2021–22 Top10

The 2021–22 Top10 was the 92nd edition of the Italian rugby union championship. Petrarca Rugby won their 14th title, after beating defending champions Rugby Rovigo Delta 19–6.

2021–22 Top10
Countries Italy
Date24 September 2021 – 28 May 2022
ChampionsPetrarca (14th title)
Runners-upRovigo
RelegatedLazio
Matches played95
Top point scorerSouth Africa Abner van Reenen (206)
Top try scorerItaly Lorenzo Bruno
South Africa Luhandre Luus (13)
Official website
www.federugby.it

Teams
ClubCityStadiumPrevious season
Calvisano Calvisano Stadio San Michele Semifinals (3rd in league)
Colorno Colorno Stadio Giulio Maini 9th
Fiamme Oro Rome Centro Sportivo Polizia di Stato 7th
Lazio Rome Centro Sportivo Giulio Onesti 10th
Lyons Piacenza Stadio Walter Beltrametti 8th
Mogliano Mogliano Veneto Stadio Maurizio Quaggia 6th
Petrarca Padua Centro sportivo Memo Geremia 2nd
Rovigo Rovigo Stadio Comunale Mario Battaglini 1st
Valorugby Emilia Reggio Emilia Stadio Mirabello Semifinals (4th in league)
Viadana Viadana Stadio Luigi Zaffanella 5th

Competition format

The top four teams at the end of the regular season (after all the teams played one another twice, once at home, once away) enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of Italy. This consists of two rounds: semi-finals and final.

A new bonus points system was introduced in this season:[1]

  • 4 points for a win.
  • 2 points for a draw.
  • 1 bonus point for winning while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent.
  • 1 bonus point for losing by 5 points (or fewer).

Table
Pos Team Games Points Bonus points Table points Qualification
Pld W D L PF PA PD
1Petrarca 181602623304+3191478Play-off
2Rovigo 181404604344+2601167
3Valorugby Emilia 181305634428+2061466
4Calvisano 181116529407+122955
5Colorno 18918553560-7745
6Fiamme Oro 18909497533-36741
7Viadana 185112417577−160628
8Lyons 186111410619−209228
9Mogliano 184014415600−185723
10Lazio 181017437747−310712Serie A 2022–23

Results
Home \ Away CAL COL FFO LAZ LYO MOG PET ROV VAL VIA
Calvisano — 39–22 19–17 50–28 28–28 45–16 26–41 21–29 26–13 45–18
Colorno 21–14 — 29–28 34–25 62–13 37–30 23–39 26–33 41–61 27–27
Fiamme Oro 18–30 29–43 — 49–40 25–15 44–31 12–49 12–43 23–24 27–24
Lazio 10–38 20–39 28–33 — 33–34 25–30 25–50 17–43 21–57 24–34
Lyons 22–19 41–31 10–48 22–31 — 35–19 10–35 30–19 29–33 21–22
Mogliano 16–33 24–27 36–37 35–24 38–24 — 12–34 6–27 36–26 32–39
Petrarca 18–15 36–19 21–13 47–5 45–13 42–10 — 27–25 26–24 29–10
Rovigo 40–17 34–28 28–31 57–17 49–7 21–12 24–20 — 20–21 54–17
Valorugby Emilia 26–27 42–19 36–18 49–26 56–21 45–19 24–23 28–29 — 38–6
Viadana 24–35 23–25 27–33 46–38 26–35 35–13 14–41 7–29 18–31 —
Source: Federugby (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs
Semifinals Finals
        
4 Calvisano 12 24 36
1 Petrarca 16 43 59
1 Petrarca 19
2 Rovigo 6
3 Valorugby Emilia 9 22 31
2 Rovigo 16 24 40

References
  1. "PERONI TOP10, LE MODIFICHE AL REGOLAMENTO DI GIOCO". Federugby.it.
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