Argentina XV national rugby union team
Argentina XV, formerly known as the Jaguares, are the second national rugby union team in Argentina, after the full national side, the Pumas.
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Union | Argentine Rugby Union | ||
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Nickname(s) | Jaguares | ||
Emblem(s) | Yaguareté | ||
Coach(es) | Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe | ||
Captain(s) | Lautaro Bavaro | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (26 September 1965) | |||
Largest win | |||
![]() ![]() (1 May 2002) | |||
Largest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (12 June 2013) | |||
Official website | |||
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Overview
They already represented Argentina at the South American Rugby Championship, in 2001, 2002, 2005, 2009 and 2011. Argentina second side won all the South American competitions they have entered and never were defeated yet by another country in these tournaments.
They competed in the Nations Cup in 2006 and 2007, winning the tournament in 2006, and in the Churchill Cup in 2008 and 2009. They've played alongside the full national teams of Namibia, Romania, Georgia, the United States, and Canada as well as other second national teams like Italy A, the Emerging Springboks, and the England Saxons. They have also competed in a number of South American tournaments and will compete against North American teams in the Americas Rugby Championship. In 2014 they participated in the IRB Tbilisi Cup.[1]
- Argentina XV at a 2015 test match versus Uruguay's Teros
Results
- 2005: 2nd
- 2008: 4th
- 2009: 3rd
- 2006: 1st
- 2007: 2nd
- 2010: 4th
- 2011: 3rd
- 2012: 2nd
- 2013: 3rd
- 2014: 1st
- 2015: 2nd
- 1st in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
- 2015: 1st.
Current squad
Argentina XV squad for the 2020 South Americas Rugby Championship
Head Coach: Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe
Player | Position | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Club/province |
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Gaspar Baldunciel | Hooker | 9 December 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Diego Fortuny | Hooker | 9 December 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Axel Zapata | Hooker | 11 February 1993 | 0 | ![]() |
Franco Brarda | Prop | 22 August 1993 | 1 | ![]() |
Javier Díaz | Prop | 26 July 1995 | 0 | ![]() |
Benjamín Espinal | Prop | 19 March 1991 | 0 | ![]() |
Lucas Favre | Prop | 20 November 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Francisco Ferronato | Prop | 8 January 1988 | 0 | ![]() |
Nicolás Leiva | Prop | 0 | ![]() | |
Santiago Medrano | Prop | 6 May 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Juan Pablo Zeiss | Prop | 2 August 1989 | 0 | ![]() |
Diego Galetto | Lock | 28 July 1992 | 0 | ![]() |
Ignacio Larrague | Lock | 25 October 1995 | 2 | ![]() |
Franco Molina | Lock | 28 August 1997 | 0 | ![]() |
Jerónimo Ureta | Lock | 14 October 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Lautaro Bavaro (c) | Flanker | 4 September 1994 | 0 | ![]() |
Francisco Gorrissen | Flanker | 30 August 1994 | 0 | ![]() |
Santiago Montagner | Flanker | 18 April 1995 | 0 | ![]() |
Mariano Romanini | Flanker | 23 February 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Nicolás Sbrocco | Flanker | 0 | ![]() | |
Rodrigo Bruni | Number 8 | 3 September 1993 | 0 | ![]() |
Tomás de la Vega | Number 8 | 28 September 1990 | 12 | ![]() |
Santiago Portillo | Number 8 | 21 November 1995 | 0 | ![]() |
Gregorio del Prete | Scrum-half | 24 March 1995 | 1 | ![]() |
Luca Magnasco | Scrum-half | 0 | ![]() | |
Facundo Nogueira | Scrum-half | 0 | ![]() | |
Martín Elías | Fly-half | 16 October 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Juan Cruz González | Fly-half | 1 October 1992 | 0 | ![]() |
Tomás Granella | Fly-half | 11 August 1995 | 0 | ![]() |
Juan Cappiello | Centre | 4 March 1992 | 3 | ![]() |
Juan Cruz Mallía | Centre | 11 September 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Lucas Mensa | Centre | 24 May 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Santiago Resino | Centre | 21 April 1995 | 0 | ![]() |
Tomás Videla | Centre | 20 September 1994 | 0 | ![]() |
Julián Dominguez | Wing | 4 October 1996 | 0 | ![]() |
Rodrigo Etchart | Wing | 12 January 1994 | 0 | ![]() |
Tomás Malanos | Wing | 4 July 1997 | 0 | ![]() |
Germán Schulz | Wing | 5 February 1994 | 3 | ![]() |
Gastón Arias | Fullback | 5 January 1994 | 0 | ![]() |
Bautista Delguy | Fullback | 22 April 1997 | 0 | ![]() |
See also
References
- "Georgia to host Tbilisi Cup 2014". International Rugby Board. 4 April 2014. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.