Petrarca Rugby
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| Full name | Petrarca Rugby S.r.l. | ||
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| Union | Italian Rugby Federation | ||
| Founded | 1947 | ||
| Location | Padua, Italy | ||
| Ground(s) | Stadio Plebiscito (Capacity: 9,000) | ||
| President | Enrico Toffano | ||
| Coach(es) | Andrea Marcato | ||
| Captain(s) | Federico Conforti | ||
| League(s) | Top12 | ||
| 2017–18 | Champions | ||
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Petrarca Rugby is a rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the Top12.
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 Petrarca Rugby squad for 2018–19 is:[1]
Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.
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- Players in bold capped internationally.
- Players and their allocated positions from the Petrarca Rugby website.[1]
- Notes:
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:
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Statistics
European Challenge Cup (1996–2014)
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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| 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
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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| 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)
| Season | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against |
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| 1998-99 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 169 |
| 1999-2000 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 76 | 282 |