Julián Montoya (born 29 October 1993) is an Argentine rugby union player currently playing for the Leicester Tigers in England's

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, the top domestic level of rugby union. He plays as a hooker. Montoya played for

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domestically in Argentina and Pampas XV. He played for the in SANZAAR's Super Rugby, from 2016 to 2020. He has been an international since 2014. He was

champion in

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with Leicester.

Career

Montoya played for Argentina national under-20 rugby union team at the

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. He later would also play for Argentina Jaguars. He had his first cap for

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at the 65–9 win over

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, at 17 May 2014, for the

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, in Paysandu,

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. He played for the Argentina squad that won the competition in 2014 and 2015, twice in each of them, with a try scored on both occasions. He was called for the 2015 Rugby Championship, playing his first game at the tournament in the 39–18 loss to

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, on 17 July 2015, in

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. He has 8 caps for the "Pumas", with 2 tries scored, 10 points on aggregate. Montoya was a starter for the national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the

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. In June 2020 there was speculation that Montoya had agreed to join Leicester Tigers for the

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season, but the move was eventually confirmed as an immediate transfer on 20 January 2021. He started the 2022 Premiership Rugby final as Tigers beat Saracens 15-12.

References

External links

Julián Montoya at UAR Official Website (Spanish)
1993 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players Club Newman rugby union players Jaguares (Super Rugby) players Pampas XV players Rugby union hookers Rugby union players from Buenos Aires People educated at Colegio Cardenal Newman Leicester Tigers players {{argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub