Argentina Jaguars

Argentina Jaguars
Union Unión Argentina de Rugby
Nickname(s) Los Jaguars
Emblem(s) Yaguareté (the South American jaguar)
Coach(es) Emiliano Bergamaschi
Daniel Hourcade
Captain(s) Santiago González Iglesias
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 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, 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.

Current squad

Argentina Jaguars squad for the 2011 IRB Nations Cup:

Note: Flags indicate national union affiliation of the registered club as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules.

Player Position Club
Martín Landajo Scrum-half CASI
Santiago Mendez Scrum-half CASI
Santiago González Iglesias (c) Fly-half Alumni
Benjamín Madero Fly-half SIC
Lisandro Gómez López Centre La Tablada
Maximiliano Nannini Centre Duendes
Tomás Rosati Centre Belgrano
Belisario Agulla Wing Hindú
Fernando Luna Wing Córdoba
Román Miralles Fullback Duendes
Joaquín Tuculet Fullback Los Tilos
Player Position Club
Andres Bordoy Hooker La Rochelle
Mauricio Guidone Hooker La Plata
Germán Aráoz Prop Jockey
Gastón De Robertis Prop Bella Vista
Francisco Gómez Kodela Prop Belgrano
Francisco Piccinini Prop SIC
Felipe Aranguren Lock CUBA
Santiago Guzmán Lock Tucumán
Hugo Schierano Lock Tala
José Luis Basile Flanker Tala
Tomás De La Vega Flanker CUBA
Ignacio Pasman Flanker Champagnat
Antonio Ahualli Number 8 Universitario
Tomas Leonardi Number 8 SIC