Tomás Maria Cubelli (born 12 June 1989) is an Argentine professional

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player who plays as a scrum-half for

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club

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and the Argentina national team.

Club career

Cubelli began his career with

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, a rugby club based in

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, the same club his father, Alejandro, played for. After the introduction of an Argentinian team into South Africa's

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in 2010, Cubelli joined the team that would be eventual champions in 2011. Cubelli played seven games for Pampas XV scoring one try in the process during their undefeated campaign in the 2011 Vodacom Cup. Pampas XV defeated the

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14–9 in the final in the

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at Olën Park,

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. In 2012, Cubelli played all seven of the seven games Pampas XV competed in during the

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, scoring two tries. In 2013, however, Cubelli scored three tries in only eight games including one in the

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against the Pumas. Pampas XV lost 44–37. In November 2015, after current

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and

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scrum-half

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left the club for French

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club Montpellier, the Brumbies, an Australian, Canberra-based Super Rugby franchise, signed Cubelli on a two-year deal as his replacement. Cubelli was a significant part of the Brumbies squad during 2016, his first Super Rugby season. And earned high praise from coach

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, who described the Argentinean as the best running scrum-half in Brumbies history. Cubelli made his debut in

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of the 2016 season against the

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, scoring a try and helping the team to a 52–10 victory at

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, Canberra. Cubelli's second try of the season came in

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against the

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. The Brumbies won 23–6 at home. Cubelli scored his third and final try of the 2016 season against Australian Super Rugby conference rivals, the

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at home once again, and put the scoreline to 34–17 and eventually help the Brumbies to win the match 43–24. After a very successful debut season in 2016, Cubelli's 2017 season was much less memorable, having only played three matches the entire season in part due to a knee injury he suffered during pre-season.

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against the Reds,

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against the Chiefs and the

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against the Hurricanes. After being injured during 2017 and not playing many minutes throughout the Brumbies' campaign, Cubelli subsequently left the club for his native Argentina for the following season, signing a contract until the end of 2019. In October 2020 Cubelli was signed by Australian

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side

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to play in the

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and

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International career

Cubelli made his international debut against

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during the 2010 South American Rugby Championship in

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. Cubelli was a part of the fourth placed Argentina team at the 2015 Rugby World Cup. An important player for Argentina during the 2015 Rugby World Cup, he was second choice scrum-half for most of the tournament behind Martín Landajo, however, Cubelli started in three of the seven games for Argentina, against

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, against

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in which cubelli scored a try, and one in the

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against

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in which they were defeated 24–13 at the

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. Cubelli scored two tries in the Pool stages, but unfortunately he could not help Argentina to a place above third. Cubelli was a starter for the national team on 14 November 2020 in their first ever win against the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cubelli, Tomas 1989 births Living people Rugby union players from Buenos Aires Argentine rugby union players Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Argentina international rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves Belgrano Athletic Club rugby union players Pampas XV players ACT Brumbies players Argentine expatriate rugby union players Expatriate rugby union players in Australia Jaguares (Super Rugby) players Western Force players Biarritz Olympique players 2015 Rugby World Cup players 2019 Rugby World Cup players 2023 Rugby World Cup players