Matías Moroni

Matías Moroni (born 29 March 1991) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Newcastle Falcons and the Argentina national team.[2][3] [4]

Matías Moroni
Date of birth (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991
Place of birthBuenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing
Current team Newcastle Falcons
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010−2014 CUBA 52 (60)
2014−2015 Pampas XV 4 (0)
2016−2020 Jaguares 46 (60)
2020−2022 Leicester Tigers 35 (25)
2022– Newcastle Falcons 15 (5)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 Argentina U20 3 (5)
2014– Argentina 74 (65)
Correct as of 28 August 2023
National sevens team(s)
Years Team Comps
2012−2016 Argentina 15
Correct as of 28 August 2023

Club career

Moroni played his youth in Los Molinos and the Club Universitario de Buenos Aires.

In 2016, Moroni signed with the Jaguares, Argentina's Super Rugby team.

Moroni signed for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby for the 2020–21 Premiership Rugby season.[5] He settled in quickly playing 10 of 13 games and making a positive impression, he scored his first try for Leicester against Connacht in a European Rugby Challenge Cup round of 16 game.[6]

Moroni was recognised as a defensive lynchpin for Leicester, starting the 2022 Premiership Rugby final which Leicester won 15-12.[7]

He was then announced as a new signing for Newcastle Falcons on 22 June 2022.[8]

International career

Moroni was a member of the Argentina Under-20 side which competed in the 2011 IRB Junior World Championship, he also represented the Pumas sevens team in 13 competitions during 2012 and 2013 and was selected by the Pampas XV for their 2014 tour of Oceania.

Moroni made his senior debut for Los Pumas on 20 June 2014 against Scotland in Córdoba.[9] He wasn't selected by the Pumas for the 2014 Rugby Championship, however he did make the squad for the 2014 end-of-year rugby union internationals and he earned his second cap in a 20-18 win over Italy in Genoa.[10]

Moroni competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Argentina national rugby sevens team.[11][12]

References
  1. "Matías Moroni player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. "Matías Moroni ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. "Matías Moroni itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. "Matías Moroni".
  5. "Tigers confirm Moroni to call Leicester home". leicestertigers.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. "'Fierce competitor' Matias Moroni at centre of Leicester Tigers' resurgence". Leicester Mercury. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  7. "Premiership final: Leicester Tigers 15-12 Saracens - Freddie Burns drop-goal clinches title". BBC Sport. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  8. Bridge, Bobby (22 June 2022). "Newcastle Falcons confirm Matias Moroni signing after title winner revealed 'shock' over Leicester Tigers situation". Leicester Mercury. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  9. "Argentina vs Scotland 20 June 2014". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  10. "Italy vs Argentina 14 November 2014". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  11. "MORONI Matias". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  12. "Argentina Rugby Sevens Squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". rio2016olympicsonline.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
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