Estelle Sartini

Estelle Sartini (born 1 June 1973)[1] is a French former rugby union player, who captained the France women's national rugby union team. She made 89 appearances for France between 1998 and 2008.

Estelle Sartini
Date of birth (1973-06-01) 1 June 1973
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Winger
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
?–2008 Caen Rugby Club ()
Correct as of 12 January 2021
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
1998[1]–2008 France 89
Correct as of 12 January 2021

Personal life

Aside from rugby, Sartini has worked as a physical education teacher,[2] in Caen and later Versailles.[3]

Career

Sartini originally played association football, before switching to rugby union at the age of 16.[2] Sartini was a winger.[2] At club level, Sartini played for Caen Rugby Club.[3] Between 1998 and 2008, she played in 11 consecutive semi-finals of the French women's Premier Division, and was part of the Caen team that lost four finals between 2003 and 2007.[3]

At international level, Sartini made 89 appearances for the France women's national rugby union team.[3] In the 2001 Women's Five Nations Championship, she scored a try against Ireland. France scored 9 tries in the match.[4] She was part of the French team that won the Grand Slam in the 2002 Women's Six Nations Championship,[5] and was in their squad for the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.[1] In 2005, Sartini was captain of the France team,[6] and she also captained the side at the 2006 Women's Rugby World Cup.[7]

Sartini retired from rugby in 2008, to move from Caen to Versailles.[3] Between 2012 and 2017, she worked as a commentator for France Télévisions channel France4,[8][9][10] and she was also a reporter for Yahoo Sports during the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup in France.[11]

References
  1. "Women's Rugby World Cup 2002: France". World Rugby. 2002. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. "RUGBY. COUPE DU MONDE 1999. Cinq semaines en ballon. L'ailière.De Béziers à Cardiff par la route, visite des lieux, des personnages et des époques qui font le sel du rugby". Libération (in French). 27 October 1999. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. "Rugby : Estelle Sartini engage son ultime demi-finale". Ouest France (in French). 10 May 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2020 – via Maville.com.
  4. "France cruise to victory". The Irish Times. 17 February 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  5. "Les filles aussi..." Le Parisien. 5 April 2002. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. "« On n'est pas en concurrence avec les garçons »". L'Humanité (in French). 5 February 2005. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. "Des Bleues dans la mêlée". L'Express (in French). 31 August 2006. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  8. Ratiarison, Eric (13 August 2014). "Coupe du monde de rugby féminin : Pourquoi l'équipe de France séduit-elle autant ?". www.programme-tv.net (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  9. Messant, Nicolas (21 January 2016). "Le programme du Tournoi des 6 Nations 2016 sur France Télévisions". MediaSportif (in French). Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  10. "Estelle Sartini : «Elles sont capables de tout !»". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 31 July 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  11. "Estelle Sartini : "La France, une équipe solide et organisée"" (in French). Yahoo Sports. 1 August 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2021.


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