As well as being one of South America’s top sides, the Argentina Rugby team are also ranked amongst the world’s best on the international stage. Known by their fans as ‘Los Pumas’ the team competes in the annual Rugby Championship and they’ve also featured in every Rugby World Cup to date.
On this page you can find out more about the Argentina Rugby team including their long history and further information about their past and present squads. There’s also all of the Argentina Rugby team’s latest fixtures and results.
As the All Blacks named their squad for The Rugby Championship after playing relatively easier opposition in Tonga and Fiji over July, the panel on Sky Sport's The Breakdown discussed the importance for this team to go through adversity.
The Pumas scored three tries through Matias Moroni, Tomas Cubelli and Pablo Matera in the second Test.
As well as being one of South America’s top sides, the Argentina Rugby team are also ranked amongst the world’s best on the international stage. Known by their fans as ‘Los Pumas’ the team competes in the annual Rugby Championship and they’ve also featured in every Rugby World Cup to date.
On this page you can find out more about the Argentina Rugby team including their long history and further information about their past and present squads. There’s also all of the Argentina Rugby team’s latest fixtures and results.
The Rugby Championship 
Rugby World Cup The Rugby Championship 
The Rugby Championship Rugby World Cup | Round 0 | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP T | BP -7 | BP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-  New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round 0 |
|---|
| - New Zealand |
| - South Africa |
| - Australia |
| - Argentina |
Rugby union itself was first played back in the mid 19th century in Argentina, but it was several decades later in 1910 that their first international game was played. This was against a touring British Isles team which Argentina ultimately lost 28-3.
However, as the years progressed so did the Argentine team, who began to establish themselves as a dominant force in South American rugby. This included many titles in the South American tournament (now the South American Four Nations) as well as various successful global tours which charted their rise to top tier status.
Fast forward to the present and the Argentina Rugby team are ranked among the best in the world with a 50.44% win record in their test match history. While their progress is currently rather slow in the Rugby Championship, with just five wins since 2012, arguably Argentina’s best honour is their third place finish in the 2007 Rugby World Cup. This is a feat they’re yet to surpass and despite qualifying for all competitions pre and post 2007, the closest the team has come to this is a fourth place finish in 2015.
Facundo Gigena Prop 
Julian Montoya Hooker 
Santiago Socino Hooker 
Facundo Bosch Hooker 
Juan Pablo Zeiss Prop 
Mayco Vivas Prop 
Lucio Sordoni Prop 
Tomas Lezana Prop 
Santiago Medrano Prop 
Francisco Gomez Kodela Prop 
Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro Prop 
Matias Alemanno Lock 
Santiago Montagner Lock 
Guido Petti Pagadizaval Lock 
Tomas Lavanini Lock 
Pablo Matera Flanker 6 
Marcos Kremer Flanker 6 
Facundo Isa Flanker 6 
Javier Ortega Desio Number 8 
Rodrigo Bruni Number 8 
Marcelo Toledo Valentini 
Santiago Grondona 
Tomas Albornoz 
Santiago Chocobares 
Joel Sclavi 
Francisco Gorrisen 
Ignacio Calas 
Juan Bautista Pedemonte 
Juan Pablo Castro 
Rodrigo Fernandez Criado 
Federico Wegrzyn 
Gonzalo Garcia 
Ignacio Ruiz 
Joaquin Oviedo 
Jose Luis Gonzalez 
Juan Bautista Daireaux 
Juan Martin Gonzalez 
Lucas Bur 
Lucio Cinti 
Gonzalo Bertranou Scrum half 
Tomas Cubelli Scrum half 
Domingo Miotti Fly half 
Nicolas Sanchez Fly half 
Joaquin Diaz Bonilla Fly half 
Juan Imhoff Wing 
Emiliano Boffelli Wing 
Jeronimo De La Fuente Centre 
Felipe Ezcurra Centre 
Juan Cruz Mallia Centre 
Matias Orlando Centre 
Matias Moroni Centre 
Santiago Carreras Centre 
Rhodri Jones Centre 
Santiago Cordero Wing 
Sebastian Cancelliere Wing 
Bautista Delguy Wing 
Joaquin Tuculet Fullback The Argentina Rugby team has also seen its fair share of legendary players don the light blue and white striped jersey. This includes record breakers like hooker and former Argentina captain Agustín Creevy - who currently has the most international matches under his belt. There’s also leading try scorer José María Núñez Piossek and popular fly-half Nicolás Sánchez who are just a few more greats to have also graced the field for the Pumas.
The current Argentina Rugby squad is also strong and features many players who ply their rugby union trade in the European domestic leagues. This includes Leicester Tigers hooker Julián Montoya, Argentina captain and Stade Français back row Pablo Matera and Bordeaux lock Guido Petti.
