Stadio Plebiscito

About

Stadio Plebiscito is a multi-use stadium in Padua, Italy. The stadium holds 9,600 all-covered seats. It has been used as a home venue by the Italy national teams in both rugby union and rugby league. It is used mostly for rugby union matches as the home of Petrarca Padova; but for 2010/11 season it will be used also for the home matches of the second football team of the city, San Paolo Padova, playing in Serie D.

In October 1996, the venue hosted a test match between Italy and Australia as part of the Wallabies tour of Europe. When Italy hosted the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, it was one of three venues used for the pool stages of the competition. The venue was used for Women's Six Nations Championship matches in 2015, 2018 and 2019 with Italy winning on all three occasions. In November 2022, the venue hosted the end-of-year international match between the men's teams of Italy and Samoa.

In July 2002, the stadium hosted the Padova Cup in which the national side played in Italy for the first time since 1960. They lost their opening fixture 12–16 to a Tatarstan representative side and drew 16–16 against Scotland Students who won the series. In 2003, the stadium hosted the touring Scotland A side that won 30–10 over Italy. The stadium hosted Italy's matches in the 2008 European Shield and 2009 European Cup competitions, and the second game of a two match series against Lebanon in 2010. In October 2011, it was the venue for Italy's 92–6 win over Russia in the 2013 World Cup Qualifiers.