Horacio Agulla (born October 22, 1984) is an Argentine

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player, who plays for

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at club level. He plays as a

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or fullback. Horacio attended St. Felipe The Apostle School in

Don Torcuato Don Torcuato is a town in the Tigre Partido of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is named after Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, ex-President of Argentina, as he had his ranch and residency there. Most of the streets are ...

, a suburb in The Province of

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. Agulla made his debut for the national side on December 3, 2005, in a match against

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. He was part of the Argentine squad for the

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which succeed in gaining Argentina's highest world cup finish of third place and Argentine squad for the

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in New Zealand. In 2008 he signed with

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US Dax Union Sportive Dax Rugby Landes, also known as US Dax, is a French rugby union club currently playing in Pro D2, the second level of the French league system. They were founded in 1904. They play at Stade Maurice Boyau (capacity 16,170). They w ...

. He moved on to

Brive Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of ), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the agglome ...

in 2008. It was reported in early April 2010 (including on Sky Sports in the UK) that he had signed a contract to play for

Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...

from the 2010/2011 season, joining his fellow Argentine internationals Marcos Ayerza and

Lucas González Amorosino Lucas González Amorosino (born 2 November 1985) is an Argentine rugby union player who plays fullback or wing. He was part of the Argentina sevens team before joining Leicester in 2009 following his full international début against that su ...

at Welford Road. In June 2012, he left Leicester and signed a contract with

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. Horacio was part of the

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squad that competes in the Rugby Championship.

References

External links

Leicester Tigers profile

UAR profile

Profile at scrum.com
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Agulla, Horacio 1984 births Living people Argentine rugby union players Rugby union wings Rugby union players from Buenos Aires Hindú Club players Leicester Tigers players Bath Rugby players US Dax players CA Brive players Argentina international rugby union players Argentine expatriate rugby union players in France 21st-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine expatriate rugby union players in England Argentina international rugby sevens players Male rugby sevens players 2007 Rugby World Cup players 2011 Rugby World Cup players 2015 Rugby World Cup players