Argentina Jaguars

Not to be confused with South American Jaguars.

Argentina Jaguars

Union	Unión Argentina de Rugby
Nickname(s)	Los Pumas (The Jaguars)
Emblem(s)	Yaguareté (the South American jaguar)
Coach(es)	Emiliano Bergamaschi Daniel Hourcade
Captain(s)	Santiago González Iglesias
Team kit Change kit
First international
Argentina XV 23-11 Chile (26 September 1965)
Largest win
Paraguay 0 - 152 Argentina A  (1 May 2002)
Largest defeat
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.

Current squad

Argentina Jaguars squad for the 2011 IRB Nations Cup:

Note: Flags indicate national union affiliation of the registered club as has been defined under IRB eligibility rules.

Player Position Club Martín Landajo Scrum-half CASI Santiago Mendez Scrum-half CASI Santiago González Iglesias (c) Fly-half Alumni Benjamín Madero Fly-half SIC Lisandro Gómez López Centre La Tablada Maximiliano Nannini Centre Duendes Tomás Rosati Centre Belgrano Belisario Agulla Wing Hindú Fernando Luna Wing Córdoba Román Miralles Fullback Duendes Joaquín Tuculet Fullback Los Tilos

Player Position Club Andres Bordoy Hooker La Rochelle Mauricio Guidone Hooker La Plata Germán Aráoz Prop Jockey Gastón De Robertis Prop Bella Vista Francisco Gómez Kodela Prop Belgrano Francisco Piccinini Prop SIC Felipe Aranguren Lock CUBA Santiago Guzmán Lock Tucumán Hugo Schierano Lock Tala José Luis Basile Flanker Tala Tomás De La Vega Flanker CUBA Ignacio Pasman Flanker Champagnat Antonio Ahualli Number 8 Universitario Tomas Leonardi Number 8 SIC