Giordana Duca Explained

Birth Place:Frascati, Italy
Height:1.85 m
Weight:83 kg
Ru Position:Lock
Years1:2010–13
Clubs1:Frascati
Points1:0
Years2:2013–15
Clubs2:Red & Blue
Points2:0
Years3:2015–18
Clubs3:Frascati
Points3:0
Years4:2018–19
Clubs4:Capitoline
Points4:0
Years5:2019–Present
Clubs5:Valsugana
Points5:0
Repyears1:2018–Present
Repcaps1:41
Reppoints1:10

Giordana Duca (born 18 September 1992) is an Italian rugby union player.[1] She plays as a lock for Valsugana. She has 34 caps with the Italy national rugby union team.[2]

Career

She competed at the 2018 Women's Six Nations Championship, 2021 Rugby World Cup,[3] and 2022 Women's Six Nations Championship.[4] [5]

She 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 sports season.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Giordana Duca . 2022-11-16 . www.ultimaterugby.com . en.
  2. Web site: Montemauri . Lorenzo . 2020-02-14 . Rugby - Giordana Duca - rugby - Nazionale femminile - Italia . 2022-11-16 . On Rugby . it-IT.
  3. Web site: Giordana Duca of Italy is tackled during the Pool B Rugby World Cup... . 2022-11-16 . Getty Images . en-gb.
  4. Web site: 2022-03-14 . Experience and youth in 33-player Italy squad . 2022-11-16 . TikTok Women’s Six Nations . en-GB.
  5. Web site: Max . Giordana Duca . 2022-11-16 . Women's Rugby Data : Number 1 for Women's Rugby . en-GB.
  6. Web site: 2019-08-03 . Valsu Girls d’esportazione Ruzza adieu: destinazione Parigi . 2022-11-16 . Il Mattino di Padova . it.