Mariano Galarza

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Mariano Galarza
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Birth nameMariano Galarza
Date of birth (1986-11-12) November 12, 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight115 kg (254 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
Club Universitario de La Plata ()
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2010–2013
2010
2013–2014
2014–2018
2018–2019
2019–2022		 Pampas XV
Leinster
Worcester Warriors
Gloucester
Bordeaux
Bayonne 		27
4
21
61
20
25		 (15)
(0)
(15)
(0)
(0)
(0)
Correct as of 20 December 2020
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2009–2012
2010–2015		 Argentina Jaguars
Argentina 		11
26		 (0)
(0)
Correct as of 20 December 2020

Mariano Galarza (born November 12, 1986, in 25 de Mayo, Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union player. He plays lock for French Top 14 club Bayonne. His former clubs have included Universitarios de La Plata, in Argentina, Leinster and Worcester. Galarza, a student of medicine, was selected to Los Pumas squad for the 2008 end of year tour to Europe. He debuted for the Argentine national team in 2010 and participated in the 2011 Rugby World Cup.

He signed a deal with Leinster at the start of the 2010–11 season and made his Celtic League debut against Glasgow Warriors in September 2010. After just four caps he left Leinster in February 2011 to play for Argentine side Pampas XV in the Vodacom Cup.

In 2013, he signed with English team Worcester Warriors. [2] On 5 February 2014, Galarza was signed by local rivals Gloucester Rugby, which would see him leave Warriors at the end of the 2013–14 season. [3]

On 4 October 2018, Galarza left Gloucester with immediate effect to join French side Bordeaux in the Top 14 for 2018–19 season. [4] Afterwards, Galarza signed for Top 14 rivals Bayonne from the 2019–20 season. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mariano Galarza Player Profile - RWC2015". RWC2015. Archived from the original on 2015-09-21.
  2. ↑ "Worcester Warriors sign Argentine lock Mariano Galarza". Sky Sports. 25 September 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Gloucester sign Argentina Test lock Mariano Galarza from Worcester Warriors". Premiership Rugby. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Mariano Galarza to leave Gloucester Rugby to join Union Bordeaux Bègles". Gloucester Rugby. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Bayonne Sign Puma from Bordeaux". Americas Rugby News. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
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