Ilaria Arrighetti

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Ilaria Arrighetti
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Ilaria Arrighetti in 2013
Date of birth (1993-03-02) 2 March 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth Cernusco sul Naviglio, Lombardy
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row
Current team Stade Rennais Rugby
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2015 ASD Rugby Monza 1949 (0)
2015– Stade Rennais Rugby (0)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012– Italy 62 (0)
Correct as of 17 April 2022

Ilaria Arrighetti (born 2 March 1993, in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian rugby union player who plays in the back row for Stade Rennais Rugby and the Italy women's national rugby union team. She competed at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.

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Early career

Ilaria Arrighetti was born on 2 March 1993, [1] in Cernusco sul Naviglio near to the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy. She began playing rugby while at secondary school, and became captain of the mixed gender under-13 rugby union team, although she was the only female on the team. [2]

Rugby career

Arrighetti made her debut for the Italy women's national rugby union team in 2012. [2] According to her biography on the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup website, Arrighetti is 1.73 metres (5.7 ft) tall and weighs 78 kilograms (12.3 st). [1] At club level, she played for the women's side of ASD Rugby Monza 1949, until 2015 when she transferred to Stade Rennais Rugby in France. At the time, she did not speak any French. In Rennes, she lives with three other members of the Italian national team. [2]

Arrighetti was selected in Italy's squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. [3] [4] She was named in the Italian side for the 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship. [5] [6]

On 11 August 2025, she was named in the Italian team to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England. [7] [8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ilaria Arrighetti". 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Pizzimenti, Chiari (11 March 2018). "Le rugbiste e l'amore per uno sport considerato da maschi". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  3. Shepard, Kit (9 October 2022). "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – USA 10-22 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup 2022 Squad". news.gerona.ca. 21 September 2022. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  5. "Italia Femminile, scelta la rosa delle Azzurre per il Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025" [Italy Women, the Azzurre squad chosen for the Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025]. Italian Rugby Federation (in Italian). 5 March 2025. Archived from the original on 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
  6. "Italy name squad for the 2025 Guinness Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  7. "Nazionale Femminile, le 32 convocate per la Rugby World Cup 2025" [Women's National Team, the 32 called up for the 2025 Rugby World Cup]. Italian Rugby Federation (in Italian). 11 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  8. "Italy name experienced squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup 2025 England. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.