Argentinian utility back Joaquín Tuculet played in Major League Rugby during the 2021 season. He represented the Toronto Arrows for his entire MLR career.

A La Plata native, Tuculet played his club rugby with Los Tilos. He represented the Argentina U18s in 2008, and the U20s at two IRB Junior World Championships between 2008-2009. He started his professional career in Europe in 2011, playing with the Sale Sharks in the English Premiership for their 2011/12 season before spending two seasons in the French Top 14 with Grenoble (2013/14) and Bordeaux (2014/15), before returning to the UK with the Cardiff Blues in the Pro 14 (now the URC) for 2014/15. Tuculet headed back to Argentina in 2016 to play with the Jaguares in their inaugural Super Rugby Season, and represented his nation’s Super Rugby team between 2016-2020.

At international level, Tuculet graduated from the Argentina age grade sides and earned his full international test debut against Italy in June 2012. In total, Tuculet scored 16 tries in 56 caps for Los Pumas, including 22 appearances in The Rugby Championship between 2014-2019, and represented Argentina at two Rugby World Cups, in 2015 and 2019.

Tuculet signed with the Toronto Arrows head of their difficult 2021 season, where they spent the entire season playing out of Rugby ATL’s facilities in Georgia due to border restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite these challenges, he racked up over 600m gained in 13 appearances (12 starts) for the Arrows, scoring 7 tries to equal a Toronto Arrows record for tries scored in a single season, set by Dan Moor in 2019 and also equaled by fellow Argentine Manuel Montero in 2021. Following his lone MLR season, Tuculet returned to Argentina and is back playing club rugby with Los Tilos.

achievements

• Toronto Arrows Single-Season Tries Scored Record (7)