Martin Page-Relo
 Page-Relo playing for Italy in 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Martin Page-Relo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 6 January 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | L'Isle-Jourdain, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Page-Relo (born 6 January 1999) is a French-born Italian rugby union player, who plays for Lyon.[1][2]
Club career
[edit]Martin Page-Relo started playing rugby as a 5 years old in his hometown L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers, before moving to Stade Toulousain in 2012.[3]
Page-Relo made his professional debut on loan from Stade Toulousain, with US Carcassonne on 13 September 2020.[4]
International career
[edit]Martin Page-Relo was first called to the Italy senior team in March 2023 for the 2023 Six Nations Championship, being eligible for the selection per his maternal grandparents' Italian citizenship.[5][6] On 5 July 2023, he was selected by Kieran Crowley to be part of an Italy squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches. He made his debut against Scotland in the first match of 29 July 2023.[7]
On 22 August 2023, he was named in the Italy's 33-man squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Martin Page-Relo 2 ans au LOU Rugby". LOU Rugby. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ^ Laufa, Philippe (16 March 2022). "Stade Toulousain : Martin Page Relo s'invite dans la rotation". La Dépêche (in French). Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Pro D2 : pour sa rentrée, l'US Carcassonne oppose une belle résistance à Oyonnax". L'Indépendant (in French). 13 September 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Italia, trentatre azzurri per Galles e Scozia". Federugby. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ Calvet, Nicolas (1 March 2023). "Tournoi des 6 Nations : Martin Page Relo en sélection italienne, pourquoi le joueur du Stade Toulousain est éligible avec la Squadra Azzurra". La Dépêche (in French). Toulouse, Haute-Garonne. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
- ^ "Italy name training squad ahead of 2023 World Cup". F.I.R. Rugby. 5 July 2023.
- ^ "ITALIA, I 33 AZZURRI PER LA RUGBY WORLD CUP "FRANCIA 2023". Federazione Italiana Rugby (in Italian). 22 August 2023.
External links
[edit]- All.rugby profile
- Stade Toulousain profile (in French)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- People from L'Isle-Jourdain, Gers
- Rugby union players from Gers
- Italian rugby union players
- French rugby union players
- Italian people of French descent
- French sportspeople of Italian descent
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Stade Toulousain players
- US Carcassonne players
- Lyon OU Rugby players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Italy international rugby union players