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W. H. Bridger
''For a list of eminent Argentine rugby union players, irrespective of whether they have played for the Argentina national rugby union team please see List of Argentine rugby union players.'' List of Argentina national rugby union players is a list of people who have played for the Argentina national rugby union team. The list only includes players who have played in a Test match. Note that the "position" column lists the position at which the player made his Test debut, not necessarily the position for which he is best known. A position in parentheses indicates that the player debuted as a substitute. Sources The main original source for the information in this list iScrum.com's database listing of Country caps for Argentina Although largely comprehensive, there have been known inconsistencies noted when relying entirely on this database. Where these have been found for this specific list, it is noted. Additionally, where other historic sources conflict with this database, or wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina National Rugby Union Team
The Argentina national rugby union team (Spanish: ''Selecciﾃｳn de rugby de Argentina'') represents Argentina in men's international rugby union; it is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union ( es, Uniﾃｳn Argentina de Rugby). Nicknamed the Pumas (''Los Pumas'' in Spanish), they play in sky blue and white jerseys. They are ranked 6th in the world by World Rugby, making them the highest-ranked nation in the Americas. Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British Isles team. Argentina has competed at every Rugby World Cup since the first tournament of 1987, and the country are considered the strongest team within the Americas, being undefeated against all but Canada, against whom they have suffered three losses. The Pumas' impressive results since the 1999 World Cup have seen rugby's popularity in Argentina grow significantly. Argentina has achieved several upset victories, and are capable of regularly defeating Six Nations sides. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ﾃ］gel Guastella
ﾃ］gel Guastella (Buenos Aires, 7 November 1931 - San Miguel de Tucumﾃ｡n, 26 September 2016) was an Argentine rugby union footballer and coach. He played as fly-half. Biography Guastella was a founding member of Club Pueyrredﾃｳn, of which he was a player for 10 years and then, a coach. In 2000, Guastella moved to San Miguel de Tucumﾃ｡n, where he spent his last years of life, being chairman of Tucumﾃ｡n Lawn Tennis Club and of Uniﾃｳn de Rugby de Tucumﾃ｡n. Career Guastella was an Argentine international with the Pumas between 1956 and 1960. He was first capped during a match against an Oxford and Cambridge XV in Buenos Aires, on 16 September 1956. His last cap was during the test against France, in Buenos Aires, on 6 August 1960. In his international career, Guastella played 4 matches and scored 1 penalty and 6 points in aggregate. Coaching career Guastella came to the Argentina national team along with Alberto Camardﾃｳn, with both being assistants for the South African coach I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Rodrﾃｭguez (rugby Union)
Enrique "Topo" Edgardo Rodrﾃｭguez is an Argentina-born Australian former rugby union player. Rodriguez retired from rugby union after having played at international level for Argentina, Tahiti and Australia. He was part of the Australian team in the 1984 Grand Slam tour of Great Britain & Ireland. He also represented the Wallabies at the inaugural 1987 Rugby World Cup hosted by Australia & New Zealand. Rodriguez captained Australia against Mendoza Province in Argentina before retiring from international rugby in November 1987. He was also selected for the South American XV Jaguars in 1980, gaining four test caps against the Springboks. Rodriguez played tighthead prop, loosehead prop and hooker. After retiring from international rugby in 1987, he continued playing for his Sydney club Warringah before retiring in 1992. In 2006, A play called ''TOPO,'' written by Associate Professor Neil Cole, was shown at the Seymour Theatre Centre, Sydney in May窶笛une 2007, portraying the " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Travaglini
Gabriel Travaglini (born in Buenos Aires, 14 February 1958) is an Argentine retired rugby union player. He played as number 8. He played for CASI for all of his entire career. As of April 2022, he is the chairman of Uniﾃｳn Argentina de Rugby. Career Travaglini debuted with Club Atlﾃｩtico San Isidro against Banco Naciﾃｳn, in September 1977, playing as lock. Between 1980 and 1986, Travaglini was the captain for CASI. His first match for Argentina was against Italy, on 24 October 1978. He was also part of the 1987 Rugby World Cup Pumas roster, playing all the three matches, ending his international career in the pool stage match against the All Blacks. Between 2013 and 2015, he was CASI's chairman, as well as the chairman of Uniﾃｳn de Rugby de Buenos Aires (URBA). In April 2022, Travaglini became chairman of UAR, being the first from URBA since 2009 and the one who played most matches for the Pumas in the history. He also became the first chairman to have played a Rugby World Cup ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Madero
Rafael M. Madero (born Buenos Aires, 16 July 1958) is an Argentine former rugby union player and coach. He played as a Fullback. Centre and Fly-half. Career Starting his career in the SIC, Madero played for the team until 1990; as a wing, centre, and rarely as fly-half, he won eight URBA titles from 1977 to 1988. Internationally capped for Argentina since 1978, he took part to some significant moments of the Pumas in the late 1970s and most of the 1980s: in 1979, at Buenos Aires, during the match against Australia, he scored 8 points (2 tries) of the total 24 with which Argentina won (the other 16 were scored by Hugo Porta). He won the 1987 South American Rugby Championship and in the same year, took part at the first Rugby World Cup: he played his last match in 1990; there were 34 (plus 5 non capped) test matches played, with 33 points (plus 7 scored against a non-official international representative team). Moving to the coaching, in 2000, Madero was in charge of coaching Argen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Loffreda
Marcelo Loffreda (born May 17, 1959, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine former rugby union footballer and coach. Loffreda won 44 caps with one as captain, playing at centre for the Argentine rugby union side (''los Pumas''). He played much of his career outside the legendary Hugo Porta and scored 4 test tries. In 1994 he hung up his playing boots and became a coach. In April 2000, he was appointed coach of Argentina and steered them to series victories over France, Wales and Scotland, a draw with the British and Irish Lions, a win against England at Twickenham in November 2006 as well as coming close to securing the Pumas' first victories over South Africa and New Zealand. The Pumas went on to their all-time best finish of third at the 2007 World Cup, including an opening win over hosts France, a pool win over Ireland, and another win over France in the third-place match. This success was Loffreda's swansong as Pumas coach, as he had announced months before the tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcelo Campo
Marcelo Campo (1 July 1957 窶 26 June 2021) was an Argentine rugby union player. He played as a wing. Career Campo played for Old Georgians, from Quilmes. With said club, he was in the international rugby scene. The first time he wore Argentina's jersey was in a match against England XV at Twickenham, even if it was not formally a test match, which was in the second match, at Rovigo, against Italy, on 24 October 1978. However, that match at London, which ended 13-13, saw Campo going to the try line in such a spectacular manner. The event is remembered until the present day, as it was the first time that an Argentina national rugby union team played against an English counterpart, in away field. Although not having test value, Campo played other important international matches, two against a New Zealand XV in 1979 and others against a World XV in 1980 and 1983, which saw important international players such as Jacques Fouroux, Jean-Pierre Rives, David Campese and Pierre B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eliseo Branca
Eliseo Nicolﾃ｡s Branca (born 20 September 1957 in Hurlingham) is a former Argentine rugby union player. He played as a lock. After leaving his local club, his entire career has been with Club Atlﾃｩtico San Isidro CASI, where he was a player for 27 years, and then a coach. Career Hailing from Hurlingham, in the Buenos Aires province, Branca started his career in the local club Curupaytﾃｭ. He later moved to Club Atlﾃｩtico San Isidro in 1973, with the club, where which he became the captain, and won three URBA titles; the most recent of which, in 1985, was the last won by the club in 20 years. Branca debuted for Argentina in 1976, at Montevideo against Uruguay, although they were more relevant, they were not recognised as full international, three end-of-the-year matches, being one against a Wales XV and two against an All Blacks XV on tour in South America. He won the 1985 and 1987 South American Rugby Championships, then, Branca took part with his country at the 1987 Rugby W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Morgan
Eduardo Morgan (died 2015) was an Argentine rugby union footballer. Morgan played twelve tests for the Argentina national rugby union team. Morgan played club rugby for Old Georgian Club before playing his first test match on 21 October 1972 against the South African Gazelles South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sﾅｫﾃｾ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunﾃｾaz' .... References Date of birth missing Argentine rugby union players 2015 deaths Argentina international rugby union players {{argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Porta
Hugo Porta (born 11 September 1951) is a former Argentine Rugby Union footballer, an inductee of both the International Rugby Hall of Fame and IRB Hall of Fame, and one of the best fly-halves the sport has seen. During the 1970s and 1980s, he played 58 times for ''Los Pumas'', captaining them on 34 occasions, including leading them during the first World Cup in 1987. Porta made his international debut in 1971. His best performances came in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with 1977 draw with France, the Pumas' 1979 24窶13 win against Australia, and a 21窶21 tie with the All Blacks on 2 November 1985. In December 2018, Porta was elected as president of Argentine sports club Banco Naciﾃｳn, where he spent his entire career as player. Career Porta was born in Buenos Aires. He played football (soccer) and almost signed for Boca Juniors but then changed to rugby union, joining Banco Naciﾃｳn. Porta made his debut for Argentina on 10 October 1971 against Chile in the starting line ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hﾃｩctor Mﾃｩndez (rugby Union)
Hﾃｩctor Mendﾃｩz is an Argentine former rugby union footballer and coach. He works as a psychiatrist. He had 2 caps for Argentina, in 1967, scoring 1 try, 4 points in aggregate. He was nominated joint-coach, with New Zealand Alex Wyllie, of the "Pumas", previously of the 1999 Rugby World Cup The 1999 Rugby World Cup was the fourth Rugby World Cup, the quadrennial international rugby union championship. It was principally hosted by Wales, and was won by Australia. This was the first Rugby World Cup to be held in the sport's professi ... finals, but he resigned few days later. External linksHﾃｩctor Mendﾃｩz International Statistics Living people Argentine rugby union players Argentine rugby union coaches Argentina international rugby union players Year of birth missing (living people) {{argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Gradﾃｭn
Luis ''Lucho'' Mariano Gradﾃｭn is a former Argentine rugby union player and coach, and a current sports executive. He played as a scrum-half. Gradﾃｭn is one of the most mythical names of Argentine rugby history. He first played for San Isidro Club, before joining Belgrano Athletic, one of the four founding teams of the UAR. He had 14 caps for Argentina, from 1965 to 1973, scoring 5 tries, 1 conversion and 4 penalties, 32 points on aggregate. He was the head coach of Argentina for three times, from 1979 to 1980, with Aitor Otaﾃｱo, from 1990 to 1991, with Guillermo Lamarca, and in 1992, with Josﾃｩ Luis Imhoff. He and Lamarca were head coaches at the 1991 Rugby World Cup The 1991 Rugby World Cup was the second edition of the Rugby World Cup, and was jointly hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France: at the time, the five European countries who participated in the Five Nations Championship. This was ..., where the "Pumas" were eliminated in the 1st round, after losing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
