Sergio Parisse

Sergio Parisse, full name Sergio Francesco Parisse, is an Italian-Argentine former rugby union player born in 1983, now a lineout coach at the French club Toulon. He played for the Italy national team from 2002 until the 2019 Rugby World Cup and is Italy's most-capped player and one of the most-capped players of all time. He was the first Italian rugby union player to be nominated for the IRB International Player of the Year, in 2008 and again in 2013, and he shares the record of playing in five Rugby World Cups. He is widely considered one of the greatest number eights of the modern era and among the greatest Italian rugby players of all time.