 Isa representing Argentina during the November Internationals | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 112 kg (247 lb; 17 st 9 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Facundo Isa (born 21 September 1993) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Top 14 club Toulon and the Argentina national team. [2] [3]
Isa was a member of the Argentina Under-20 side which competed in the 2012 and 2013 IRB Junior World Championships, he also represented the Argentina Jaguars side in 2014 and played for the Pampas XV during their 2014 tour of Oceania.[ citation needed ]
Isa made his senior debut for Los Pumas on 8 November 2014 in a 41-31 loss to Scotland in Edinburgh. [4]
Isa was part of the national team which competed at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.[ citation needed ]
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