Santiago Phelan

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Santiago Phelan
Date of birth (1974-03-31) March 31, 1974 (age 50)
Place of birthSan Isidro, Argentina
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1992–2003 Club Atlético San Isidro ()
Correct as of 25 September 2007
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1997–2003 Argentina 43 (5)
Correct as of 25 September 2007
Coaching career
Years Team
2008-2013  Argentina

Santiago Phelan (born March 31, 1974 in San Isidro, Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine rugby union footballer. His usual position was flanker.

Phelan played for Argentine club Club Atlético San Isidro and represented the Argentina national rugby union team on 44 occasions, captaining the team twice. He represented Argentina at the 1999 and 2003 Rugby World Cups. Phelan retired due to injury in 2003 at the age of 29, he has since taken up coaching.

On March 13, 2008, Phelan was named as the coach of the Argentine rugby union team, filling the vacancy left by Marcelo Loffreda.[1]

On October 21, 2013, Phelan stepped down from his post as Los Pumas head coach with immediate effect, one year early from the end of his contract.[2] Over the 45 matches that he coached, he earned 13 wins, 31 defeats and 1 draw in his 5-year tenure. Since talking over in 2008, he has rarely earned successes. Argentina failed to get a test series victory under Phelan, with a draw against Scotland in 2008 and England in 2009, before losing 2-0 to Scotland in 2010. In 2012, Argentina again drew a test series against France, then losing 2-0 to England in 2013 including a record 32-3 defeat in the opening test, the biggest losing margin Argentina has had against England on home soil. He did lead Argentina to the occasional "upset", including a 9-6 win over Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and a 26-12 win over Wales, who at the time where the Six Nations Grand Slam Champions, at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.

He led the Pumas to the 2011 Rugby World Cup knockout stage, but lost to hosts New Zealand in the Quarter Finals. In 2012, Phelan led Argentina into their debut year in The Rugby Championship, and proved hard to beat when home. He led Argentina to a 16-16 draw against South Africa at home in round 2, but failed to improve on that draw, ending bottom of the table with just 4 points and no wins.

In 2013 the pumas had record defeats, starting with the 73-13 defeat to South Africa in the opening round - which was South Africa's biggest winning margin over Argentina.[3] Like in 2012, they came close to beating South Africa at home, but their discipline proved costly with 5 penalties against them, South Africa won 22-17.[4] In Round 4, they came close to beating Australia in Perth after losing the match 14-13, but in the corresponding home fixture, Argentina lost 54-17 to Australia, a record losing margin against Australia at home.[5]

In October 2013, Phelan resigned as Argentina head coach after five and a half years in charge. Under Phelan, Argentina won 13, drew one and lost 31 of the 45 matches. [6]

won 34 23 +11 8 5 v Ireland Buenos Aires 3 Jun 2000 Details lost 6 53 -47 3 15 v Australia Brisbane 17 Jun 2000 Details lost 25 32 -7 17 21 v Australia Canberra 24 Jun 2000 Details lost 33 37 -4 16 24 v South Africa Buenos Aires 12 Nov 2000 Details lost 0 19 -19 0 9 v England Twickenham 25 Nov 2000 Details won 32 27 +5 17 11 v Uruguay Kingston 19 May 2001 Details won 44 16 +28 20 6 v USA Hamilton 23 May 2001 Details won 20 6 +14 11 3 v Canada Markham 26 May 2001 Details lost 19 67 -48 14 31 v New Zealand Christchurch 23 Jun 2001 Details won 38 17 +21 13 6 v Italy Buenos Aires 14 Jul 2001 Details won 30 16 +14 16 7 v Wales Millennium Stadium 10 Nov 2001 Details won 25 16 +9 6 8 v Scotland Murrayfield 18 Nov 2001 Details lost 20 24 -4 10 8 v New Zealand Buenos Aires 1 Dec 2001 Details won 35 21 +14 18 6 v Uruguay Mendoza 28 Apr 2002 Details won 152 0 +152 - - v Paraguay Mendoza 1 May 2002 Details won 57 13 +44 36 0 v Chile Mendoza 4 May 2002 Details won 28 27 +1 6 6 v France Buenos Aires 15 Jun 2002 Details lost 18 26 -8 12 3 v England Buenos Aires 22 Jun 2002 Details lost 29 49 -20 13 17 v South Africa Springs 29 Jun 2002 Details lost 6 17 -11 6 14 v Australia Buenos Aires 2 Nov 2002 Details won 36 6 +30 15 6 v Italy Rome 16 Nov 2002 Details lost 7 16 -9 7 10 v Ireland Lansdowne Road 23 Nov 2002 Details won 144 0 +144 - - v Paraguay Montevideo 27 Apr 2003 Details won 49 3 +46 - - v Chile Montevideo 30 Apr 2003 Details won 32 0 +32 27 0 v Uruguay Montevideo 3 May 2003 Details won 10 6 +4 10 0 v France Buenos Aires 14 Jun 2003 Details won 33 32 +1 21 12 v France Buenos Aires 20 Jun 2003 Details lost 25 26 -1 15 13 v South Africa Port Elizabeth 28 Jun 2003 Details won 49 30 +19 27 23 v Fiji Cordoba 18 Aug 2003 Details won 42 8 +34 18 3 v USA Buenos Aires 23 Aug 2003 Details won 57 0 +57 33 0 v Uruguay Buenos Aires 27 Aug 2003 Details won 62 22 +40 27 10 v Canada Buenos Aires 30 Aug 2003 Details lost 8 24 -16 3 14 v Australia Sydney 10 Oct 2003 Details won 67 14 +53 27 7 v Namibia Gosford 14 Oct 2003 Details won 50 3 +47 24 0 v Romania Sydney 22 Oct 2003 Details lost 15 16 -1 9 10 v Ireland Adelaide 26 Oct 2003 Details won 45 3 +42 10 3 v Chile Santiago 25 Apr 2004 Details won 69 10 +59 29 10 v Uruguay Santiago 28 Apr 2004 Details won 147 7 +140 69 7 v Venezuela Santiago 1 May 2004 Details won 50 44 +6 19 9 v Wales Tucuman 12 Jun 2004 Details lost 20 35 -15 0 25 v Wales Buenos Aires 19 Jun 2004 Details lost 7 41 -34 7 24 v New Zealand Hamilton 26 Jun 2004 Details won 24 14 +10 19 5 v France Marseille 20 Nov 2004 Details lost 19 21 -2 16 6 v Ireland Lansdowne Road 27 Nov 2004 Details lost 7 39 -32 7 36 v South Africa Buenos Aires 4 Dec 2004 Details won 68 36 +32 28 23 v Japan Buenos Aires 23 Apr 2005 Details won 48 13 +35 19 10 v Chile Buenos Aires 8 May 2005 Details won 27 21 +6 22 16 v Uruguay Buenos Aires 15 May 2005 Details won 35 21 +14 17 15 v Italy Salta 11 Jun 2005 Details lost 29 30 -1 13 27 v Italy Cordoba 17 Jun 2005 Details lost 23 34 -11 20 16 v South Africa Buenos Aires 5 Nov 2005 Details won 23 19 +4 6 13 v Scotland Murrayfield 12 Nov 2005 Details won 39 22 +17 19 16 v Italy Genova 19 Nov 2005 Details lost 12 28 -16 12 23 v Samoa Buenos Aires 3 Dec 2005 Details won 27 25 +2 20 12 v Wales Puerto Madryn 11 Jun 2006 Details won 45 27 +18 16 6 v Wales Buenos Aires 17 Jun 2006 Details lost 19 25 -6 16 15 v New Zealand Buenos Aires 24 Jun 2006 Details won 60 13 +47 17 0 v Chile Santiago 1 Jul 2006 Details won 26 0 +26 12 0 v Uruguay Buenos Aires 8 Jul 2006 Details won 25 18 +7 9 10 v England Twickenham 11 Nov 2006 Details won 23 16 +7 3 9 v Italy Rome 18 Nov 2006 Details lost 26 27 -1 9 17 v France Stade de France 25 Nov 2006 Details won 22 20 +2 6 10 v Ireland Santa Fe 26 May 2007 Details won 16 0 +16 6 0 v Ireland Buenos Aires 2 Jun 2007 Details won 24 6 +18 18 3 v Italy Mendoza 9 Jun 2007 Details lost 20 27 -7 7 24 v Wales Millennium Stadium 18 Aug 2007 Details won 17 12 +5 17 9 v France Stade de France 7 Sep 2007 Details won 33 3 +30 6 3 v Georgia Lyon 11 Sep 2007 Details won 63 3 +60 25 3 v Namibia Marseille 22 Sep 2007 Details won 30 15 +15 18 10 v Ireland Parc des Princes 30 Sep 2007 Details won 19 13 +6 13 6 v Scotland Stade de France 7 Oct 2007 Details lost 13 37 -24 6 24 v South Africa Stade de France 14 Oct 2007 Details won 34 10 +24 17 3 v France Parc des Princes 19 Oct 2007 Details

External links

References

  1. ^ BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Phelan named new Argentina coach
  2. ^ Phelan resigns after five years
  3. ^ Springboks power to record victory over Pumas
  4. ^ Steyn boots South Africa to victory
  5. ^ Wallabies humble Pumas in Rosario
  6. ^ "Santiago Phelan resigns as Argentina head coach". BBC Sport. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
Preceded by Argentina rugby union coach with Fabián Turnes
2008–2013 		Succeeded by
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