- A breakthrough in rugby where the female referees arrive in the Peroni Top 10, the top flight of the oval ball.
In fact, Clara Munarini will be the first Italian referee to make her debut in the men's top league, refereeing the 16th round match between Viadana and HBS Colorno at the "Zaffanella" in Viadana on Saturday.
Munarini, a 31-year-old from Parma who is an international referee, after being forced by the positivity of Covid-19 to give up on the first day of the Six Nations Women last weekend, then writes a page in the history of the rugby movement by reaching her Irish international colleague Joy Neville , who in 2017 had taken the first steps in a career that would have brought her to the top of the arbitration scene by directing the meeting between UR Capitolina and Cavalieri Prato in Rome.
"It is a satisfaction and an honor to be able to direct my first match in the top league - Munarini commented -.
I hope that my debut is only the first of many other girls, and that therefore other colleagues can join me soon. I want to thank the designators for the trust they have placed in me ".
The female turning point in the Top 10 will also be witnessed by the fact that, again in the match of the 16th round, the other Italian international Maria Beatrice Benvenuti will be 'fourth man' in Valorugby Emilia-Fiamme Oro, while Beatrice Smussi will cover the same role in Femi Cz Rovigo-Sitav Lyons.
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