Alessandro Troncon (born 6 September 1973 in Treviso) is a former Italian rugby union player.
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| Birth name | Alessandro Troncon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 September 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 242 lb (110 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Troncon is the 6th most capped player in Italian rugby union history, and the first Italian to gain 100 caps. The veteran scrum-half made his Italy debut against Spain (62–15) in 1994[2] and has played alongside fly-half Diego Dominguez on more than 50 occasions. He suffered a serious knee injury after the 2003 World Cup which forced him to miss the entire 2004 Six Nations, and to lose the captaincy for his national team.
Troncon spent two years at French side Montferrand before returning to Treviso.[citation needed]
In 2007 Troncon was named man of the match as he scored a try in Italy's first overseas victory at Murrayfield against Scotland (37–17) in the 2007 Six Nations. Also he was named Man of the Match in the defeat to England (7–20) at Twickenham in the 2007 Six Nations. Troncon was in the Italian squad at the 2007 World Cup, during which he made his 100th appearance for his country, in a pool-match game against Portugal (31–5). In doing this, he became only the seventh rugby union player to reach 100 caps, after George Gregan, Stephen Larkham, David Campese, Jason Leonard, Fabien Pelous, Philippe Sella and one game before Gareth Thomas.[3] He announced he was leaving competition after the tournament.
He became assistant coach to Italy head coach Nick Mallett in 2008. From 2022 Troncon is Assistant Coach for Benetton Rugby.[4][5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Player records – Alessandro Troncon". ercrugby.co.uk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007.
- ^ "Allesandro Troncon". scrum.com. Retrieved 19 September 2007.
- ^ "Troncon, a gladiator of 100 battles". rugbyworldcup.com. 18 September 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
- ^ "DEFINITO LO STAFF TECNICO BIANCOVERDE". Benetton Rugby. 10 June 2022.
- ^ "TRONCON E DUVENAGE NELLO STAFF TECNICO DEL BENETTON RUGBY" (Press release). Benetton Rugby. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
External links
edit- RBS 6 Nations profile
- Alessandro Troncon at the CONI honored athlete website (in Italian)
