Tito Tebaldi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtiːto teˈbaldi] ⓘ; born 20 September 1987) is an Italian rugby union player. He plays as scrum-half. He made his debut for Italy against Australia on 13 June 2009.[1]

Career

Tebaldi is the nephew of former Italy fullback Daniele Tebaldi,[2] began his career playing for Noceto, a team based in the Province of Parma.[3] He joined Gran Parma of the Super 10 in 2006, making his debut at 19.[4] After establishing himself as a regular starter during the 2008–09 season, Tebaldi quickly earned a reputation as one of the best young players in Italy.[5] Tebaldi joined Aironi in May 2010 for their debut season in the Celtic League.[6]

Nick Mallett included Tebaldi in the Italy squad for the 2009 mid-year rugby test series after Simon Picone pulled out for personal reasons.[7] Having made his debut as a replacement for Pablo Canavosio in the first test,[5] Tebaldi was the starting scrum-half for Italy's final two games of the tour.[8] Tebaldi played in all three of Italy's end of year tests and established himself as the first choice scrum half for the 2010 Six Nations Championship.[8][9]

On 2 March 2013, he signed with Ospreys where he played 18 games with one score.

It was announced on 3 December 2014 that he was joining Harlequins from Ospreys.[10]

On 17 May 2016, Benetton Treviso announced the player as new scrum-half from the 2016–2017 season.[11] He played for Benetton until 2019–20 Pro14 season for to move to Petrarca Padova.[12][13]

On 18 August 2019, he was named in the final 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[14]

In June 2023 he was named in Italy Sevens squad for the 2023 Rugby Europe Sevens Championship Series.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Tito Tebaldi". ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  2. ^ "La rosa dell'Italia: Tito Tebaldi". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Lettera aperta del consigliere Federale Reverberi" (in Italian). Rugby Noceto. 26 July 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  4. ^ "Tito Tebaldi". statbunker.com. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Tebaldi, un nocetano in azzurro". Gazzetta di Parma (in Italian). 13 June 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  6. ^ "Aironi Rugby. Tre nuovi arrivi italiani nello scacchiere degli Aironi. Tito Tebaldi, Roberto Quartaroli e Giulio Rubini" (in Italian). Rugby CS. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Mallett: tre cambi per la tournée estiva". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 31 May 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  8. ^ a b "Player analysis = Tito Tebaldi". ESPN. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  9. ^ "Preview: Italy v Scotland". Orange. Retrieved 28 February 2010.
  10. ^ "Log in or Register : Media Centre | Premiership Rugby". www.premiershiprugby.com. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Secondo Colpo per la Stagione 2016/2017: Tito Tebaldi E' Biancoverde". Archived from the original on 21 May 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  12. ^ "BENETTON RUGBY SALUTA GLI 8 LEONI CHE LASCIANO IL CLUB". Petrarca Rugby (in Italian). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  13. ^ "BEN ARRIVATI AL PETRARCA RUGBY!". Petrarca Rugby (in Italian). 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  14. ^ "ITALRUGBY, CONOR O'SHEA ANNUNCIA I 31 GIOCATORI CONVOCATI PER IL MONDIALE". federugby.it.
  15. ^ "ITALSEVEN MASCHILE, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER IL RUGBY EUROPE 7S CHAMPIONHIP DI ALGARVE".


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