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- ↑ Matias Diaz, profile
- ↑ Argentina squad for 2012 Junior World Championship Archived 2012-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Los Pumitas entrenaron y partieron hacia Uruguay (In Spanish)
- ↑ "Uruguay (6) 18 - 29 (14) Argentina (FT)". ESPN. 27 April 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ Plantel de Los Pumas para viajar a Pensacola (In Spanish) Archived 2013-07-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Few surprises as Hourcade names RWC 2015 squad". Rugby World Cup. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 17 August 2015.
- ↑ "Matías Díaz es baja en el plantel para RWC 2015". UAR. 16 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.