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PABLO MATERA

Age 26 (18 July 1993)

Born Buenos Aires

Franchise Jaguares

Position Back-row

Height 6ft 4in

Weight 17st 5lb

Pumas caps 60 (5T)

Twitter handle @PAblitoMatera

IT WAS a barnstorming performance before they even reached the field. Standing in the tunnel, non-playing members of the Jaguares squad were chanting and clapping, squeezing in tight so that the starting team had to battle through a party to head onto the pitch for their Super Rugby semi-final against the Brumbies.

Unsurprisingly, back-row boss

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