Pablo Matera rugby player
Pablo Matera rugby player

Pablo Matera

18th Jul 1993 1.93m/110kg Blindside Flanker

UPDATED: Paulos replaces Matera in Argentina squad for Rugby World Cup 2023

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Argentina head coach Michael Cheika has replaced injured back-row Pablo Matera with Lucas Paulos in their 33-man Rugby World Cup squad. Matera, who started three matches, tore his hamstring in Argentina's...

Cubelli and Isa handed starts - Argentina name team to play Wales in quarter-final

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Scrum-half Tomás Cubelli has replaced Gonzalo Bertranou and Facundo Isa (pictured) has come in to Los Pumas' back-row for the injured Pablo Matera as Argentina head coach Michael Cheika makes two...

Assistant coach Fernández Lobbe (ARG) - “The team has been growing since game one"

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Comments from Argentina's assistant coach, Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, on Monday after beating Japan in the last game of Pool D and reaching the quarter-finals of Rugby World Cup 2023.   Juan...

Match Preview: Japan v Argentina

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The equation is simple for both sides at Nantes on Saturday. Victory equals quarter-final qualification and a match next Saturday against the winner of Pool C in Marseille. The consequences of a defeat...

Vermeulen and Matera join Jones in Barbarians side

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

South African World Cup winner Duane Vermeulen and Argentine back row star Pablo Matera will be hot footing it from France to join up with the Barbarians squad being assembled to face Wales at Principality...

Samoa hoping local knowledge will offer edge against Japan

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

When Japan takes on Samoa in Toulouse, France, in Pool D of the Rugby World Cup on Thursday, it will be up against a team that knows more than a thing or two about Japanese rugby. Head coach Seilala Mapusua...

Rugby World Cup 2023 Match Preview: Argentina v Samoa

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Everything you need to know about Argentina v Samoa at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne, on Friday, 22 September.     By the time this match kicks off in Saint-Étienne...

Veteran Moroni earns Pumas start - Argentina name team to play Samoa

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Experienced back Matías Moroni is one of three changes for Argentina as head coach Michael Cheika announces his match-day 23 to face Samoa in Pool D at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in Saint-Étienne...

RWC Match Preview: England v Argentina

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

England, finalists in 2019, open their Rugby World Cup 2023 challenge with a difficult clash against an Argentina side confident of booking a place in the knockout phase of the competition.   Tournament...

Cheika relies on experience - Argentina name team to play England

6 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Argentina head coach Michael Cheika has named an experienced starting XV for their opening Rugby World Cup 2023 game, against England in Marseille on Saturday, with nine players having World Cup experience.  1...