The Giuseppe Garibaldi Trophy ( it, Trofeo Garibaldi; french: Trophée Garibaldi) is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

trophy awarded to the winner of the annual Six Nations Championship match between

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

and

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

. The trophy, designed by former French international and professional sculptor

Jean-Pierre Rives Jean-Pierre Rives (born 31 December 1952) is a French former rugby union player and visual artist. "A cult figure in France", according to the '' BBC'', he came to epitomise the team's spirit and "ultra-committed, guts-and-glory style of play".

, was awarded for the first time on 3 February 2007 to

as part of the celebrations of the bicentenary of Giuseppe Garibaldi's birth. As of

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, the trophy has been contested sixteen times, with France winning fourteen and Italy two.

Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian revolutionary born in 1807 in

Nice Nice ( , ; Niçard dialect, Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department in France. The Nice urban unit, agg ...

(now in France, but then part of the

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). One of the fathers of unified Italy, he was also a general in the

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during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. As part of the celebrations of the bicentenary of Garibaldi's birth it was decided by the

Fédération Française de Rugby The French Rugby Federation (french: Fédération Française de Rugby (''FFR'')) is the governing body for rugby union in France. It is responsible for the French national team and the Ligue nationale de rugby that administers the country's profe ...

and the

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to create a trophy in his honour and have it awarded to the winner of the annual 6 Nations Championship's game between

and

Trophy

Idea

The original idea of a trophy to be awarded to the winner of annual game between France and Italy, was first mooted in

by the International committee for the celebration of the bicentennial of Garibaldi's birth. Garibaldi was born in 1807 in Nice, when it was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia/Piedmont, before it was annexed to France in 1860; he fought during the

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and during the Franco-Prussian War for France. Also from a rugby union point of view historically the sport in Italy has been in the past heavily influenced by the French. The idea was brought to the attention of both the French and Italian rugby federations, quickly gathered momentum and was approved on 6 December 2006 by the

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Design

, the trophy was unveiled on 2 February 2007, during a ceremony at the French embassy in Rome. The trophy's godfathers were former international players Diego Dominguez for Italy and Jean-François Tordo (who was born in Nice) for France.

Matches

Results

References

External links

www.ffr.fr
– Fédération Française de Rugby
www.federugby.it
– Federazione Italiana Rugby
www.6nations.net
– 6 Nations official website {{Rugby union in Italy Six Nations Championship trophies 2007 establishments in France 2007 establishments in Italy International rugby union competitions hosted by France International rugby union competitions hosted by Italy History of rugby union matches between France and Italy Giuseppe Garibaldi Recurring sporting events established in 2007