Matías Díaz

Matías Díaz (born 16 March 1993 in Mendoza) is an Argentina rugby union player who plays mostly in the Tight head prop position. He currently plays with the New Zealand team Highlanders in Super Rugby.[1]

Matías Díaz

Birth name	Matías Díaz
Date of birth	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993
Place of birth	Mendoza, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Tighthead Prop Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2013- Teqüe Rugby Club () Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2015 Pampas XV 4 (0) Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Cuyo () Super Rugby Years Team Apps (Points) 2014 Highlanders 8 (0) Correct as of 18 August 2015 National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 2011–12 2012–13 2013– Argentina U19 Argentina U20 Argentina 5 15 11 (0) (0) (0) Correct as of 18 August 2015

He was called up by Rodolfo Ambrosio into the Argentina under-20 side for the 2012 IRB Junior World Championship,[2] and kept his position for the 2013 IRB Junior World Championship.[3]

Díaz made his debut for the senior side in 2013 against eventual runners-up Uruguay in the 2013 South American Rugby Championship "A".[4] Despite only being capped three times (all from the two-tiered competition), Díaz was named in the 30-man squad for the 2013 Rugby Championship.[5]

References

1. Matias Diaz, profile
2. Argentina squad for 2012 Junior World Championship Archived 2012-08-16 at the Wayback Machine
3. Los Pumitas entrenaron y partieron hacia Uruguay (In Spanish)
4. Uruguay v Argentina match details
5. Plantel de Los Pumas para viajar a Pensacola (In Spanish) Archived 2013-07-01 at the Wayback Machine