Nessuno se ne era accorto; il sito FIR lo cita in due righe oggi.<br>Anche noi abbiamo la nostra Calcutta/Bledisloe cup...<br><br>Il Garibaldi Trophy ! <br><br>e lo scultore è nientemeno che <span id="intelliTXT">Jean-Pierre
Rives !!!</span><br><br>se si vince tutti in giubba rossa al Gianicolo.<br><h2 class="clear">Italy and France play for Garibaldi</h2>
<h3>Friday 02nd February 2007</h3>
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<span id="intelliTXT"><b>When
Italy and France meet this year, they will for the first time be
playing for the Garibaldi Trophy as part of the bicentenary of the
birth of Giuseppe Garibaldi.</b>
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<br>Garibaldi is regarded as the man who changed Italy from a
"geographical expression" into a country. He marched around getting rid
of all the little states and is regarded as the father of the republic.
The pope did not like him but and eventual treaty brought
reconciliation with the papacy and independence for the Vatican. As
Garibaldi was born over the border in Nice, became a general in the
French army during the Franco-Prussian War and it was from France that
he "invaded" Italy.
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<br>Then, too, Italian rugby is much influenced by France.
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<br>England and Scotland have the Calcutta Cup and the Four Home Unions
the Triple Crown, now a tangible trophy. There was nothing for the
other two but now they have the Garibaldi Trofeo/Trophée/Trophy. The
International Rugby Board approved the trophy on 6 December 2006.
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<br>The designer of the trophy is himself interesting - Jean-Pierre
Rives, in his time the blond French warrior with blood trickling down
his face, captain of France 32 times. He is now a professional sculptor
and he designed this new trophy.
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