Joaquín Tuculet

Joaquín Tuculet
Full name Joaquín Tuculet
Date of birth (1989-08-08) August 8, 1989
Place of birth La Plata, Argentina
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Full-back, Wing, Fly-half, Centre
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
2015 Los Tilos
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2010–2011
2011
2011–12
2012–13
2013–2014
2014–2015
2016–
Los Tilos
Pampas XV
Sale Sharks
Grenoble
Bordeaux Bègles
Cardiff Blues
Jaguares
3
10
18
22
4
13
2
(10)
(30)
(10)
(18)
(10)
(15)
0
correct as of 23 January 2016.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2008
2008–09
2009–11
2010
2012–
Argentina U19
Argentina U20
Argentina Jaguars
Pumas Sevens
Argentina
3
10
12
4
28
(27)
(0)
(48)

(40)
correct as of 25 October 2015.

Joaquín Tuculet (born 8 August 1989 in La Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays for the national Argentina team The Pumas and is under contract with the Jaguares, the country's Super Rugby team that is set to begin play in the 2016 season. Tuculet is capable of playing full-back, wing, Centre or fly-half.

After Pampas XV won the Vodacom Cup, Tuculet was selected for Los Jaguares (Argentina A; not to be confused with the Super Rugby team) for the IRB Nations Cup in Romania and was the teams fullback. Tuculet played for Argentina in the IRB Junior World Championship in 2008 in Wales and 2009 in Japan, featuring for Los Pumitas in matches vs Fiji, Ireland, New Zealand and Uruguay as the teams fullback. He got his first cap for Argentina in 2012, playing against Italy.

Joaquín is part of the Argentina squad that competes in the Rugby Championship.

He was part of the national team that competed at the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

References

  1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks". web page. Premier Rugby. Retrieved 22 September 2011.

External links


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