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| Full name | Petrarca Rugby S.r.l. | ||
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| Union | Italian Rugby Federation | ||
| Founded | 1947 | ||
| Location | Padua, Italy | ||
| Ground(s) | Stadio centro memo geremia (Capacity: 9,000) | ||
| President | Enrico Toffano | ||
| Coach(es) | Andrea Marcato | ||
| Captain(s) | andrea trotta | ||
| League(s) | Serie A Élite | ||
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| Official website | |||
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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.
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 15 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 in recent years appearing in four straight finals 3 against rugby delta Rovigo (2020-21,2021-22,2022-23)and 1 against rugby viadana (2023-24) and winning two (2021-22 and 2023-24).
Petrarca is the tied 2nd most successful side in the Italian championship with Benetton rugby (15 time champions) and behind amatori rugby Milano (18 time champions)