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 Rugby
Full namePetrarca Rugby S.r.l.
UnionItalian Rugby Federation
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
LocationPadua, Italy
Ground(s)Stadio centro memo geremia (Capacity: 9,000)
PresidentEnrico Toffano
Coach(es)Andrea Marcato
Captain(s)andrea trotta
League(s)Serie A Élite
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 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

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  • 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

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The squad for the Serie A Elite season is:

Petrarca Padova 2024-2025 squad

Props

Hookers

Locks

Back row

Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres

Wings

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

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Italian players

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

Overseas players

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

Statistics

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European Challenge Cup (1996–2014)

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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

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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)

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Season Played Won Drawn Lost For Against
1998-99 6 1 0 5 79 169
1999-2000 6 0 0 6 76 282

References

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  1. ^ "Rosa". Petrarca Rugby.
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