Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - I timata a Bergamasco i tana whakataetae ao ki a France i te 2002 Six Nations Championship
, i puta i mua ki te All-Star XV i roto i te ao kore-cap. I whakapumautia e ia a ia ano hei waitohu i te taha o Azzurri i raro i te kaiako a John Kirwan. I eke ia ki nga whakamatautau e toru i te 2003 Six Nations Championship. Heoi, i whara ia i te kauae i te 2003 Rugby World Cup, a, i akina ia ki te ngaro i nga keemu katoa engari e rua o Itari.