 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Akamirira Taranaki mumutambo werugby pasi pemakore gumi nemana kusvika pasi pemakore gumi nemasere uye akawana Hurricanes pasi pemakore gumi nematanhatu makwikwi ekusarudza mu2012. Achiri kudzidza paOtago University kwemakore matatu, Riccitelli akatambira kirabhu yekumaodzanyemba muDunedin uye zvakare akatungamira Otago pasi pe-19s. Muna 2015, Riccitelli akaenda kuUnder 20 World Championship muItaly, achigara achipedza nguva achiita zvidzidzo zvehunyanzvi neaimbova mubatsiri weHighlanders Jon Preston. VaRiccitelli vakazovewo nhengo yeNew Zealand U20 muOceania Junior Championship kutanga kwegore, vakaenderera mberi nekuratidzira mumitambo minomwe kubva pamisere yeBaby Blacks, kusanganisira kukunda kwavo kwenhoroondo kuEngland muU20 WCyokupedzisira, kutanga pa loosehead prop. 