The young right and left prop of HBS Colorno Davide Ascari was summoned by the technical manager of the Italian U20 Men’s National Team Roberto Santamaria, assisted by the two new assistants Andrea Marcato And Alessandro Lodiat the fourth and final preparatory meeting for the category World Championship, scheduled from 29 June to 19 July in South Africa.
The 33 players on the list will meet at 2.00pm on Wednesday 12 June in San Benedetto del Tronto, where the warm-up will be played on Saturday 16th, with kick-off at 6.00pm at the “Nelson Mandela Stadium”. test against Spain’s age-matched peers, making their first-tier World Cup debuts after winning the 2023 World Rugby U20 Trophy in the final against Uruguay. In the immediately following hours, the group of 30 athletes selected for South Africa will be made official, giving the Marche event a particularly interesting technical value with projection onto the top world competition.
San Benedetto del Tronto, National U20 meeting 12-16 June 2024 | selected players:
ASCARI Davide (Rugby Colorno 1975)
BELLONI Luca (2004, Verona Rugby)
BELLONI Mirko (2004, Verona Rugby)
BELLUCCI Luca (2004, Rugby Roma Olimpic)
BETTINI Pietro (2005, Rugby Parabiago)
BINI Francesco (2004, Rugby Rovigo Delta)
BOLOGNINI Nicola (2005, Rugby Rovigo Delta)
BOTTURI Jacopo (2004, Petrarca Rugby)
BOZZO Nicola (2004, USA Perpignan)
BRISIGHELLA Simone (2004, Rugby Viadana 1970)
CASARTELLI Nelson (2005, Benetton Rugby)
CASILIO Lorenzo (2004, Rugby Vicenza)
DE VILLIERS Patrick (2004, Rugby Noceto)
ELECTRI Lorenzo (2004, Rugby Rovigo Delta)
FUSARI Ferdinando (2004, Rugby Roma Olimpic)
GASPERINI Nicholas (2004, Rugby Viadana 1970)
GENTILE Francesco (2004, Mogliano Veneto Rugby)
GRITTI Piero (2005, AS Montferrandaise)
IMBERTI Francesco (2004, CUS Turin)
JIMENEZ Mattia (2004, Rugby Petrarca)
MIDENA Mattia (2005, Rugby Country)
MILAN Giacomo (2005, UR Capitolina)
MIRENZI Samuele (2004, VII Rugby Turin)
PADOAN Vittorio (2004, Mogliano Veneto Rugby)
PELLICCIOLI Sergio (2005, Rugby Lyons)
PISANI Federico (2004, Verona Rugby)
PUCCIARIELLO Martino (2004, CUS Milan)
REDONDI Tommaso (2005, Verona Rugby)
SARI Giulio (2005, Oyonnax Rugby)
SCALABRIN Marco (2004, Rugby Vicenza)
SICILIAN Valerio (2004, CA Briviste Corrèze)
ZANANDREA Federico (2005, Mogliano Veneto Rugby)
ZUCCONI Cesare (2004, Cavalieri UR Prato Sesto)
The staff of the Under 20 national team 2023-2024:
Technical Manager: Roberto SAINT MARY
Assistant Coach: Andrea MARKED
Assistant Coach: Alessandro PRAISE
Team Manager: Andrew BAG
WRU20 Championship Technical Consultant: Francesco ASCIONE
Head of Physical Preparation: Maximum ZAGHINI
Physical Preparation Assistant: Mario DISECTS
ITALY U20 – towards the World Cup
22-25 April: meeting in Parma
18-30 May: meeting in Treviso
3-6 June: meeting in Parma
12-16 June: meeting in San Benedetto del Tronto
15 June: warm-up test Italy U20 v Spain U20 – Mandela Stadium San Benedetto del Tronto
21 June: pre-World Cup rally in Treviso
June 23: departure from Venice for Capetown
WORLD RUGBY U20 CHAMPIONSHIP
Pool A: France, New Zealand, Wales, Spain
Pool B: Ireland, Australia, Italy, Georgia
Pool C: South Africa, England, Argentina, Fiji
Qualification phase
Day 1: Saturday 29 June Italy U20 v Ireland U20
Day 2: Thursday 4 July Italy U20 v Australia U20
Day 3: Tuesday 9 July Italy U20 v Georgia U20
Direct elimination phase
Matchday 4: Sunday 14 July (Playoffs)
Day 5: Friday 19 July (Finals)
