The Italy national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Italy national rugby union team

Italy national rugby union team

The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of Italy in the sport of rugby union. The team is also known as the Azzurri . Italy have been playing international rugby since the late 1920s, and since 2000 compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland,...

 in the sport of rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

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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 teams best result, while a last place finish in the A division in 2009 almost meant relegation.

In a revamped competition in 2011, now with all of the six nations side, Scotland and Italy failed to qualify for the elite division. The two sides then reached the final of the first division where Italy lost 12-17 to Scotland.

Honours

• European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship
  • First Division Runners-up: 2011

Positions

The teams final positions in the European championship:

Year	Division	Tier	Place
2004
2005	A Division	I	4th
2006	A Division	I	3rd
2007	A Division	I	4th
2008	A Division	I	4th
2009 2009 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship -Relegation:-Championship:-Relegation:-Championship:* The Hungary Sweden semi final was decided on number of tries scored, which Sweden won 3-2.-Relegation:-Championship:-Relegation:...	A Division	I	8th
2010 2010 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship -Relegation:-Championship:-Relegation:The Switzerland versus Ukraine game was tied after regular time and was decided by penalty kicks.-Championship:-Relegation:...	A Division	I	5th
2011 2011 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship The 2011 European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship was the eighth annual international rugby union competition for Under 18 national rugby union teams in Europe. The event was organised by rugby's European governing body, the FIRA – Association of European Rugby . The competition was contested by...	First Division	II	2nd — Runners-up

External links

Official site of the Italian Rugby Federation