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Petrarca Rugby

{{Short description|Italian rugby union club, based in Padua}}

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| teamname = Petrarca Rugby

| image = Petrarca rugby logo.png

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| location = Padua, Italy

| countryflag = ITA

| fullname = Petrarca Rugby S.r.l.

| shortname = Petrarca Rugby

| union = Italian Rugby Federation

| founded = {{Start date and age|df=y|1947}}

| ground = Stadio centro memo geremia

| capacity = 9,000

| president = Enrico Toffano

| coach = Víctor Jiménez

| captain = Andrea Trotta

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| url = https://www.petrarcarugby.it/

| league = Serie A Élite

| season = 2023–24

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

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 15 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 in recent years appearing in four straight finals 3 against rugby delta Rovigo (2020-21,2021-22,2022-23)and 1 against rugby viadana (2023-24) and winning two (2021-22 and 2023-24).

Petrarca is the tied 2nd most successful side in the Italian championship with Benetton rugby (15 time champions) and behind amatori rugby Milano (18 time champions)

Honours

  • Italian championship
  • Champions (15): 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, 2021−22, 2023−24
  • Runners-up (3): 1997–98, 1998–99,2020−21,2022-23
  • Coppa Italia/Excellence Trophy
  • Champions (4): 1981–82, 2000–01, 2021−22, 2022−23
  • Runners-up (4): 1980–81, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2015–16

Current squad

The squad for the Serie A Elite season is:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%; width:70%"
colspan="100%" | Petrarca Padova 2024-2025 squad
valign="top"

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Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Jacopo Botturi
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Nardo Casolari
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Enrico Ghigo
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Goldin
  • {{flagicon|ENG}} Alex Minozzi*
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Luca Nostran
  • {{flagicon|ARG}} Mariano Romanini*
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Trotta

    • Scrum-halves

    Fly-halves

    		Centres
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Broggin
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea De Masi
  • {{flagicon|ARG}} Marcos De Sanctis*
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Riccardo Filippi
  • {{flagicon|ITA}} Giovanni Scagnolari

    • Wings

    Fullbacks

    colspan="100%" style="height: 10px;" |
    colspan="100%" style="text-align:center;" | (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.{{cite web | url=https://petrarcarugby.it/rosa-prima-squadra/ | title=Rosa | work=Petrarca Rugby }}{{notelist|group=Squad}}

    Selected former players

    {{see also|:Category:Petrarca Rugby players}}

    =Italian players=

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

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    {{div col end}}

    =Overseas players=

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

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    {{div col end}}

    Statistics

    =European Challenge Cup (1996–2014)=

    class=wikitable

    ! width="60"|Season

    ! width="20"|Played

    ! width="20"|Won

    ! width="20"|Drawn

    ! width="20"|Lost

    ! width="20"|For

    ! width="20"|Against

    align=center

    |align=left| 1996-97

    |5

    		104118148
    align=center

    |align=left| 1997-98

    |6

    		024108212
    align=center

    |align=left| 2001-02

    |6

    		204114223
    align=center

    |align=left| 2002-03

    |2

    		0023681
    align=center

    |align=left| 2003-04

    |2

    		0023275
    align=center

    |align=left| 2004-05

    |2

    		00242126
    align=center

    |align=left| 2006-07

    |6

    		00647298
    align=center

    |align=left| 2007-08

    |6

    		10573190
    align=center

    |align=left| 2008-09

    |6

    		303112206
    align=center

    |align=left| 2009-10

    |6

    		00695180
    align=center

    |align=left| 2010-11

    |4

    		10368135

    ==European Shield==

    class=wikitable

    ! width="60"|Season

    ! width="20"|Played

    ! width="20"|Won

    ! width="20"|Drawn

    ! width="20"|Lost

    ! width="20"|For

    ! width="20"|Against

    align=center

    |align=left| 2002-03

    |6

    		312140118
    align=center

    |align=left| 2003-04

    |4

    		20293110
    align=center

    |align=left| 2004-05

    |4

    		20293110

    =Heineken Cup (1995–2014)=

    class = wikitable

    ! width="70"|Season

    ! width="20"|Played

    ! width="20"|Won

    ! width="20"|Drawn

    ! width="20"|Lost

    ! width="20"|For

    ! width="20"|Against

    align=center

    |align=left| 1998-99

    |6

    		10579169
    align=center

    |align=left| 1999-2000

    |6

    		00676282

    References

    {{Reflist}}

    External links

    • {{Official website|https://www.petrarcarugby.it/}}

    {{Top12}}

    {{Rugby union in Italy}}

    Category:Rugby union teams in Italy

    Category:Sport in Padua

    Category:Rugby clubs established in 1947

    Category:1947 establishments in Italy