The real Italian deal

[Oldschool]

For a bit of fun - (The other 'International Qualification" Thread)
Who can make up a team of Italian born or qualified players who played for another country.
Tony Cascarino plays soccer BTW

15 Campesi
14
13
12
11
10 Cipriani
9
8 Dallaglio
7
6
5
4
3
2
1

How about one for Irish born/qualified internationals too.

15
14
13 Horan
12
11
10 Lynagh
9
8
7
6 Finnegan
5
4
3
2
1

And who would win a game between them.

[West Brit]

15 Campese
14
13
12
11
10 Cipriani
9
8 Dallaglio
7
6
5
4
3
2
1 Alex Corbisiero

[Leinsterman]

How about one for Irish born/qualified internationals too.

15
14
13 Horan
12 Shane Geraghty
11
10 Lynagh
9
8
7
6 Finnegan
5 Nick Kennedy
4
3
2 Stephen Moore
1

[silly punt]

How about one for Irish born/qualified internationals too.

15 John Gallagher
14
13 Horan
12 Shane Geraghty
11
10 Lynagh
9 Kieran Bracken
8
7
6 Finnegan
5 Nick Kennedy
4
3
2 Stephen Moore
1

[BlueArmyOriginal]

How about one for Irish born/qualified internationals too.

15 John Gallagher
14
13 Horan
12 Shane Geraghty
11
10 Lynagh
9 Kieran Bracken
8 Dallaglio
7
6 Finnegan
5 Nick Kennedy
4
3
2 Stephen Moore
1

[Dave Cahill]

12. Dan Herbert

[suisse]

How about one for Irish born/qualified internationals too.

15 John Gallagher
14 Franck Queudrue
13 Horan
12 Shane Geraghty
11
10 Lynagh
9 Kieran Bracken
8 Dallaglio
7
6 Finnegan
5 Nick Kennedy
4
3
2 Stephen Moore
1

[Sincero]

15 Cipriani (Sasanach)
14 Campese (Wallabies)
13 De Luca (Scotland)
12 Tiesi (Pumas)
11 Danielli (Scotland)
10 Dr. Phil (Pumas)
9 Lobrauco (Pumas)
8 Dallaglio (Sasanach)
7 Fessia (Pumas)
6 Abadie (Pumas)
5 Sidoli (Taffs)
4 Artese (Pumas)
3 Rollo (Scotland)
2 Cortopasso (Pumas)
1 Alex Corbisiero (Sasanach)

Yes, I know, I'm an inspiration to you all.

[West Brit]

15 Cipriani (Sasanach)
14 Campese (Wallabies)
13 De Luca (Scotland)
12 Tiesi (Pumas)
11 Danielli (Scotland)
10 Dr. Phil (Pumas)
9 Lobrauco (Pumas)
8 Dallaglio (Sasanach)
7 Fessia (Pumas)
6 Abadie (Pumas)
5 Sidoli (Taffs)
4 Artese (Pumas)
3 Rollo (Scotland)
2 Cortopasso (Pumas)
1 Alex Corbisiero (Sasanach)

Yes, I know, I'm an inspiration to you all.

Are you sure all of these players would have been eligible to play for the eye ties? That's a good effort!

[Darce]

Contepomi is wrong. He was born in Arg, was he not

[West Brit]

Contepomi is wrong. He was born in Arg, was he not

He was but he may have Italian grandparents, as many Argies do, and it's certainly an Italian surname. That's why I was wondering whether he was guessing or knew that these guys were Italian.

[suisse]

Contepomi is wrong. He was born in Arg, was he not

How you been to Argentina? Every f%~ker on the streets claims to be Italian; not South American or Spanish. There;s a good chance his grandparents were wops. I dont blame the laxk of spanish, nbg. Anyway....Conters also went to Newman College and he often procmalimed some respect flor irish heritag.e give the legend an irish passport i say

[Sincero]

How about one for Irish born/qualified internationals too.

15 John Gallagher
14
13 Horan
12 Shane Geraghty
11 Banahan
10 Lynagh
9 Kieran Bracken
8 Dallaglio
7 Danaher
6 Finnegan
5 Nick Kennedy
4
3
2 Stephen Moore
1

(i.e. the three I.Q. lads who saw how Casey was treated at the Exiles and very understandably declared for the Ould Enemy)

@Westbrit, yes mate, in spades... perhaps it's cheating a tad to use so many Argies, though... about 40% of the country is qualified to play for Italy, and there are a fair few paddies over there and all... A quick scouting trip in the future for us might be well advised, could find ourselves and nab the next Santiago Phelan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Phelan! Love that name, fair play. One of quite a few Irish-descended Pumas.

@Darce, place of birth isn't that relevant- all you need is one great-grandparent to qualify, do you not? And Everyone mentioned above is min.25%, or mainly 50% and over Eyetie. Some are even 100% Fratelli d'Italia. Now, an entirely different question would be what nationality they identified with... and I clearly can't answer that for them.

[suisse]

and there are a fair few paddies over there and all... A quick scouting trip in the future for us might be well advised, could find ourselves and nab the next Santiago Phelan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_Phelan! Love that name, fair play. One of quite a few Irish-descended Pumas

I studid this in Uni they reckon the 4th biggest irish diaspora on the world lijes in argentina, bigger than Canada. ,ore than 500,000 but clser to 2 million because lots regsitered as british upon arriving for a host of reasons. i was there for the buenos aires mayoral elections in 2007 - the names were f%~ked up. i saw one random constituency with about 5 people with the same family name as me but with names bery argentinian.

heck, even the first Argie president after WW2 had the same family name as me.

[Oldschool]

15 Cipriani (Sasanach)
14 Campese (Wallabies)
13 De Luca (Scotland)
12 Tiesi (Pumas)
11 Danielli (Scotland)
10 Dr. Phil (Pumas)
9 Lobrauco (Pumas)
8 Dallaglio (Sasanach)
7 Fessia (Pumas)
6 Abadie (Pumas)
5 Sidoli (Taffs)
4 Artese (Pumas)
3 Rollo (Scotland)
2 Cortopasso (Pumas)
1 Alex Corbisiero (Sasanach)



Yes, I know, I'm an inspiration to you all.

Impressive, very impressive.
With a name like Sincero, sounds like there might be a bit of the Italian stallion in your own lineage.