Matías Moroni

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Matías Moroni
Full nameMatías Moroni
Date of birth (1991-03-29) 29 March 1991 (age 33)
Place of birthBuenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight88 kg (13 st 12 lb; 194 lb)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre/Wing
Current team Newcastle Falcons
Youth career
CUBA
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2010-2014 CUBA 52 (60)
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014−15 Pampas XV 8 (20)
2016−2020 Jaguares 46 (60)
2020−2022 Leicester Tigers 36 (20)
2022– Newcastle Falcons ()
Correct as of 22 June 2022
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2011 Argentina Under-20 5 (5)
2012−13 Pumas 7s 13
2014– Argentina 64 (40)
Correct as of 18 September 2022

Matías Moroni (born 29 March 1991) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays as a centre and wing for Newcastle Falcons and the Argentina national rugby union team.[2][3] He previously played for Argentina's Jaguares in Super Rugby and Leicester Tigers. He was a Premiership Rugby champion in 2022 with Leicester.

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.[4] 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.[5]

Moroni was recognised as a defensive lynchpin for Leicester, starting the 2022 Premiership Rugby final which Leicester won 15-12.[6]

He was then announced as a new signing for Newcastle Falcons on 22 June 2022.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Moroni competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Argentina national rugby sevens team.[10][11]

References

  1. ^ "Matías Moroni".
  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. ^ "Tigers confirm Moroni to call Leicester home". leicestertigers.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  5. ^ "'Fierce competitor' Matias Moroni at centre of Leicester Tigers' resurgence". Leicester Mercury. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Premiership final: Leicester Tigers 15-12 Saracens - Freddie Burns drop-goal clinches title". BBC Sport. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Argentina vs Scotland 20 June 2014". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Italy vs Argentina 14 November 2014". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  10. ^ "MORONI Matias". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Argentina Rugby Sevens Squad for Rio 2016 Olympics". rio2016olympicsonline.com. 2016. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 27 August 2016.

External links

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