (6N)	England	68-5	Italy	Esher	[170/88/9]

[874]
	2011-02-27 (6N)	Italy	12-8	Wales	Viareggio, Tuscany	[89/139/11]

[876]
	2011-03-13 (6N)	Italy	20-28	France	Benevento	[90/154/10]

[881]
	2011-03-20 (6N)	Scotland	0-26	Italy	Meggetland, Edinburgh	[141/91/9]

[908]
	2011-10-29	France	37-0	Italy	, Nice	[156/92/12]

[920]
	2012-02-05 (6N)	France	32-0	Italy	, Riom	[157/93/13]

[923]
	2012-02-12 (6N)	Italy	3-43	England	, Parabiago, Milan	[94/182/10]

[925]
	2012-02-24 (6N)	Ireland	40-10	Italy	Ashbourne RFC	[113/95/10]

[930]
	2012-03-10 (6N)	Wales	30–13	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	[145/96/12]

[933]
	2012-03-18 (6N)	Italy	29–12	Scotland	, Rovato, near Brescia	[97/147/10]

[942]
	2012-05-13 (FIRA)	Italy	19-22	France	Rovereto, Italy	[98/163/14]

[943]
	2012-05-16 (FIRA)	Italy	8-32	England	Rovereto, Italy	[99/188/11]

[946]
	2012-05-19 (FIRA)	Italy	54-3	Spain	Rovereto, Italy	[100/100/9]

[959]
	2012-11-18	Italy	20-34	United States	Roma	[101/83/1]

[965]
	2012-12-03	Italy	29-12	Spain	Roma	[102/101/10]

[969]
	2013-02-02 (6N)	Italy	13-12	France	Rovato, Brescia	[103/169/15]

[974]
	2013-02-10 (6N)	Scotland	0-8	Italy	Mayfield, Dundee	[149/104/11]

[976]
	2013-02-24 (6N)	Italy	15-16	Wales	Benevento	[105/149/13]

[978]
	2013-03-09 (6N)	England	34-0	Italy	[Esher]	[197/106/12]

[981]
	2013-03-17 (6N)	Italy	3-6	Ireland	Parabiago, Milan	[107/121/11]

[984]
	2013-04-20 WCQ	Italy	65 – 22	Samoa	Madrid	[108/15/1]

[987]
	2013-04-23 WCQ	Italy	27-3	Scotland	Madrid	[109/154/12]

[993]
	2013-04-27 WCQ	Spain	38-7	Italy	Madrid	[104/110/11]

[1024]
	2014-02-02 (6N)	Wales	11-12	Italy	Talbot Athletic Ground	[152/111/14]

[1026]
	2014-02-08 (6N)	France	29-0	Italy	Stade Ernest-Argelès, Blagnac	[181/112/16]

[1029]
	2014-02-23 (6N)	Italy	45-5	Scotland		[113/158/12]

[1032]
	2014-03-08 (6N)	Ireland	39-0	Italy	Aviva Stadium, Dublin	[125/114/12]

[1037]
	2014-03-16 (6N)	Italy	0 – 24	England	, Rovato	[115/212/13]

[1092]
	2014-11-23	Italy	27-3	Scotland	Avezzano	[116/161/14]

[1093]
	2015-02-06 (6N)	Italy	5-30	Ireland	Florence	[117/132/13]

[1098]
	2015-02-15 (6N)	England	39-7	Italy	Twickenham Stoop, London	[219/118/14]

[1101]
	2015-03-01 (6N)	Scotland	8-31	Italy	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, North Lanarkshire	[164/119/15]

[1103]
	2015-03-14 (6N)	Italy	17-12	France	Badia Polesine, Rovigo	[120/195/17]

[1105]
	2015-03-21 (6N)	Italy	23-5	Wales	Stadio Plebiscito, Padova	[121/167/15]

[1129]
	2016-02-06 (6N)	France	39-0	Italy	Stade Marcel-Verchère, Bourg-en-Bresse	[198/122/18]

[1130]
	2016-02-13 (6N)	Italy	24-33	England	Stadio Gino Pistoni, Ivrea	[123/229/15]

[1135]
	2016-02-28 (6N)	Italy	22-7	Scotland	, Bologna	[124/170/16]

[1138]
	2016-03-13 (6N)	Ireland	14-3	Italy	Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin	[141/125/14]

[1141]
	2016-03-20 (6N)	Wales	12-16	Italy	Talbot Athletic Ground, Port Talbot	[172/126/16]

[1171]
	2017-02-03 (6N)	Italy	8–20	Wales	, Iesi	[127/173/17]

[1181]
	2017-02-12 (6N)	Italy	3–27	Ireland	Stadio Tommaso Fattori, L'Aquila	[128/147/15]

[1183]
	2017-02-25 (6N)	England	29–15	Italy	Twickenham Stoop, London	[242/129/16]

[1187]
	2017-03-12 (6N)	Italy	5–28	France	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma	[130/212/19]

[1188]
	2017-03-17 (6N)	Scotland	14–12	Italy	Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld	[179/131/17]

[1207]
	2017-08-09 (WC)	United States	24–12	Italy	UCD Bowl, Dublin	[111/132/2]

[1212]
	2017-08-13 (WC)	England	56–13	Italy	Billings Park UCD, Dublin	[249/133/17]

[1219]
	2017-08-17 (WC)	Italy	8–22	Spain	UCD Bowl, Dublin	[134/122/12]

[1223]
	2017-08-22 (WC)	Italy	22–0	Japan	Queen's University Belfast, Belfast	[135/48/2]

[1231]
	2017-08-26 (WC)	Italy	20–15	Spain	Queen's University Belfast, Belfast	[136/124/13]

[1238]
	2017-11-19	Italy	21–41	France	Biella	[137/219/20]

[1243]
	2018-02-04 (6N)	Italy	7–42	England	Stadio Mirabello, Reggio Emilia	[138/256/18]

[1246]
	2018-02-11 (6N)	Ireland	21–8	Italy	Donnybrook, Dublin	[157/139/16]

[1248]
	2018-02-24 (6N)	France	57–0	Italy	Stade Furiani, Furiani	[222/140/18]

[1255]
	2018-03-11 (6N)	Wales	15–22	Italy	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff	[188/141/18]

[1259]
	2018-03-18 (6N)	Italy	26–12	Scotland	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	[142/184/18]

[1271]
	2018-11-04 (6N)	Italy	38–0	Scotland	Calvisano	[143/185/19]

[1290]
	2018-11-25 (6N)	Italy	35–10	South Africa	Prato	[144/43/1]

[1294]
	2019-02-01 (6N)	Scotland	7–28	Italy	Scotstoun, Glasgow	[187/145/20]

[1297]
	2019-02-09 (6N)	Italy	3–3	Wales	Lecce	[146/194/19]

[1300]
	2019-02-23 (6N)	Italy	29–27	Ireland	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma	[147/165/17]

[1304]
	2019-03-09 (6N)	England	55–0	Italy	Sandy Park, Exeter	[267/148/19]

[1310]
	2019-03-17 (6N)	Italy	31–12	France	Stadio Plebiscito, Padua	[149/230/21]

[1355]
	2019-11-16	Italy	17–17	Japan	Stadio Fattori, L'Aquila	[150/52/3]

[1361]
	2019-11-23	England	60–3	Italy	Goldington Road, Bedford	[274/151/20]

2020s[]

[1371]
	2020-02-02 (6N)	Wales	15–19	Italy	Cardiff Arms Park	[201/152/20]

[1372]
	2020-02-08 (6N)	France	45–10	Italy	, Limoges	[201/153/20]

[1379]
	2020-10-24 (6N)	Ireland	21–7	Italy	Donnybrook, Dublin	[171/154/18]

[1381]
	2020-11-01 (6N)	Italy	0–54	England	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma	[155/280/21]

[1389]
	2021-04-10 (6N)	Italy	3–67	England	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma	[156/284/22]

[1392]
	2021-04-17 (6N)	Scotland	20–41	Italy	Scotstoun, Glasgow	[202/157/21]

[1393]
	2021-04-24 (6N)	Ireland	25–5	Italy	Donnybrook, Dublin	[174/158/19]

[1406]
	2021-09-13 (WCQ)	Scotland	13–38	Italy	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma	[204/159/22]

[1408]
	2021-09-19 (WCQ)	Italy	7–15	Ireland	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma	[160/176/20]

[1411]
	2021-09-25 (WCQ)	Italy	34–10	Spain	Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma	[161/137/14]

Other matches[]

[-]
	2000-03-31	Catalonia	21-50	Italy	Aubagne, France	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2000-04-02	France A	22-11	Italy	Marseille	[-/-/-]

[-]
	2006-02-12	England A	17-10	Italy		[-/-/-]

[-]
	2008-12-12	England Development	20-10	Italy A	London Welsh	[-/-/-]

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	2008-12-14	England A	20-0	Italy	Old Deer Park	[-/-/-]

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	2011-04-30 (FIRA)	England A	5-0	Italy A	University of Coruña	[-/-/-]

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	2011-05-02 (FIRA)	Italy A	34-0	Russia	, Vilagarcía	[-/-/-]

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	2011-05-04 (FIRA)	Italy A	17-20	Netherlands	, Ferrol	[-/-/-]

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	2011-05-07 (FIRA)	France A	17-7	Italy A	University of Coruña	[-/-/-]

See also[]

• Italy national rugby union team

References[]

External links[]

• Federazione Italiana Rugby official site