Genoa – Farewell to Vincenzo Ieracitano on another day of mourning for Genoese and Italian rugby: at the age of 67, who had been the Doc for some generations of national team players. Compared to other federal doctors, Vincenzo had an advantage: as an ex- player knew how to assess the extent of the injury, indicate the right path, predict recovery times. AND of rugby he knew not only the muscle fibers, but also the spiritthe secrets and subtle tactics that may appear mysterious or inexplicable to a neophyte.
All this was the result of an entire life spent in rugby and rugby and, on the pitch, in the terrain of the most heated battle, physical contact, the fight to keep or tear the oval. Third line of the Cus Genova fresh from the diaspora after the three championships he missed and never grasped, he became captain of the team in the time when another nickname identified him, Pinky, a kind label for those who knew how to go for the spice in the game.
Another photo of the Doc
Azzurro under 19 and under 21, protagonist of an interlude as a technician, always the colors white and red, he had earned a degree in medicine and had dedicated time and passion to research in the trauma field. Recently some of his contributions had ended up in the scientific “corpus” wanted by the world federation to tackle the problem of head trauma.
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