Mauro Gardin (born 27 March 1961, in

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) is a former Italian rugby union player who played as lock. Along with Artuso, Farina and Galeazzo in Petrarca's scrum which dominated the Italian rugby scenario in the 1980s (5 ''scudetti'' and 1 Coppa Italia), Gardin debuted in the national team in the 1981-82 FIRA Trophy, at

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, against

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(the final result was 12-12). A very strong lock (almost two metres high), he took part to all the tournament editions until 1986, then, he took part to the

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playing all the three matches of the tournament. He ended his international career a year later, against

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. Focusing on the technical career after retiring from the player career, in the 2008-09 season, Gardin is the scrum coach of Valsugana Rugby, a club from Padua,Valsugana ambizioso. Una B da protagonista, Chris Roden per i giovani
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* 1961 births Living people Sportspeople from Padua Italian rugby union players Italy international rugby union players Rugby union locks {{italy-rugbyunion-bio-stub