Petrarca Rugby

Full name

Petrarca Rugby Padova

Union

Federazione Italiana Rugby

Founded

1947

Location

Padua, Italy

Ground(s)

Stadio Plebiscito (Capacity: 9 000)

President

Enrico Toffano

Coach(es)

Andrea Moretti

Captain(s)

Enrico Targa

League(s)

National Championship of Excellence

2014-15

7th (Excellence)

1st kit

2nd kit

Official website

www.petrarcarugby.it

Petrarca Rugby is a rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the National Championship of Excellence.

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, though is the rugby that made Petrarca famous all across the country.

They have, in fact, won 12 league titles, 11 of them between 1969–70 and 1986-87 seasons; their most recent success in the Italian championship came 24 years after their latest feat, at the end of the 2010-11 season.

Petrarca is the 3rd most successful side in the Italian championship behind Amatori Milano (18 titles) and Benetton Treviso (15).

In 1982 they had their own stadium, Stadio Plebiscito, with full facilities built.

Honours

National Championship of Excellence:
- Champions: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2011
Coppa Italia:
- Champions: 1981-82, 2000-01

Current squad

2014-15: Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Luca Bigi	Hooker	Italy
Vincenzo Delfino	Hooker	Italy
Paolo Ragazzi	Hooker	Italy
Cosma Garfagnoli	Prop	Italy
Fedrico Zani	Prop	Italy
George Iacob	Prop	Romania
Alessandro Furia	Prop	Italy
Francesco Vento	Prop	Italy
Piermaria Leso	Prop	Italy
Pietro Cecchinato	Prop	Italy
Shahn Eru	Lock	New Zealand
Santiago Rocchia	Lock	Argentina
Andrea Trotta	Lock	Italy
Matvydas Tveraga	Lock	Italy
Marco Artuso	Flanker	Italy
Riccardo Michieletto	Flanker	Italy
Enrico Targa (c)	Flanker	Italy
Filippo Giusti	Flanker	Italy
Niccolò Zago	Flanker	Italy
Luca Nostran	Flanker	Italy
Federico Conforti	Number 8	Italy

Player	Position	Union
Enrico Francescato	Scrum-half	Italy
Federico Curtolo	Scrum-half	Italy
Jeremy Su'a	Scrum-half	Samoa
Andrea Marcato	Fly-half	Italy
Andrea Menniti-Ippolito	Fly-half	Italy
Alberto Benettin	Centre	Italy
Andrea Bettin	Centre	Italy
Francesco Favaro	Centre	Italy
Jacob Woodhouse	Centre	South Africa
Mattia Bellini	Wing	Italy
Lorenzo Innocenti	Wing	Italy
Simone Rossi	Wing	Italy
Flavio Di Giorgio	Wing	Italy
Marco Capraro	Fullback	Italy
Niccolò Fadalti	Fullback	Italy

International players are capped in Bold

Statistics

European Challenge Cup

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
(Shield) 2002-03	6	3	1	2	140	118
2002-03	2	0	0	2	36	81
(Shield) 2003-04	4	2	0	2	93	110
2003-04	2	0	0	2	32	75
(Shield) 2004-05	4	2	0	2	93	110
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

Heineken Cup

Season	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against
1998-99	6	1	0	5	79	169
1999-00	6	0	0	6	76	282

Notable former players

External links

Official site

National Championship of Excellence

2016/17 Teams	Calvisano Fiamme Oro Lazio Mogliano Lyons Piacenza Petrarca Reggio Emilia Rovigo San Donà Viadana

Serie A (1929-1960)	1929 • 1929–30 • 1930–31 • 1931–32 • 1932–33 • 1933–34 • 1934–35 • 1935–36 • 1936–37 • 1937–38 • 1938–39 • 1939–40 • 1940–41 • 1941–42 • 1942–43 1945–46 • 1946–47 • 1947–48 • 1948–49 • 1949–50 • 1950–51 • 1951–52 • 1952–53 • 1953–54 • 1954–55 • 1955–56 • 1956–57 • 1957–58 • 1958–59 • 1959–60

"Eccellenza" (1960-65)	1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65

"Serie A" (1965-86)	1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 • 1980–81 • 1981–82 • 1982–83 • 1983–84 • 1984–85 • 1985–86

Serie A1 (1986–01)	1986–87 • 1987–88 • 1988–89 ;• 1989–90 • 1990–91 • 1991–92 • 1992–93 • 1993–94 • 1994–95 • 1995–96 • 1996–97 • 1997–98 • 1998–99 • 1999–00 • 2000–01

Super 10 (2001-10)	2001–02 • 2002–03 • 2003–04 • 2004–05 • 2005–06 • 2006–07 • 2007–08 • 2008–09 • 2009–10

Eccellenza (2010-…)	2010–11 • 2011–12 • 2012–13 • 2013–14 • 2014–15 • 2015–16 • 2016–17

Rugby union in Italy

Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR)

National teams

Women's	Italy 7's

Men's	Italy A 7's U-20 U-18

League competitions

Men's	Pro12 Excellence Serie A Serie B Serie C

Cup competitions

Men's	European Rugby Champions Cup European Rugby Challenge Cup Qualifying Competition Excellence Trophy

Clubs
Players
Coaches
Referees
Venues

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