Nicola Piantella
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| Born | 28 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (15 st 10 lb; 220 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicola Piantella (born 28 March 2001) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Lock and he currently plays for Serie A Elite team Fiamme Oro.[1]
Selected for F.I.R. Academy, in the 2020–21 Pro14 season, and under contract with Rovigo Delta, in 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton Rugby.[2][3][4][5] He made his debut in Round 16 of the competition against Munster.[6] In 2022–23, he played for Benetton Rugby and, on loan, with Top10 team Mogliano, until the end of the season.[7][8][9][10] In May 2023 he signed for Zebre Parma in United Rugby Championship, but he didn't play for injury and in March 2024 he came back in Serie A Elite with Fiamme Oro.[11]
In June 2021 Piantella was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[12][13][14]
On 26 May 2022, for the match against Netherlands, he was named in the 30-man Emerging Italy squad, for the 2022 July rugby union tests.[15] On 26 May Piantella was called in Italy A squad for the South African tour in the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests against Namibia and Currie Cup XV team.[16] On 13 January 2024 he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies.[17]
