Paolo_Buonfiglio

Paolo Buonfiglio

Paolo Buonfiglio

Rugby player

Paolo Buonfiglio (Prato, 28 January 1995) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Prop and he currently plays for Zebre in Pro14.[1][2]

Quick Facts Date of birth, Place of birth ...

Under contract with Mogliano, in 2015–16 Pro12 season, he named as Additional Player for Benetton Treviso in Pro 12.[3]

In 2014 and 2015, Buonfiglio was named in the Italy Under 20 squad and in 2016 and 2017 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad.[4][5] On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[6] On 5 July 2023, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. He made his debut against Ireland in the second match of 5 Augbust 2023.[7]

For injury cover, On 2 October 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    "Paolo Buonfiglio". Zebre Parma.
  2. [2]
    "Zebre Rugby: ecco Paolo Buonfiglio". On Rugby (in Italian). 9 May 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "DAL MOGLIANO ARRIVANO BUONFIGLIO E ZANI". Benetton Rugby.
  4. [4]
    Portoghese, Matteo (25 May 2017). "Rugby – Italia Emergenti pronta per la Nations Cup".
  5. [5]
    "Italia Emergenti. I 28 azzurri convocati per la Nations Cup". F.I.R. Rugby (in Italian).
  6. [6]
    "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO LOVOTTI. QUATTRO AZZURRI AGGREGATI AL RADUNO DELL'ITALIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. [7]
    RWC 2023, UFFICIALIZZATA LA ROSA ALLARGATA DELL'ITALIA PER I RADUNI IN PREPARAZIONE DEL MONDIALE
  8. [8]
    "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO PAOLO BUONFIGLIO IN PREPARAZIONE DEL MATCH CONTRO LA FRANCIA". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). 2 October 2023.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to Italian rugby union is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Paolo_Buonfiglio, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.