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Joe Santamaria
Joe Santamaria is a freelance writer whose work on rugby, football, and athletics has appeared in the i, The Rugby Paper, Like the Wind, and BBC Sport Scotland. He specialises in rugby, with a particular focus on the sport’s development in South America, where he has covered multiple seasons of the continent’s burgeoning professional league, Super Rugby Americas.
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Rodrigo Isgró: 'I want to be the Pumas winger and lift a trophy with Harlequins one day'
Once named sevens world player of the year and a darling of the Stoop, the Argentine flyer has never forgotten his roots.
Joe Santamaria
18 Mar 2026, 5:51
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Danilo Fischetti: 'I'm a bit different to most props, mate - I like to play'
The Northampton Saint will face a host of his club team-mates at the Six Nations as he looks to break new ground with Italy.
Joe Santamaria
06 Feb 2026, 3:20
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Pedro Rubiolo: 'I know this club is going to win some trophies.'
The powerful Argentine second-row is pulling up trees with the Bristol Bears and he is hoping to propel them to silverware
Joe Santamaria
17 Jan 2026, 3:38
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Simon Benitez Cruz: 'For me, every day is a good day. I am loving it.'
The Los Pumas scrum-half has had a whirlwind 2025 that has taken him from amateur rugby to the international stage
Joe Santamaria
11 Nov 2025, 2:34
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Harlequins’ Pumas quartet bring South American flavour to south-west London
A welcome barbecue for their new Pumas says as much about Harlequins’ culture as their deepening Argentine connection.
Joe Santamaria
14 Oct 2025, 3:59
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Jordie Barrett: 'People say I need to play like Ma’a Nonu, but I can't physically play like Ma’a Nonu'
Now established as a world class inside centre, the youngest Test rugby-playing Barrett has made the 12 shirt his own.
Joe Santamaria
30 Aug 2025, 19:42
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George Ford: ‘I’m still as hungry and motivated as ever to play for England’
As he prepares to become England's eighth Test centurion, the fly-half says the milestone 'is not the end goal'.
Joe Santamaria
02 Jul 2025, 16:56
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