Candi Orsini

Candi Orsini
Date of birth (1956-12-09) 9 December 1956 (age 68)
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1987–1998?  United States
Coaching career
Years Team
–  United States

Candi Orsini (born 9 December 1956) is a former American rugby union player.[1][2] She participated in the 1991, 1994, and 1998 Women's Rugby World Cup.[3] After retiring, Orsini served as an assistant coach of the United States women's national rugby union team. She received an honourable mention to the list of the ten greatest North American Women rugby union players.[3]

Biography

A native of St. Petersburg Orsini attended Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport, Florida. She participated in swimming, bowling, golf and track during her High School years. She graduated from Boca Ciega High School in 1974 and then attended St. Petersburg College before she went to Florida State University. While at Florida State she competed in volleyball, softball and rugby union.[4]

Outside of rugby Orsini is an accomplished stuntwoman.[4]

Orsini made her debut for the Eagles on 14 November 1987 against Canada. It was a historic game in that it was the first women's test match played outside of Europe.[5]

In 2017 Orsini and the 1991 World Cup squad were inducted into the United States Rugby Hall of Fame.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Wertheim, L. Jon. "UNUSUAL TOLERANCE FOR PAIN CANDI ORSINI CHEERFULLY TAKES HER LUMPS IN THE FLICKS AND ON THE RUGBY FIELD". Vault. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  2. ^ worldrugbymuseum (2017-08-07). "Vodka, Monsters and a disputed third place: the 1991 Women's Rugby World Cup". World Rugby Museum: from the vaults. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
  3. ^ a b Brown, Mathew. (2011). Rugby for dummies. Growden, Greg., Guthrie, Patrick, 1962- (3rd ed.). Mississauga, Ont.: Wiley. p. 321. ISBN 9781118043325. OCLC 731322674.
  4. ^ a b Robbins, Liz (1994-04-22). "For Orsini, skill is not a stunt". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  5. ^ Birch, John (2014-08-16). "An American Century: USA's 100th test". Scrum Queens. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  6. ^ Vizard, Brian (2020-07-05). "Meet the U.S. Rugby Hall of Fame Class of 2017 – US Rugby Foundation". Archived from the original on 2020-10-24. Retrieved 2022-04-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  7. ^ "This Is American Rugby: Past Eagles Attending Hall of Fame Induction". 2020-06-25. Archived from the original on 2020-06-25. Retrieved 2022-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. ^ Culver, Jordan (2017-07-02). "Six Seminoles reach US Rugby Hall of Fame as part of 1991 World Cup team". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved 2022-04-20.


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