Tommaso Di Bartolomeo

Tommaso Di Bartolomeo (born 4 October 2001) is an Italian rugby union player, currently playing for Italian United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma. His preferred position is hooker.^[1][2]

Tommaso Di Bartolomeo

Di Bartolomeo in 2025
Birth name	Tommaso Di Bartolomeo
Date of birth	(2001-01-04) 4 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth	Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	105 kg (16.5 st; 231 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Current team Zebre Parma Youth career Petrarca Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017−2021 F.I.R. Academy () 2021−2023 Petrarca 27 (50) 2022−2023 → Zebre Parma 1 (0) 2023− Zebre Parma 24 (20) Correct as of 31 May 2025 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2021 Italy U20 5 (10) 2021−2022 Emerging Italy 2 (5) 2022 Italy A 1 (0) 2025− Italy 3 (0) Correct as of 12 Jul 2025

Career

Under contract with Italian Top10 team Petrarca, in March 2022, Di Bartolomeo was named as a Permit Player for Zebre Parma for 2021–22 United Rugby Championship season ahead of the re-arranged Round 7 match against the Sharks.^[3][4][5] He made his debut in the same match, coming on as a replacement.^[6]

In 2021, Di Bartolomeo was named in Italy U20s squad for the annual Six Nations Under 20s Championship.^[7] On 8 December, he was named in Emerging Italy 27-man squad also for the 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.^[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] On 30 November 2023, he was called in Italy Under 23 squad for test series against IRFU Combined Academies.^[10]

He was named to Italy 2025 Six Nations squad as an invited player,^[11] but did not play during the championship. He was also called up to participate in 2025 Tour of Namibia and South Africa.^[12] He made his debut against Namibia in Windhoek during the first match of the tour.^[13]