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Agustin Fraga (born 6 March 2002) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the Argentina national rugby sevens team.
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| Height | 192 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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Agustin Fraga (born 6 March 2002) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the Argentina national rugby sevens team.
From Belgrano, Buenos Aires, he plays domestic rugby union for Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires at full-back or wing. He made his debut for the Argentina national rugby sevens team in 2022. [3] [4]
He played for Argentina at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in South Africa. [5] He was part of the winning Pumas team at the 2022 South American Games. [6] He was part of the Argentine squad that won gold at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago.
He played as Argentina became SVNS League Winners in May 2024. [7] He was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics and made a try scoring Olympic debut in their opening fixture against Kenya. [8] [9]
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