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| Full name | Rodrigo Báez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 February 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Mendoza, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rodrigo Báez (born 8 February 1989) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who played as a loose forward for Liceo Rugby Club, the Argentine Super Rugby side Jaguares, and the Argentina national rugby union team. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Báez came through Argentina's youth structures, representing the Pumas Under 19 team in 2008 and the Under 20 side a year later at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship. He later went on to turn out for the Argentina Jaguars and was a member of the Pampas XV team that competed in the 2012 and 2013 Vodacom Cup competitions in South Africa, as well as their tour of Australia in 2014. [1]
He debuted for Los Pumas in May 2011 against Chile and capped his debut with a try in a comfortable victory for his side. [1]
In August 2014, he was named to the squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship [5] and made his first championship appearance as a substitute in a 9-28 loss to New Zealand on 6 September 2014. [6]
Báez is signed to play for Jaguares until 2017.[ citation needed ]
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