Petrarca Padova Rugby

Petrarca Rugby
Full name Petrarca Padova Rugby
Union Federazione Italiana Rugby
Founded 1947
Location Padua, Italy
Ground(s) Stadio Plebiscito (Capacity: 9,000)
President Enrico Toffano
Coach(es) Pasquale Presutti
Captain(s) Nicola Bezzati
League(s) Campionato Nazionale Eccellenza (Italian premiership)
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.petrarcarugby.it

Petrarca Padova Rugby is an Italian rugby union club currently competing in Super 10. They are based in Padua (Padova in Italian, Pàdoa in Venetian) in Veneto. They were founded in 1947 by Pine Bonaiti, Lalo Santini and Gastone Munaron near the University College Antonianum. They are the current Italian champions having won the 2010/11 title with victory over fierce rivals Rugby Rovigo.

Their first title was won in 1970. In 1982 they had their own stadium, Stadio Plebiscito, with full facilities built. After winning several titles in the 80s they went through a difficult period from 1989 onwards. In 97/98 and 98/99 Padova returned to form and were beaten twice in the Championship Grand Final by Benetton Treviso.

Petrarca won 12 times the Italian premiership, between 1970 and 1987 and 2011 ; and 2 times the Coppa Italia, in 1982 and 2001.

Contents

Current squad

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

Player Position Union
Agustin Costa Repetto (c) Hooker Argentina
Flavio Damiano Hooker Italy
Nicola Gatto Hooker Italy
Ornel Gega Hooker Italy
Miguel Alonso Prop Argentina
Chris Caporello Prop Italy
Luca D'Agostino Prop Italy
Alessandro Furia Prop Italy
Filippo Giuriatti Prop Italy
Piermaria Leso Prop Italy
Laert Naka Prop Italy
Agustin Cavalieri Lock Italy
Michele Sutto Lock Italy
Enrico Targa Lock Italy
Matvydas Tveraga Lock Italy
Marco Barbini Flanker Italy
Nicola Bezzati Flanker Italy
Edoardo Ghiraldini Flanker Italy
Filippo Giusti Flanker Italy
Niccolo Luxardo Flanker Italy
Lance Persico Flanker Italy
Zane Ansell Number 8 South Africa
Dion Kingi Number 8 New Zealand
Scott Palmer Number 8 Italy
Player Position Union
Alessandro Billot Scrum-half Italy
Alberto Chillon Scrum-half Italy
Pietro Travagli Scrum-half Italy
Eoghan Hickey Fly-half Ireland
Tim Walsh Fly-half Australia
Roberto Bertetti Centre Italy
Alessandro Chillon Centre Italy
Francesco Favaro Centre Italy
Marco Neethling Centre Italy
Juan Pablo Sanchez Centre Argentina
Fabio Fagiotto Wing Italy
Lorenzo Innocenti Wing Italy
Alex Morsellino Wing Italy
Riccardo Russo Wing Italy
Warren Spragg Wing Italy
Steven Bortolussi Fullback Italy
Nicola Sintich Fullback Italy

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

Honours

External links