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Italian rugby union player

Rugby player
Derrick Appiah
Birth nameDerrick Appiah
Date of birth (1994-07-19) 19 July 1994 (age 30)
Place of birthModena, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight118 kg (18 st 8 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Prop
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Modena ()
2010−2013 F.I.R. Academy ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013–2015 Mogliano 29 (15)
2015–2017 Worcester Warriors 5 (5)
2016 →Nottingham 1 (0)
2016 →London Scottish 1 (0)
2017 →Edinburgh (loan) 5 (0)
2017−2018 London Scottish 21 (10)
2018−2021 Benetton 20 (5)
2021 →Mogliano 5 (0)
2021− Colorno ()
2022 →Northern Suburbs ()
Correct as of 26 Mar 2021
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014 Italy U20 10 (0)
2017− Emerging Italy 3 (0)
Correct as of 30 April 2018

Derrick Appiah (born 19 July 1994, in Modena) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Italinan club Colorno in the Top10.

Appiah has featured for Mogliano in Italy's National Championship of Excellence and the Amlin Challenge Cup and has also enjoyed spells with Rugby Parma and Modena Rugby.

On 4 February 2015, Appiah made a move to England with Worcester Warriors in top level competition, which is the Aviva Premiership, starting from the 2015-16 season. On 5 May 2017, Appiah signs for RFU Championship outfit London Scottish ahead of the 2017-18 season. From 2018 to 2021, Appiah played with Italian Pro14 team Benetton.

The prop was a regular for Italy U20s during the 2014 RBS Junior Six Nations campaign, helping Italy to a 32-13 victory over Scotland and a fifth-place finish. Later that year, he helped Italy to a third-place pool finish during the 2014 IRB Junior World Championship - a campaign which saw his country defeat Argentina U20s 29-26. In 2017 he was named in the Emerging Italy squad.

References

  1. "MERCATO BIANCOROSSO: INGAGGIATO L'EX BENETTON DERRICK APPIAH". Rugby Colorno (in Italian). 5 August 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
  2. "Worcester Warriors sign Italy U20s prop Derrick Appiah". BBC Sport. 4 February 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  3. "Worcester Warriors prop Derrick Appiah signs permanent deal with Championship outfit London Scottish". Worcester News. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  4. "Il Benetton Rugby saluta 10 Leoni e 4 componenti dello staff". Benetton Rugby (in Italian). 30 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. Portoghese, Matteo (25 May 2017). "Rugby – Italia Emergenti pronta per la Nations Cup".

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