George Biagi (born 4 October 1985 in Irvine, Scotland) is a retired Italy international rugby union. He represented Italy on 23 occasions.[1] He was born in Scotland to Scots/Italian father and an Italian mother and later went to Italy to study. He has stated he has equal allegiance to both countries.[2][3]
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| Full name | George Biagi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 4 October 1985 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Irvine, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Fettes College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Bocconi University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biagi started playing rugby at the age of 13 at Fettes College, Edinburgh. He attended Bocconi University in Milan and started playing with Grande Milano; the following year he moved to Amatori Milano. He was signed by Cavalieri Prato with whom he got promoted to Super 10 (now Top12) and qualified for the European Amlin Challenge Cup. He subsequently transferred to Aironi where he played since the 2010/2011 season, in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup.[4] In June 2012 he signed for Bristol Rugby[5] but in the summer of 2013, Biagi returned to Italy to join the new franchise Zebre in the Pro12. He played for Zebre until 2019-20 Pro14 season.[6]
References
edit- ^ "George Biagi Annuncia Il Ritiro Dal Rugby Giocato". federugby.it.
- ^ "BBC Sport - George Biagi 'impressed' by Bristol set-up". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Rugby: Fettes FP Biagi's loyalties are stretched to the limit". scotsman.com.
- ^ Aironi's Giorgio Biagi could be one for the futuregiornaledibarganews.com 10 November 2010 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "BBC Sport - Bristol: Aironi lock Biagi signs as 14 depart". BBC Sport.
- ^ "La bandiera delle Zebre George Biagi lascia il rugby giocato". 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
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