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Date of birth | 27 April 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 105 kg (16 st 7 lb; 231 lb) [1] [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Diego Magno (born 27 April 1989) is a Uruguayan rugby union player who played flanker and 8 for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby (MLR). [1]
He was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup. [3]
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