Iacopo Bianchi

Iacopo Bianchi^{[note 1]} (born 5 May 1998) is an Italian rugby union player. He plays for Zebre Parma in United Rugby Championship as Flanker.^[4]

Iacopo Bianchi

Full name	Iacopo Bianchi
Date of birth	(1998-05-05) 5 May 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Arezzo, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	108 kg (17 st 0 lb; 238 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker Current team Zebre Youth career Vasari Arezzo Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2016−2017 F.I.R. Academy () 2017−2020 Fiamme Oro 37 (15) 2018−2020 →Zebre 12 (5) 2020− Zebre 54 (20) 2021 →Fiamme Oro 2 (0) Correct as of 31 May 2025 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017−2018 Italy Under 20 14 (5) 2022 Italy A 1 (5) Correct as of 25 Jun 2022

Career

His usual position is Flanker and he currently plays for Zebre in United Rugby Championship.^[5]

For the 2018–2019 Pro14 season, Bianchi was named as Additional Player for Zebre and in the 2019–2020 Pro14 season he was named as Permit Player ever for Zebre.^[6][7]

In 2017 and 2018, Bianchi was named in the Italy Under 20 squad.^[8] On 26 May he was called in Italy A squad for the South African tour in the 2022 mid-year rugby union tests against Namibia and Currie Cup XV team.^[9]

Notes

1. There are different spellings of Bianchi's name in use. Zebre rugby lists the spelling of his first name as Iacopo,^[1] which is also used by the Pro14 in their news sources, but several other website lists his name as Jacopo Bianchi. Both variants yield several search results from reliable sources.^[2][3] The player hasn't publicly commented on his preferred name spelling.