Giordana Duca

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.

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–Present Valsugana (0) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2018–Present  Italy 52 (10)

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]