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.
They have won 14 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 2021-22 season.
Petrarca is the 3rd most successful side in the Italian championship behind Amatori Milano (18 titles) and Benetton Treviso (15).
(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]
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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 Petrarca RugbyFull namePetrarca Rugby S r l UnionItalian Rugby FederationFounded1947 77 years ago 1947 LocationPadua ItalyGround s Stadio Plebiscito Capacity 9 000 PresidentEnrico ToffanoCoach es Andrea MarcatoCaptain s Federico ConfortiLeague s Serie A Elite1st kit2nd kitOfficial websitewww wbr petrarcarugby wbr 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 14 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 2021 22 season Petrarca is the 3rd most successful side in the Italian championship behind Amatori Milano 18 titles and Benetton Treviso 15 Contents 1 Honours 2 Current squad 3 Selected former players 3 1 Italian players 3 2 Overseas players 4 Statistics 4 1 European Challenge Cup 1996 2014 4 1 1 European Shield 4 2 Heineken Cup 1995 2014 5 References 6 External linksHonours editItalian championship Champions 14 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 Runners up 3 1997 98 1998 99 2020 21 Coppa Italia Excellence Trophy Champions 4 1981 82 2000 01 2021 22 2022 23 Runners up 4 1980 81 2007 08 2009 10 2015 16Current squad editThe squad for the Serie A Elite season is Petrarca Padova 2023 2024 squad Props nbsp Valerio Bizzotto nbsp Damiano Borean nbsp Riccardo Brugnara nbsp Nicolo D Amico nbsp Alessandro Fioriti nbsp Gonzalo Ezequiel Hughes Hookers nbsp Tommaso Cugini nbsp Luhandre Luus nbsp Thomas Montilla nbsp Tommaso Scramoncin Locks nbsp Giacomo Bonfiglio nbsp Diego Sebastian Galetto nbsp Filippo Marchetti nbsp Riccardo Michieletto nbsp Bernardo Quaranta nbsp Maea Tema Schmidt Back row nbsp Jacopo Botturi nbsp Nardo Casolari nbsp Enrico Ghigo nbsp Davide Goldin nbsp Alex Minozzi nbsp Luca Nostran nbsp Mariano Romanini nbsp Andrea Trotta nbsp Samuela Vunisa Scrum halves nbsp Lorenzo Citton nbsp Edoardo Navarra nbsp Matteo Panunzi nbsp Tito Tebaldi Fly halves nbsp Joey Caputo nbsp Samuele Destro nbsp Rodrigo Fernandez Centres nbsp Marco Broggin nbsp Andrea De Masi nbsp Marcos De Sanctis nbsp Giovanni Scagnolari Wings nbsp Mattia Bellini nbsp Tommaso Coppo nbsp Angelo Esposito nbsp Pama Fou Fullbacks nbsp Marco Capraro nbsp Scott Lyle 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 editSee also Category Petrarca Rugby players Italian players edit Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for Italy nbsp Giuseppe Artuso nbsp Enrico Bacchin nbsp Mattia Bellini nbsp Alberto Benettin nbsp Mauro Bergamasco nbsp Mirco Bergamasco nbsp Lucio Boccaletto nbsp Marco Bortolami nbsp Alberto Chillon nbsp Dario Chistolini nbsp Oscar Collodo nbsp Manuel Dallan nbsp Renato de Bernardo nbsp Paul Derbyshire nbsp Piergianni Farina nbsp Roberto Favaro nbsp Antonio Galeazzo nbsp Mauro Gardin nbsp Guglielmo Geremia nbsp Leonardo Ghiraldini nbsp Marzio Innocenti nbsp Andrea Marcato nbsp Luca Martin nbsp Fulvio Lorigiola nbsp Luigi Luise nbsp Luciano Orquera nbsp Mario Piovan nbsp Pasquale Presutti nbsp Michele Rizzo nbsp Roberto Saetti nbsp Alberto Sgarbi Overseas players edit Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for their respective country nbsp Mark Bartholomeusz nbsp David Campese nbsp David Knox nbsp Brendan Williams nbsp Sisa Koyamaibole nbsp Nicky Little nbsp Guy Pardies nbsp Stuart Grimes nbsp Theuns Stofberg nbsp Rudolf Straeuli nbsp Cameron Oliver nbsp Kobus Wiese nbsp James Faiva nbsp Richie CollinsStatistics editEuropean Challenge Cup 1996 2014 edit Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against 1996 97 5 1 0 4 118 148 1997 98 6 0 2 4 108 212 2001 02 6 2 0 4 114 223 2002 03 2 0 0 2 36 81 2003 04 2 0 0 2 32 75 2004 05 2 0 0 2 42 126 2006 07 6 0 0 6 47 298 2007 08 6 1 0 5 73 190 2008 09 6 3 0 3 112 206 2009 10 6 0 0 6 95 180 2010 11 4 1 0 3 68 135 European Shield edit Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against 2002 03 6 3 1 2 140 118 2003 04 4 2 0 2 93 110 2004 05 4 2 0 2 93 110 Heineken Cup 1995 2014 edit Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against 1998 99 6 1 0 5 79 169 1999 2000 6 0 0 6 76 282References edit Rosa Petrarca Rugby External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Petrarca Rugby amp oldid 1213208595, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
