Italy national under-18 rugby union team


The Italy national under-18 rugby union team is the under-18 team of the Italy national rugby union team in the sport of rugby union.

History

Under-18 became a recognised age-grade in European rugby in 2004.

European Championship

Italy, who is the only other six nation side apart from France to have competed at every edition of the European Under-18 Rugby Union Championship, has done so with moderate success. A third place in 2006 stands as the team's best result, while a last place finish in the A division in 2009 almost meant relegation.
In a revamped competition in 2011, the elite division featured only the top four teams and Scotland and Italy failed to qualify. The two sides reached the final of the first division where Italy lost 12-17 to Scotland. The elite division was expanded to 8 teams for 2012, to include all of the six nations sides.

Honours

Positions

The team's final positions in the European championship:
YearDivisionPlace
2004A Division3rd -
2005A Division4th
2006A Division3rd -
2007A Division4th
2008A Division4th
2009A Division8th
2010A Division5th
2011Elite Division2nd -
2012Elite Division7th
2013Elite Division7th
2014Elite Division6th
2015Elite Division4th