George Biagi

George Biagi

Full name	George Biagi
Date of birth	(1985-10-04) 4 October 1985 (age 39)
Place of birth	Irvine, Scotland
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	117 kg (18 st 6 lb; 258 lb)
School	Fettes College
University	Bocconi University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Current team Zebre Youth career Fettes College Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2004−2005 Grande Milano Rugby () 2005−2008 Amatori Milano () 2008-2010 Cavalieri Prato 26 (10) 2010−2012 Aironi 23 (10) 2012−2013 Bristol 7 (0) 2013−2020 Zebre 119 (40) Correct as of 21 Feb 2020 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014−2018 Italy 23 (0) Correct as of 3 November 2018

George Biagi (born 4 October 1985 in Irvine, Scotland) is a retired Italy international rugby union. He represented Italy on 23 occasions.^[1] He was born in Scotland to Scots/Italian father and an Italian mother and later went to Italy to study. He has stated he has equal allegiance to both countries.^[2][3]

Biagi started playing rugby at the age of 13 at Fettes College, Edinburgh. He attended Bocconi University in Milan and started playing with Grande Milano; the following year he moved to Amatori Milano. He was signed by Cavalieri Prato with whom he got promoted to Super 10 (now Top12) and qualified for the European Amlin Challenge Cup. He subsequently transferred to Aironi where he played since the 2010/2011 season, in the Pro12 and the Heineken Cup.^[4] In June 2012 he signed for Bristol Rugby^[5] but in the summer of 2013, Biagi returned to Italy to join the new franchise Zebre in the Pro12. He played for Zebre until 2019-20 Pro14 season.^[6]

References

1. "George Biagi Annuncia Il Ritiro Dal Rugby Giocato". federugby.it.
2. "BBC Sport - George Biagi 'impressed' by Bristol set-up". BBC Sport.
3. "Rugby: Fettes FP Biagi's loyalties are stretched to the limit". scotsman.com.
4. Aironi's Giorgio Biagi could be one for the futuregiornaledibarganews.com 10 November 2010 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
5. "BBC Sport - Bristol: Aironi lock Biagi signs as 14 depart". BBC Sport.
6. "La bandiera delle Zebre George Biagi lascia il rugby giocato". 14 July 2020. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.