Birth name | Bruno Postiglioni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 8 April 1987 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | La Plata, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb; 243 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruno Postiglioni (born 8 April 1987 in La Plata) is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays as a prop and as a hooker.
Postiglioni currently plays for Beauvais Rugby Club.
He counts 18 caps for Argentina, since his debut at 20 May 2012, in the 40–5 win over Uruguay, in Santiago, for the South American Rugby Championship. He has currently one try scored, and 5 points on aggregate. [1]
Postiglioni was called for the 2012 Rugby Championship, but only made his debut in the competition in 2014.[ citation needed ]
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