Sara Barattin
 Sara Barattin in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 11 September 1986 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Treviso, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sara Barattin (born 11 September 1986 in Treviso) is an Italian international rugby union player who played as scrum-half for the Red Panthers - Benetton Treviso's women's squad - and currently for ASD Villorba Rugby.
From 2005 to 2023, she played for the Italian national team, where she served as captain from 2016 to 2018. During the 2019 Six Nations championship Barattin became Italy's most capped player overtaking Michela Tondinelli (who ended her international career with 87 caps). Barattin retired from international activity after the 2023 Women's Six Nation with a tally of 116 caps and 80 points (15 tries, one conversion and one penalty kick).
Sporting career
[edit]Barattin was born on 11 September 1986.[1] Barattin began playing for the Italy women's national rugby union team at the age of 18.[2] Prior to the start of the 2016 season, she was made the team's captain.[1]
Barattin was captain of Italy as they competed in the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup, the first World Cup for the national side since 2002.[3][4] She continued to be selected for the following year's Women's Six Nations Championship as the team's captain, by which time she was the most experienced player selected with 77 caps at the start of the tournament.[5]
In 2022, Barattin was selected in Italy's squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Birch, John (January 2016). "Italy: "Now they will be ready for us"". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Quattro regine di Marca piegano la Scozia". La Tribuna (in Italian). 25 February 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Women's Rugby World Cup 2017: team guides, key players and our verdict". Daily Telegraph. 9 August 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "Capitana Barattin: un'emozione unica". La Tribuna (in Italian). 31 July 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Lawton, Andrew (17 January 2018). "Experienced Barattin to Lead Italy in Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ Shepard, Kit (2022-10-09). "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup Squad 2022 – USA 10-22 Italy". Rugby World. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Italy Women's Rugby World Cup 2022 Squad". news.gerona.ca. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
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