Simón Benítez Cruz
| Date of birth | 6 September 1999[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Simón Benítez Cruz (born 6 September 1999) is an Argentine professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Tarucas Rugby in Super Rugby Americas.
Club career
[edit]Benítez Cruz played for Pampas in 2024 and was named amongst the Super Rugby Americas 2024 All-Star squad of most effective players in May 2024.[3] He was recruited by Tarucas later that year prior to their first season in the Super Rugby Americas.[4] In February 2025, he played for Tarucas in their debut Super Rugby Americas match, a 45-6 win over Cobras in Tucumán.[5] He was named MVP of Super Rugby Americas 2025.[6]
International career
[edit]He played for the Argentina national rugby sevens team in the 2022 South American Rugby Championship in Costa Rica. Subsequently, he was named in the Argentina Sevens squad for the 2022 South Africa Sevens and his SVNS tournament debut.[7]
He was called-up to the Argentina national rugby union team for their fixture against the British and Irish Lions in June 2025.[8] He was named as a replacement for their match against the Lions in Dublin on 20 June 2025.[9]
Personal life
[edit]He was born in Buenos Aires.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Simón Benítez Cruz". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Simón Benítez Cruz". Its Rugby. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Super Rugby Americas 2024 *** ALL-STARS ***". americasrugbynews.com. 28 May 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Powerful Tarucas Roster Named for Rookie Super Rugby Americas Season". americasrugbynews.com. 24 December 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Impressive Tarucas Debut vs Cobras Lifts Standards of Super Rugby Americas". americasrugbynews.com. 15 February 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ a b "A Tarucas player was chosen as the best player in the Super Rugby Americas". Lagaceta.com (in Spanish). 14 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Simón Benítez Cruz has been called up to the Pumas 7s squad for the Cape Town Tournament". cuba.org. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Tait, Paul (June 9, 2025). "Argentina Name Fresh Rugby Roster to face British & Irish Lions". Anericasrugbynews. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Argentina bring in several new faces for Lions clash in Dublin". Straits Times. 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
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