Mario Ledesma
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| Full name | Mario Ezequiel Ledesma Arocena | ||
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| Date of birth | May 17, 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 110 kg (17 st 5 lb) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Hooker | ||
| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1990–2001 2001–2003 2003–2005 2005–2011 |
Curupaytí Narbonne Castres Clermont |
??? 41 39 179 |
??? (10) (5) (75) |
| correct as of 27 May 2011. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1996–2011 | Argentina | 84 | (15) |
| correct as of 9 October 2011. | |||
| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2011–12 2012–14 2015– 2015– |
Stade Français (Forwards coach) Montpellier (Forwards coach) Waratahs (Coach-observer) Australia (Forwards coach) |
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Mario Ledesma Arocena (born 17 May 1973 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine rugby union football coach and a former professional player. Prior to retiring in 2011, he played as a hooker for the French clubs ASM Clermont Auvergne and Castres Olympique in the Top 14 competition. He was previously at another French club, Narbonne, and the Curupaytí club in Argentina. Ledesma also played for the Argentina national team, including being a part of their 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011 squads. He was appointed as the forwards coach at Stade Français for the 2011-12 season before joining Montpellier in 2012 where he held the same position until November 2014. At the start of the 2015 Super Rugby season, Mario joined the Waratahs as coach observer. He is now the forwards and set-piece coach for the Wallabies.
Ledesma was an under-19 and student international for Argentina during the early years of his career. He made his international debut against Uruguay in 1996. He played one other match in 1996, against Canada. He then became a regular in the Argentina team, and even captaining them against Japan in September 1998. He played numerous games during the 1999 World Cup in Wales.
He won over 10 caps in the buildup to the 2003 World Cup in Australia, where he played in numerous games, including the tournament opener against the Wallabies at Telstra Stadium, Sydney. He went on the November tours in both 2004 and 2005, and was a part of the team that defeated Wales in the home Test series during June 2006.
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