FrancescaGranzotto
Wing / Full-back
Exeter Chiefs Women welcomed Italian winger Francesca Granzotto to Sandy Park after the Rugby World Cup in 2025.
Granzotto, who also plays at full-back and scrum-half, made her debut for Italy against Canada in July 2022. She played in the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup in the same year and has featured in three Women’s Six Nations and two WXV tournaments.
She first began playing rugby at primary school and liked the sport so much that she persuaded her father to take her to the rugby club in her hometown of Conegliano. She then moved to Villorba Rugby Club when she was 13 to play for a girls’ team.
As a student, Granzotto spent a year studying at Worthing College, playing for the college’s team and Hove RFC. She then moved to Rome for her university studies where she played for Unione Rugby Capitolina in Italy’s capital city while furthering her international career.
Granzotto said: “I want an experience in the Premiership that will allow me to grow and improve both as a player and as a person, and I feel like Exeter is the right place to do so. I want to learn as much as I can from the coaches and my teammates and make the most of this opportunity.”
Player number #120
