{"id":774492,"date":"2026-07-02T14:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774492\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:59:16","slug":"100-test-caps-for-matias-alemanno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774492\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Test Caps for Mat\u00edas Alemanno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mat\u00edas Alemanno will earn his 100th test cap for Argentina on Saturday, July 04. El Cordobes reaches the milestone of 100 test caps for Argentina at home in C\u00f2rdoba against Scotland. The long-serving Puma is now a centurion in what is his twelve different year of representing Argentina at the highest level.<\/p>\n<p>Alemanno made his test debut for Argentina in 2014. El Cordob\u00e9s did so in an away test match against Uruguay at Paysand\u00fa. Eleven years on he has become the fifth Puma to reach the milestone of being a Pumas Centurion.<\/p>\n<p>The illustrious club includes four players who all played alongside Alemanno. The first centurion was Agust\u00edn Creevy who earned his 100th cap captained Argentina at Rugby World Cup 2015, a tournament in which Los Pumas reached the Semi Finals and in which Alemanno was heavily involved.<\/p>\n<p>The second centurion was Nicol\u00e1s S\u00e1nchez. El Tucumano earned his 100th cap for Argentina at Rugby World Cup 2023. It was against Chile in Nantes and was a match which Alemanno was also involved in.<\/p>\n<p>The third centurion was Pablo Matera. He earned his 100th cap at home against France in Buenos Aires in 2024. It was followed by Juli\u00e1n Montoya reaching the milestone against Australia in Santa F\u00e9 in the 2024 Rugby Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Alemanno reaches the milestone of 100 test caps at the age of 34. The veteran has been playing professional rugby for Gloucester in the English Premiership since 2000. He was signed from Los Jaguares in Super Rugby by Gloucester Rugby in August 2020 and has joined Vannes for 2026-2028. He has been very patient as he was stuck in the 90\u2019s throughout the Rugby World Cup 2023-2027 cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Alemanno is the first C\u00f3rdoba centurion. Another notable point is that he made his test debut together with Juli\u00e1n Montoya. The pairing were debutants in Argentina\u2019s away test match against Uruguay in Paysand\u00fa in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-96902 tie-appear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/logo-argentina-pumas-thumbnail-2023.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\"\/>ARGENTINA \u2013 TEST CENTURIONS<\/p>\n<p>PLAYER<br \/>\nPOS<br \/>\nYEARS<br \/>\nCAPS<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2024\/07\/11\/pablo-matera-reaches-milestone-of-100-test-caps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pablo Matera<\/a><br \/>\nFL<br \/>\n2013 \u2013<br \/>\n121<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2024\/09\/05\/julian-montoya-reaches-100-test-caps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juli\u00e1n Montoya<\/a><br \/>\nHK<br \/>\n2014 \u2013<br \/>\n117<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2023\/08\/03\/agustin-creevy-becomes-first-puma-to-reach-100-caps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agust\u00edn Creevy<\/a><br \/>\nHK<br \/>\n2005-2024<br \/>\n110<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2023\/09\/28\/nicolas-sanchez-reaches-100-test-caps-for-argentina\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicol\u00e1s S\u00e1nchez<\/a><br \/>\nFH<br \/>\n2010-2023<br \/>\n104<\/p>\n<p>Mat\u00edas Alemanno<br \/>\nLO<br \/>\n2014 \u2013<br \/>\n99<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Guido Petti<br \/>\nLO<br \/>\n2014 \u2013<br \/>\n98<\/p>\n<p>Mat\u00edas Moroni<br \/>\nCE<br \/>\n2014 \u2013<br \/>\n94<\/p>\n<p>Tom\u00e1s Lavanini<br \/>\nLO<br \/>\n2013-<br \/>\n91<\/p>\n<p>Marcos Kremer<br \/>\nFL<br \/>\n2016-<br \/>\n81<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-51993 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/argentina-matias-alemanno-new-zealand-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"330\"  \/>photo credit: Rodrigo Vergara \/ UAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mat\u00edas Alemanno will earn his 100th test cap for Argentina on Saturday, July 04. 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