Estelle Sartini Explained

Estelle Sartini
Birth Date:1 June 1973
Height:1.56m
Weight:63 kg
Position:Winger
Years1:?–2008
Repyears1:1998–2008
Repteam1:France
Repcaps1:89
Clubupdate:12 January 2021
Repupdate:12 January 2021

Estelle Sartini (born 1 June 1973) 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.

Personal life

Aside from rugby, Sartini has worked as a physical education teacher,[1] in Caen and later Versailles.

Career

Sartini originally played association football, before switching to rugby union at the age of 16.[1] Sartini was a winger.[1] At club level, Sartini played for .[2] 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.[2]

At international level, Sartini made 89 appearances for the France women's national rugby union team.[2] In the 2001 Women's Five Nations Championship, she scored a try against Ireland. France scored 9 tries in the match.[3] She was part of the French team that won the Grand Slam in the 2002 Women's Six Nations Championship,[4] and was in their squad for the 2002 Women's Rugby World Cup.[5] 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.[2] 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]

Notes and References

  1. News: 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.. fr. Libération. 27 October 1999. 12 January 2021. 14 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210114084122/https://www.liberation.fr/sports/1999/10/27/rugby-coupe-du-monde-1999-cinq-semaines-en-ballon-l-ailierede-beziers-a-cardiff-par-la-route-visite-_287351. live.
  2. News: Rugby : Estelle Sartini engage son ultime demi-finale. fr. Ouest-France. Maville.com. 10 May 2008. 12 January 2020. 13 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113200156/https://caen.maville.com/actu/actudet_-rugby-estelle-sartini-engage-son-ultime-demi-finale-_43-628006_actu.Htm. live.
  3. News: France cruise to victory. The Irish Times. 17 February 2001. 12 January 2021.
  4. News: Les filles aussi.... Le Parisien. 5 April 2002. 12 January 2021.
  5. Web site: Women's Rugby World Cup 2002: France. World Rugby. 2002. 13 January 2021.
  6. News: On n'est pas en concurrence avec les garçons. fr. L'Humanité. 5 February 2005. 12 January 2021. 26 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210426082853/https://www.humanite.fr/node/321736. live.
  7. News: Des Bleues dans la mêlée. fr. L'Express. 31 August 2006. 12 January 2021. 25 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151025031339/http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/sport/des-bleues-dans-la-melee_459925.html. live.
  8. Web site: Coupe du monde de rugby féminin : Pourquoi l'équipe de France séduit-elle autant ?. Ratiarison. Eric. 13 August 2014. programme-tv.net. fr. 12 March 2019. 21 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190421060355/https://www.programme-tv.net/news/sport/rugby/55632-coupe-du-monde-de-rugby-feminin-pourquoi-l-equipe-de-france-seduit-elle-autant/. live.
  9. Web site: Le programme du Tournoi des 6 Nations 2016 sur France Télévisions. Messant. Nicolas. 21 January 2016. MediaSportif. fr-FR. 12 March 2019. 9 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190409044819/https://www.mediasportif.fr/2016/01/21/le-programme-du-tournoi-des-6-nations-2016-sur-france-televisions/. live.
  10. News: Estelle Sartini : "Elles sont capables de tout !". fr. La Dépêche du Midi. 31 July 2014. 12 January 2021. 6 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171006173320/http://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2014/07/31/1927354-estelle-sartini-elles-sont-capables-de-tout.html. live.
  11. Web site: Estelle Sartini : "La France, une équipe solide et organisée". fr. Yahoo Sports. 1 August 2014. 12 January 2021. 13 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210113173627/https://www.yahoo.com/news/estelle-sartini-france-%C3%A9quipe-solide-organis%C3%A9e-060000495.html. live.