Riccardo Bocchino is an Italian

Italy

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 rugby union

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 player. Bocchino, who is a fly-half, plays his club rugby for Aironi

Aironi

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. He made his debut for Italy

Italy national rugby union team

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 against Ireland

Ireland national rugby union team

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 on 6 February 2010.

Bocchino began his career at Capitolina

Unione Rugby Capitolina

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, with whom he made his debut during the 2007–08 season. He played for the Italian under-20 team at the 2008 IRB Junior World Championship

2008 IRB Junior World Championship

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 and Italy A

Italy A national rugby union team

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 at the 2009 IRB Nations Cup. Bocchino moved to Rovigo

Rugby Rovigo

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 prior to the 2009–10 season. He was named in Nick Mallett

Nick Mallett

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's squad for the 2010 Six Nations Championship

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, making his debut against Ireland.

Bocchino joined Aironi

Aironi

Aironi Rugby are an Italian professional rugby club competing in the RaboDirect Pro12 and the Heineken Cup. They represent the Italian regions of Lombardy and Emilia Romagna.- Home ground :...

 in 2010 prior to their first season in the Magners League.