José Santamarina

José María Santamarina (born San Miguel de Tucumán, 21 May 1963) is a former Argentine rugby union player. He played as a number eight. He is the grandson of Mario Santamarina the introducer of rugby in Tucumán.

Santamarina played his entire career at Tucumán Rugby Club, from 1983/84 to 1999/2000, where he won 8 titles of the Torneo del Noroeste of Argentina, in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 2000. He was also finalist of the Nacional de Clubes in 1993.^[1]

He had 23 caps for Argentina, from 1991 to 1995, scoring 2 tries, 9 points on aggregate. He was called for the 1991 Rugby World Cup, playing in three games, and for the 1995 Rugby World Cup, playing again in three games. He never scored in both occasions.^[2]

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José Santamarina International Statistics

Argentina squad – 1995 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Bossicovich Buabse Corral Grau Irazoqui Le Fort Llanes Macome Martín Méndez Noriega Santamarina Sporleder Sugasti Urbano Viel

Backs	Albanese Arbizu Camardón Crexell Cilley Cuesta Silva F. del Castillo G. del Castillo García Jurado Mesón Pichot Salvat (c) Terán

Coach	Petra / Paganini

Argentina squad – 1991 Rugby World Cup

Forwards	Aguirre Buabse Bosch Carreras Cash Garretón (c) Irarrázaval Le Fort Llanes Lombardi Méndez Molina Santamarina Sporleder Zanoni

Backs	Angaut Allen Arbizu Camardón Cuesta Silva G. del Castillo García Simón Jorge Laborde Mesón Terán

Coach	Gradín / Lamarca

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