Carlo Del Fava

Carlo Del Fava

Personal information
Full name	Carlo Antonio Del Fava
Date of birth	1 July 1981
Place of birth	Mthatha, South Africa
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	115 kg (18.1 st)
School	Queens College
Senior clubs*
Years Club Apps (points) 2001 2002 2004–05 2005–07 2007–09 2009–10 2010–12 2012–2014 Natal Wildebeest Sharks (Currie Cup) Parma Borgoin Ulster Viadana Aironi Newcastle Falcons 9 (0) 44 (0) 26 (5) 19 (0) 21 (0) 28 (0)
Representative teams**
2001– 2004–2011 South Africa U21 Italy 54 (5)
* Professional club appearances and points counted for domestic first grade only. ** Representative team caps and points correct as of 20 November 2012.

Carlo Antonio Del Fava (born 1 July 1981) is a South African-born, Italian former rugby union player. His preferred position was Lock, and he last played for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. After hanging his boots up he then decided to take up coaching. He is now a forwards coach at Westoe RFC.

Del Fava was born in Mthatha, South Africa to Italian parents. He was called up to the Italy squad for the 2008 Six Nations Championship.^[1] Del Fava made his Italy debut in the 2004 Six Nations Championship. Previously Del Fava played for the South African under-21 team.

While playing rugby in South Africa, Del Fava served a two-year ban after testing positive for the banned substance stanozolol.^[2]

He was part of the BBC Sport coverage for the 2014 and 2015 Six Nations, giving his views on the Italian side.

On 10 February 2014, it was announced Del Fava had been forced to retire due to a long-standing neck injury.^[3]

See also

• Italian South Africans

References

1. "Parisse handed Italy captaincy". BBC. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-02.
2. "Checchinato blow for Italy". BBC. 26 March 2004. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
3. "Neck injury forces Carlo del Fava to quit". ESPN Scrum. 10 February 2014.

External links

• RBS 6 Nations profile
• Ulster sign Italian lock Del Fava