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Argentina
Shirt badge/Association crest
NicknameLos Pumas (The Pumas)
EmblemJaguar
UnionArgentine Rugby Union
Head coachMario Ledesma
CaptainPablo Matera
Most capsAgustin Creevy (89)[1][2][3]
Top scorerNicolás Sánchez (655)[4][5][6]
Top try scorerJosé María Núñez Piossek (30)
Home stadiumJosé Amalfitani
First colours
Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current11 (as of 16 September 2019)
Highest3 (2008)
Lowest12 (2014)
First international
Argentina 3–28 British Isles
(Buenos Aires, Argentina; 12 June 1910)
Biggest win
Argentina 152–0 Paraguay
(Mendoza, Argentina; 1 May 2002)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 93–8 Argentina
(Wellington, New Zealand; 21 June 1997)
World Cup
Appearances8 (First in 1987)
Best resultThird place, 2007
Websitelospumas.com.ar

The Argentina national rugby team is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR, from the Spanish: Unión Argentina de Rugby). Nicknamed the Pumas (Los Pumas in Spanish), they play in sky blue and white jerseys,

Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British Isles team. As of 23 September 2019 they are ranked 11th in the world by the IRB, making them the highest-ranked nation in the Americas. They have competed at every Rugby World Cup staged since the first tournament of 1987, and the country are considered the strongest within the Americas, being undefeated against all but Canada, against whom they have suffered three losses.

Although rugby union in Argentina is not as popular as association football, the Pumas' impressive results since the 1999 World Cup have seen the sport's popularity grow significantly. Argentina has achieved several upset victories, are tough contenders when playing in Buenos Aires, and are capable of regularly defeating Six Nations sides. A surprise victory over the hosts France in the first game of the 2007 World Cup took Argentina to fourth in the IRB World Rankings. The team were undefeated in their pool, and reached the semi-finals for the first time, beating Scotland 19–13 in their quarter-final. They were defeated 37–13 by eventual winners South Africa in the semi-finals, but followed this up with a second win over France to claim third place overall. By the end of the competition, the team had reached an all-time high of third in the World Rankings.

After their advances in competitiveness and performance during the 2000s, coupled with their location in the Southern Hemisphere, Argentina was the only tier 1 nation that had no regular competition, and some, among them former Pumas captain Agustín Pichot,[7] had even spoken of them joining the Six Nations. Argentina officially joined The Rugby Championship in a meeting in Buenos Aires on November 23, 2011.[8] In their first tournament in 2012, Argentina secured a 16–16 draw with The Springboks in only their second game.

The 2014 Rugby Championship saw the first Championship-match win for Argentina who defeated Australia 21–17.[9] 2015 proved to be a very successful year for Argentine rugby, as the last match of the 2015 Rugby Championship was Argentina's first ever win over South Africa, where the Pumas defeated the Springboks 37–25 in Durban, and they reached another semifinal at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. In the 2016 Rugby Championship, the Pumas split the first two games with the Springboks, winning the second game 26-24 at Salta on August 27, 2016. While they were winless during the 2017 Rugby Championship, the Pumas achieved two wins in their 2018 campaign, defeating both South Africa and Australia for the first time in a single calendar year.

History

Main article: History of the Argentina national rugby union team
The first Argentina national team ever before playing the British Lions, 12 June 1910

The History of the Argentina national team starts with the first international played by an Argentine side v. the British Islands in 1910 when they toured on South America. Argentina gained recognition in 1965, when the team toured South Africa playing a series of friendly matches there. In that tour the national team was nicknamed Los Pumas, a name that became an identity mark for Argentina, remaining to present days.

Argentina has taken part in all the Rugby World Cups since the first edition in 1987, their best performance being the third place achieved in 2007. Argentina followed their growing competitiveness in the Rugby Championship with a strong showing in the 2015 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals for the second time. The national side also plays the Rugby Championship since the 2012 edition, after joining the competition one year before.[10]

Colours, symbol and name

The team that played the first test v. the British Lions wearing the light blue and white jersey for the first time on 31 July 1927

Argentina alternated blue and white jerseys during its first international matches in 1910. In 1927 Mr. Abelardo Gutiérrez of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires proposed that Argentina should play against British Lions wearing a striped light blue and white jersey. That request was accepted and Argentina wore the striped uniform for the first time in its history.[11]

The Jaguar, native of the northeastern Argentina was chosen as the symbol of the team in 1941

Los Pumas play in a shirt in the country's flag (and sporting) colours of light blue and white, white shorts, and socks in light blue and white. In 2011, the UAR signed a deal with Nike which became the exclusive kit provider for all its national senior and youth teams, including Pampas XV.[12] The first uniform designed by the American company left the traditional horizontal-striped jersey behind, featuring a single light blue with white shoulders jersey, although it was announced that Los Pumas would wear its traditional uniform again when they play the 2012 Rugby Championship.[13]

On September 1941, Abelardo Gutiérrez (who had proposed the use of a white and blue jersey for the team 14 years prior) suggested a badge with the figure of a lion. The color of the crest was blue (due to Buenos Aires Cricket Club, where the first rugby match in Argentine had been played). The animal was later replaced by a native to Argentine species, so the jaguar was chosen due to his "agility and courage", according to their words.[11]

The Pumas nickname is the result of an error made by Carl Kohler, a journalist for the then Die Transvaler newspaper in South Africa, while following the team during their first overseas tour ever – to Southern Africa in 1965. He tried to devise a catchy nickname for the team similar to existing international team nicknames such as All Blacks, Springboks, and Wallabies. He asked Isak van Heerden, the then coach of the Natal Rugby team who was asked by the SARB to assist with the tour, for ideas. They saw a picture of a type of lion with spots on the UAR crest. Kohler was aware that the Americas had jaguars and pumas, and as he was under pressure to submit his article, made a guess and called them the Pumas, instead of the actual jaguar. The mistake stuck, and was eventually adopted by the Argentines themselves (although the UAR crest still depicts a jaguar).[14]

Uniform evolution

1910–27 [note 1]
1910–27 [note 1]
1927–present
2012–15
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Until 1927 Argentina wore blue and white jerseys, with no further clarification about when they worn one or another kit

Kit suppliers

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1978 – 1998 Adidas No shirt sponsor
1999 – 2000 VISA
2000 – 2003 Topper
2004 – 2011 Adidas
2012 – present Nike

Home grounds

Sociedad Sportiva Argentina (above) was the first venue for Argentina in 1910. José Amalfitani Stadium (bottom), one of the current venues when the team plays in Buenos Aires

The Pumas use a variety of stadiums when playing at home. One of the most frequently used for tests is José Amalfitani Stadium, home of Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield and sited in Buenos Aires. When Great Britain made their first tour to Argentina in 1910, the national team played them at Sociedad Sportiva Argentina of Palermo. That test was also notable for being the first Argentina match ever.[15][16]

When the British combined returned to Argentina in 1927, the national side started to use GEBA and Buenos Aires Cricket Club as their home venues. GEBA was a frequent venue during the next decades, but hosted only three matches after the 1960s, as the Pumas started using larger stadiums; the Pumas' last match at GEBA was in 1993.[17] On the other side, the Buenos Aires Cricket was also used for a large number of matches until 1948 when it was destroyed by fire.[18][19]

In 1997 BACRC inaugurated the first purpose-built rugby union stadium in Argentina, erected in Los Polvorines, Greater Buenos Aires. A total of nine international games were played there by the national team until 2005 when it was sold.[20]

Los Pumas played in Ferro Carril Oeste stadium during the 1970s and 1980s, where Argentina played Ireland, New Zealand, France and Australia among others.[21][22]

During the mid year tests in 2007, as well as Vélez Sársfield, Argentina played games at venues including Brigadier Estanislao López in Santa Fe, Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, and Gigante de Arroyito, in Rosario. Argentina have also used the River Plate Stadium in the past, and in 2006 hosted Wales at Estadio Raúl Conti in Puerto Madryn.

Other venues that hosted Argentina rugby team were Estadio del Bicentenario in San Juan –––(where the team played tests v England and Wales (in 2017–18),[23] Estanislao López in Santa Fe (2017), Centenario in Resistencia, Chaco (2014), Monumental José Fierro in Tucumán (2012, 2014), Mario Kempes in Córdoba (2012), Est. José M. Minella in Mar del Plata (2008).

Records

Overall

Argentina have won 225 of their 443 Test matches, a win record of 51.79%. When the world rankings were introduced by the IRB in October 2003, Argentina were ranked seventh. They fell to eighth in the rankings in June 2004, before rising back to seventh by November that year. They fell back to eighth in February 2005, and stayed there until falling to their lowest ranking of ninth in February 2006. Since then, Argentina rose to eighth in July 2006, then sixth in November of that year. They had a one-week fall to seventh, then one week later rose to fifth to start the World Cup 2007.

Los Pumas twice surpassed their highest ranking at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.[24] Defeating number three France, the second opening game loss for a World Cup hosting nation, moved them into fourth place, their highest position since the IRB World Rankings were established. They lost to eventual champions South Africa in the semi-final but beat France yet again in the bronze medal round to set another highest ranking, third, behind South Africa and New Zealand.

Argentina has won every match against South American national teams, including 41 against Uruguay, 38 against Chile, 17 against Paraguay and 13 against Brazil. In contrast, they have never beaten New Zealand, having scored a draw against them.

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by an Argentina national XV at test level up until 18 September 2019.[25]

Men's World Rugby Rankings
Top 30 as of 9 December 2024[26]
Rank Change[i] Team Points
1 Steady  South Africa 092.78
2 Steady  Ireland 090.78
3 Steady  New Zealand 090.36
4 Steady  France 088.51
5 Steady  Argentina 084.97
6 Steady  Scotland 083.34
7 Steady  England 082.31
8 Steady  Australia 081.52
9 Steady  Fiji 080.07
10 Steady  Italy 078.64
11 Steady  Wales 074.01
12 Steady  Georgia 073.85
13 Steady  Japan 072.95
14 Steady  Samoa 072.68
15 Steady  United States 070.02
16 Steady  Portugal 068.82
17 Steady  Uruguay 067.06
18 Steady  Spain 065.98
19 Steady  Tonga 065.46
20 Steady  Romania 063.01
21 Steady  Chile 061.72
22 Steady  Hong Kong 059.49
23 Steady  Canada 059.18
24 Steady  Netherlands 058.56
25 Steady  Russia 058.06
26 Steady  Namibia 057.87
27 Steady  Zimbabwe 057.16
28 Steady  Brazil 056.53
29 Steady  Belgium 056.51
30 Steady   Switzerland 056.04
  1. ^ Change from the previous week
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See or edit source data.
Source: World Rugby[26]
Graph updated to 9 December 2024
Opponent Played Won Lost Drawn Win % For Aga Diff
 Australia 32 6 25 1 20.31% 535 904 -369
 Brazil 13 13 0 0 100.00% 1054 47 +1007
  British and Irish Lions 6 0 6 0 0.00% 6 211 -205
 Canada 8 6 2 0 75.00% 262 137 +125
 Chile 36 36 0 0 100.00% 1627 237 +1390
 England 23 4 18 1 17.39% 363 609 -246
 England XV 1 0 0 1 0.00% 13 13 +0
 Fiji 4 3 1 0 75.00% 130 96 +34
 France 51 14 36 1 28.43% 797 1243 -446
 Georgia 5 5 0 0 100.00% 186 66 +120
 Ireland 18 6 12 0 33.33% 362 407 -45
 Ireland XV 5 2 2 1 40.00% 25 36 -11
 Italy 22 16 5 1 72.72% 557 383 +174
 Japan 6 5 1 0 83.33% 259 159 +100
 Junior Springboks 5 1 4 0 20.00% 26 166 -90
 Namibia 3 3 0 0 100.00% 194 36 +158
 New Zealand 29 0 28 1 0.00% 422 1160 -738
 New Zealand XV 4 0 4 0 0.00% 30 80 -50
 Oxford and Cambridge 8 2 5 1 25.00% 48 126 -78
 Paraguay 17 17 0 0 100.00% 1382 65 +1317
 Peru 1 1 0 0 100.00% 44 0 +44
 Romania 8 8 0 0 100.00% 317 97 +220
 Samoa 4 1 3 0 25% 82 111 -29
 Scotland 18 9 9 0 50.00% 308 386 -78
 Scotland XV 3 1 2 0 33.33% 34 21 +13
 South Africa 30 3 26 1 11.66% 594 1058 -464
 South Africa Gazelles 6 2 4 0 33.33% 60 71 -11
 Spain 4 4 0 0 100.00% 149 75 +74
 Tonga 1 1 0 0 100.00% 45 16 +29
 United States 8 8 0 0 100.00% 247 119 +128
 Uruguay 39 39 0 0 100.00% 1669 396 +1273
 Venezuela 1 1 0 0 100.00% 147 7 +140
 Wales 18 5 13 0 27.78% 392 505 -113
 Wales XV 3 1 1 1 33.33% 37 34 +3
 World XV 2 2 0 0 100.00% 64 42 +22
 Zimbabwe 1 0 1 0 0.00% 12 17 -5
Total 443 225 208 10 51.79% 12479 9076 +3403

Rugby World Cup

Main article: Argentina at the Rugby World Cup
Rugby World Cup record Qualification
Year Round Pld W D L PF PA Squad Head coach Pos Pld W D L PF PA
New Zealand Australia 1987 Pool stage 3 1 0 2 49 90 Squad H. Silva Invited
EnglandFranceIrelandScotlandWales 1991 Pool stage 3 0 0 3 38 83 Squad L. Gradín 2nd 4 2 0 2 57 46
South Africa 1995 Pool stage 3 0 0 3 69 87 Squad A. Petra P/O 5 5 0 0 184 53
Wales 1999 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 137 122 Squad A. Wyllie 1st 3 3 0 0 161 52
Australia 2003 Pool stage 4 2 0 2 140 57 Squad M. Loffreda Automatically qualified
France 2007 Third place 7 6 0 1 209 93 Squad M. Loffreda 1st 2 2 0 0 86 13
New Zealand 2011 Quarter-finals 5 3 0 2 100 73 Squad S. Phelan Automatically qualified
England 2015 Fourth place 7 4 0 3 250 143 Squad D. Hourcade Automatically qualified
Japan 2019 Pool stage 4 2 0 2 106 91 Squad M. Ledesma Automatically qualified
France 2023 Fourth place 7 4 0 3 185 156 Squad M. Cheika Automatically qualified
Total — 48 25 0 23 1,283 995 — — — 14 12 0 2 488 164
  Champions    Runners-up    Third place    Fourth place Home venue

The Rugby Championship

Tri Nations (1996–2011; 2020)
Nation Matches Points Bonus
points 		Table
points 		Titles
won
P W D L PF PA PD
 New Zealand 76 52 0 24 2,054 1,449 +605 35 243 11
 Australia 76 30 3 43 1,591 1,817 −226 34 160 3
 South Africa 72 28 1 43 1,480 1,831 −351 24 138 3
 Argentina 4 1 2 1 56 84 –28 0 8 0
Source:  lassen.co.nz – Tri-Nations, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa

Bonus points given by T – 4W − 2D, for T table points, W games won and D games drawn.

Rugby Championship (since 2012)
Nation Matches Points Bonus
points 		Table
points 		Titles
won
P W D L PF PA PD
 New Zealand 63 51 2 10 2,154 1,197 +957 40 249 9
 South Africa 63 33 4 26 1,637 1,383 +254 30 166 2
 Australia 63 26 3 34 1,411 1,735 −324 14 131 1
 Argentina 63 12 1 50 1,196 2,063 −867 14 60 0
Updated: 28 September 2024
Source:  lassen.co.nz – TRC, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
Bonus points given by T – 4W − 2D, for T table points, W games won and D games drawn.
All-time Tri Nations and Rugby Championship Table (since 1996)
Nation Matches Points Bonus
points 		Table
points 		Titles
won
P W D L PF PA PD
 New Zealand 139 103 2 34 4,208 2,646 +1,562 75 492 20
 South Africa 135 61 5 69 3,117 3,214 –97 55 308 5
 Australia 139 56 6 77 3,002 3,583 –581 48 291 4
 Argentina 67 12 3 52 1,262 2,147 –885 14 68 0
Updated: 28 September 2024
Bonus points given by T – 4W − 2D, for T table points, W games won and D games drawn.

Players

Current squad

On 19th August, Argentina named their 31-man squad for the 2019 Rugby World Cup.[27]

Head Coach: Argentina Mario Ledesma

  • Caps Updated: 5 October 2019

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of birth (age) Caps Club/province
Agustín Creevy Hooker (1985-03-15) 15 March 1985 (age 39) 88 Argentina Jaguares
Julián Montoya Hooker (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 31) 58 Argentina Jaguares
Santiago Socino Hooker (1992-05-07) 7 May 1992 (age 32) 2 Argentina Jaguares
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Prop (1989-06-11) 11 June 1989 (age 35) 57 Argentina Jaguares
Juan Figallo Prop (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 36) 33 England Saracens
Santiago Medrano Prop (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 28) 17 Argentina Jaguares
Enrique Pieretto Prop (1994-12-15) 15 December 1994 (age 29) 23 Argentina Jaguares
Mayco Vivas Prop (1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 26) 7 Argentina Jaguares
Matías Alemanno Lock (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 33) 60 Argentina Jaguares
Tomás Lavanini Lock (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 31) 56 England Leicester Tigers
Guido Petti Pagadizábal Lock (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 30) 52 Argentina Jaguares
Rodrigo Bruni Back row (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 31) 3 Argentina San Luis
Marcos Kremer Back row (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 27) 27 Argentina Jaguares
Juan Manuel Leguizamón Back row (1983-06-06) 6 June 1983 (age 41) 86 Argentina Jaguares
Tomás Lezana Back row (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30) 37 Argentina Jaguares
Pablo Matera (c) Back row (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 31) 65 France Stade Français
Javier Ortega Desio Back row (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 34) 57 Argentina Jaguares
Tomás Cubelli Scrum-half (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 35) 75 Argentina Jaguares
Felipe Ezcurra Scrum-half (1993-05-15) 15 May 1993 (age 31) 7 Argentina Hindú
Nicolás Sánchez Fly-half (1988-10-26) 26 October 1988 (age 36) 79 France Stade Français
Benjamín Urdapilleta Fly-half (1986-03-11) 11 March 1986 (age 38) 15 France Castres Olympique
Jerónimo de la Fuente Centre (1991-02-24) 24 February 1991 (age 33) 53 Argentina Jaguares
Juan Cruz Mallia Centre (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 28) 4 Argentina Jaguares
Lucas Mensa Centre (1996-05-24) 24 May 1996 (age 28) 2 Argentina Pucará
Matías Moroni Centre (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33) 46 Argentina Jaguares
Matías Orlando Centre (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 33) 44 Argentina Jaguares
Emiliano Boffelli Wing (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) 28 Argentina Jaguares
Bautista Delguy Wing (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 27) 13 Argentina Jaguares
Ramiro Moyano Wing (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 34) 35 Argentina Jaguares
Santiago Carreras Fullback (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 26) 4 Argentina Jaguares
Joaquín Tuculet Fullback (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989 (age 35) 55 Argentina Jaguares

Coaches

Coaches:[28]

  • 1932: Edmundo Cundo Stanfield
  • 1936: Luis Cilley, Edmundo Stanfield and C. Huntley Robertson.
  • 1954: Juan C. Wells.
  • 1956: Dermot Cavanagh and Horacio Savino.
  • 1959: Jorge Merelle.
  • 1960: Robert Galarga.
  • 1960: Saturnino Racimo.
  • 1965: Izaak Van Heerden, Alberto Camardón and Ángel Guastella.
  • 1965–66: Alberto Camardón and Ángel Guastella.
  • 1967–70: Alberto Camardón, Ángel Guastella and Jorge Merelle.
  • 1971: Ángel Guastella and Eduardo Poggi.
  • 1972–73: Ángel Guastella, Eduardo Poggi and Oscar Martínez Basante.
  • 1974: Carlos Villegas, Emilio Perasso and Jorge Merelle.
  • 1975: Eduardo Poggi and Eduardo Scahrenberg.
  • 1976–77: Carlos Villegas and Emilio Perasso.
  • 1978: Ángel Guastella, Aitor Otaño and José L. Imhoff.
  • 1979–80: Luis Gradín and Aitor Otaño.
  • 1981–83: Rodolfo O'Reilly.
  • 1984: Héctor Silva and Aitor Otaño.
  • 1985–86: Héctor Silva, Aitor Otaño and Ángel Guastella.
  • 1987: Héctor Silva and Ángel Guastella.
  • 1988–90: Rodolfo O'Reilly and Raúl Sanz.
  • 1990–91: Luis Gradín and Guillermo Lamarca.
  • 1992: Luis Gradín and John Hart.
  • 1993–94: Héctor Méndez and José J. Fernández.
  • 1995: Alejandro Petra and Ricardo Paganini.
  • 1995: Alejandro Petra and Emilio Perasso.
  • 1996: José Luis Imhoff, José J. Fernández, Héctor Méndez and Alex Wyllie.
  • 1997: José Luis Imhoff, Héctor Méndez and Alex Wyllie.
  • 1998: José Luis Imhoff and Alex Wyllie.
  • 1999: José Luis Imhoff and Alex Wyllie, next Héctor Méndez and Wyllie, next Wyllie alone.
  • 2000–2007 : Marcelo Loffreda and Daniel Baetti.
  • 2008–13: Santiago Phelan and Fabián Turnes[29]
  • 2013–18: Daniel Hourcade
  • 2018–:Mario Ledesma

After Marcelo Loffreda left following the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the UAR spent nearly five months searching for a successor until opting for a two-coach setup, with former Pumas Santiago Phelan and Fabián Turnes taking over.[29] On 22 October 2013, Phelan resigned from his post, ending a five-year spell in charge 2 week before Argentina goes on tour as part of the 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests. On 23 October 2013, Argentina Jaguars and Pampas XV head coach Daniel Hourcade was named the new Head Coach and his current contract will run through until the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[30]

Individual all-time records

Most matches

# Player Pos Years Mat Start Sub Won Lost Draw %
1 Agustin Creevy Hooker 2005- 88 59 29 25 63 0 28.40
2 Felipe Contepomi Centre 1998-2013 87 75 12 42 45 0 48.27
3 Lisandro Arbizu Centre 1990-2005 86 83 3 41 44 1 48.25
Juan Manuel Leguizamon Flanker 2005- 86 63 23 33 53 0 38.82
Rolando Martín Flanker 1994-2003 86 77 9 44 41 1 51.74
6 Martin Landajo Scrum-half 2008- 84 58 26 27 56 1 32.73
Mario Ledesma Hooker 1996-2011 84 67 17 42 41 1 50.59
8 Nicolás Sánchez Fly-half 2010- 79 72 7 21 57 1 27.21
9 Pedro Sporleder Lock 1990-2003 78 72 6 41 36 1 53.20
10 Tomas Cubelli Scrum-half 2010- 75 31 44 26 49 0 34.66

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

Juan Imhoff is the player who scored more tries in the history of Rugby World Cup for Argentina (7).
# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries
1 José Núñez Piossek Wing 2001-2008 28 26 2 145 29
2 Diego Cuesta Silva Centre 1983-1995 63 63 0 125 28
3 Gustavo Jorge Wing 1989-1994 23 22 1 111 24
4 Juan Imhoff Wing 2009-2015 35 25 10 105 21
5 Rolando Martín Flanker 1994-2003 86 77 9 90 18
Facundo Soler Wing 1996-2002 25 23 2 90 18
7 Hernán Senillosa Wing 2002-2007 33 22 11 128 17
8 Lisandro Arbizu Centre 1990-2005 86 83 3 188 16
Felipe Contepomi Centre 1998-2013 87 75 12 651 16
Manuel Montero Wing 2012- 27 22 5 80 16
Joaquin Tuculet Fullback 2012- 55 50 5 80 16

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

Argentina's second all-time points scorer Felipe Contepomi (651).
# Player Pos Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop
1 Nicolás Sánchez Fly-half 2010- 79 72 7 733 11 102 146 12
2 Felipe Contepomi Centre 1998–2013 87 75 12 651 16 74 139 2
3 Hugo Porta Fly-half 1971–1990 58 58 0 590 11 84 101 26
4 Gonzalo Quesada Fly-half 1996–2003 38 30 8 486 4 68 103 7
5 Santiago Mesón Fullback 1987–1997 34 32 2 365 8 68 63 1
6 Federico Todeschini Fly-half 1998–2008 21 16 5 256 4 37 54 0
7 Lisandro Arbizu Centre 1990–2005 86 83 3 188 17 14 14 11
8 Juan Martín Hernández Fly-half 2003–2017 74 66 8 176 8 20 23 9
9 Juan Fernández Miranda Fly-half 1997–2007 29 17 12 158 5 41 12 5
10 José Núñez Piossek Wing 2001–2008 28 26 2 145 29 0 0 0

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most matches as captain

# Player Pos Span Mat Won Lost Draw % Pts Tries
1 Agustín Creevy Hooker 2014- 49 13 36 0 26.53 15 3
2 Lisandro Arbizu Centre 1992–2003 48 28 20 0 58.33 87 10
3 Hugo Porta Fly-half 1977–1990 38 15 18 5 46.05 435 2
4 Agustín Pichot Scrum-half 2000–2007 30 18 12 0 60.00 5 1
5 Felipe Contepomi Centre 2007–2013 25 10 15 0 40.00 232 5
6 Juan M. Fernández Lobbe Number 8 2008–2014 20 4 15 1 22.50 10 2
Pedro Sporleder Lock 1996–1999 20 9 10 1 47.50 20 4
8 Héctor Silva Flanker 1967–1971 15 12 2 1 83.33 12 4
9 Sebastián Salvat Centre 1995 13 7 6 0 53.84 35 7
10 Marcelo Loffreda Centre 1989–1994 12 7 5 0 58.33 9 2

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points in a match

# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1. Eduardo Morgan Wing 50 6 13 0 0  Paraguay Brazil São Paulo 14/10/1973
2. José Núñez Piossek Wing 45 9 0 0 0  Paraguay Uruguay Montevideo 27/04/2003
3. Gustavo Jorge Wing 40 8 0 0 0  Brazil Brazil São Paulo 02/10/1993
4. Martín Sansot Fullback 36 3 6 4 0  Brazil Argentina Tucumán 13/07/1996
5. José Cilley Fly-half 32 0 16 0 0  Paraguay Argentina Mendoza 01/05/2002
6. Eduardo Morgan Wing 31 3 5 3 0  Uruguay Brazil São Paulo 16/10/1973
Eduardo de Forteza Fly-half 31 0 11 3 0  Paraguay Paraguay Asunción 25/09/1975
José Luna Wing 31 1 4 6 0  Romania Argentina Buenos Aires 14/10/1995
Felipe Contepomi Fly-half 31 2 3 5 0  France Argentina Buenos Aires 26/06/2010
10. 4 players on 30 points

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries in a match

# Player Pos Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop Opposition Venue Date
1. José Núñez Piossek Wing 45 9 0 0 0  Paraguay Uruguay Montevideo 27/04/2003
2. Gustavo Jorge Wing 40 8 0 0 0  Brazil Brazil São Paulo 02/10/1993
3. Uriel O'Farrell Wing 21 7 0 0 0  Uruguay Argentina Buenos Aires 09/09/1951
4. Uriel O'Farrell Wing 18 6 0 0 0  Brazil Argentina Buenos Aires 13/09/1951
Eduardo Morgan Wing 50 6 13 0 0  Paraguay Brazil São Paulo 14/10/1973
Gustavo Jorge Wing 24 6 0 0 0  Brazil Uruguay Montevideo 08/10/1989
Facundo Barrea Wing 30 6 0 0 0  Brazil Chile Santiago 23/05/2012
5 5 players on 5 tries

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Youngest players

# Player Pos Age Opposition Venue Date
1. Gustavo Jorge Wing 17 years and 349 days  Brazil Uruguay Montevideo 08/10/1989
2. Federico Méndez Prop 18 years and 86 days  Ireland Republic of Ireland Lansdowne Road 27/10/1990
3. Patricio Fernández Fly-half 18 years and 202 days  Chile Uruguay Montevideo 01/05/2013
4. Alejandro Iachetti Lock 18 years and 319 days  Uruguay Paraguay Asunción 21/09/1975
5. Eliseo Branca Lock 19 years and 26 days  Wales XV Wales Cardiff 16/10/1976
6. Lisandro Arbizu Fly-half 19 years and 28 days  Ireland Republic of Ireland Lansdowne Road 27/10/1990
7. Marcos Kremer Lock 19 years and 42 days  New Zealand New Zealand Hamilton 10/09/2016
8. Santiago Álvarez Centre 19 years and 69 days  Uruguay Uruguay Montevideo 27/04/2013
9. German Schultz Wing 19 years and 81 days  Uruguay Uruguay Montevideo 27/04/2013
10. Manuel Plaza Lock 19 years and 139 days  Paraguay Paraguay Asunción 23/05/2015

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Oldest players

# Player Pos Age Opposition Venue Date
1. Hugo Porta Fly-half 39 years and 60 days  Scotland Scotland Murrayfield 10/11/1990
2. Mario Ledesma Hooker 38 years and 145 days  New Zealand New Zealand Auckland 09/10/2011
3. Fairy Heatlie Number 8 38 years and 48 days United Kingdom Britain XV Argentina Flores 12/06/1910
4. Maximiliano Bustos Prop 37 years and 235 days  Italy Italy Rome 23/11/2013
5. Omar Hasan Prop 36 years and 181 days  France France Parc des Princes 19/10/2007
6. Juan Manuel Leguizamon Flanker 36 years and 51 days  Australia Australia Brisbane 27/07/2019
7. Felipe Contepomi Centre 36 years and 46 days  Australia Argentina Rosario 05/10/2013
8. Martín Scelzo Prop 35 years and 246 days  New Zealand New Zealand Auckland 09/10/2011
9. Rodrigo Roncero Prop 35 years and 233 days  Australia Argentina Rosario 06/10/2012
10. Marcelo Loffreda Centre 35 years and 151 days  South Africa South Africa Johannesburg 15/10/1994

Last updated: England vs Argentina, 05 October 2019. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Felipe Contepomi será el Puma récord en Rosario". CanchaLlena.com. 1 October 2013.
  2. ^ "La despedida de un símbolo". Clarin.com. 6 October 2013.
  3. ^ ""Contepomi to set record, Pumas chase historic win" at UltimateRugby.com". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Contepomi ya sabe lo que significa ser Puma récord". Clarin.com. 29 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Contepomi superó a Porta y es el goleador récord", Clarín, 9 June 2012
  6. ^ "Contepomi, goleador histórico Puma", ESPN, 9 June 2012
  7. ^ "Six Nations would be magnificent seven with us, pleads Pichot", Western Mail, 19 June 2006.
  8. ^ Deges, Frankie. "Argentina is now part of Rugby Championship". Buenos Aires Herald. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  9. ^ "Wallabies defeated 21–17 by Argentina". The Australian. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  10. ^ Argentina is now part of Rugby Championship by Frankie Deges, The Buenos Aires Herald, 23 Nov 2011
  11. ^ a b "La pasión cumple 100 años", La Nación, 10 April 1999
  12. ^ "El pase del verano: Los Pumas dejan Adidas para vestirse con Nike", El Cronista, 27 November 2011
  13. ^ "Nike presenta su camiseta de Los Pumas", Prematch website
  14. ^ Davies, Sean (26 July 2007). "Puma power: Argentinian rugby". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  15. ^ "Lions": Los viajes olvidados by Ricardo Sabanes, 16 May 2017
  16. ^ "El centenario del debut", Clarín, 13 June 2010
  17. ^ "Argentina at ground: GEBA", ESPN Scrum.com
  18. ^ "El club de rugby más antiguo de la Argentina" at Rugbytime.com Archived 12 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, 19 September 2008
  19. ^ "Buenos Aires Cricket & Rugby Club" at Centro de Documentación, Investigación y Referencia Histórica-Deportiva, June 2009
  20. ^ "Adiós a un escenario de triunfos históricos", Clarín, 4 Dec 2005
  21. ^ "El historial de los Pumas contra los grandes: los All Blacks, el único al que no le pudieron ganar", Cancha Llena, 8 Aug 2015
  22. ^ "El historial de Los Pumas ante Australia, la tercera potencia", Infobae, 18 Oct 2015
  23. ^ "ARGENTINA TESTS ANNOUNCED - JUNE 2018". 30 January 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  24. ^ Ranking archives can be found at the IRB website; www.irb.com
  25. ^ Argentina statistics Archived 13 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ a b "Men's World Rankings". World Rugby. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
  27. ^ LEGUIZAMON SET FOR FOURTH RUGBY WORLD CUP
  28. ^ Template:Es icon UAR. Entrenadores de Los Pumas de todos los Tiempos Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  29. ^ a b Iribarren, Ezequiel (21 February 2008). "Le buscaron pareja" (in Spanish). Clarín. Archived from the original on 28 February 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
  30. ^ "Daniel Hourcade, nuevo Head Coach de Los Pumas". Archived from the original on 1 November 2013.
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