Matías Moroni (born 29 March 1991) is an Argentine professional
rugby union
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player who plays as a
centre
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at
Pro D2
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side
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze, Corrèze department.
Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...
Club Universitario de Buenos Aires
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.
In 2016, Moroni signed with the , Argentina's
Super Rugby
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team.
Moroni signed for
Leicester Tigers
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The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...
in
Premiership Rugby
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for the 2020–21 Premiership Rugby season. He settled in quickly playing 10 of 13 games and making a positive impression, he scored his first try for Leicester against
Connacht
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in a
European Rugby Challenge Cup
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round of 16 game.
Moroni was recognised as a defensive lynchpin for Leicester, starting the 2022 Premiership Rugby final which Leicester won 15-12.
He was then announced as a new signing for
Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union.
The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
on 22 June 2022. He spent 2 seasons in the north of England before being released at the end of the 23/24 Premiership season.
After a 6 month career sabbatical following his release, Moroni signed for
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze, Corrèze department.
Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...
in January of 2025 marking his first venture into the French league structure. He made his debut in the
Pro D2
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round 16 clash between
CA Brive
Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin, also referred to as CA Brive, Brive () or CAB, is a French professional rugby union club based in Brive-la-Gaillarde, in the Corrèze, Corrèze department.
Brive is a historical member of French rugby un ...
and
US Dax
Union Sportive Dax Rugby Landes, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second level of the French league system.
They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They w ...
starting at No13 in the 22-9 loss.
International career
Moroni was a member of the Argentina Under-20 side which competed in the
2011 IRB Junior World Championship
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, he also represented the Pumas sevens team in 13 competitions during 2012 and 2013 and was selected by the
Pampas XV
Pampas XV is an Argentine professional rugby union team that currently competes in Super Rugby Americas.Córdoba. He wasn't selected by the Pumas for the
2014 Rugby Championship
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, however he did make the squad for the
2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals The 2014 end-of-year rugby tests, also known as the 2014 autumn internationals in the Northern Hemisphere, were international rugby union matches predominantly played between visiting Southern Hemisphere countries and European nations.
Brazil, Cana ...
and he earned his second cap in a 20-18 win over in
Genoa
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.
Moroni competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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for the
Argentina national rugby sevens team
The Argentina national rugby sevens team competes in the World Rugby Sevens Series, in the Rugby World Cup Sevens, and, beginning in 2016, in the Summer Olympics.
The Argentine rugby sevens team has had some succe ...