Mark Giacheri (born 1 February 1969 in Sydney) is a former Italian-Australian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a lock. He first played for

New South Wales Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), often referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team based in Sydney that represents the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. The Waratahs play t ...

, from 1988/89 to 1996/97. He moved to Benetton Treviso in 1995/96, playing there for two seasons and being National Champion in 1996/97. Then, he would play two seasons at West Hartpool, in

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, from 1997/98 to 1998/99, one season at

CA Brive Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze, Corrèze department. Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...

, in 1999/2000. Moving once more to England, he played for

Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Its team play in Premiership Rugby, and have been in England's top division of rugby union continuously since 1995. Originally founded in 1861 as ...

(2000/01-2001/02), Rotherham Titans (2002/03) and

Coventry R.F.C. Coventry Rugby Football Club is a professional rugby union club based in Coventry, England. The club enjoyed great success during the 1960s and 70s, with many players representing their countries. Coventry's home ground is the Butts Park Arena, ...

(2003/04-2004/05), where he also played Rugby League with the Coventry Bears, and where he would finish his player career. He first played for

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U-21, but having dual citizenship, Australian and Italian, he would be called by coach Bertrand Fourcade for

Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ...

, in 1992, while still playing in his home country. He had his first game at 1 October 1992, at the 22-3 win over

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

, in

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, for the FIRA Championship, D1, Pool B. He had 48 caps for Italy, from 1992 to 2003. He was called for the

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, playing two games, and for the

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, playing three games. Giacheri played twice at the

Six Nations Championship The Six Nations Championship (known as the Six Nations, branded as Guinness M6N) is an annual international rugby union competition by the teams of England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales. It is the oldest sports tournament conte ...

, in 2002 and 2003. His last game was at the 61-6 loss to

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, at 30 August 2003, in

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, in a friendly, aged 34 years old. Giacheri returned to

, after finishing his player career, becoming a coach. He is the head coach of

Randwick DRUFC Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club based in Randwick City Council, a Local Government Area in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The team competes in the Sydney premier ...

, since 2010/11 and finished coaching the side in 2013. In 2013 was in Turin for the world master games with Australian team Mosman Whales Rugby Union Over 45 and won the gold medal. In 2014, Giacheri became the head coach of American side

San Francisco Golden Gate RFC San Francisco Golden Gate Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based in San Francisco, California. SFGG's first side competes in the Northern California Rugby Football Union's Men's Division I, Women's Division II, and Pacific Rugby Premiershi ...

, a team that pronominally competes in the Pacific Rugby Premiership.

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* 1969 births Living people Australian rugby union players Australian rugby union coaches Australian people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Italian rugby union players Italian rugby union coaches Italy international rugby union players Benetton Rugby players CA Brive players Sale Sharks players Rugby union flankers Rugby union players from Sydney 1995 Rugby World Cup players 1999 Rugby World Cup players Australian expatriate rugby union players in France Australian expatriate rugby union players in England New South Wales Waratahs players 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub