Carlo Checchinato (born 30 August 1970) is an Italian rugby player. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Checchinato was born in Adria, close to Rovigo. Adria is a town in the province of Rovigo in the Veneto region of Northern Italy, situated between the mouths of the rivers Adige and He represented the Italian national team at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia as well as representing Italy in numerous tournaments before. For the rugby sevens side see Italian national rugby union team (sevens The Italy national rugby union team represent the nation of The 2003 Rugby World Cup was the fifth Rugby union world cup and was won by England. He earned 83 caps and scored 21 tries in international matches. Checchinato's international try total was an all-time record for forwards until 2007, when it was surpassed by Colin Charvis of Wales. Colin Charvis (born December 27, 1972 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is a Welsh Rugby union player who plays club rugby for Newport The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international [1]
Normally a number eight, he played for Rugby Rovigo and Benetton Rugby Treviso. A Rugby union team is made up of 15 players eight forwards numbered from 1 to 8 and seven backs numbered from 9 to 15 Benetton Rugby Treviso are an Italian Rugby union club currently competing in Super 10. Currently he is Italy Team Manager.