Fratelli d'Rugby - The Italian Rugby Podcast

Send a text In this week's Podcast Mike, Marcello and Ottavio are joined by the  former Benetton and Italy International Ian Mckinley. Ian describes his journey to becoming one of the most recognisable players in the modern game.  During our chat, we delve into the early days and the the injury which changed his path and the course of his career. We discuss the positive signs of Italian rugby...

Send a text In this bonus podcast you can find the live reaction of Ottavio and Mike from Italy vs Japan game before, during and after the match from the watchalong live on Twitter and Youtube .  Don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@FRATELLIDRUGBY where you can find more contents as live reactions, clip from the podcast, shorts and more  Support the show L...

Send a text In this week's bonus episode we're joined by Exeter academy coach Leo Mattoccia.  Ottavio and Mike speak with Leo about his journey since joining the English system as well as understanding a little about his background. We delve into the effects of the Covid period on the development of young professional academy players, and look back and break down the game with Romania an...

Send a text In this bonus podcast you can find the live reaction of Ottavio and Mike from Italy vs Romania game before, during and after the match from the watchalong live on Twitter and Youtube .  Don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@FRATELLIDRUGBY where you can find more contents as live reactions, clip from the podcast, shorts and more  Support the show...

Send a text In this week's Podcast Mike, Marcello and Ottavio are joined by the Benetton Treviso and Italy's number 8 Toa Halafihi. We speak about his journey through rugby from the Windy Wellington to the RWC 2023 in France defending the Azzurri jersey and the Romania game. Just few hours after the announcement of Italy's squad.  Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. Fo...

Send a text In this week's Podcast Mike and Marcello are joined by Italian international fly-half Tommaso Allan. We speak about the upcoming world cup warm ups, building up to the world cup and beyond. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidrugby

Send a text In this weeks podcast Ottavio and Mike speak with the premiership winner with Saracens and Italian international tight-head prop Marco Riccioni.  We delve into his stand-out season, and discuss him returning to play from injury and look ahead to the upcoming summer internationals and World Cup 2023.  Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: h...

Send a text In this episode we spoke with Italy International and Gloucester Scrum-Half: Stephen Lorenzo Varney ahead of travelling to camp with Italy for the Summer games. We discussed about his connection with Italy, the past season and about some of the characters, traditions and (without shaming) some of the worst DJ's in the Italy camp. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. F...

Send a text In this week's episode we speak with Benetton and Italy back-row Sebastian Negri. He reveals the secrets to his stand out season and we reflect on the past year, looking ahead with optimism to the upcoming summer internationals and World Cup 2023. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidrugby

Send a text In this emergency pod we speak about the news around Italy's new Head Coach after the RWC 2023 with Kieran Crowley leaving his role after leading Italy to rebrand the style of play of the Azzurri and brought respect and credibility to all the movement .  Raw reaction. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidru...

Send a text In this week's pod we speak with a Benetton legend hitting over 100 caps with the Treviso team, and current Italian defence coach Marius Goosen. This week we focus on some of the finer technical details surrounding the current Italy team, looking ahead of the summer tests and France 2023 and speak about the evolution of rugby since he first came to Italy. Support the show Like, Sh...

Send a text In this week's episode we are honoured by none other than Italian Head Coach and former World Cup winning All Black Kieran Crowley. We speak with Kieran regarding the new attacking Italy and what influenced the decisions to adapt to this style of play, notable admissions and omissions from the World Cup Squad and a look ahead to the Summer tests with an eye on France 2023. Support...

Send a text In today's episode Ottavio, Marcello and Mike exclusively speak with Dino Lamb on his surprise inclusion to the Italian World Cup squad. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidrugby

Send a text As our first of this week's mystery guests, Ottavio, Mike and Marcello speak with Zebre club captain and Italian lock Dave Sisi about the season with Zebre, his injury in the winter and looking ahead with ambition to the next few months with Italy, the 2023 World Cup and the upcoming URC 23/24 season with a young group of talent. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. F...

Send a text Ottavio, Mike and Marcello discuss the surprise call ups from the most recent World Cup squad announcements from Italy. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidrugby

Send a text Ottavio, Marcello and Mike discuss who they'd like to see on the plane for the upcoming  world cup in France ahead of the announcements at 12pm Monday. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidrugby

Send a text Marcello, Ottavio and Mike chew the fat over last weekends action, discuss some of the changing landscape of Italian Rugby and debate the 'Sergio Parisse Dilemma'. Support the show Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe. For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidrugby