Matías Moroni

Matías Moroni (born 29 March 1991) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a centre at Pro D2 side CA Brive after signing in January of 2025 and the Argentina national team.^[2][3][4]

Matías Moroni

Moroni in 2021
Date of birth	(1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 34)
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing Current team CA Brive Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010−2014 CUBA 52 (60) 2014−2015 Pampas XV 4 (0) 2016−2020 Jaguares 46 (60) 2020−2022 Leicester Tigers 35 (25) 2022–2024 Newcastle Falcons 20 (10) 2025– CA Brive 8 (0) Correct as of 25 January 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2011 Argentina U20 3 (5) 2014– Argentina 74 (65) Correct as of 28 August 2023 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2012−2016 Argentina 15 Correct as of 28 August 2023

Club career

Moroni played his youth in Los Molinos and the Club Universitario de Buenos Aires.^{[citation needed]}

In 2016, Moroni signed with the Jaguares, Argentina's Super Rugby team.^{[citation needed]}

Moroni signed for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby for the 2020–21 Premiership Rugby season.^[5] He settled in quickly playing 10 of 13 games and making a positive impression, he scored his first try for Leicester against Connacht in a European Rugby Challenge Cup round of 16 game.^[6]

Moroni was recognised as a defensive lynchpin for Leicester, starting the 2022 Premiership Rugby final which Leicester won 15-12.^[7]

He was then announced as a new signing for Newcastle Falcons on 22 June 2022.^[8] He spent 2 seasons in the north of England before being released at the end of the 23/24 Premiership season.

After a 6 month career sabbatical following his release, Moroni signed for CA Brive in January of 2025 marking his first venture into the French league structure. He made his debut in the Pro D2 round 16 clash between CA Brive and US Dax starting at No13 in the 22-9 loss.

International career

Moroni was a member of the Argentina Under-20 side which competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, he also represented the Pumas sevens team in 13 competitions during 2012 and 2013 and was selected by the Pampas XV for their 2014 tour of Oceania.^{[citation needed]}

Moroni made his senior debut for Los Pumas on 20 June 2014 against Scotland in Córdoba.^[9] He wasn't selected by the Pumas for the 2014 Rugby Championship, however he did make the squad for the 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals and he earned his second cap in a 20-18 win over Italy in Genoa.^[10]

Moroni competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Argentina national rugby sevens team.^[11][12]