Joaquín Tuculet (born 8 August 1989 in

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) is an

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player who currently plays for the

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(MLR). He also played for the national Argentina team '' The Pumas'' and the country's

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team, the Jaguares

Tuculet is capable of playing Fullback (rugby union), full-back,

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Professional career

After

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, Tuculet was selected for Los Jaguares (Argentina A; not to be confused with the Super Rugby team) for the IRB Nations Cup in Romania and was the teams fullback. Tuculet played for

in the IRB Junior World Championship in

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in Wales and

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in Japan, featuring for Los Pumitas in matches vs Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand and Uruguay as the teams fullback. He got his first cap for Argentina in 2012, playing against Italian Rugby Union team. Joaquín was part of the

squad that competes in the Rugby Championship. He was part of the national teams that competed at the

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and the

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. In September 2020, Tuculet retired from

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one day after bringing an end to his contract with the Unión Argentina de Rugby

During early October 2020, the Canadians, Canadian rugby union team

signed Tuculet making him the third

to form part of the team along with Tommy de la Vega and

Manuel Montero Manuel "Pantera" Montero (born November 20, 1991, in Buenos Aires)Manuel player prof ...

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1989 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Argentina international rugby union players Rugby union players from La Plata Sale Sharks players FC Grenoble Rugby players Pampas XV players Cardiff Rugby players Union Bordeaux Bègles players Jaguares (Super Rugby) players 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Rugby union fullbacks Argentine expatriate rugby union players in France Argentine expatriate rugby union players in England Argentine expatriate rugby union players in Wales Toronto Arrows players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players Expatriate rugby union players in Canada {{Argentina-rugbyunion-bio-stub