Iacopo Bianchi

Iacopo Bianchi[note 1] (born 5 May 1998) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Flanker and he currently plays for Zebre, in Pro14 and for Fiamme Oro in Top10, on loan as Permit Player.[4][5]

Iacopo Bianchi
Full nameIacopo Bianchi
Date of birth (1998-05-05) 5 May 1998
Place of birthArezzo, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Current team Zebre
Youth career
Vasari Arezzo
I Medicei
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2016−2017 F.I.R. Academy ()
2017−2020 Fiamme Oro 37 (15)
2018−2020Zebre 11 (5)
2020− Zebre 29 (5)
2021Fiamme Oro 2 (0)
Correct as of 18 Dec 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2017−2018 Italy Under 20 14 (5)
2022 Italy A 1 (5)
Correct as of 25 Jun 2022

For the 2018–2019 Pro14 season, Bianchi was named as Additional Player for Zebre and in the 2019–2020 Pro14 season he was named as Permit Player ever for Zebre.[6][7]

In 2017 and 2018, Bianchi was named in the Italy Under 20 squad.[8] On 26 May he was called in Italy A squad for the South African tour in the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests against Namibia and Currie Cup XV team.[9]

Notes

  1. There are different spellings of Bianchi's name in use. Zebre rugby lists the spelling of his first name as Iacopo,[1] which is also used by the Pro14 in their news sources, but several other website lists his name as Jacopo Bianchi. Both variants yield several search results from reliable sources.[2][3] The player hasn't publicly commented on his preferred name spelling.

References

  1. "Iacopo Bianchi". Zebre Parma.
  2. "Iacopo Bianchi - Google News Search". Google. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. "Jacopo Bianchi - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. "Zebre Rugby Club – Cinque giovani talenti italiani per le Zebre del futuro". Zebre Rugby Club. 1 June 2020.
  5. "Iacopo Bianchi profile". Fiamme Oro Rugby.
  6. "LUNEDI 3 GIUGNO L'INIZIO DELLA STAGIONE 2019-20. 5 PERMIT PLAYERS E 5 GIOCATORI AGGREGATI". Zebre Rugby Club. 31 May 2019.
  7. "Iacopo Bianchi". Zebre Rugby Club.
  8. "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI PER IL WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP". Fir Rugby.
  9. "ITALIA A IN RADUNO A TREVISO DAL 16 GIUGNO". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
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