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The Argentine Super Rugby team is a professional rugby union team based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They will make their debut in SANZAR's Super Rugby tournament in 2016 Super Rugby season. As of September 2015, the team does not have a name (with media reports suggesting that they would be called Los Jaguares), colours, jersey design or home stadium. The branding is expected to be announced after the 2015 Rugby World Cup. ==History== Following on from impressive performances by in international rugby union competitions, such as a third-placed finish in the 2007 Rugby World Cup, the governing body of rugby in Argentina, the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR), campaigned for inclusion in SANZAR's Tri Nations competition. In 2011, it was announced that the competition would be expanded to include Argentina, which resulted in the competition being rebranded as The Rugby Championship〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title="The Rugby Championship" to replace Tri Nations )〕 and Argentina competed in the competition for the first time in 2012. However, there was no professional league in Argentina per rules of the Argentine Rugby Union. The UAR launched a team called the that participated in the South African Vodacom Cup competition from 2010 to 2013, winning the competition in 2011 Vodacom Cup with an 11-match unbeaten run. The team withdrew from the competition at the end of 2013 due to financial considerations, but was relaunched to participate in the Pacific Rugby Cup from 2014 onwards. They won the competition in 2014 and 2015 (as the rebranded World Rugby Pacific Challenge). Despite the performances of the , the UAR still campaigned to have teams included in the Super Rugby competition. Since SANZAR sold the existing Super Rugby package to its broadcasters for the period 2011–15, it meant that no changes to the format would be permitted until the 2016 season. In 2013, SANZAR CEO Greg Peters announced that Super Rugby would be expanded in the 2016 season, adding that South African franchise the would be one of the expansion teams. In early 2014, SANZAR confirmed that Super Rugby would be increased from 15 to 18 teams starting from the 2016 season, with Argentina getting one of the additional spots. It was confirmed that the team would be based in Buenos Aires and that they would participate in the South African Conference. Japan was granted the license for the 18th franchise in October 2014 and the new expanded format and three new teams were formally approved by the SANZAR Executive Committee in November 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Argentine Super Rugby team」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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