Agustín Macome

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Agustín Macome (born 23 June 1967) is a former Argentine rugby union player. He played as a flanker.

Macome played for Tucumán Rugby Club in the Nacional de Clubes of Argentina.

Tucumán Rugby Club, is an Argentine sports club based in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán. Although other sports are practised in the institution, Tucumán is mostly known for its rugby union team.

Nacional de Clubes

The Torneo Nacional de Clubes is a club rugby union competition in Argentina, organised by the National Union (UAR). The Nacional de Clubes is the main club competition in Argentine rugby, being contested by a total of 16 teams, 8 from Buenos Aires and 8 from the rest of the provinces of Argentina.

Argentina federal republic in South America

Argentina, officially named the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

He had 4 caps for Argentina, from 1990 to 1994, scoring 1 try, 4 points on aggregate. He was called for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, but he never played. [1]

Argentina national rugby union team national sports team

The Argentina national rugby team is organised by the Argentine Rugby Union. Nicknamed the Pumas, they play in sky blue and white jerseys,

The 1995 Rugby World Cup was the third Rugby World Cup. It was hosted and won by South Africa, and was the first Rugby World Cup in which every match was held in one country.

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