Petrarca Rugby

Petrarca Rugby
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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)	Ludovic Mercier
League(s)	Super 10
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, Gastone Munaron near the University College Antonianum.

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.

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

Player	Position	Union
Nicola Gatto	Hooker	Italy
Giovanni Marchetto	Hooker	Italy
Carlo Mazzini	Hooker	Italy
Chris Caporello	Prop	Italy
Dario Chistolini	Prop	Italy
Agustin Costa Repetto	Prop	Argentina
Mariano Gastaldi	Prop	Argentina
Michele Matteralia	Prop	Italy
Pietro Sindoni	Prop	Italy
Agustin Cavalieri	Lock	Italy
Douglas Fletcher	Lock	New Zealand
Gonzalo Padro	Lock	Italy
Zane Ansell	Flanker	South Africa
Paul Derbyshire	Flanker	Italy
Nicolas Galatro	Flanker	Italy
Jacopo Sarto	Flanker	Italy
Enrico Targa	Flanker	Italy
Nicola Bezzati	Number 8	Italy
Francesco Cauda	Number 8	Italy

Player	Position	Union
Marco Barbini	Scrum-half	Italy
Alessandro Billot	Scrum-half	Italy
Emmanuel Billot	Scrum-half	Italy
Alberto Chillon	Scrum-half	Italy
Nicola Leonardi	Scrum-half	Italy
Stefano Ambrosio	Fly-half	Italy
Luca Favaretto	Fly-half	Italy
Ludovic Mercier	Fly-half	France
Martin Acuna	Centre	Argentina
Roberto Bertetti	Centre	Italy
Alberto dal Corso	Centre	Italy
Alessandro Chillon	Centre	Italy
Enrico Patrizio	Centre	Italy
Fabio Faggiotto	Wing	Italy
Costantino Ricciardi	Wing	Italy
Warren Spragg	Wing	Italy
Alessandro Trombetta	Wing	Italy
Alberto Benettin	Fullback	Italy
Nicolo Borgato	Fullback	Italy
Andrea Nardacchione	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	148
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	2	0	0	2	10	103

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

Super 10:
- Champions: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

External links

Official website

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