Argentina XV national rugby union team

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Argentina XV

Union

Argentine Rugby Union

Emblem(s)

Yaguareté

Coach(es)

Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

Captain(s)

Lautaro Bavaro

Team kit

Change kit

First international

Argentina XV 23–11 Chile

(26 September 1965)

Largest win

Paraguay 0–152 Argentina A

(1 May 2002)

Largest defeat

Argentina A 8–30

Romania
(12 June 2013)

Official website

uar.com.ar/equipos-uar/argentina-xv/

Argentina XV, formerly known as the Jaguares, are the second national rugby union team in Argentina, after the full national side, the Pumas.

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

Churchill Cup

2005: 2nd
2008: 4th
2009: 3rd

Nations Cup / Tbilisi Cup

2006: 1st
2007: 2nd
2010: 4th
2011: 3rd
2012: 2nd
2013: 3rd
2014: 1st
2015: 2nd

Americas Rugby Championship

1st in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.

UruCup

2015: 1st.

Current squad

Argentina XV squad to play Namibia, Chile and Uruguay as part of the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches^[2]

Head coach: Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

Note: Bold denotes internationally capped players.

Forwards
Player	Position	Club
Facundo Bosch	Hooker	Bayonne
Ramiro Gurovich	Hooker	Pampas XV
Boris Wenger	Hooker	Pampas XV
Javier Coronel	Prop	Pampas XV
Javier Corvalán	Prop	Pampas XV
Santiago Medrano	Prop	Western Force
Santiago Pulella	Prop	Dogos XV
Lucio Sordoni	Prop	Glasgow Warriors
Lorenzo Colidio	Lock	Pampas XV
Federico Lavanini	Lock	Pampas XV
Lautaro Simes	Lock	Dogos XV
Manuel Bernstein	Back row	Pampas XV
Rodrigo Fernández Criado	Back row	Pampas XV
Eliseo Fourcade	Back row	Pampas XV
Joaquín Oviedo	Back row	Perpignan

Backs
Player	Position	Club
Ignacio Inchauspe	Scrum-half	Yacare XV
Rafael Iriarte	Scrum-half	Pampas XV
Joaquín de la Vega Mendía	Fly-half	Pampas XV
Julián Hernández	Fly-half	Dogos XV
Juan Pablo Castro	Centre	Pampas XV
Luciano González	Centre	Los Pumas 7's
Agustín Segura	Centre	Dogos XV
Lautaro Cipriani	Wing	Dogos XV
Bautista Delguy	Wing	Clermont Auvergne
Iñaki Delguy	Wing	Pampas XV
Martín Bogado	Fullback	Highlanders

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.
^ Stars to play for Argentina XV against Namibia

External links

Official website

Argentina national rugby union team

General topics

Players

All Players

Home stadiums

Competitions

Matches

By opponent	Australia British & Irish Lions England France Ireland Italy New Zealand Scotland South Africa Wales

Tours

Australia	1983 1986 1995 2000
Europe	1973 1975 1978 1982 1988 1992 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006 2008 2021
Great Britain	1976 1978 1990 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2005 2006 2022
Japan	1998
New Zealand	1979 1989 1997 2001 2004
South Africa / Zimbabwe	1965 1971 1994 2002 2003

Related teams

Rugby union in Argentina

National teams

Men's	Pumas (Team history) Argentina XV Sevens U20
Women's	Sevens

Other notable teams

Bodies

National	UAR
Regional	Buenos Aires Córdoba Cuyo Entre Ríos Mar del Plata Rosario Santa Fe Tucumán

Competitions

International	Rugby Championship
Transnational	Super Rugby Súper Liga Americana
Provincial	Campeonato Argentino
Club	Nacional de Clubes Interior URBA Córdoba Litoral Nordeste Noroeste Oeste Pampeano Patagónico
Hosted	Mar del Plata Sevens

v t e IRB Tbilisi Cup
2015 teams	Emerging Ireland Emerging Italy Georgia Uruguay
Former teams	Argentina Jaguars (2014) South Africa President's XV (2013) Spain (2014)
Seasons	2013 2014 2015
Winners	2013 South Africa President's XV 2014 Argentina Jaguars

v t e World Rugby Nations Cup
2019 teams	Argentina XV Namibia Russia Uruguay
Former teams	Emerging Ireland (2014) Emerging Springboks (2007, 2008) France A (2009) Georgia (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Portugal (2006, 2011, 2012) Scotland A (2009, 2010) Russia (2014) South African Kings (2011)
Seasons	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Winners	2006 Argentina A 2007 Emerging Springboks 2008 Emerging Springboks 2009 Scotland A 2010 Namibia 2011 South African Kings 2012 Romania 2013 Romania 2014 Emerging Ireland 2015 Romania 2016 Romania 2017 Uruguay 2018 Uruguay 2019 Uruguay

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Overview

Results

Current squad

See also

References

External links