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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;An Italian rugby player will miss the country's upcoming match in the&amp;nbsp;Six Nations Championship after a play session with a friend's dog turned bad, according to BBC Sport.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martin Castrogiovanni needed 14 stitches after the dog bit&amp;nbsp;his nose in what the Italian rugby federation has called a \"slight domestic incident,\"&amp;nbsp;the BBC reports.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Irish rugby fans mock ref's passport trouble\u200B&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Perhaps the Italian side would be wise to suit up the dog for the important match against Scotland, as he must be fairly tough to take out a seasoned rugby veteran like Castrogiovanni, who has played in 109 matches for Italy.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The RC Toulon player seems to have a soft spot for canines, as he is pictured with a bulldog in his Twitter bio.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;em&gt;Brendan Maloy&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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