Silvia Turani

Silvia Turani (born 6 July 1995) is an Italian rugby union player. She plays Prop for Italy internationally, and for Harlequins in the Premiership Women's Rugby competition. She competed for Italy at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.

Rugby career Turani hails from Grumello del Monte in the province of Bergamo in Italy, and is the daughter of a construction industrialist, she came into rugby relatively late; she discovered it as an exchange student in Cordova, Spain, when she participated in the Erasmus Programme from the University of Parma.

Having returned to Italy in 2016, she joined Colorno, which was the closest club to her university, and made her debut for the side in the 2016–2017 season. In 2017, she made her international debut for Italy in Biella against France, she came off the bench in the second half in place of Melissa Bettoni during their November test.

She was part of the Colorno side that won the 2017–2018 Serie A championship after beating Valsugana, who they lost to in the previous seasons final. In November 2019, she was the first Italian called up to the Women's Barbarians squad for a match against Wales at the Millennium Stadium.

She signed a contract with English club, Exeter Chiefs, for the 2022–2023 season. On 11 August, she was named in the Italian side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England.