{"id":170843,"date":"2025-06-09T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170843\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T17:50:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T17:50:16","slug":"brainiest-name-in-rugby-handed-big-chance-with-urc-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/170843\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Brainiest&#8217; name in rugby handed big chance with URC club"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>mens<\/p>\n<p>united-rugby-championship<\/p>\n<p>    TREVISO, ITALY &#8211; DECEMBER 21: A general view inside the stadium prior to the United Rugby Championship match between Benetton Rugby and Zebre Rugby at Stadio Monigo on December 21, 2024 in Treviso, Italy. (Photo by Timothy Rogers\/Getty Images) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"expand\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1745108327_438_select-arrow.svg.svg+xml\" height=\"6\" width=\"11\"\/>      https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/brainiest-name-in-rugby-handed-big-chance-with-urc-club\/    <\/p>\n<p>Zebre have secured the signature of Colorno winger Albert Einstein Batista for the 2025\/26 season.<\/p>\n<p>Batista, who turns 25 tomorrow, is a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy<\/a> U20 international and has also played in Rugby Europe events for the Italian 7s team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlbert is a player that we have seen at work with interest in the top league and who has already had the opportunity to touch the environment of the franchise,\u201d said Zebre\u2019s head coach, Massimo Brunello.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has shown great progress in recent seasons and his dynamic and eclectic profile fits perfectly with the type of game we want to express. He brings quality, unpredictability and a great desire to test himself. We are happy to welcome him to our group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Batista, who played in the 2018 World Rugby U20 Championship, is enthusiastic about joining the franchise: \u201cBecoming a permanent part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/zebre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Zebre<\/a> squad for the coming season represents a fundamental step in my career. It\u2019s a great opportunity to continue to grow and compete with an even higher level of play. I can\u2019t wait to give my contribution to the team and to fully experience this challenge,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He is Zebre\u2019s third confirmed signing of the summer, after back-row <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/david-odiase\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Odiase<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/oyonnax\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oyonnax<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/giulio-bertaccini\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Giulio Bertaccini<\/a>, a centre from Valorugby Emilia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship TREVISO, ITALY &#8211; DECEMBER 21: A general view inside the stadium prior to the United Rugby&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170844,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-170843","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114654676594815416","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170843","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}