Dave Sisi


David Sisi is a professional rugby union player. He played at flanker for Zebre but has moved to the second row and established this position with Zebre and Italy.
On 31 July 2017, Sisi signed for Italian club Zebre in the Pro14 from the 2017-18 season.
On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

Personal life

Sisi is of Italian descent and qualifies to play for Italy through his paternal grandparents and his father Carlo. His mother, Barbara, is English. He has a younger brother, Adam.
As a youngster he swam representing his county. Rugby was introduced to him at secondary school, aged 11. He joined local club, Tottonians and was picked by Hampshire RFC. At 16, he was offered a place on the London Irish AASE scheme; joining the London Irish academy and completing his schooling part time at St. Paul’s college, and afterwards accepting a full time contract with London Irish; at the time becoming their youngest player to represent their first team. With the England under 20 team, David won both the 6 Nations twice and a first Junior World Cup for England at the time.
Since then, David moved to Bath where over the course of 4 years he also spent loan periods to Yorkshire Carnegie,London Scottish and back to London Irish.
Currently David plays in Parma, Italy, with Zebre Rugby Club in the Pro 14 competition. He is also internationally capped for Italy.
The David Sisi interview; http://therugbymagazine.com/guinness-pro14/the-david-sisi-interview-from-farleigh-house-to-parma-italy
The Times, 2019< https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sisi-eager-to-please-after-settling-on-italy-0gkrfxtg3
Sisi joins the Azzurri; https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/11603151/ex-england-u20-david-sisi-included-in-italys-six-nations-squad
The Telegraph 2019; https://www.telegraph.co.uk/rugby-union/2019/03/02/david-sisi-interview-making-italy-debut-emotional-overload/