Tommaso Menoncello

Tommaso Menoncello
Menoncello with Benetton in 2025
Born (2002-08-20) 20 August 2002
Treviso, Veneto, Italy
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight105 kg (231 lb; 16 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing
Current team Benetton
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2020–2021 FIR Academy
2021– Benetton 65 (105)
Correct as of 27 November 2025
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2021 Italy U20 5 (0)
2021 Italy A 2 (0)
2022– Italy 36 (55)
Correct as of 7 March 2026

Tommaso Menoncello (Italian pronunciation: [menonˈtʃɛllo]; born 20 August 2002) is an Italian professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Benetton in the United Rugby Championship (URC) and the Italy national team.[1][2]

Club career

Menoncello has previously played for clubs such as Paese in the past. For 2020–21 Pro14 and initially for 2021–22 United Rugby Championship seasons, he was named as Permit Player for Benetton Rugby.[3][4][5]

International career

Selected with F.I.R. Academy, in June 2021 Menoncello was named in Italy Under 20 squad for 2021 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[6][7][8] He was selected by Alessandro Troncon to be part of an Italy A 28-man squad for the November 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals.[9]

Menoncello was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy 33-man squad for the 2022 Six Nations Championship. He made his debut against France, where he scored a try and became the youngest try-scorer in the history of the tournament, at the age of 19 years and 170 days.[10][11]

Menoncello was named the 2024 Six Nations Player of the Championship.[12]

Statistics

List of international test tries

As of 7 March 2026.

List of international tries scored by Tommaso Menoncello[13]
No. Opponent Venue Date Competition Result
1  France Stade de France, Saint-Denis 5 February 2022 2022 Six Nations Championship 37–10
2  Romania Arcul de Triumf Stadium, Bucharest 1 July 2022 2022 July Internationals 13–45
3
4  Georgia Adjarabet Arena, Batumi 10 July 2022 2022 July Internationals 28–19
5  Ireland Aviva Stadium, Dublin 5 August 2023 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up match 33–17
6  New Zealand Juventus Stadium, Turin 23 November 2024 2024 Autumn Internationals 11–29
7  France Stadio Olimpico, Rome 23 February 2025 2025 Six Nations Championship 24–73
8  England Twickenham Stadium, London 9 March 2025 2025 Six Nations Championship 47–24
9  Namibia Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium, Windhoek 27 June 2025 2025 Italy tour of Namibia and South Africa 6–73
10  Scotland Stadio Olimpico, Rome 7 February 2026 2026 Six Nations Championship 18–15
11  England Stadio Olimpico, Rome 7 March 2026 2026 Six Nations Championship 23–18

References

  1. ^ "Player Profile" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby.
  2. ^ "TOMMASO MENONCELLO FIRMA SINO AL 30 GIUGNO 2025". Benetton Rugby. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "SCELTO IL XV BIANCOVERDE PER LA SFIDA CONTRO I DRAGONS" (in Italian). Benetton Rugby. 28 November 2020. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ^ "SEI GIOVANI TALENTI SI AGGREGHERANNO AI LEONI". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 5 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ^ "DODICI I PERMIT PLAYERS SELEZIONATI PER LA PROSSIMA STAGIONE SPORTIVA". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Selezione Italia U20, gli Azzurrini convocati per il raduno di Parma". Italy Rugby.
  7. ^ "Academy Profile" (in Italian). F.I.R. Rugby.
  8. ^ "FIR Academy Selection" (in Italian). CRV Rugby.
  9. ^ "Italia A, gli azzurri convocati per il match contro la Spagna". FIR (in Italian). 14 October 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. ^ "ITALRUGBY, GLI AZZURRI CONVOCATI PER L'ESORDIO AL GUINNESS SEI NAZIONI 2022". Italy Rugby Union (in Italian). 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  11. ^ @SixNationsRugby (6 February 2022). "Menoncello is the youngest try-scorer in #GuinnessSixNations history, 19 years 170 days.Fickou was 19 years and 3…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ undefined, undefined (5 April 2024). "ITALY'S MENONCELLO VOTED GUINNESS PLAYER OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP - Guinness Men's Six Nations". www.sixnationsrugby.com. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Tommaso Menoncello". All Rugby.
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