The Italy national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Italy national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.
History Under-18 became a recognised age-grade in European rugby in 2004.
European Championship Italy, who is the only other six nation side apart from France to have competed at every edition of the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, has done so with moderate success. A third place in 2006 stands as the team's best result, while a last place finish in the A division in 2009 almost meant relegation.
In a revamped competition in 2011, the elite division featured only the top four teams and Scotland and Italy failed to qualify. The two sides reached the final of the first division where Italy lost 12–17 to Scotland. The elite division was expanded to 8 teams for 2012, to include all of the six nations sides.
Honours European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship: A Division Runners-up: 2011
European championship
Positions The team's final positions in the European championship: Year Division Place 2004 A Division 3rd - 2005 A Division 4th 2006 A Division 3rd - 2007 A Division 4th 2008 A Division 4th 2009 A Division 8th 2010 A Division 5th 2011 Elite Division 2nd - 2012 Elite Division 7th 2013 Elite Division 7th 2014 Elite Division 6th 2015 Elite Division 4th
External links Official site of the Italian Rugby Federation