2003/04 Italy Home Rugby Shirt (S)

Condition: 9/10 Superb

Size: Adult Small

Chest Measurement: 36-38 Inches / 92-97 CM

Manufacturer: Kappa

Colour: Blue

Material: Polyester

Seasons: 2003/2004 - 2005/2006

Player: N/A

Patches: N/A

Official Kappa Italy home rugby shirt from the 2003/04 international season.

The condition of this vintage rugby jersey is 9/10 – Superb (see photos).

Italy, along with other nations, had made good use of IRB rules which allowed them to select foreign-born players if they had Italian ancestry or had lived in Italy for a qualifying period of three years. From 2004 they announced that they would only pick three such 'non-Italians' per team in order to develop their own domestic players.

In the 2005 Six Nations Italy finished bottom of the table again and failed to win a single game. Kirwan was sacked and replaced with Pierre Berbizier. Italy then went on a tour of Argentina where they surprised many by beating the Pumas 30–29 and drawing the series 1–1 (the only 2005 victory of a Northern Hemisphere team visiting a Southern Hemisphere team). However, the Pumas had their revenge when they visited Genoa and beat Italy 39–22.