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.
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 and Benetton Treviso.Honours
- Italian championship
- * Champions : 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 : 1997–98, 1998–99
- Coppa Italia
- * Champions : 1981–82, 2000–01
- * Runners-up : 1980–81, 2007–08, 2009–10
- Excellence Trophy
- * Runners-up : 2015–16
The squad for the Top12 season is:Selected former players
Italian players
Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for Italy:
Former players who have played for Petrarca and have caps for their respective country:
