Giosuè Zilocchi

Giosuè Zilocchi (born 15 January 1997) is an Italian rugby union player. His usual position is as a Prop, and he currently plays for Benetton Rugby in United Rugby Championship.^[1]

Giosuè Zilocchi

Zilocchi in March 2024
Date of birth	(1997-01-15) 15 January 1997 (age 28)
Place of birth	Italy
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	112 kg (17 st 9 lb; 247 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop Current team London Irish Youth career 2005−2014 Elephant Rugby Gossolengo 2014−2015 Lyons Piacenza Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2015−2016 F.I.R. Academy () 2016−2017 Lyons Piacenza 10 (5) 2017–2018 Calvisano 10 (10) 2018–2022 Zebre 38 (0) 2022–2023 London Irish 0 (0) 2023– Benetton () Correct as of 29 Jan 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016−2017 Italy Under 20 8 (0) 2018– Italy 16 (0) Correct as of 06 Feb 2022

He played with Zebre from 2018 to 2022.^[2][3] Zilocchi will come back in Italy to United Rugby Championship club Benetton Rugby on a two-year contract from the 2023–24 season after the experience with London Irish without official caps for injury.^[4] Zilocchi signed for Benetton Rugby in March 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 United Rugby Championship.^[5] He made his debut in Round 1 of the 2023–24 season against Cardiff.^[6]

In 2016 and 2017, Zilocchi was named in the Italy Under 20 squad. From 2018, he was also named in the Italy squad.^[7][8]