) is a former Swiss Italian 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...

 footballer who played 15 Test

Test match (rugby union)

Test match in rugby union is a match recognised as being a full international match by at least one of the participating teams' governing bodies. It is an unofficial but widely used term in the sport....

 matches for Italy

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,...

 between 1977 and 1987. Collodo played mainly at fly-half and scored a total of 47 points for Italy. He played in the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup

1987 Rugby World Cup

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 and played against New Zealand (the All Blacks

All Blacks

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) in the first ever World Cup match. He became the first ever player to kick a penalty

Penalty (rugby)

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 in Italy's 70–6 loss. He made his international debut against Poland

Poland national rugby union team

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 on 23 October 1977 when he kicked a conversion. He continued played for Italy that season in the FIRA Championship

European Nations Cup (rugby union)

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, but did not play for Italy again until 1986. He continued to play for Italy throughout 1987 and played his last ever international in Italy's 18–15 win over Fiji

Fiji national rugby union team

The Fiji national rugby union team is a member of the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance formerly along with Samoa and Tonga. In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga. Fiji are ranked sixteenth in the world by the IRB as of 26...

in that tournament.