Pablo Bouza
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| Born | May 9, 1973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 15 st 10 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pablo Bouza (born 9 May 1973) is an Argentine rugby union coach and former player who won 37 caps playing at No 8, flanker or lock for the Argentine rugby union side.
He played club rugby in England between 2005 and 2008 with Harlequins and Leeds Carnegie (formerly Leeds Tykes), playing in the top-level Guinness Premiership competition.
Bouza is the son of former Argentine international Mario Bouza.[1]
Honours
Bouza first started playing senior rugby for Duendes Rugby Club in Rosario, Argentina where he was captain, and whilst at Duendes, Bouza made his international test debut at the age of 26 in June 1996 against Uruguay in a 37–18 victory. He also represented Argentina at international 7s level, being selected in the squad for the 1997 Rugby World Cup Sevens.
He missed out on selection for the 1999 Rugby World Cup, but when selected for the 2003 Rugby World Cup he scored four tries in two games and was the only forward in the top ten try scorers.
In August 2005, Bouza moved to England to play professionally, at first with NEC Harlequins in National Division One, where he made only five appearances for the Quins in their promotion winning season. He later joined Leeds Tykes for the National Division One 2006/07 season on a one-year deal. He was the Tykes 16th signing of the pre-season and he made his debut against London Welsh on 3 September 2006 at Headingley, replacing Chris Murphy who had retired. He was the fifth Argentine international in Tykes colours after Octavio Bartolucci, Hernán Senillosa, Diego Albanese and Martín Schusterman.
Director of Rugby Stuart Lancaster said at the time: "Pablo is a vastly experienced international second row who will be a great addition to our squad for next season. I have spoken to Dean Richards, his coach last season, regarding his qualities and he has nothing but praise for him both for his ability and his attitude to the game. He will give us good strength in the second row and I am looking forward to having him in our group."[2]
For the second straight year, Bouza was a member of a team that earned promotion to the Guinness Premiership. He played one season in the top flight deomestic competition and in Europe, and after Leeds were relegated, Bouza was released by the club.[3] After being released, returned to Duendes and retired in 2010 aged 38.
Argentina / Argentina XV
- South American Rugby Championship
- Winner: 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006
- PARA Pan American Championship
- Winner: 2003
- World Rugby Nations Cup
- Winner: 2006
- Runner-up: 2007
- Churchill Cup
- Winner: 2005
Duendes Rugby Club
- Nacional de Clubes
- Winner: 2004
- Runner-up: 1999, 2003
- Torneo del Litoral
- Winner: 1993, 1996, 2000, 2002
