Rodrigo Báez (rugby union)

Rodrigo Báez

Full name	Rodrigo Báez
Date of birth	(1989-02-08) 8 February 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Mendoza, Argentina
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	102 kg (16 st 1 lb; 225 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loose forward Current team Liceo Rugby Club Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2009–2018 Liceo Rugby Club () 2012–15 Pampas XV 16 (5) 2016−2017 Jaguares 6 (5) Correct as of 8 August 2024 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2008 Argentina Under-19 3 (10) 2009 Argentina Under-20 4 (0) 2009–10 Argentina Jaguars 6 (5) 2011–2017 Argentina 17 (10) Correct as of 8 August 2024

Rodrigo Báez (born 8 February 1989) is an Argentine rugby union footballer who played as a loose forward for Liceo Rugby Club, the Argentine Super Rugby side Jaguares, and the Argentina national rugby union team.^[1][2][3][4]

Báez came through Argentina's youth structures, representing the Pumas Under 19 team in 2008 and the Under 20 side a year later at the 2009 IRB Junior World Championship. He later went on to turn out for the Argentina Jaguars and was a member of the Pampas XV team that competed in the 2012 and 2013 Vodacom Cup competitions in South Africa, as well as their tour of Australia in 2014.^[1]

He debuted for Los Pumas in May 2011 against Chile and capped his debut with a try in a comfortable victory for his side.^[1]

In August 2014, he was named to the squad for the 2014 Rugby Championship^[5] and made his first championship appearance as a substitute in a 9-28 loss to New Zealand on 6 September 2014.^[6]

Báez is signed to play for Jaguares until 2017.^{[citation needed]}