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DOWNTIME WITH… ANDREA PIARDI

“I resisted the temptation to pull out a yellow card – it was a perfectly legal tackle on me!”

WHAT DOES it mean to be the first Italian chosen to referee a men’s Six Nations game? It’s an important appointment, not just for me but for all Italian referees and the whole Italian rugby movement. This appointment can only make us all very proud because so many people have worked so hard to make it happen.

It’s been huge for me and to us all as referees. Being able to encounter different styles

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