Pablo Gómez Cora
| Full name | Pablo Marcelo Gómez Cora | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 June 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lomas de Zamora, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 198 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
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Pablo Marcelo Gómez Cora (born 3 June 1976) is an Argentine former international rugby union player.[1]
Born in Lomas de Zamora, Gómez Cora is the elder brother of national sevens representative turned coach Santiago Gómez Cora and played his rugby mostly as a wing three-quarter.[2] He competed with Lomas in the Torneo de la URBA and in 2005 won the "El premio CAP" as competition's player of the season.[3]
Gómez Cora was capped four times for the Pumas, debuting on the wing against the All Blacks in Hamilton during their 2004 tour of New Zealand. He featured in a win over England at Twickenham in 2006 and also represented Argentina in rugby sevens, including with his brother at the 2009 Rugby World Cup Sevens.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lomas: Palito Gómez Cora, nuevo head coach". ESPN.com.ar (in Spanish). 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Gómez Cora, el rey del try que es figura mundial". La Nación (in Spanish). 18 February 2009.
- ^ "Más laureles para Gómez Cora – Cordoba XV". cordobaxv.com.ar (in Spanish).
- ^ Lyles, Christopher (12 November 2006). "England on their knees after latest disaster". The Observer.
External links
[edit]- Pablo Gómez Cora at ESPNscrum