Argentina XV

Union	Argentine Rugby Union
Emblem(s)	Yaguareté
Coach(es)	Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
Captain(s)	Lautaro Bavaro
Team kit Change kit
First international
Argentina XV 23–11 Chile  (26 September 1965)
Largest win
Paraguay 0–152 Argentina A  (1 May 2002)
Largest defeat
Argentina A 8–30  Romania (12 June 2013)
Official website
uar.com.ar/equipos-uar/argentina-xv/

Argentina XV, formerly known as the Jaguares, are the second national rugby union team in Argentina, after the full national side, the Pumas.

Overview

They already represented Argentina at the South American Rugby Championship, 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 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. In 2014 they participated in the IRB Tbilisi Cup.^[1]

Results

Churchill Cup

• 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

• 1st in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.

UruCup

• 2015: 1st.

Current squad

Argentina XV squad to play Namibia, Chile and Uruguay as part of the 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches^[2]

Head coach: Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

Note: Bold denotes internationally capped players.

Forwards Player Position Club Facundo Bosch Hooker Bayonne Ramiro Gurovich Hooker Pampas XV Boris Wenger Hooker Pampas XV Javier Coronel Prop Pampas XV Javier Corvalán Prop Pampas XV Santiago Medrano Prop Western Force Santiago Pulella Prop Dogos XV Lucio Sordoni Prop Glasgow Warriors Lorenzo Colidio Lock Pampas XV Federico Lavanini Lock Pampas XV Lautaro Simes Lock Dogos XV Manuel Bernstein Back row Pampas XV Rodrigo Fernández Criado Back row Pampas XV Eliseo Fourcade Back row Pampas XV Joaquín Oviedo Back row Perpignan

Backs Player Position Club Ignacio Inchauspe Scrum-half Yacare XV Rafael Iriarte Scrum-half Pampas XV Joaquín de la Vega Mendía Fly-half Pampas XV Julián Hernández Fly-half Dogos XV Juan Pablo Castro Centre Pampas XV Luciano González Centre Los Pumas 7's Agustín Segura Centre Dogos XV Lautaro Cipriani Wing Dogos XV Bautista Delguy Wing Clermont Auvergne Iñaki Delguy Wing Pampas XV Martín Bogado Fullback Highlanders