Agustin Cavalieri - North American Rugby Database

Nationality: Argentina
Current Team: Anthem
Past Teams: Jackals

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 6-24 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they were arguably one of the most entertaining teams to watch and would have only continued to improve had they not withdrawn from MLR.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.