Matteo Zanusso (born 9 April 1993) is an Italian

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player who plays as a

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. He currently competes for Benetton in the

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. Born in San Dona di Piave, Matteo played locally for San Dona rugby club, which is known for its youth academy. Later he joined the first team, of which in his first year, the club achieved promotion to the

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. In summer 2014, he joined Benetton Treviso,/ ''benettonrugby'', Matthew Zanusso, 3 July 2014
/ref> later fellow San Dona team member

Amar Kudin Amar Kudin (born 9 August 1992) is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a Hooker. He currently competes for Fiamme Oro in the Top12. Born in Croatia, Kudin moved to Italy at a young age, spending most of his time at local rugby youths. Am ...

, joined as well.

External links

*http://www.espn.co.uk/italy/rugby/player/176655.html *http://www.itsrugby.co.uk/player-27279.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20141129013340/http://www.benettonrugby.it/c1_117/zanusso_matteo.ashx

References

1993 births Italian rugby union players Living people Italy international rugby union players People from San Donà di Piave Rugby union hookers Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Venice {{Italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub