Argentina XV, formerly known as the Jaguares, are the second national
rugby union
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team in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
, after the
full national side, the Pumas.
Overview
They already represented Argentina at the
South American Rugby Championship
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, 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
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in 2008 and 2009. They've played alongside the full national teams of
Namibia
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,
Romania
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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,
the United States
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, and
Canada
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as well as other second national teams like
Italy A, the
Emerging Springboks
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, and the
England Saxons
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. They have also competed in a number of South American tournaments and will compete against North American teams in the
Americas Rugby Championship
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. In 2014 they participated in the
IRB Tbilisi Cup
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.
Results
;
Churchill Cup
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* 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
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* 1st in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.
;
UruCup
The UruCup is a rugby union competition that was first held in 2015 (from 8–14 March) at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo with Charrúas XV, Argentina Jaguars, South American XV, Chile, Uruguay U20 and Argentina U20 taking part.
Argent ...
* 2015: 1st.
Current squad
Argentina XV squad to play tests against
Portugal
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and
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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on 30 May 2022 as part of the
2022 July international window.
Head Coach:
Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe
Note: Bold denotes internationally capped players.
See also
*
Pampas XV
Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas.[Jaguares (Super Rugby)
The Jaguares was an Argentine professional rugby union team based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were founded in 2015 and are the first Argentine team to play in SANZAAR's Super Rugby competition, participating from the 2016 Super Rugby season ...]
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Argentina A National Rugby Union Team
1965 establishments in Argentina
XV
Second national rugby union teams