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Matías Corral is an ex rugby

Rugby football

Rugby football is a style of football named after Rugby School in the United Kingdom. It is seen most prominently in two current sports, rugby league and rugby union.-History:...

player from Argentine. He played in First Division for the San Isidro Club

San Isidro Club

The San Isidro Club is a rugby union and field hockey club sited in Boulogne Sur Mer, Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina. The club is also member of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires .-The beginning:...

(SIC ) between 1988 and 1995. World champion with Los Pumitas under-19, in the World Cup 1987 and Puma from 1992 until his retirement after the Rugby World Cup 1995, held in South Africa where he was honored as the best left prop of the world Cup that year, the only Argentine joined the Dream Team. Also, along with Patricio Noriega

Patricio Noriega

Patricio Noriega is a former Argentine Rugby Union footballer who played prop. He started his career in local club Hindu and had his test debut for Los Pumas in 1991 against Paraguay. After playing two Rugby World Cup's he then migrated to Australia to join Super 12 team the ACT Brumbies in 1996...

and Federico Mendez

Federico Mendez

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, they were named as the best first line of the world. Older brother of Alejo Corral

Alejo Corral

Alejo Corral is a rugby player, born in Argentina but he plays for Uruguay. Younger brother of Matías Corral, World Champion with the Argentine National Team under-19 in 1987, former player of the first XV of San Isidro Club between 1989 and 1995 and Puma from 1992 until his retirement after the...

, current player of SIC

San Isidro Club

and Los Teros

Uruguay national rugby union team

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Sport Career

Matías always played at the San Isidro Club, debuted in first division in 1988, forming one of the most memorable first lines, with Juan José Angelillo and Diego Cash. He joined the under-19 and 21 province selection of Buenos Aires and Los Pumitas. In 1992 he joined the university selection in the World Cup played in Rome where he finished third. Also in the same year, he represented the Senior Selection of Buenos Aires and Los Pumas. Of the 17 test matches played, he won 7 and lost 10.
In Buenos Aires, he was part of the team who beat the Springbocks 28-27 in 1993, being one of the most valuable players of the meeting, which earned him a nomination for the Olympia award. In 1994 the prestigious argentine journal Clarín, honored him as the best rugby player in Argentina. In 1995, after the World Cup challenge and rejecting several offers to play in the best clubs of Europe and Ocenia, he decided to study a master in marketing in Boston University, USA.

Championships

Championships with SIC:

Champion National Cup 1994
Champion URBA Tournament 1994
Champion National Cup 1993
Champion URBA Tournament 1993

Championships with Buenos Aires:

Los Aguilas

Champion UAR Tournament 1994

Championships with Argentina:

Los Pumas

Champion Panamerican Tournament 1995
Champion South American Tournament 1993
Bronze in University World Cup 1992

Los Pumitas

Champion World Cup U-19 1987

Present

Corral, who always defined himself as "an athlete before a rugby player" makes his words do not die in the attempt. At the moment, when his has some free time as Country Manager of ZARA, he dedicate and prepares for marathons, but not just any marathon, he runs the Ironman, one of the hardest disciplines, consisting of three stages: 3,8 km swimming, 180 km in bicycle and 42 km runnig until the end line.
Matías has completed three Ironmans: Florida and the Rio de Janeiro in 2009 and China in 2010, where he recorded 1h.15m.52s., swimming, 5h.55m.11s, cycling and 4h.56m.01s., running, totaling a 12h.19m.28s time of pure activity without breaks or intervals.
His training allowed him to get back together with several of his old friends from the national team by being part of the Pumas Classics Team in the World Cup in Bermuda in 2010.

Links & References

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selecci%C3%B3n_de_rugby_de_Argentina#1995-1999

http://www.mundialxv.com.ar/nota.php?id=330

http://sanisidroclub.com.ar/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2358:entrevista-a-matias-corral&catid=81:entrevistas&Itemid=200076

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/176157-matias-corral-un-puma-suelto-en-boston

http://www.tackledeprimera.com/articulo.php?id_articulo=193

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