Petrarca Rugby

Petrarca Rugby is a rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the Top12.

Petrarca Rugby
Full namePetrarca Rugby S.r.l.
UnionItalian Rugby Federation
Founded1947 (1947)
LocationPadua, Italy
Ground(s)Stadio Plebiscito (Capacity: 9,000)
PresidentEnrico Toffano
Coach(es)Andrea Marcato
Captain(s)Federico Conforti
League(s)Top12
2017–18Champions
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.petrarcarugby.it

Founded in 1947, the team is the rugby union branch of the Unione Sportiva Petrarca, an omnisport club that includes also basketball, futsal, volleyball, fencing and football.

They have won 13 league titles, 11 of them between 1969–70 and 1986-87 seasons; their most recent successes in the Italian championship came 24 years after their latest feat, at the end of the 2010-11 season, and the last one in the 2017-18 season.

Petrarca is the 3rd most successful side in the Italian championship behind Amatori Milano (18 titles) and Benetton Treviso (15).

Honours

  • Italian championship
    • Champions (13): 1969–70, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 2010–11, 2017–18
    • Runners-up (2): 1997–98, 1998–99
  • Coppa Italia
    • Champions (2): 1981–82, 2000–01
    • Runners-up (3): 1980–81, 2007–08, 2009–10
  • Excellence Trophy
    • Runners-up (1): 2015–16

Current squad

The squad for the Top12 season is:

Petrarca Padova 2020-2021 squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

  • Luca Beccaris
  • Giacomo Bonfiglio
  • Marco Butturini
  • Diego Sebastian Galetto
  • Riccardo Michieletto
  • Nathaniel Panozzo

Back row

  • Lorenzo Cannone
  • Mattia Catelan
  • Enrico Ghigo
  • Davide Goldin
  • Nicola Grigolon
  • Lodovico Manni
  • Pietro Minizzato
  • Luca Nostran
  • Andrea Trotta

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

  • Andrea Bettin
  • Marco Broggin
  • Giulio Colitti
  • Andrea De Masi
  • Giovanni Scagnolari
  • Dario Schiabel

Wings

  • Riccardo Capone
  • Tommaso Coppo

Fullbacks

(c) denotes the team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped players.
* denotes players qualified to play for Italy on residency or dual nationality.
Players and their allocated positions from the Petrarca website.[1]

    Selected former players

    Italian players

    Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for Italy:

    Overseas players

    Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for their respective country:

    Statistics

    European Challenge Cup (1996–2014)

    Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
    1996-97 5104118148
    1997-98 6024108212
    2001-02 6204114223
    2002-03 20023681
    2003-04 20023275
    2004-05 200242126
    2006-07 600647298
    2007-08 610573190
    2008-09 6303112206
    2009-10 600695180
    2010-11 410368135

    European Shield

    Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
    2002-03 6312140118
    2003-04 420293110
    2004-05 420293110

    Heineken Cup (1995–2014)

    Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
    1998-99 610579169
    1999-2000 600676282

    References

    1. "Rosa". Petrarca Rugby.
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