Worcester Warriors have signed Italy quantity eight Renato Giammarioli.
The 27-year-old, who has received 5 caps since making his worldwide debut in 2017, is the seventh signing for the 2022-23 season – and all of them have up to now been forwards.
Giammarioli, at present with United Rugby Championship facet Zebre in Parma, can be the second Italy worldwide, following hooker Hame Faiva.
“Renato has a incredible talent set,” stated Warriors boss Steve Diamond.
“His dynamic carrying and confrontational defence will serve us subsequent season.”
Giammarioli, who performed for Zebre towards Warriors within the European Problem Cup in January, performed as a junior for Frascati, then with Calvisano earlier than becoming a member of Zebre.
In what will probably be a new-look engine room at Sixways subsequent season, he follows the signings of Faiva, Curtis Langdon, who signed with flanker Cameron Neild from Diamond’s outdated membership Sale, Australian Fergus Lee-Warner, who can play at lock or within the again row, Argentina worldwide Santiago Medrano, and fellow prop Valeriy Morozov