Sara Mannini
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| Born | 28 August 2005 Pisa, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sara Mannini (born 28 August 2005) is an Italian international rugby union player who plays as fly-half for the women's team of Rugby Colorno. Since 2024, she also represents Italy at senior level.[1]
Career
Mannini is from Pisa and started playing rugby union in 2015 at CUS Pisa. She went on to play for Puma Bisenzio Rugby in Prato.[2] After playing for Italy at under-18 level she went on to play domestically in the Women's Elite Series A for club side Colorno.[3]
She represented Italy in the Under 20 Women’s Summer Series in Parma in 2024 where she was named in the Team of the Series.[4] She was selected for her senior international debut for Italy women's national rugby union team against Japan in the WXV in September 2024 in Piacenza.[5]
She continued with the Italian team and was selected for the 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship.[6] She was named in the Italian squad for the Rugby World Cup in England.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Sara Mannini". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Rugby: Sara Mannini from Pisa was named best player at the Treviso Under-14 tournament". Cupisa. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Sara Mannini at the national rugby team training camp". quinewspisa.it. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Youth National Teams - Italy Women's U20 Team: Five Italian athletes named to the "Team of the Series"". OnRugby. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "A Piacenza una buona Italia batte il Giappone". ilpiacenza.it (in Italian). 14 September 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Italy Women's squad selected for the 2025 Guinness Women's Six Nations". Federugby.it. 5 March 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ Lomax, Lucy (19 August 2025). "Ten breakthrough players to watch at this World Cup". Rugby Pass. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "Italy name experienced squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup 2025 England. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.