Rodrigo Báez (rugby union)

Rodrigo Báez
Personal information
Full nameRodrigo Báez
Born8 February 1989
Mendoza, Argentina
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb)
Club information
Playing positionLoose Forward
Current clubLiceo
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Pts)
2009–Liceo()
2012–Pampas XV16(5)
Representative team(s)
2008Argentina Under-193(10)
2009Argentina Under-204(0)
2009–10Argentina Jaguars6(5)
2011–Argentina16(10)
* Senior club appearances and points correct as of 8 September 2014.

† Appearances (Points).

‡ Representative team caps and points correct as of 17 November 2014.

Rodrigo Báez (born 8 February 1989) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who plays as a loose forward for Liceo and the Argentina national rugby union team.[1][2][3][4]

International career

Báez came through Argentina's youth structures, representing the Pumas Under 19 team in 2008 and the Under 20 side a year later at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship. He later went on to turn out for the Argentina Jaguars and was a member of the Pampas XV team that competed in the 2012 and 2013 Vodacom Cup competitions in South Africa as well as their tour of Australia in 2014.[1]

He debuted for Los Pumas in May 2011 against Chile and capped his debut with a try in a comfortable victory for his side.[1]

In August 2014, he was named in the squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship[5] and made his first championship appearance as a substitute in a 9-28 loss to New Zealand on 6 September 2014.[6]

Báez is signed to play for Argentina (Super Rugby) until 2017.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Rodrigo Baez Argentina Rugby Player Profile". UAR. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. "Rodrigo Baez ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. "Rodrigo Baez itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  4. "Rodrigo Baez Test Rugby Player Statistics". testrugby.com. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  5. "Pumas squad for the Rugby Championship". Sanzar Rugby. 4 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  6. "New Zealand vs Argentina 6 September 2014 Match Breakdown". SA Rugby. Retrieved 8 September 2014.