Argentina national rugby union team

"Los Pumas" redirects here. For the Mexican football team, see Club Universidad Nacional. For the Mexican American football team, see Pumas CU.

Argentina

Nickname(s)	Los Pumas
Emblem	Jaguar
Union	Argentine Rugby Union
Head coach	Mario Ledesma
Captain	Pablo Matera
Most caps	Felipe Contepomi (87)[1][2][3]
Top scorer	Nicolás Sánchez (655)[4][5][6]
Top try scorer	José María Núñez Piossek (30)
Home stadium	José Amalfitani
First colours Second colours
World Rugby ranking
Current	9 (as of 6 February 2019)
Highest	3 (2008)
Lowest	12 (2014)
First international
Argentina 3–28 British Isles (Buenos Aires, Argentina; 12 June 1910)
Biggest win
Argentina 152–0 Paraguay (Mendoza, Argentina; 1 May 2002)
Biggest defeat
New Zealand 93–8 Argentina (Wellington, New Zealand; 21 June 1997)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1987)
Best result	Third place, 2007
Website	www.lospumas.com.ar

The Argentina national rugby team is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR, from the Spanish: Unión Argentina de Rugby). Nicknamed the Pumas (Los Pumas in Spanish), they play in sky blue and white jerseys,

Argentina played its first international rugby match in 1910 against a touring British Isles team. As of 12 July 2017 they are ranked 9th in the world by the IRB, making them the highest-ranked nation in the Americas. They have competed at every Rugby World Cup staged since the first tournament of 1987, and the country are considered the strongest within the Americas, being undefeated against all but Canada, against whom they have suffered three losses.

Although rugby union in Argentina is not as popular as soccer, the Pumas' impressive results since the 1999 World Cup have seen the sport's popularity grow significantly. Argentina has achieved several upset victories, are tough contenders when playing in Buenos Aires, and are capable of regularly defeating Six Nations sides. A surprise victory over the hosts France in the first game of the 2007 World Cup took Argentina to fourth in the IRB World Rankings. The team were undefeated in their pool, and reached the semi-finals for the first time, beating Scotland 19–13 in their quarter-final. They were defeated 37–13 by eventual winners South Africa in the semi-finals, but followed this up with a second win over France to claim third place overall. By the end of the competition, the team had reached an all-time high of third in the World Rankings.

After their advances in competitiveness and performance during the 2000s, coupled with their location in the Southern Hemisphere, Argentina was the only tier 1 nation that had no regular competition, and some, among them former Pumas captain Agustín Pichot,^[7] had even spoken of them joining the Six Nations. Argentina officially joined The Rugby Championship in a meeting in Buenos Aires on November 23, 2011.^[8] In their first tournament in 2012, Argentina secured a 16–16 draw with The Springboks in only their second game.

The 2014 Rugby Championship saw the first Championship-match win for Argentina who defeated Australia 21–17.^[9] 2015 proved to be a very successful year for Argentine rugby, as the last match of the 2015 Rugby Championship was Argentina's first ever win over South Africa, where the Pumas defeated the Springboks 37–25 in Durban, and they reached another semifinal at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. In the 2016 Rugby Championship, the Pumas split the first two games with the Springboks, winning the second game 26-24 at Salta on August 27, 2016. While they were winless during the 2017 Rugby Championship, the Pumas achieved two wins in their 2018 campaign, defeating both South Africa and Australia for the first time in a single calendar year.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Colours, symbol and name
  
  
  
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    2.1 Uniform evolution
    
  
  
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  3 Home grounds
  


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  4 Records
  
  
  
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    4.1 Overall
    
  
  
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    4.2 Rugby World Cup
    
  
  
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    4.3 The Rugby Championship
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 Players
  
  
  
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    5.1 Current squad
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Coaches
  


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  7 Individual all-time records
  
  
  
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    7.1 Most matches
    
  
  
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    7.2 Most tries
    
  
  
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    7.3 Most points
    
  
  
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    7.5 Most points in a match
    
  
  
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    7.6 Most tries in a match
    
  
  
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    7.7 Youngest players
    
  
  
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    7.8 Oldest players
    
  
  
  
  


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  8 See also
  


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  9 References
  


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  10 External links
  

History

Main article: History of the Argentina national rugby union team

The first Argentina national team ever before playing the British Lions, 12 June 1910

The History of the Argentina national team starts with the first international played by an Argentine side v. the British Islands in 1910 when they toured on South America. Argentina gained recognition in 1965, when the team toured South Africa playing a series of friendly matches there. In that tour the national team was nicknamed Los Pumas, a name that became an identity mark for Argentina, remaining to present days.

Argentina has taken part in all the Rugby World Cups since the first edition in 1987, their best performance being the third place achieved in 2007. Argentina followed their growing competitiveness in the Rugby Championship with a strong showing in the 2015 World Cup, reaching the semi-finals for the second time. The national side also plays the Rugby Championship since the 2012 edition, after joining the competition one year before.^[10]

Colours, symbol and name

The team that played the first test v. the British Lions wearing the light blue and white jersey for the first time on 31 July 1927

Argentina alternated blue and white jerseys during its first international matches in 1910. In 1927 Mr. Abelardo Gutiérrez of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires proposed that Argentina should play against British Lions wearing a striped light blue and white jersey. That request was accepted and Argentina wore the striped uniform for the first time in its history.^[11]

The Jaguar, native of the northeastern Argentina was chosen as the symbol of the team in 1941

Los Pumas play in a shirt in the country's flag (and sporting) colours of light blue and white, white shorts, and socks in light blue and white. In 2011, the UAR signed a deal with Nike which became the exclusive kit provider for all its national senior and youth teams, including Pampas XV.^[12] The first uniform designed by the American company left the traditional horizontal-striped jersey behind, featuring a single light blue with white shoulders jersey, although it was announced that Los Pumas will wear its traditional uniform again when they play the 2012 Rugby Championship.^[13]

On September 1941, Abelardo Gutiérrez (who had proposed the use of a white and blue jersey for the team 14 years prior) suggested a badge with the figure of a lion. The color of the crest was blue (due to Buenos Aires Cricket Club, where the first rugby match in Argentine had been played). The animal was later replaced by a native to Argentine species, so the jaguar was chosen due to his "agility and courage", according to their words.^[11]

The Pumas nickname is the result of an error made by Carl Kohler, a journalist for the then Die Transvaler newspaper in South Africa, while following the team during their first overseas tour ever – to Southern Africa in 1965. He tried to devise a catchy nickname for the team similar to existing international team nicknames such as All Blacks, Springboks, and Wallabies. He asked Isak van Heerden, the then coach of the Natal Rugby team who was asked by the SARB to assist with the tour, for ideas. They saw a picture of a type of lion with spots on the UAR crest. Kohler was aware that the Americas had jaguars and pumas, and as he was under pressure to submit his article, made a guess and called them the Pumas, instead of the actual jaguar. The mistake stuck, and was eventually adopted by the Argentines themselves (although the UAR crest still depicts a jaguar).^[14]

Uniform evolution

1910–27 [note 1]

1910–27 [note 1]

1927–present

2012–15

Notes:

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   ^ ^ab Until 1927 Argentina wore blue and white jerseys, with no further clarification about when they worn one or another kit
   

Kit suppliers

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1978 – 1998	Adidas	No shirt sponsor
1999 – 2000		VISA
2000 – 2003	Topper
2004 – 2011	Adidas
2012 – present	Nike

Home grounds

Estadio Ciudad de La Plata has hosted some games v. The All Blacks as part of The Rugby Championship.

Ferro Carril Oeste was a frequent venue in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Pumas use a variety of stadiums when playing at home. One of the most frequently used for tests is José Amalfitani Stadium, home of Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield and sited in Buenos Aires. When Great Britain made their first tour to Argentina in 1910, the national team played them at Sociedad Sportiva Argentina of Palermo. That test was also notable for being the first Argentina match ever.^[15][16]

When the British combined returned to Argentina in 1927, the national side started to use GEBA and Buenos Aires Cricket Club as their home venues. GEBA was a frequent venue during the next decades, but hosted only three matches after the 1960s, as the Pumas started using larger stadiums; the Pumas' last match at GEBA was in 1993.^[17] On the other side, the Buenos Aires Cricket was also used for a large number of matches until 1948 when it was destroyed by fire.^[18][19]

In 1997 BACRC inaugurated the first purpose-built rugby union stadium in Argentina, erected in Los Polvorines, Greater Buenos Aires. A total of nine international games were played there by the national team until 2005 when it was sold.^[20]

Los Pumas played in Ferro Carril Oeste stadium during the 1970s and 1980s, where Argentina played Ireland, New Zealand, France and Australia among others.^[21][22]

During the mid year tests in 2007, as well as Vélez Sársfield, Argentina played games at venues including Brigadier Estanislao López in Santa Fe, Malvinas Argentinas in Mendoza, and Gigante de Arroyito, in Rosario. Argentina have also used the River Plate Stadium in the past, and in 2006 hosted Wales at Estadio Raúl Conti in Puerto Madryn.

Records

Overall

Argentina have won 229 of their 441 Test matches, a win record of 52.05%. When the world rankings were introduced by the IRB in October 2003, Argentina were ranked seventh. They fell to eighth in the rankings in June 2004, before rising back to seventh by November that year. They fell back to eighth in February 2005, and stayed there until falling to their lowest ranking of ninth in February 2006. Since then, Argentina rose to eighth in July 2006, then sixth in November of that year. They had a one-week fall to seventh, then one week later rose to fifth to start the World Cup 2007.

Los Pumas twice surpassed their highest ranking at the 2007 Rugby World Cup.^[23] Defeating number three France, the second opening game loss for a World Cup hosting nation, moved them into fourth place, their highest position since the IRB World Rankings were established. They lost to eventual champions South Africa in the semi-final but beat France yet again in the bronze medal round to set another highest ranking, third, behind South Africa and New Zealand.

Argentina has won every match against South American national teams, including 41 against Uruguay, 38 against Chile, 17 against Paraguay and 13 against Brazil. In contrast, they have never beaten New Zealand, having scored a draw against them.

Below is table of the representative rugby matches played by an Argentina national XV at test level up until 6 October 2018.^[24]

Men's World Rugby Rankings v t e
Top 30 rankings as of 3 February 2019[25]
Rank	Change*	Team	Points
1		New Zealand	092.54
2		Ireland	089.37
3	1	England	088.02
4	1	Wales	087.55
5		South Africa	084.58
6		Australia	082.40
7		Scotland	081.84
8		Fiji	077.95
9	1	Argentina	077.05
10	1	France	077.02
11		Japan	075.24
12		United States	073.66
13		Georgia	073.42
14		Tonga	073.02
15		Italy	072.75
16		Samoa	068.78
17		Uruguay	067.13
18		Romania	065.45
19		Russia	065.20
20		Canada	062.64
21		Spain	062.24
22		Namibia	060.34
23		Netherlands	058.45
24		Hong Kong	058.11
25		Belgium	058.09
26		Germany	057.83
27		Portugal	057.08
28		Brazil	056.81
29		Chile	054.36
30		South Korea	053.59
*Change from the previous week
Argentina's historical rankings
Source: World Rugby - Graph updated to 7 January 2019[25]

Opponent	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Win %	For	Aga	Diff
Australia	31	6	24	1	19.35%	525	888	-363
Brazil	13	13	0	0	100.00%	1054	47	+1007
British and Irish Lions	6	0	6	0	0.00%	6	211	-205
Canada	8	6	2	0	75.00%	262	137	+125
Chile	38	38	0	0	100.00%	1803	255	+1548
England	23	4	18	1	17.39%	363	609	-246
England XV	1	0	0	1	0.00%	13	13	+0
Fiji	4	3	1	0	75.00%	130	96	+34
France	50	14	35	1	28.00%	784	1215	-431
Georgia	5	5	0	0	100.00%	186	66	+120
Ireland	18	6	12	0	33.33%	362	407	-45
Ireland XV	5	2	2	1	40.00%	25	36	-11
Italy	22	16	5	1	72.72%	557	383	+174
Japan	6	5	1	0	83.33%	259	159	+100
Junior Springboks	5	1	4	0	20.00%	26	166	-90
Namibia	3	3	0	0	100.00%	194	36	+158
New Zealand	28	0	27	1	0.00%	406	1130	-724
New Zealand XV	4	0	4	0	0.00%	30	80	-50
Oxford and Cambridge	8	2	5	1	25.00%	48	126	-78
Paraguay	17	17	0	0	100.00%	1382	65	+1317
Peru	1	1	0	0	100.00%	44	0	+44
Romania	8	8	0	0	100.00%	317	97	+220
Samoa	4	1	3	0	25%	82	111	-29
Scotland	17	9	8	0	52.94%	299	372	-73
Scotland XV	3	1	2	0	33.33%	34	21	+13
South Africa	28	3	24	1	10.71%	563	988	-425
South Africa Gazelles	6	2	4	0	33.33%	60	71	-11
Spain	4	4	0	0	100.00%	149	75	+74
Tonga	1	1	0	0	100.00%	45	16	+29
United States	8	8	0	0	100.00%	247	119	+128
Uruguay	41	41	0	0	100.00%	1720	413	+1307
Venezuela	1	1	0	0	100.00%	147	7	+140
Wales	18	5	13	0	27.78%	392	505	-113
Wales XV	3	1	1	1	33.33%	37	34	+3
World XV	2	2	0	0	100.00%	64	42	+22
Zimbabwe	1	0	1	0	0.00%	12	17	-5
Total	441	229	202	10	51.93%	12623	8963	+3664

Rugby World Cup

Main article: Argentina at the Rugby World Cup

Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	Pts For	Against
1987 (16)	Pool Stage	13th	3	1	0	2	49	90
1991 (16)	Pool Stage	14th	3	0	0	3	38	83
1995 (16)	Pool Stage	13th	3	0	0	3	69	87
1999 (20)	Quarter Final	8th	5	3	0	2	137	122
2003 (20)	Pool Stage	9th	4	2	0	2	140	57
2007 (20)	Third place	3rd	7	6	0	1	209	93
2011 (20)	Quarter Final	8th	5	3	0	2	100	73
2015 (20)	Fourth place	4th	7	4	0	3	250	143
2019 (20)
Total	–	–	37	19	–	18	992	748

The Rugby Championship

Rugby Championship (2012–present)
Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points	Titles won
	P	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
New Zealand	39	35	1	3	1361	672	+689	26	168	6
Australia	39	17	3	19	872	1017	−145	8	83	1
South Africa	39	17	3	19	951	928	+23	17	91	0
Argentina	39	5	1	33	727	1294	−567	9	31	0

Updated: 7 October 2018
Source: espnscrum.com

Players

Current squad

On 1 November, Ledesma named a 31-man touring squad for the November tests against Ireland, France and Scotland, and a one-off match against the Barbarians.

Head Coach: Mario Ledesma

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  Caps Updated: 16 November 2018

Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.

Player Position Date of Birth (Age) Caps Club/province Agustín Creevy Hooker (1985-03-15) 15 March 1985 (age 33) 81 Jaguares Julián Montoya Hooker (1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 25) 49 Jaguares Santiago García Botta Prop (1992-06-19) 19 June 1992 (age 26) 31 Jaguares Santiago Medrano Prop (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 22) 9 Jaguares Lucio Sordoni Prop (1998-07-23) 23 July 1998 (age 20) 1 Atlético del Rosario Mayco Vivas Prop (1998-06-02) 2 June 1998 (age 20) 0 Atlético del Rosario Juan Pablo Zeiss Prop (1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 29) 4 Los Matreros Matías Alemanno Lock (1991-12-05) 5 December 1991 (age 27) 51 Jaguares Tomás Lavanini Lock (1993-01-22) 22 January 1993 (age 26) 48 Jaguares Guido Petti Pagadizábal Lock (1994-11-17) 17 November 1994 (age 24) 43 Jaguares Rodrigo Bruni Loose forward (1993-09-03) 3 September 1993 (age 25) 1 San Luis Santiago Grondona Loose forward (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998 (age 20) 0 Champagnat Marcos Kremer Loose forward (1997-07-30) 30 July 1997 (age 21) 21 Jaguares Tomás Lezana Loose forward (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 24) 28 Jaguares Pablo Matera (c) Loose forward (1993-07-18) 18 July 1993 (age 25) 56 Jaguares Javier Ortega Desio Loose forward (1990-06-14) 14 June 1990 (age 28) 49 Jaguares Gonzalo Bertranou Scrum-half (1993-12-31) 31 December 1993 (age 25) 18 Jaguares Tomás Cubelli Scrum-half (1989-06-12) 12 June 1989 (age 29) 68 Jaguares Martín Landajo Scrum-half (1988-06-14) 14 June 1988 (age 30) 83 Jaguares Joaquín Díaz Bonilla Fly-half (1989-04-12) 12 April 1989 (age 29) 1 Jaguares Nicolás Sánchez Fly-half (1988-10-26) 26 October 1988 (age 30) 72 Jaguares Jerónimo de la Fuente Centre (1991-02-24) 24 February 1991 (age 27) 44 Jaguares Bautista Ezcurra Centre (1995-04-21) 21 April 1995 (age 23) 5 Jaguares Matías Moroni Centre (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 27) 38 Jaguares Matías Orlando Centre (1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 27) 37 Jaguares Sebastián Cancelliere Wing (1993-09-17) 17 September 1993 (age 25) 8 Jaguares Bautista Delguy Wing (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 21) 9 Jaguares Ramiro Moyano Wing (1990-05-28) 28 May 1990 (age 28) 28 Jaguares Emiliano Boffelli Fullback (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 24) 21 Jaguares Santiago Carreras Fullback (1998-03-30) 30 March 1998 (age 20) 0 Córdoba Athletic Juan Cruz Mallia Fullback (1996-09-11) 11 September 1996 (age 22) 4 Jaguares

Coaches

Coaches:^[26]

• 1932: Edmundo Cundo Stanfield
  


• 1936: Luis Cilley, Edmundo Stanfield and C. Huntley Robertson.


• 1954: Juan C. Wells.


• 1956: Dermot Cavanagh and Horacio Savino.


• 1959: Jorge Merelle.


• 1960: Robert Galarga.


• 1965: Izaak Van Heerden, Alberto Camardón and Ángel Guastella.


• 1965–66: Alberto Camardón and Ángel Guastella.


• 1967–70: Alberto Camardón, Ángel Guastella and Jorge Merelle.


• 1971: Ángel Guastella and Eduardo Poggi.


• 1972–73: Ángel Guastella, Eduardo Poggi and Oscar Martínez Basante.


• 1974: Carlos Villegas, Emilio Perasso and Jorge Merelle.


• 1975: Eduardo Poggi and Eduardo Scahrenberg.


• 1976–77: Carlos Villegas and Emilio Perasso.


• 1978: Ángel Guastella, Aitor Otaño and José L. Imhoff.


• 1979–80: Luis Gradín and Aitor Otaño.


• 1981–83: Rodolfo O'Reilly.


• 1984: Héctor Silva and Aitor Otaño.


• 1985–86: Héctor Silva, Aitor Otaño and Ángel Guastella.


• 1987: Héctor Silva and Ángel Guastella.


• 1988–90: Rodolfo O'Reilly and Raúl Sanz.


• 1990–91: Luis Gradín and Guillermo Lamarca.


• 1992: Luis Gradín and John Hart.


• 1993–94: Héctor Méndez and José J. Fernández.


• 1995: Alejandro Petra and Ricardo Paganini.


• 1995: Alejandro Petra and Emilio Perasso.


• 1996: José Luis Imhoff, José J. Fernández, Héctor Méndez and Alex Wyllie.


• 1997: José Luis Imhoff, Héctor Méndez and Alex Wyllie.


• 1998: José Luis Imhoff and Alex Wyllie.


• 1999: José Luis Imhoff and Alex Wyllie, next Héctor Méndez and Wyllie, next Wyllie alone.


• 2000–2007 : Marcelo Loffreda and Daniel Baetti.


• 2008–13: Santiago Phelan and Fabián Turnes^[27]
  


• 2013–18: Daniel Hourcade
  


• 2018–:Mario Ledesma
  

After Marcelo Loffreda left following the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the UAR spent nearly five months searching for a successor until opting for a two-coach setup, with former Pumas Santiago Phelan and Fabián Turnes taking over.^[27] On 22 October 2013, Phelan resigned from his post, ending a five-year spell in charge 2 week before Argentina goes on tour as part of the 2013 end-of-year rugby union tests. On 23 October 2013, Argentina Jaguars and Pampas XV head coach Daniel Hourcade was named the new Head Coach and his current contract will run through until the 2015 Rugby World Cup.^[28]

Individual all-time records

Most matches

#	Player	Pos	Years	Mat	Start	Sub	Won	Lost	Draw	%
1	Felipe Contepomi	Centre	1998-2013	87	75	12	42	45	0	48.27
2	Lisandro Arbizu	Centre	1990-2005	86	83	3	41	44	1	48.25
	Rolando Martín	Flanker	1994-2003	86	77	9	44	41	1	51.74
4	Juan Manuel Leguizamon	Flanker	2005-	85	63	22	33	52	0	38.82
5	Martin Landajo	Scrum-half	2008-	84	58	26	27	56	1	32.73
	Mario Ledesma	Hooker	1996-2011	84	67	17	42	41	1	50.59
7	Agustin Creevy	Hooker	2005-	83	56	27	24	59	0	28.91
8	Pedro Sporleder	Lock	1990-2003	78	72	6	41	36	1	53.20
9	Juan Martin Hernandez	Fly-half	2003-2017	74	66	8	33	41	0	44.59
	Nicolás Sánchez	Fly-half	2010-	74	68	6	20	53	1	27.70

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries

Juan Imhoff is the player who scored more tries in the history of Rugby World Cup for Argentina (7).

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries
1	José Núñez Piossek	Wing	2001-2008	28	26	2	145	29
2	Diego Cuesta Silva	Centre	1983-1995	63	63	0	125	28
3	Gustavo Jorge	Wing	1989-1994	23	22	1	111	24
4	Juan Imhoff	Wing	2009-2015	35	25	10	105	21
5	Rolando Martín	Flanker	1994-2003	86	77	9	90	18
	Facundo Soler	Wing	1996-2002	25	23	2	90	18
7	Hernán Senillosa	Wing	2002-2007	33	22	11	128	17
8	Lisandro Arbizu	Centre	1990-2005	86	83	3	188	16
	Felipe Contepomi	Centre	1998-2013	87	75	12	651	16
	Manuel Montero	Wing	2012-	27	22	5	80	16
	Joaquin Tuculet	Fullback	2012-	51	48	3	80	16

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points

Argentina's second all-time points scorer Felipe Contepomi (651).

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Start	Sub	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop
1	Nicolás Sánchez	Fly-half	2010-	74	68	6	709	11	99	140	12
2	Felipe Contepomi	Centre	1998–2013	87	75	12	651	16	74	139	2
3	Hugo Porta	Fly-half	1971–90	58	58	0	590	11	84	101	26
4	Gonzalo Quesada	Fly-half	1996–2003	38	30	8	486	4	68	103	7
5	Santiago Mesón	Fullback	1987–97	34	32	2	365	8	68	63	1
6	Federico Todeschini	Fly-half	1998–2008	21	16	5	256	4	37	54	0
7	Lisandro Arbizu	Centre	1990–2005	86	83	3	188	17	14	14	11
8	Juan Martín Hernández	Fly-half	2003–2017	74	66	8	176	8	20	23	9
9	Juan Fernández Miranda	Fly-half	1997–2007	29	17	12	158	5	41	12	5
10	José Núñez Piossek	Wing	2001–08	28	26	2	145	29	0	0	0

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most matches as captain

#	Player	Pos	Span	Mat	Won	Lost	Draw	%	Pts	Tries
1	Agustín Creevy	Hooker	2014-	49	13	36	0	26.53	15	3
2	Lisandro Arbizu	Centre	1992–2003	48	28	20	0	58.33	87	10
3	Hugo Porta	Fly-half	1977–90	38	15	18	5	46.05	435	2
4	Agustín Pichot	Scrum-half	2000–07	30	18	12	0	60.00	5	1
5	Felipe Contepomi	Centre	2007–13	25	10	15	0	40.00	232	5
6	Juan M. Fernández Lobbe	Number 8	2008–2014	20	4	15	1	22.50	10	2
	Pedro Sporleder	Lock	1996–99	20	9	10	1	47.50	20	4
8	Héctor Silva	Flanker	1967–71	15	12	2	1	83.33	12	4
9	Sebastián Salvat	Centre	1995	13	7	6	0	53.84	35	7
10	Marcelo Loffreda	Centre	1989–94	12	7	5	0	58.33	9	2

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most points in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Eduardo Morgan	Wing	50	6	13	0	0	Paraguay	São Paulo	14/10/1973
2.	José Núñez Piossek	Wing	45	9	0	0	0	Paraguay	Montevideo	27/04/2003
3.	Gustavo Jorge	Wing	40	8	0	0	0	Brazil	São Paulo	02/10/1993
4.	Martín Sansot	Fullback	36	3	6	4	0	Brazil	Tucumán	13/07/1996
5.	José Cilley	Fly-half	32	0	16	0	0	Paraguay	Mendoza	01/05/2002
6.	Eduardo Morgan	Wing	31	3	5	3	0	Uruguay	São Paulo	16/10/1973
	Eduardo de Forteza	Fly-half	31	0	11	3	0	Paraguay	Asunción	25/09/1975
	José Luna	Wing	31	1	4	6	0	Romania	Buenos Aires	14/10/1995
	Felipe Contepomi	Fly-half	31	2	3	5	0	France	Buenos Aires	26/06/2010
10.	4 players on 30 points

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Most tries in a match

#	Player	Pos	Pts	Tries	Conv	Pens	Drop	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	José Núñez Piossek	Wing	45	9	0	0	0	Paraguay	Montevideo	27/04/2003
2.	Gustavo Jorge	Wing	40	8	0	0	0	Brazil	São Paulo	02/10/1993
3.	Uriel O'Farrell	Wing	21	7	0	0	0	Uruguay	Buenos Aires	09/09/1951
4.	Uriel O'Farrell	Wing	18	6	0	0	0	Brazil	Buenos Aires	13/09/1951
	Eduardo Morgan	Wing	50	6	13	0	0	Paraguay	São Paulo	14/10/1973
	Gustavo Jorge	Wing	24	6	0	0	0	Brazil	Montevideo	08/10/1989
	Facundo Barrea	Wing	30	6	0	0	0	Brazil	Santiago	23/05/2012
5	5 players on 5 tries

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Youngest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Gustavo Jorge	Wing	17 years and 349 days	Brazil	Montevideo	08/10/1989
2.	Federico Méndez	Prop	18 years and 86 days	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	27/10/1990
3.	Patricio Fernández	Fly-half	18 years and 202 days	Chile	Montevideo	01/05/2013
4.	Alejandro Iachetti	Lock	18 years and 319 days	Uruguay	Asunción	21/09/1975
5.	Eliseo Branca	Lock	19 years and 26 days	Wales XV	Cardiff	16/10/1976
6.	Lisandro Arbizu	Fly-half	19 years and 28 days	Ireland	Lansdowne Road	27/10/1990
7.	Marcos Kremer	Lock	19 years and 42 days	New Zealand	Hamilton	10/09/2016
8.	Santiago Álvarez	Centre	19 years and 69 days	Uruguay	Montevideo	27/04/2013
9.	German Schultz	Wing	19 years and 81 days	Uruguay	Montevideo	27/04/2013
10.	Manuel Plaza	Lock	19 years and 139 days	Paraguay	Asunción	23/05/2015

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

Oldest players

#	Player	Pos	Age	Opposition	Venue	Date
1.	Hugo Porta	Fly-half	39 years and 60 days	Scotland	Murrayfield	10/11/1990
2.	Mario Ledesma	Hooker	38 years and 145 days	New Zealand	Auckland	09/10/2011
3.	Fairy Heatlie	Number 8	38 years and 48 days	Britain XV	Flores	12/06/1910
4.	Maximiliano Bustos	Prop	37 years and 235 days	Italy	Rome	23/11/2013
5.	Omar Hasan	Prop	36 years and 181 days	France	Parc des Princes	19/10/2007
6.	Felipe Contepomi	Centre	36 years and 46 days	Australia	Rosario	05/10/2013
7.	Martín Scelzo	Prop	35 years and 246 days	New Zealand	Auckland	09/10/2011
8.	Rodrigo Roncero	Prop	35 years and 233 days	Australia	Rosario	06/10/2012
9.	Marcelo Loffreda	Centre	35 years and 151 days	South Africa	Johannesburg	15/10/1994
10.	Juan Manuel Leguizamon	Flanker	35 years and 122 days	Australia	Salta	06/10/2018

Last updated: Scotland vs Argentina, 24 November 2018. Statistics include officially capped matches only.

See also

• Argentina national rugby sevens team


• Argentina U-20


• Argentina XV


• Puma Trophy


• South American Jaguars


• South American Rugby Championship


• Churchill Cup


• English Argentine

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External links

Wikinews has related news: 2007 Rugby World Cup: Argentina shock France in tournament opener

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argentina national rugby union team.

• Official website


• Los Pumas at Planet Rugby (news about Argentine rugby)


• Rugby Fun (news, statistics and results)


• Los Pumas at Rugby Time (news, statistics and results)


• Los Pumas at El Rugbier (news, statistics and results)


• 
  "Argentina's time in the sun", BBC Sport, 24 Jan 2001


• 
  "Puma power: Argentinian rugby", BBC Sport, 24 Apr 2006

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