Italian Rugby Federation
Governing body of rugby union in Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Italian Rugby Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Rugby) or FIR is the governing body for the sport of rugby union in Italy. The FIR has one seat on the 28-member World Rugby Council, the governing body of World Rugby. (All other members of the Six Nations have two seats on the Council.)
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Federazione Italiana Rugby | |
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Sport | Rugby union |
Founded | 1928; 96 years ago (1928) (1928; 96 years ago (1928)) |
World Rugby affiliation | 1987 |
Rugby Europe affiliation | 1934 |
President | Marzio Innocenti |
Men's coach | Gonzalo Quesada |
Women's coach | Giovanni Raineri |
Website | federugby.it |
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There are two fully professional Italian clubs that play in the United Rugby Championship, in the European Rugby Champions Cup and in the European Rugby Challenge Cup — Benetton and Zebre. There are twelve semi-professional Italian clubs that play in the Top12, four of which qualify to play in the European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition to qualify to the European Rugby Challenge Cup.