Tomas Lavanini rugby player
Tomas Lavanini rugby player

Tomas Lavanini

22nd Jan 1993 2.01m/126kg No 5 Lock

2026 Super Rugby Pacific Teams: Super Round (Round 11)

3 days ago by Ultimate Rugby

Super Round descends on Christchurch as the ten teams in action prepare to officially open the new One NZ Stadium. It begins on Friday with the hosts Crusaders taking on the NSW Waratahs, with the defending...

Highlanders Name Team for Gordon Hunter Memorial match

1 week ago by Ultimate Rugby

A trip to Eden Park is never a gentle assignment, and the Highlanders head north determined to turn their fortunes around in this Round 10 showdown. Both sides enter the contest off disappointing defeats...

2026 Super Rugby Pacific Round 5 Team Lists

1 month ago by Ultimate Rugby

Round 5 of Super Rugby Pacific is stacked with rivalry match-ups as the ten teams confirm their sides for the upcoming weekend. The Highlanders and Crusaders add another chapter to their South Island...

Super Rugby Pacific squads named for 2026 season

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

Super Rugby Pacific squads named for 2026 season   As Super Rugby Pacific prepares to celebrate 30 years, all 11 clubs have announced their squads for the 2026 season.   Fan favourites will...

Fresh Faces and International Experience Feature in 2026 Highlanders Squad

5 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Highlanders are proud to announce a 38-man squad to compete in the 2026 DHL Super Rugby Pacific competition. The squad has a fresh and exciting look to it including seven players who will all pull...

Test veteran Lavanini Joins the Highlanders

7 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The Highlanders have bolstered their forward pack with the signing of seasoned Argentinian lock Tomas Lavanini for the 2026 Super Rugby Pacific season. Lavanini, capped 91 times for Los Pumas,...

Players leaving and Joining the French Top 14

9 months ago by Ultimate Rugby

The 2025/26 Top 14 season ushers in a wave of significant player movement across France’s top rugby clubs. From major international signings like Owen Farrell and Billy Vunipola to the retirements...

Montoya to earn 100th cap against Wallabies

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

 It will be game to remember and a career milestone for Los Pumas captain Julián Montoya, who will earn his 100th cap when Argentina face Australia in the Rugby Championship in Santa Fe on...

Matera to lead Argentina against NZ with Montoya out

1 year ago by Ultimate Rugby

Pablo Matera will captain Argentina in Saturday's Rugby Championship opener against New Zealand in Wellington after Julian Montoya was left out of the team named by coach Felipe Contepomi. Montoya injured...

Clermont look to get season underway with a win in Scotland

2 years ago by Ultimate Rugby

One only needs to look at the composition that the yellow and blue will face, to see that competition will be tough this season. ASM Clermont Auvergne boasts a very solid team which is ready for to...