Argentina XV national rugby union team

"Argentina Jaguars" redirects here; not to be confused with South American Jaguars or Jaguares (Super Rugby).

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

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/

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]

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  Argentina XV at a 2015 test match versus Uruguay's Teros

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 Brazil and Romania as part of the 2025 July internationals.^[2]

Head coach: Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

Note: Bold denotes internationally capped players.

Forwards Player Position Club Tomás Bartolini Hooker Tarucas Juan Ignacio Greising Revol Hooker Dogos XV Juan Manuel Vivas Hooker Tarucas Benjamín Garrido Prop Tarucas Octavio Filippa Prop Dogos XV Matías Medrano Prop Pampas XV Francisco Moreno Prop Tarucas Nicolás Revol Pitt Prop Dogos XV Federico Albrisi Lock Dogos XV Franco Carrera Lock Pampas XV Juan Penoucos Lock Pampas XV Agustín Toth Lock Selknam Aitor Bildosola Back row Dogos XV Facundo Cardozo Back row Tarucas Nicolás D’Amorim Back row Pampas XV Genaro Fissore Back row Dogos XV Agustín Sarelli Back row Tarucas

Backs Player Position Club Mateo Albanese Scrum-half Pampas XV Alejo Sugasti Scrum-half Los Pumas 7’s Juan Bautista Baronio Fly-half Dogos XV Benjamín Belaga Centre CASI Bautista Farisé Centre Peñarol Leonardo Gea Salim Centre Dogos XV Bruno Heit Centre Pampas XV Tomás Medina Centre Tarucas Lautaro Cipriani Wing Dogos XV Agustín Fraga Wing Los Pumas 7’s Franco Rossetto Wing Dogos XV Julián Quetglas Fullback Yacare XV

See also

• Pampas XV
• Jaguares (Super Rugby)