Ilaria Arrighetti

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.

Ilaria Arrighetti

Ilaria Arrighetti in 2013
Date of birth	2 March 1993
Place of birth	Cernusco sul Naviglio, Lombardy
Height	1.73 m (5.7 ft)
Weight	78 kg (12.3 st)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Back row Current team Stade Rennais Rugby Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–2015 2015–present ASD Rugby Monza 1949 Stade Rennais Rugby () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2012–present Italy 36 Correct as of 23 May 2018

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]

References

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