Argentinian former player Agustin Cavalieri has coached in Major League Rugby since 2023. He has been a member of the Dallas Jackals (2023-2024) and Anthem RC (2025-2026) coaching teams, as well as USA Rugby.

As a player, Cavalieri represented Argentina’s age grade sides up to Los Pumitas U21s before heading to Europe in 2003, representing Arras and Limoges for a year before heading to Italy where he spent the majority of his career. He primarily represented Petrarca Padova and Calvisano but also had stints with L’Aquila and Prato and even represented the Italy ‘A’ side. Cavalieri was player-coach with Calvisano when he called time on his playing career in 2019.

Cavalieri stepped into the Head Coach role with the Dallas Jackals ahead of the 2023 season having previously served as Forwards Coach for the Italian U20 side. He steered the Jackals for two seasons from 2023-2024, turning what had been a 0-16 team in 2022 into a playoff contender and conference finalist in 2024 and recording the first win in franchise history. Despite an overall record of 8-24 with the Jackals, they were arguably one of the most entertaining teams to watch and would have only continued to improve had they not withdrawn from MLR. Following this withdrawal, Agustin Cavalieri took up an Assistant coach role with the newly established MLR, USA Rugby, and World Rugby franchise, Anthem RC under Alama Ieremia.

Cavalieri served as Assistant Coach during from Anthem’s inaugural season in 2024, through to Round 12 of the 2025 season when Ieremia stepped back to focus on his other role of USA Men’s Assistant Coach. Cavalieri took over as Head Coach from Round 13 of the 2025 season, although could not prevent the team recording their 2nd 0-16 season in a row in 2025. In October 2025, USA Rugby announced that Alama Ieremia had stepped down from his roles with both USA Rugby and Anthem RC, and Agustin Cavalieri had joined the national Men’s team coaching setup as Assistant Coach (Forwards & Breakdown) alongside his role as Anthem RC Head Coach, which he will continue with into the 2026 season.

Head Coach Record:

Overall: 8-29
Anthem RC: 0-5
Dallas Jackals: 8-24

Samoan born New Zealand ex-player and coach Alama Ieremia served as the Head Coach of Anthem RC between 2024-2025, and Assistant coach for the USA Men’s National Team during the same period.

Ieremia had an impressive playing career through the 1990s and early 2000s, playing for both the Wellington Lions (1992-2000) as well as the Hurricanes (1996-2000) in the Super 12 (now Super Rugby). Ieremia then moved to Japan to play with the Suntory Goliath between 2001-2004, before beginning his coaching journey. At international level, Ieremia is capped for both Samoa and the New Zealand All Blacks, playing for his birth nation 5 times between 1992-1993, and for the All Blacks 40 times from 1994-2000, representing them at two Rugby World Cups in 1995 & 1999.

After finishing his playing career Ieremia stayed with the Suntory Goliath in Japan as an Assistant Coach between 2005-2007, before taking up the same role for the Hurricanes between 2009-2014. His 3rd assistant coach role was in the Samoan national team, before taking the reigns as the Head Coach of Samoa from 2015-2017. He served as the Head Coach of Auckland in the Mitre 10/NPC between 2018-2022, before returning to an Assistant Coach role with the USA National Team, a role which he occupied alongside his role as Head Coach of Anthem RC since their conception in 2024, a partnership between World Rugby, USA Rugby, and MLR. Ieremia continued to serve as Anthem RC Head Coach for the majority of the 2025 season, but stepped back from the role during Round 12 to focus on his national team duties. He recorded a 0-27 overall record with Anthem RC. In October 2025, USA Rugby announced that Ieremia had stepped down from his role as Assistant Coach with USA Rugby, and was succeeded by Agustin Cavalieri both for the national team, and as Head Coach of Anthem RC.