Matías Garafulic

Matias Garafulic

Full name	Matías Garafulic Schar
Date of birth	(2000-09-01) 1 September 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Santiago, Chile
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb; 14 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre, Wing Current team Selknam Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2020– Selknam 25 (101) Correct as of 28 August 2023 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2020 Chile A 3 (0) 2021– Chile 12 (15) Correct as of 28 August 2023 National sevens team Years Team Comps 2020 Chile 2 Correct as of 28 August 2023

Matías Garafulic Schar (born 1 September 2000) is a professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Super Rugby Americas club Selknam. Born in Santiago, he represents Chile at international level after qualifying on residency grounds.^[1][2]

International career

He was part of the Chilean team that qualified for their first Rugby World Cup in 2022, upsetting the odds against Canada and the United States, as Garafulic scored a try in the last game of the Americas qualification against the latter, an historic away win that sealed their qualification for the 2023 World Cup.^[3]

References

1. "Player profile". itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
2. Cornejo, Aquiles (20 March 2021). "Matías Garafulic y las aspiraciones de los Selknam en la SLAR: "El objetivo principal es ganar el torneo"". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 July 2022.
3. Pengelly, Martin (16 July 2022). "Chile upset USA in Colorado to secure first ever Rugby World Cup place". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2022.

External links

• Matías Garafulic at ESPNscrum
• Matías Garafulic at ItsRugby.co.uk