Another vote for the Tecnam here. I've flown the C152 and the PA 28 but I find the Tecnam to be a great little aeroplane to train on.
I stand to be corrected here, but I think the P2002 actually has quite a lot of rudder authority but its the fact that it's very light and the more powerful Rotax generates a swing that needs to countered with a good bit of right rudder on takeoff.