Argentina Jaguars national rugby union team

Argentina Jaguars

Union	Unión Argentina de Rugby
Nickname(s)	Los Jaguars
Emblem(s)	Yaguareté (the South American jaguar)
Coach(es)	Maurizio Reggiardo
Team kit Change kit
First international
Argentina XV 23-11  Chile (26 September 1965)
Largest win
Paraguay  0 - 152  Argentina A (1 May 2002.
Worst defeat
Argentina A 7-88  Chile (9 July 1979)

The Argentina A national rugby union team, also known as Argentina Jaguars and as Argentina XV national rugby union team, in the past, are the second national rugby union team in Argentina after the national side.

They already represented Argentina at the South American Rugby Championship, in 2001, 2002, 2005 and 2009. Argentina second side won all the South American competitions they have entered and never were defeated yet by another country in this tournaments.

They competed in the Nations Cup in 2006 and 2007, winning the tournament in 2006, and in the Churchill Cup in 2008 and 2009. They've played alongside the full national teams of Namibia, Romania, Georgia, the United States, and Canada as well as other second national teams like Italy A, the Emerging Springboks, and the England Saxons. They have also competed in a number of South American tournaments and will compete against North American teams in the Americas Rugby Championship.

Current squad

Squad for tour of Europe:

Backs Player Position Club Francisco Albarracin Scrum-half La Plata Martín Landajo Scrum-half CASI Santiago González Iglesias Fly-half Asociación Alumni Ignacio Mieres Fly-half Stade Français Miguel Avramovic Centre Asociación Alumni Juan-Pablo Estelles Centre Atlético de Rosario Horacio Alberto San Martin Centre Tala Matías Viazzo Centre Bourgoin Belisario Agulla Wing Hindú Martín Bustos Moyano Wing Córdoba Athletic Tomás de Vedia Wing SIC Francisco José Merello Wing Regatas de Bella Vista Joaquín Tuculet Fullback Los Tilos

Forwards Player Position Club Matías Cortese Hooker Liceo Álvaro Tejeda Hooker Overmach Parma Gastón De Robertis Prop Regatas de Bella Vista Juan Francisco Gomez Prop Leeds Carnegie Pablo Henn Prop Brive Francisco Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Prop La Plata Carlos José Cáceres Lock Tucumán Lawn Tennis Mariano Galarza Lock Univeritario de La Plata Benjamín Macome Lock Tucumán Tomás Roan Lock La Plata Rodrigo Baez Flanker Liceo Rodrigo Bruno Flanker Jockey de Villa María Agustín Guzman Flanker Tucumán Ignacio Pasman Number eight Champagnat Leonardo Senatore Number eight G.E.R.

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