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 2019-2020 squad[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2][lower-alpha 3]

Props

Hookers

  • Vittorio Carnio
  • Tommaso Cugini
  • Giovanni Marchetto
  • Andrej Marinello

Locks

Back row


Scrum-halves

Fly-halves

Centres


Wings

  • Tommaso Coppo
  • Angelo Leaupepe


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.[3]
  1. Taking into account signings and departures head of 2019–20 season
  2. He has a dual contract. During the season he also can play, on loan, with Pro14 team Benetton. [1]
  3. Also Additional Player for Pro14 team Benetton.[2]

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
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References
  1. https://benettonrugby.it/cominciata-ufficialmente-la-stagione-sportiva-19-20-del-benetton-rugby/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://benettonrugby.it/cominciata-ufficialmente-la-stagione-sportiva-19-20-del-benetton-rugby/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. "Rosa". Petrarca Rugby.
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