Matteo Meggiato
Date of birth | 10 December 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (15.1 st; 212 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matteo Meggiato (born 10 December 2001) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Italian Serie A Elite team Rovigo Delta. His preferred position is flanker.[1]
Under contract with Top10 team Mogliano, signed for Benetton as a Permit player in June 2021.[2] He made his debut in Round 11 of the 2021–22 United Rugby Championship against the Dragons.[3] In August 2022 he signed with Benetton for United Rugby Championship season, but in January 2023 he come back to Mogliano in Top10, on loan, until the end of the season.[4][5][6][7]
In January 2020, Meggiato was named in the Italy Under 20 squad for the 2020 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. On 8 November 2021 he was named in the Italy A squad for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals[8] and on 8 December he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[9] On 13 January 2024 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies.[10]
In April 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series.[11]
References
[edit]- ^ "BENVENUTO IN ROSSOBLÙ MATTEO MEGGIATO". Rugby Rovigo Delta. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Dodici i permit players selezionati per la prossima stafione sportiva". Benetton Rugby. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
- ^ "United Rugby Championship: Dragons 13-13 Benetton". BBC Sport. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "OTTO GIOVANI TALENTI SI UNISCONO ALLA PRIMA SQUADRA DEI LEONI". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
- ^ "MATTEO MEGGIATO E NICOLA PIANTELLA PASSANO AL MOGLIANO VENETO RUGBY". Benetton Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "UN RIENTRO E UN NUOVO INGRESSO PER RINFORZARE GLI AVANTI BIANCOBLU'". Mogliano Rugby. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "UN SALUTO E UN RINGRAZIAMENTO AD ALTRI GIOCATORI CHE NON FARANNO PARTE DELLA ROSA 2023/24". 10 June 2023.
- ^ "ITALRUGBY, CONVOCATO LOVOTTI. QUATTRO AZZURRI AGGREGATI AL RADUNO DELL'ITALIA A". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
- ^ "ITALIA EMERGENTI, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL MATCH CONTRO LA ROMANIA". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "SELEZIONE ITALIANA U23, DOMENICA LA TERZA SFIDA ALLE COMBINED ACADEMIES IRLANDESI". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
- ^ "ITALSEVEN MASCHILE, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER LE WORLD RUGBY SEVENS CHALLENGER SERIES".