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Raimundo Martínez Amar (born 25 November 1999) is a Chilean professional rugby union player who plays as a number eight for Super Rugby Americas club Selknam and the Chile national team.[1]

Club career

Martínez grew up in Santiago, where he played his rugby with the PWCC, before enjoying a spell in the CA Brive academy from 2019 to 2020.[2][3]

Back in Chile, he played with Selknam in the newly founded Súper Liga Americana de Rugby.[4] He was part of the team that registered historical wins against the Argentinian Jaguares XV,[5] eventually reaching the final of the competition.[6]

International career

Raimundo Martínez is a Chile international since 2018, as Los Cóndores had some historical results in Test matches, beating the likes of recent world cup qualified Russia in 2021.[7]

He was part of the team that qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2022, upsetting the odds against Canada and the United States, a serie of historic wins that sealed their qualification for the 2023 World Cup.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Player profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ Hart-Vorobyoff, Geraldine. "Raimundo Martínez: Amor Amarillo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ^ Blanzat, Nicolas (2 November 2019). "Rugby - En plus de ses jeunes talents, Brive vient d'enrôler certaines pépites étrangères". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Selknam y su plantel de preparación SLAR 2021". SLAR (in Spanish). 28 January 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  5. ^ Saavedra, Isco (25 March 2022). "¡HISTÓRICO! ¡Selknam vence a Jaguares XV! ¡Nunca habían perdido en la SLAR!". Rugby Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Spectacular Selknam eliminate Jaguares in SLAR Semi Final". Americas Rugby News. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Chile stun Russia at the death - Rugby World magazine". Rugby World. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  8. ^ Pengelly, Martin (16 July 2022). "Chile upset USA in Colorado to secure first ever Rugby World Cup place". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

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