Date of birth | March 8, 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Place of birth | Rosario, Santa Fe Province, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 198 lb (14.1 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Octavio Bartolucci (born 8 March 1975, in Rosario) is an Argentine rugby union footballer. He plays as a wing.
He played for Club Atlético del Rosario, from 1993/94 to 1999/2000, in Argentina. He moved afterwards to SU Agen (2000/01), in France, and to Leeds Carnegie (2001/02), in England. He returned to Club Atlético del Rosario, where he played the rest of his career, from 2001/02 to 2008/09.
Bartolucci had 20 caps for Argentina, scoring 9 tries, 45 points in aggregate, from 1996 to 2003. He participated at the 1999 Rugby World Cup finals, playing in two matches. He won the South American Rugby Championship in 1998 and 2003. He missed the 2003 Rugby World Cup because of an injury on the Achilles heel.[1]