 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 ChampionshipmuItaly, nguva dzose achipedza nguva achiita zvidzidzo zveunyanzvi neaichimbova mudzidzisi webetsero weHighlanders Jon Preston. Sezvo akabudawo kuNew Zealand U20s muOceania Junior Championship kutanga kwegore, Riccitelli akaenderera mberi nekuonekwa mumitambo minomwe kubva pamasere eBaby Blacks, kusanganisira kukunda kwavo kwenhoroondo kuEngland muU20 WC yekupedzisira, kutanga pa loosehead prop. 