Giordana Duca

Giordana Duca

Duca in 2021
Date of birth	(1992-09-18) 18 September 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Frascati, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010–13 Frascati (0) 2013–15 Red & Blue (0) 2015–18 Frascati (0) 2018–19 Capitoline (0) 2019– Valsugana (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018–   Italy 52 (10)

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

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]} On 11 August, she was named in the side to the Women's Rugby World Cup in England. ^{[8] [9]}

References

1. "Giordana Duca". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
2. "Valsu Girls d'esportazione Ruzza adieu: destinazione Parigi". Il Mattino di Padova (in Italian). 3 August 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
3. "Giordana Duca of Italy is tackled during the Pool B Rugby World Cup..." Getty Images. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
4. "Experience and youth in 33-player Italy squad". TikTok Women’s Six Nations. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
5. Max (24 April 2021). "Giordana Duca". Women's Rugby Data : Number 1 for Women's Rugby. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
6. "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.
7. "Italy name squad for the 2025 Guinness Women's Six Nations". Six Nations Rugby. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
8. "Nazionale Femminile, le 32 convocate per la Rugby World Cup 2025" [Women's National Team, the 32 called up for the 2025 Rugby World Cup]. Italian Rugby Federation (in Italian). 11 August 2025. Archived from the original on 11 August 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
9. "Italy name experienced squad for Women's RWC 2025". Rugby World Cup 2025 England. 8 November 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2025.