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The Glasgow Warriors are the 2024 United Rugby Championship (URC) Champions. The Scottish side defeated the Bulls 21-16 in Pretoria, South Africa to lift the URC trophy on Saturday. The title marks the second time that the Glasgow Warriors have been the league champions.
Puma Sebastián Cancelliere started on the right wing for the Glasgow Warriors. He played 60 minutes for the Scottish side before being replaced by Jamie Dobie. Cancelliere’s replacement is on Scotland’s roster for the 2024 July Internationals.
Scotland will tour North America and South America in July. The historic four Test Match tour will see Scotland playing away against Canada, the USA, Uruguay and Chile. Dobie is one of 14 Glasgow Warriors players on the 37-man roster.
Cancelliere was not selected by Argentina for the three test matches in July. Argentina will face France in Mendoza and Buenos Aires and travel to Maldonado to face Uruguay. Cancelliere’s strong season may yet see him rewarded with selection for the Rugby Championship and / or the November Internationals.
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Sebastián Cancillere has eight test caps for Argentina. He made his test debut against England in London in 2017. Emiliano Boffelli and Ramiro Moyano were the starting wingers. In 2017, Cancelliere scored the opening try in Argentina’s away victory over Italy in Florence.
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Sebastián Cancelliere joined the Glasgow Warriors in 2021. He did so for Argentina. He played Super Rugby for Los Jaguares from 2018-2020 and Super Rugby Americas (formerly Súper Liga Americana de Rugby) for Los Jaguares XV in 2021.
During his three three years at the Glasgow Warriors, Cancelliere has played alongside fellow Pumas Domingo Miotti, Enrique Pieretto and Lucio Sordoni. The club has previously been home to retired Pumas Francisco Leonelli, Bernardo Stortoni, José Maria Nuñez Piossek, Germán Araoz, Gabriel Ascarate, and the late Federico Martín Aramburu.
Cancelliere stormed on to the scene playing scrum-half for the Argentina XV. He also played wing and it was the latter position which has seen him play as a professional and for his country at the highest level.
He was considered for Rugby World Cups 2019 and 2023. He played in Argentina’s final warm-up match against South Africa in 2019 and played against New Zealand in 2023.
