Petrarca Rugby

Petrarca Rugby is a professional rugby union club from Padua, Italy, currently competing in the top tier of the Italian rugby union, the Serie A Elite.

Petrarca Rugby
Full namePetrarca Rugby S.r.l.
UnionItalian Rugby Federation
Founded1947 (1947)
LocationPadua, Italy
Ground(s)Stadio Plebiscito (Capacity: 9,000)
PresidentEnrico Toffano
Coach(es)Andrea Marcato
Captain(s)Federico Conforti
League(s)Serie A Élite
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
www.petrarcarugby.it

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 14 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 2021-22 season.

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

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