Mario Ledesma Arocena is an Argentine rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played in Argentina's successful 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign and had a professional playing career in France spanning 10 years. Since retiring he has coached at the highest level in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and was most recently the head coach of the Argentine national team.
The Americas Rugby Championship, often informally called the Americas' Six Nations, was an annual international rugby tournament between six North and South American nations: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States and Uruguay. Originally competed by various interlocking combinations of club, second-tier national and top national sides, the current international tournament has the top national sides competing. The current format provides these top national teams with additional test matches to be counted in the World Rugby Rankings.
Sona Taumalolo is a former professional rugby union player. He played at prop for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic Mitre 10 Cup competition; the Chiefs in Super Rugby; several French clubs; and the Tonga national team. He retired at the end of the 2020 Mitre 10 Cup season.
Joaquín Tuculet is an Argentine rugby union player who currently plays for the Toronto Arrows of Major League Rugby (MLR). He also played for the national Argentina team The Pumas and the country's Super Rugby team, the Jaguares.
Juan José Imhoff is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Top 14 club Racing 92 and the Argentina national team.
Martín Landajo is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays as a scrumhalf. He currently plays for national Argentina team and USA Perpignan. He played for Pampas XV.
Romain Taofifénua is a French professional rugby union player who plays as a lock for Top 14 club Lyon and the France national team.
Mathieu Raynal was a professional rugby union referee. He officiated at the highest level in the Top 14, European club rugby, and was on the World Rugby referee panel.
Jerónimo de la Fuente is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Top 14 club Perpignan and the Argentina national team.
The Jaguares was an Argentine professional rugby union team based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were founded in 2015 and are the first Argentine team to play in SANZAAR's Super Rugby competition, participating from the 2016 Super Rugby season onwards. They were the runners up during the 2019 Super Rugby season, losing to the Crusaders 19–3 in the Super Rugby Final, played on 6 July 2019. They participated in Super Rugby until the end of the 2020 Super Rugby season, before they departed the competition having not been named in any of the regionalised formats for the 2021 Super Rugby season. With no competition in sight, players moved to different clubs in Europe and the national group disintegrated. The Jaguares disbanded permanently in December 2022 due to the expansion of Super Rugby Americas, dividing into two new teams, Dogos XV and Pampas XV.
Marcos Kremer is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Top 14 club Clermont and the Argentina national team.
Joaquín Díaz Bonilla is an Argentine rugby union player. His position is fly-half and plays for Old Glory DC of Major League Rugby (MLR) in the U.S. He was part of the national Argentina team, The Pumas.
Sebastián Cancelliere is an Argentina international rugby union player.
Juan Cruz Mallía is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a fullback for Top 14 club Toulouse and the Argentina national team.
Super Rugby Americas (SRA) is a franchise rugby union tournament format in the Americas that began its first season in February 2023 after efforts by World Rugby. It is organized and led by Sudamérica Rugby, the highest rugby entity in South America.
Tomás Albornoz is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the Benetton in Pro14. His playing position is Fly-half.
Gerónimo Prisciantelli is an Argentine rugby union player, currently playing for United Rugby Championship side Zebre Parma. His preferred position is centre or wing.
The 2021 Rugby Championship was the ninth series of the annual southern-hemisphere competition, involving Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The Springboks returned to the tournament after a year out in 2020 due to South African government travel restrictions and player welfare and safety concerns related to COVID-19. The tournament returned to its normal window of August, kicking-off on 14 August and concluding on 2 October.
Juan Martín González Samso is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a flanker for Premiership Rugby club Saracens and the Argentina national team.
