Argentina Rugby Team, Rugby World Cup Teams Argentina

Argentina is going to play in the Rugby World Cup 2007 in Pool D .The Rugby World Cup Teams-Pool D are Argentina, Ireland, Georgia, France and Namibia.

Los Pumas as the Argentina national rugby team is known is presently the leading rugby union team in the Americas.

The Argentina team plays in sky blue and white jerseys and is managed by Argentine Rugby Union or UAR (Spanish ; Unión Argentina de Rugby). Argentina has the repute of being not only the International Rugby Board (IRB) tier one classed nation without any regular competitors like the Six Nations and the Tri Nations.

The team which came down to play the rugby match for the first time in 1910 against British Isles team is now regarded as one of the leading rugby nations in the world. Argentina has played at every Rugby World Cup since 1987.

Los Pumas or the Argentina Team when they come out to play wear a hooped shirt in sky blue and white with sky blue sleeves, white shorts, and hooped socks in sky blue and white.The colors used are of the country’s flag. The emblem of a jaguar is embossed on the shirts along with the team’s nickname.

When the first Rugby World Cup was held in Australia and New Zealand, in 1987, Argentina though being confident of getting a berth in the quarter finals faced an upset from Western Samoa. Thus it was unable to go through the first round.

The team’s performance was disappointing in 19991 and 1995 Rugby World Cup due to many retirement and defection of experienced players from the team. Their power play was though well appreciated in 1995 Rugby World Cup.

Then for the first time they went into quarter finals in 1999 Rugby World Cup .Here Argentina toppled Ireland with 28-24 win. But they were thrown out of the competition by France in the quarter finals.

The team did not make to the quarter finals in 2003 as they lost to Ireland with 15-16. The match was really engrossing