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    Italy name squad for rugby Tests

    Italy name squad for rugby Tests
    AAP - October 7, 2008, 6:43 am

    Italy coach Nick Mallett has announced a 30-man squad for the November Tests at home to Australia, Argentina and the Pacific Islands.

    The squad will meet in Rome for a three-day training camp from October 19 to 21. Last month a 29-man squad took part in a three-day camp in the capital.

    Italy will face Australia at Padua on November 8, Argentina in Turin on November 15 and the Pacific Islands a week later in Reggio Emilia.

    Squad

    Forwards (16): Matias Aguero (Saracens/ENG), Robert Barbieri (Treviso), Mauro Bergamasco (Stade Francais/FRA), Marco Bortolami (Gloucester/ENG), Carlo Antonio Del Fava (Ulster/NIR), Santiago Dellape (Toulon/FRA), Carlo Festuccia (Racing Metro/FRA/D2), Leonardo Ghiraldini (Calvisano), Andrea Lo Cicero (Racing Metro/FRA/D2), Carlos Nieto (Gloucester/ENG), Fabio Ongaro (Saracens/ENG), Sergio Parisse (Stade Francais/FRA), Salvatore Perugini (Toulouse/FRA), Tommaso Reato (Rovigo), Josh Sole (Viadana), Alessandro Zanni (Calvisano)

    Backs (14): Andrea Bacchetti (Rovigo), Mirco Bergamasco (Stade Francais/FRA), Gonzalo Canale (Clermont/FRA), Pablo Canavosio (Viadana), Gonzalo Garcia (Calvisano), Andrea Marcato (Treviso), Andrea Masi (Biarritz/FRA), Luke McLean (Calvisano), Luciano Orquera (Brive/FRA), Riccardo Pavan (Parma), Simon Picone (Treviso), Matteo Pratichetti (Calvisano), Kaine Robertson (Viadana), Giulio Toniolatti (Capitolina Rome)


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    Luke Mclean was the fullback form the Perth Spirit

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    yeah he sure was

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    “Let me put it this way, A Springbok team contains Afrikaners, Englishmen, coloureds and blacks. It has parochial foes in Bulls, Sharks, Stormers, Cheetahs and Lions. It is a recipe for war! Yet in all the years of John Smit’s captaincy, there has never been one unhappy customer, not one voice of rebellion against his leadership. He is the glue that holds the Springboks together. The man is a legend!”- Jake White

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    good Italian name

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    yeah exactly, born, raised and educated in Australia

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    With an italian great great grandmother's babysitter's best friend

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    i think mclean is actually italian... my school's italian teacher is miss mclean

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    i have no gripes against Mclean for taking up the chance to play international rugby, he was pretty much ignored in Australia so he went over there to play club rugby. He liked it that much and he played so well they offered him for the Italian national side.

    It just pisses me off that young good players like this have to go overseas to get really recognised, he should have being playing in Australia and possibly for Australia.

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    mmmmmmm jury's out on the FOR Australia thing, let's see how he stacks up against the Wallabies before we make that call. As for bagging him for taking up the opportunity, I wasn't doing that so much as bagging the Italians for having the world's best long-lost-Italian-grandmother finding bureau.

    Good luck to him, if he couldn't get a decent contract in Oz and manages to take the field for the Eyeties more power!

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    Quote Originally Posted by robyn <3 View Post
    i think mclean is actually italian... my school's italian teacher is miss mclean
    didn't realise Scotland colonised Italy

    Haggis,italy's national dish

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    Can you imagine a Gucci kilt?

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    “Let me put it this way, A Springbok team contains Afrikaners, Englishmen, coloureds and blacks. It has parochial foes in Bulls, Sharks, Stormers, Cheetahs and Lions. It is a recipe for war! Yet in all the years of John Smit’s captaincy, there has never been one unhappy customer, not one voice of rebellion against his leadership. He is the glue that holds the Springboks together. The man is a legend!”- Jake White

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    Quote Originally Posted by GIGS20 View Post
    Can you imagine a Gucci kilt?
    I reckon they'd look gorgeous in D&G

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    Er.... I don't see too many Yagans in the Australian side.

    Actually, australia has more "ethnic" foreigners in its test team than Italy, indeed probably more than most other countries as well.

    That's not a bad thing, but a country that boasts ethnic Italians amongst its heroes, such as Eales, Carrozza, Campese and Wilson amongst several others, should be a little more tolerant of Italy's only ever Australian born (part Italian) test player.

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    Im sure Yagan would play if they could re-attach his head

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