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 28)
Place of birthCernusco sul Naviglio, Lombardy
Height1.73 m (5.7 ft)
Weight78 kg (12.3 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row
Current team
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011–2015
2015–present
()
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2012–present Italy 36
Correct as of 23 May 2018

Ilaria Arrighetti (born 2 March 1993, in Cernusco sul Naviglio) is an Italian rugby union player who plays in the back row for 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 , until 2015 when she transferred to 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]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Ilaria Arrighetti". 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Pizzimenti, Chiari (11 March 2018). "Le rugbiste e l'amore per uno sport considerato da maschi". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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