Mariano Galarza

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Mariano Galarza
Full name Mariano Galarza
Date of birth (1986-12-11) December 11, 1986
Place of birth 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Lock
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Universitario de La Plata
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010-2013
2010
2013-
Pampas XV
Leinster
Worcester Warriors
27
4
4
(15)
(0)
(0)
correct as of 13 May 2013.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2009-2012
2010
2010 -
Argentina Jaguars
Argentina A
Argentina
10
1
18
(0)
(0)
(0)
correct as of 24 November 2013.

Mariano Galarza (born December 11, 1986 in 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays lock for the English club Worcester Warriors. His former club was Universitarios de La Plata, in Argentina, and in 2010 he played for Leinster, he was released in 2011, after which he went back to amateur rugby.

Galarza, a student of medicine, was selected to Los Pumas squad for the 2008 end of year tour to Europe. He debuted for the Argentine national team in 2010 and participated in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

He signed a deal with Leinster Rugby at the start of the 2010-11 season and made his Magners League debut against Glasgow Warriors in September 2010. After just 4 caps he left Leinster in February 2011 to play for Argentine side Pampas XV in the Vodacom Cup.

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