Mario Ledesma Arocena is an Argentine rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played in Argentina's successful 2007 Rugby World Cup campaign and had a professional playing career in France spanning 10 years. Since retiring he has coached at the highest level in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and was most recently the head coach of the Argentine national team.
Mario Ledesma
Ledesma during 2011 RWC
Argentina national rugby union team
The Argentina national rugby union team represents Argentina in men's international competitions, The Argentine Rugby Union. Officially nicknamed Los Pumas, they play in sky blue and white jerseys. They are ranked 7th in the world by World Rugby, making them by some distance the highest-ranked nation in the Americas.
The first Argentina national team ever before playing the British Lions, 12 June 1910
The team that played the first test against the British Lions wearing the light blue and white jersey for the first time on 31 July 1927
The Jaguar, native to northeastern Argentina was chosen as the symbol of the team in 1941
Players of Los Pumas and a grenadier posing with the away uniform for the 2023 World Cup