Matías Moroni
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| Date of birth | 29 March 1991 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matías Moroni (born 29 March 1991) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a centre at Pro D2 side CA Brive after signing in January of 2025 and the Argentina national team.[2][3][4]
Club career
[edit]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] He spent 2 seasons in the north of England before being released at the end of the 23/24 Premiership season.
After a 6 month career sabbatical following his release, Moroni signed for CA Brive in January of 2025 marking his first venture into the French league structure. He made his debut in the Pro D2 round 16 clash between CA Brive and US Dax starting at No13 in the 22-9 loss.
International career
[edit]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.[citation needed]
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
[edit]- ^ a b "Matías Moroni player profile". rugbyworldcup.com. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ^ "Matías Moroni ESPN Scrum Player Profile". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Matías Moroni itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Matías Moroni".
- ^ "Tigers confirm Moroni to call Leicester home". leicestertigers.com. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ^ "'Fierce competitor' Matias Moroni at centre of Leicester Tigers' resurgence". Leicester Mercury. 7 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "Premiership final: Leicester Tigers 15-12 Saracens - Freddie Burns drop-goal clinches title". BBC Sport. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 20 June 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Argentina vs Scotland 20 June 2014". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Italy vs Argentina 14 November 2014". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "MORONI Matias". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ^ "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
[edit]- Matías Moroni at the World Rugby Men's Sevens Series (archived)
- Matías Moroni at ESPNscrum
- Matías Moroni at ItsRugby.co.uk
- Matías Moroni at Olympics.com
- Matías Moroni at Olympedia
- Matías Moroni at the Comité Olímpico Argentino (in Spanish)
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent
- Rugby union centres
- Argentine rugby union players
- Argentina international rugby union players
- Pampas XV players
- Male rugby sevens players
- Rugby union players from Buenos Aires
- Argentina international rugby sevens players
- Club Universitario de Buenos Aires rugby union players
- Jaguares (Super Rugby) players
- 21st-century Argentine sportsmen
- Rugby sevens players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rugby sevens players for Argentina
- Leicester Tigers players
- 2015 Rugby World Cup players
- 2019 Rugby World Cup players
- 2023 Rugby World Cup players
- Argentine expatriate rugby union players in England