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Italian Rugby
« on: 18 March 2009, 23:59:44 »
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I am just back from a local mini-rugby tournament involving under-11 and under-9 teams from in-and-around Rome, hosted by URC Capitolina.

Half way through this morning's tournament - at about 11am - about ten of the Italian team from yesterday's match [against Wales] turned up, including the brothers Bergamasco, Canale, Moscato, Griffen, McLean, Sole etc.

The kids loved it (and the mums and dads) - they players signed autographs, chatted with the kids and then ... refereed the remaining matches! Now how wonderful is that and what a great advertisement for rugby in general and Italian rugby in particular.

My eldest son, Tom, now has a sock with 10 of the players signatures (alongside that of Dominguez that he picked up at a tournament last year - it is still there...).

Just think - these guys, nursing bruises, tired muscles and no doubt the bitter taste of defeat in a match that they could perhaps have won.. still managed to spend a couple of hours supporting young kids playing rugby on the morning after a full Six Nations match... I thought it was magnificent - and I know the kids too. And the final touch of actually refereeing the matches was brilliant.

Anyway, my son's team - Primavera - were soundly beaten, he twisted his knee badly - but he still has a smile on his face.

Viva Italia! The true spirit of rugby lives on!

Fair doos to them !! :y
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Re: Italian Rugby
« Reply #1 on: 19 March 2009, 08:49:00 »
Brilliant, whats the chances of the English/Welsh team doing that and no chance of a Premiership football team doing it. Good on them :y
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Re: Italian Rugby
« Reply #2 on: 19 March 2009, 08:51:31 »
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Brilliant, whats the chances of the English/Welsh team doing that and no chance of a Premiership football team doing it. Good on them :y


Seen it alot by a number of english players.

Seems to be more to do with the local games being played where the players live.
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Re: Italian Rugby
« Reply #3 on: 19 March 2009, 20:00:44 »
seems that this is more the way with rugby, my local club hosts a youth festival every year, get approx 1000 kids there usually at the end of April, a few years ago had Martin Johnson, Austin Healy, Neil Back and Martin Corry as guests, they were fantastic, spent 2 hours signing autographs, and that was before being world cup winners in 2003
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