Joaquín Tuculet

Joaquín Tuculet (born 8 August 1989 in La Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine rugby union player who currently plays for the Toronto Arrows of Major League Rugby (MLR). He also played for the national Argentina team The Pumas and the country's Super Rugby team, the Jaguares.

Joaquín Tuculet
Birth nameJoaquín Tuculet
Date of birth (1989-08-08) 8 August 1989
Place of birthLa Plata, Argentina
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight91 kg (14 st 5 lb; 201 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full-back, Wing, Fly-half, Centre
Current team Los Tilos
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2015 Los Tilos ()
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010–2011
2011
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2016–2020
2021−		 Los Tilos
Pampas XV
Sale Sharks
Grenoble
Bordeaux Bègles
Cardiff Blues
Jaguares
Toronto Arrows		 3
10
18
22
4
13
46		 (10)
(30)
(10)
(18)
(10)
(15)
(50)
Correct as of 22 July 2016
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2008
2008–09
2009–11
2010
2012–2019		 Argentina U19
Argentina U20
Argentina Jaguars
Pumas Sevens
Argentina		 3
10
12
4
56		 (27)
(0)
(48)

(80)
Correct as of 18 September 2019

Tuculet is capable of playing full-back, wing, centre or fly-half.

Professional career

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 Italian Rugby Union team.

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

He was part of the national teams that competed at the 2015 Rugby World Cup and the 2019 Rugby World Cup. In September 2020, Tuculet retired from Los Pumas one day after bringing an end to his contract with the Unión Argentina de Rugby. During early October 2020, the Canadian rugby union team Toronto Arrows signed Tuculet making him the third Argentine to form part of the team along with Tommy de la Vega and Manuel Montero.

References
  1. "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Sale Sharks". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.


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