Hugo Porta

Hugo Porta

Player information
Full name	Hugo Porta
birthday	September 11, 1951
place of birth	Buenos Aires , Argentina
society
society	Career ended
position	Connection half
National team
Years	National team	Games (points)
1971-1990	Argentina	57 (432)
Status: November 10, 1990

Hugo Porta (born September 11, 1951 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine rugby union player who played on the position of the connector . He was one of the greatest players of all time in his position and was inducted into the International Rugby Hall of Fame in 1997 . He played 57 international matches for Argentina , capturing 34 times and scoring 432 points.

Porta began his athletic career as a soccer player before choosing rugby union. In 1971 he was on the field for Argentina for the first time when they met Chile . Six years later he was made captain. The Argentines lost the first game under him against France 3:26, in the second game of both teams the "Pumas" managed a respectable draw.

In 1979, the team led by the trained architect Porta achieved one of the greatest victories in the history of the Argentine rugby sport. In his hometown of Buenos Aires, the "Pumas" beat the Australians for the first time with 24:13, Porta alone scored 18 points. In the following games they managed to beat Fiji twice and to achieve a draw against England . In 1983, the Argentines repeated their success against Australia by winning 18-3 in Brisbane . This was followed by a win against France and the historic draw against New Zealand , in which Porta scored all 21 points for his team. In 1985 he was named Argentina's Sportsman of the Year ( Olimpia de Oro ).

At 36, he led Argentina to the first World Cup in 1987 , which ended after one win and two losses in the preliminary round. After this tournament Porta temporarily ended his career. In 1990, at 39, he came back to play against Ireland , England and Scotland .

In 1991 he was appointed his country's ambassador to South Africa . In 1994 he became Argentina's sports minister and remained loyal to rugby. Its popularity was evident in 2000 when thieves stole his car and returned it after reading the papers to find out who it belonged to.

In 2008 he was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame .

Web links

• National team statistics
• Profile at the International Rugby Hall of Fame
• Profile at Banco Nacion (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Olimpias de oro www.cpd.com.ar. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
2. ↑ IRB: IRB Hall of Fame Welcomes Five Inductees ( Memento of the original dated February 23, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.