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Sariah Ibarra (born September 19, 2005) is an Americanrugby union player. She represented theUnited States at the2025 Women's Rugby World Cup. She has also played for theUnited States women's national sevens team.

Ibarra grew up inHuntington Beach, California, she discovered rugby after her brother who played American football was encouraged by her father to take uprugby to improve his tackling technique.^[1] She started playing forBelmont Shore RFC.

As a high school student, she went to New Zealand and enrolled at the prestigiousHamilton Girls' High School.^[2][3] She was selected for the national under-18 rugby sevens team, coached by formerBlack Fern,Kristina Sue.^[1][2] At the time, she dreamt of becoming a Black Fern.

Back in the United States, she joined the high-level federal program and toured Brazil with the Falcons (the national B team). In July 2024, she was selected for theEagles tour ofJapan, where she earned her first two internationalcaps at just 19 years old.^[2][4] However, she was not selected for the WXV.

After graduating from high school, she received scholarship offers from several universities (Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton), but chose to sign a contract withUSA Rugby to participate in the2024–2025 SVNS with theUnited States women's rugby sevens team.^[2][3] She made her internationalsevens debut for the United States during theDubai tournament on November 30, 2024.^[2]

Throughout these years, she benefited from the support of her high school,Los Alamitos, which demonstrated great flexibility in allowing her to balance rugby and her studies. Her first sevens season culminated in theCape Town tournament, where her team reached the final againstNew Zealand.

In March 2025, she returned to the 15-a-side game to compete in thePacific Four Series. She was named in theEagles squad for the2025 Women's Rugby World Cup inEngland.^[5][6]

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