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 31)
Place of birth Cernusco sul Naviglio, Lombardy
Height1.73 m (5.7 ft)
Weight78 kg (12.3 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row
Current team Stade Rennais Rugby
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2011–2015 ASD Rugby Monza 1949 ()
2015–present Stade Rennais Rugby ()
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2012–present Italy 51
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.

Sporting 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]

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]

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References

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  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 (2022-10-09). "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – USA 10-22 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
  4. "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup 2022 Squad". news.gerona.ca. 2022-09-21. Archived from the original on 2022-10-13. Retrieved 2022-10-12.