Rugby-World Cup-Italy
Sept 11 (Reuters) - Factbox on the Italy squad for the Rugby World Cup in Japan, where they will compete in Pool B:
ITALY
World ranking: 14
Coach: Conor O'Shea (Ireland)
Captain: Sergio Parisse
Squad:
Forwards - Simone Ferrari, Andrea Lovotti, Tiziano Pasquali, Nicola Quaglio, Marco Riccioni, Federico Zani, Luca Bigi, Oliviero Fabiani, Leonardo Ghiraldini, Dean Budd, Federico Ruzza, David Sisi, Alessandro Zanni, Maxime Mbanda, Sebastian Negri, Sergio Parisse, Jake Polledri, Abraham Steyn
Backs - Callum Braley, Guglielmo Palazzani, Tito Tebaldi, Tommaso Allan, Carlo Canna, Tommaso Benvenuti, Michele Campagnaro, Luca Morisi, Mattia Bellini, Giulio Bisegni, Jayden Hayward, Matteo Minozzi, Edoardo Padovani
WORLD CUP RECORD
W - 11, L - 17, D - 0
Tournaments: 8
Last World Cup: Pool stage (2015)
Best finish: Pool stage (1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015)
WORLD CUP POOL B FIXTURES
Sept 22 Italy v Namibia Osaka
Sept 26 Italy v Canada Fukuoka
Oct 4 South Africa v Italy Fukuroi
Oct 12 New Zealand v Italy Toyota
RESULTS IN 2019
Feb 2 Scotland 33-20 Italy
Feb 9 Italy 15-26 Wales
Feb 24 Italy 16-26 Ireland
Mar 9 England 57-14 Italy
Mar 16 Italy 14-25 France
Aug 10 Ireland 29-10 Italy
Aug 17 Italy 85-15 Russia
Aug 30 France 47-19 Italy
Sept 6 England 37-0 Italy (Compiled by Shrivathsa Sridhar in Bengaluru; editing by Sudipto Ganguly)
