Giordana Duca
 Duca in 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Frascati, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Giordana Duca (born 18 September 1992) is an Italian rugby union player.[1] She plays as a Lock for the Italy women's national rugby union team and at club level for Valsugana. She competed at the 2021 Rugby World Cup.
Rugby career
[edit]Duca played for Frascati and Red & Blue Rugby. She was called up for the 2018 Six Nations during which she made her national debut in Reggio Emilia against England and played a total of 4 matches. The following November, she played in Calvisano against Scotland during test matches at the end of the year, and scored her first international goal.
After a season with Capitolina Rugby team, Duca played in Padua with Valsugana starting from the 2019–20 season.[2]
She competed at the 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship and then at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup.[3][4][5]
She was named in the Italian squad for the 2025 Women's Six Nations Championship.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Giordana Duca". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Valsu Girls d'esportazione Ruzza adieu: destinazione Parigi". Il Mattino di Padova (in Italian). 2019-08-03. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Giordana Duca of Italy is tackled during the Pool B Rugby World Cup..." Getty Images. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Experience and youth in 33-player Italy squad". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ Max. "Giordana Duca". Women's Rugby Data : Number 1 for Women's Rugby. Retrieved 2022-11-16.
- ^ "Italia Femminile, scelta la rosa delle Azzurre per il Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025" [Italy Women, the Azzurre squad chosen for the Guinness Women's Six Nations 2025]. Italian Rugby Federation (in Italian). 5 March 2025. Archived from the original on 5 March 2025. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
- ^ "Italy name squad for the 2025 Guinness Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.