Argentina Jaguars
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| Union | Unión Argentina de Rugby | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Los Jaguares (The Jaguars) | ||
| Emblem(s) | Yaguareté (South American jaguar) | ||
| Coach(es) | Bernardo Urdanetta | ||
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| First international | |||
 Argentina XV 23-11 Chile  (26 September 1965) | |||
| Largest win | |||
 Paraguay 0 - 152 Argentina A (1 May 2002) | |||
| Largest defeat | |||
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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. In 2014 they will participate in the IRB Tbilisi Cup.[1]
Current squad
Jaguars squad for the two uncapped matches against the USA Selects side (United States 'A' side), as part of Argentina's and the United States 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches.
Felipe Ezcurra was added to the squad on 13 April as an injury replacement for Javier Rojas.[2]
Head Coach: Daniel Hourcade
Caps Updated: 22 April 2015
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
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References
- ↑ "Georgia to host Tbilisi Cup 2014". International Rugby Board. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ↑ Comenzó la concentración de los Seniors
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