The Italy national under-20 rugby union team has competed in both the IRB Junior World Championship and IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy. They were one of four teams relegated in 2009 to the Junior World Trophy after finishing at the bottom of the tournament. They were again promoted to the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship after winning the 2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy.
Italy finished in last place at the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship and had again been relegated to the Junior World Trophy for 2013. Then they won the 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy so Italy participated in the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship that was played in New Zealand.
Since 2008, its first edition, they participate in the Six Nations Under 20s Championship.
Squad
Squad to the 2026 Six Nations Under 20s Championship Forwards Carlo Antonio Bianchi (Unione Rugby Firenze)* Gioele Boccato (Verona Rugby)* Christian Brasini (Livorno Rugby)* Ettore Dinarte (Valpolicella Rugby)* Simone Fardin (Rugby Casale)* Inza Dene (Piacenza Rugby Club)* Thomas Kurti (Valorugby Emilia)* Erik Meroi (Rugby Club Pasian di Prato)* Enoch Opoku-Gyamfi (Bath Rugby) Valerio Pelli (Mogliano Rugby) Antonio Reina (VII Rugby Torino)* Davide Sette (Rugby Experience L’Aquila)* Marco Spreafichi (Benetton Rugby)* Leonardo Tosi (Livorno Rugby) Jaheim Noel Wilson (Rugby Club Pasian di Prato)* Backs Riccardo Casarin (Amatori&Union Rugby Milano)* Pietro Celi (Livorno Rugby)* Daniele Coluzzi (Colleferro Rugby)* Luca De Novellis (Pesaro Rugby)* Thomas Del Sureto (Fiamme Oro Rugby)* Malik Faissal (Zebre Parma)* Roberto Fasti (Benetton Rugby)* Tommaso Roda (Piacenza Rugby Club)* Luca Rossi (Pesaro Rugby)* Alessio Scaramazza (Rugby Experience L’Aquila)* Alessandro Teodosio (Fiamme Oro Rugby)* Nikolaj Varotto (Zebre Parma)* Edoardo Vitale (CUS Milano Rugby)*
Invited players Francesco Braga (Valpolicella Rugby) Giovanni Marzotto (Benetton Rugby) Giacomo Messori (Petrarca Rugby) Antony Italo Miranda (Mogliano Rugby) Luca Trevisan (Golden Lions) * denotes a player selected for the Accademia Nazionale I. Francescato
Management Andrea Di Giandomenico - Head coach Andrea Saccà - Team manager Michele Rizzo - Assistant coach Alessandro Troncon - Assistant coach Dario Valente- Video analyst Giovanni Biondi - Fitness coach
Tournament record Year Tournament Host Rank Result2008 Junior World Championship 11th2009 Junior World Championship 13th Relegated to 2010 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy2010 Junior World Trophy 1st Promoted to 2011 IRB Junior World Championship2011 Junior World Championship 11th2012 Junior World Championship 12th Relegated to 2013 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy2013 Junior World Trophy 1st Promoted to 2014 IRB Junior World Championship2014 Junior World Championship 11th2015 Junior World Championship 11th2016 Junior World Championship 11th2017 Junior World Championship 8th2018 Junior World Championship 8th2019 Junior World Championship 9th2020 Junior World Championship Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2021 Junior World Championship Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2022 - Replaced with Six Nations Summer Series in 2023 Junior World Championship 11th2024 Junior World Championship 10th2025 Junior World Championship 7th
Six Nations Under 20s Championship
Year Pos Played W D L PF PA PD TF TA TD LBP TBP Table Points 2008 5th 5 1 0 4 54 99 –45 5 N/A N/A 2 2009 6th 5 0 0 5 57 137 –80 6 N/A N/A 0 2010 6th 5 0 0 5 54 128 -74 3 N/A N/A 0 2011 5th 5 1 0 4 39 180 -141 N/A N/A 2 2012 6th 5 0 0 5 60 138 -78 7 N/A N/A 0 2013 6th 5 0 1 4 65 145 -80 8 N/A N/A 1 2014 5th 5 1 0 4 46 143 –97 N/A N/A 2 2015 6th 5 0 0 5 45 216 -170 N/A N/A 0 2016 6th 5 0 0 5 43 160 -117 N/A N/A 0 2017 6th 5 0 0 5 61 156 –95 8 21 –13 0 2 2 2018 4th 5 2 0 3 126 181 –55 17 27 –10 2 1 11 2019 5th 5 1 0 4 99 168 -69 15 22 -7 2 1 7 2020 Cancelled 3 1 0 2 65 68 -3 8 9 -1 1 1 8 2021 5th 5 1 0 4 102 98 +4 13 10 +3 1 2 7 2022 4th 5 3 0 2 87 113 -26 11 12 -1 1 0 13 2023 3rd 5 2 0 3 148 146 +2 24 18 +6 5 2 15 2024 4th 5 2 0 3 118 120 -2 16 17 -1 1 1 10 2025 4th 5 2 0 3 84 133 -49 12 21 -9 1 1 10 2026 5th 5 1 0 4 91 148 -57 18 24 -6 1 2 7
F.I.R. Academy During the regular season, many players of Under-20 are selected to play for F.I.R. Academy "Ivan Francescato" of Parma (from 2018 to 2020 in Remedello, Brescia). This team played in Italian Serie A, Pool A, until 2021-2021 season.
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