Ricky Riccitelli
Full name | John Ricky Riccitelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 3 February 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb; 17 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Francis Douglas Memorial College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
University | University of Otago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
John Ricky Riccitelli was born on 3 February 1995 in
He represented
Professional career
2015–17
Although there was interest from other provincial unions for Riccitelli, he ended up signing a two-year deal with Hawke's Bay under coach Craig Philpott in May 2015. Philpott was impressed with his performance after noticing him at the New Zealand under-20 trial camps.[5] He made his debut for the province in 2015, playing the two out of the three pre-season Ranfurly Shield matches against Horowhenua-Kapiti and Mid Canterbury.[8] He made a further six appearances during the 2015 ITM Cup season.[9]
Riccitelli then joined the
In 2016 also saw Riccitelli feature in a disappointing Hawke's Bay team that finished in last place.[13] He continued to make progress though as a starting loosehead prop during their Mitre 10 Cup campaign.[14] Riccitelli, returned to his primary and preferred role of hooker when the side hosted Bay of Plenty, which was their final outing of the season at Napier's McLean Park.[15] He extended his club's appearances to eighteen after he played in all ten of Hawke's Bay's matches, making it a season's personal best.[16]
Riccitelli returned to his home province of Taranaki.
Riccitelli became a regular starter for the Hurricanes in the 2017 Super Rugby season after another injury to Hurricanes' captain and first-choice All Blacks hooker Dane Coles. He was preferred over Leni Apisai for the role.[19] Riccitelli was eventually called up as injury cover for the All Blacks' 2017 Rugby Championship, with Coles out of the first round and Liam Coltman out for the season.[20] Riccitelli did not play in the competition and was released back to Taranaki after Coles recovered from his second concussion of the 2017 season.[21]
2018–present
Despite newly-capped All Black
Riccitelli returned for his second
Riccitelli rejoined the Hurricanes squad for their upcoming season after head coach
Statistics
Club | Year | Competition | GP | GS | TRY | CON | PEN | DGL | PTS | WL% | ||
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Hawke's Bay | 2015† | Bunnings NPC )
(incl. Ranfurly Shield |
8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87.50 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | 0 | 0 | ||
Taranaki | 2017† | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 77.78 | 0 | 0 | |
2018 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33.33 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020† | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 36.36 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021† | 10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 100.00 | 0 | 0 | ||
Hurricanes | 2016† | Super Rugby Pacific
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9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77.78 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 18 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 72.22 | 0 | 0 | ||
2018 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 66.67 | 0 | 0 | ||
2019 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 | 0 | 0 | ||
2020 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 71.43 | 0 | 0 | ||
2021 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 28.57 | 0 | 0 | ||
Blues | 2022
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | |
Career | 137 | 90 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 60.58 | 0 | 0 |
Updated: 12 June 2022 Source: John R Riccitelli Rugby History
References
- ^ a b "Riccitelli named player of the year at rugby awards". Taranaki Rugby. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "CANES 60 EXCLUSIVE: RICKY RICCITELLI". Hurricanes. 1 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ a b Glenn Mclean (1 July 2015). "Focus now on Ranfurly Shield for Ricky Riccitelli". Stuff. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ a b Murray Hills (28 September 2012). "School names top sportsman". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ a b c Shane Hurndell (5 May 2015). "Rugby: Magpies sign young gun". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "NZ Under 20 squad named for World Champs in Italy". All Blacks. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "World Rugby U20 Championship 2015, Match 30". World Rugby. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ James Mortimer (22 July 2015). "Will it be lucky number 14 for the Ranfurly Shield challengers?". Mitre 10 Cup. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "ITM Cup – SEASON 2015–2016 – Games played". It’s Rugby. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Hamish Bidwell (24 February 2016). "New Hurricanes captain Dane Coles has to wait to lead the team out". Stuff. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
- ^ "Riccitelli's contract extended". New Zealand Herald. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ Hamish Bidwell (25 July 2016). "Hurricanes back-up hooker Ricky Riccitelli undaunted by prospect of replacing Dane Coles". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Niall Anderson (8 October 2016). "Hawke's Bay relegated from Mitre 10 Cup Premiership". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Magpies 2016 squad named". Hawke's Bay Magpies. 9 April 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Shane Hurndell (14 October 2016). "Riccitelli revved for preferred role". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ "ITM Cup – SEASON 2016–2017 – Games played". It’s Rugby. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Riccitelli leaves Magpies nest". New Zealand Herald. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ a b Christopher Reive (1 February 2017). "Ricky Riccitelli signs two-year deal with Taranaki Rugby". Stuff. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
- ^ Campbell Burnes (18 July 2017). "Dane Coles re-emerges after four-month battle with concussion". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Marc Hinton (13 August 2017). "Dane Coles out of Bledisloe Cup test with head knock, team-mate Ricky Riccitelli called up". Stuff. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Glenn Mclean (24 August 2017). "Naholo released to play for Taranaki". Stuff. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Hamish Bidwell (11 May 2018). "Beauden Barrett hails old schoolmate Ricky Riccitelli as the Hurricanes' 'Mr Reliable". Stuff. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Christopher Reive (17 June 2018). "Ricky Riccitelli gets another run with All Blacks as cover for Nathan Harris". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "All Blacks call in reinforcements for third French test". Newshub. 17 June 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Defending Shield holders Taranaki name 2018 squad". Mitre 10 Cup. 9 August 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Nehe Milner-Skudder named at fullback for Robbie Deans' World XV against Japan". Stuff. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ Hamish Bidwell (31 October 2018). "Salesi Rayasi returns home as one of six new Hurricanes for 2019". Stuff. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ^ "Perenara to captain Hurricanes v Waratahs". Sport 24. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
- ^ "Milestones for Hurricanes duo against Crusaders". Sport 24. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
External links
- Ricky Riccitelli at All Blacks.com
- Ricky Riccitelli at It'sRugby.co.uk