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Riccardo Favretto
Date of birth (2001-10-18) 18 October 2001 (age 22)
Place of birthTreviso, Italy
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Current team Benetton
Youth career



2018−2019		 Silea Rugby
Mogliano
Casale
Benetton
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019−2021 Mogliano 8 (0)
2020−2021 →Benetton 15 (5)
2021− Benetton 3 (0)
Correct as of 16 Oct 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020 Italy Under 20 3
2021− Italy 1 (0)
2021− Italy A 1 (0)
Correct as of 1 November 2021

Riccardo Favretto (Treviso, 18 October 2001) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Lock and he currently plays for Benetton in Pro14.[1]

Under contract with Mogliano, for the last matches of 2019–20 Pro14 season and for 2020–21 Pro14 season, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton.[2][3]

In 2020, Favretto was named in the Italy Under 20 squad.[4] From March 2021 he is also part of Italy squad.[5] On 14 October 2021, he was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[6] On 13 January 2024 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies.[7]

References

  1. ^ "I giovani talenti Favretto e Zuliani in Biancoverde sino al 2023". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  2. ^ "ALONGI E FAVRETTO NUOVI PERMIT PLAYERS DELLA BENETTON TREVISO". MOGLIANO RUGBY 1969 (in Italian). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. ^ "SEI TALENTUOSI AZZURRINI SOTTO CONTRATTO COME PERMIT PLAYERS" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ "ITALIA U20, GLI AZZURRINI CONVOCATI PER LE PRIME DUE PARTITE DEL SEI NAZIONI U20". www.federugby.it. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  5. ^ "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATI BRUNO, FAVRETTO E ZAMBONIN PER IL RADUNO DI ROMA". Italian Rugby Federation (in Italian). 15 March 2021. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  7. ^ "SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, DOMENICA LA TERZA SFIDA ALLE COMBINED ACADEMIES IRLANDESI". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.

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