Tommaso Menoncello
Italy international rugby union player
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Tommaso Menoncello (Italian pronunciation: [menonˈtʃɛllo]; born 20 August 2002) is an Italian professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship (URC) and the Italy national team.[1][2]
.jpg) Menoncello with Benetton in 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 August 2002 Treviso, Veneto, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club career
Menoncello has previously played for clubs such as Paese in the past. For 2020–21 Pro14 and initially for 2021–22 United Rugby Championship seasons, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton Rugby.[3][4][5]
International career
Selected with F.I.R. Academy, in June 2021 Menoncello was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[6][7][8] He was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the November 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[9]
Menoncello was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against France, where he scored a try and became the youngest try-scorer in the history of the tournament, at the age of 19 years and 170 days.[10][11]
Menoncello was named the 2024 Six Nations Player of the Championship.[12]
Statistics
List of international test tries
As of 7 March 2026.
Honours
- Italy
- Cuttitta Cup:
- Winner: 2024, 2026
- Individual
- Six Nations Team of the Championship:
- Winner: 2024, 2025, 2026
