Birth name | Oriol Ripol Fortuny | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 6 September 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Catalonia, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oriol Ripol (born 6 September 1975, in Catalonia) is a rugby union player from Barcelona. He previously played for Rotherham, Northampton, Worcester Warriors (whom he left in 2011.) and Sale Sharks, and has represented the Barbarians. In the 2005–2006 season, Ripol started the final and scored a try as Sale Sharks won their first ever Premiership title.[1]