| Born | Derrick Appiah (1994-07-19)19 July 1994 (age 31) Modena, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 118 kg (18 st 8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Derrick Appiah (born 19 July 1994, inModena) is an Italian rugby union player who plays for Italinan clubColorno in theTop10.[1]
Appiah has featured forMogliano in Italy'sNational Championship of Excellence and theAmlin Challenge Cup and has also enjoyed spells withRugby Parma and Modena Rugby.
On 4 February 2015, Appiah made a move to England withWorcester Warriors in top level competition, which is theAviva Premiership, starting from the 2015-16 season.[2] On 5 May 2017, Appiah signs forRFU Championship outfitLondon Scottish ahead of the 2017-18 season.[3]From2018 to2021, Appiah played with ItalianPro14 teamBenetton.[4]
The prop was a regular forItaly 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 the2014 IRB Junior World Championship - a campaign which saw his country defeatArgentina U20s 29-26.In 2017 he was named in theEmerging Italy squad.[5]