Days before an Argentina training camp in London, Los Pumas head coach Felipe Contepomi has added New Zealander Bradley Mooar to the coaching staff of the national team. Mooar, who recently served as an attacking consultant for the Scottish national team and has worked with teams such as the Crusaders and the All Blacks in his career, will join Andrés Bordoy and Juan Martín Fernández Lobbe, who had already renewed their contracts with the Argentine team.

Regarding the arrival of the New Zealand coach, Felipe Contepomi stated: “We are very happy to have Brad (Mooar) with us; we have no doubt that he will add a lot to the team, based on his experience and knowledge of the game. His background in coaching teams from both the Southern and Northern hemispheres will be of great value to everyone, and we are looking forward to starting work together.”

Regarding his new role as assistant coach of Los Pumas, Mooar commented: “My family and I are delighted and grateful to join Felipe and Los Pumas. We love the culture and rugby of the Argentine people. It was very exciting when Felipe contacted us about this opportunity, and our conversations since then have been deep and fruitful regarding rugby and life. Everything fits! We are excited to get started. I appreciate Felipe and the UAR for their support and work to make this happen. Let’s go!”

Brad Mooar was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on August 28, 1974 (49 years old), and in the 1990s he competed for the fly-half position in Canterbury against the renowned Andrew Merthens, who debuted for the All Blacks in 1995. Faced with this situation, Mooar chose to play for three seasons with Mid-Canterbury, a provincial team with which he won the third division title in 1998 and achieved promotion to the second division.

His first coaching experience was with the Christchurch Colts in 2007; later (2011) he collaborated with Craig Philpott in the Canterbury Colts. In 2012, he left his job as a lawyer and moved to South Africa to take over as head coach of the Eastern Province Kings, with whom he won the Currie Cup first division title, and later became an assistant coach for the Southern Kings (2013). He returned to his homeland to serve as head coach and director of rugby at Southland (2014-2015). In 2015, Todd Blackadder called him to replace Aaron Mauger (who accepted a proposal from Leicester Tigers) as backs coach for the Crusaders. With Scott Robertson’s arrival, Brad Mooar remained in his position and participated in the Crusaders’ Super Rugby three-peat (2017, 2018, and 2019).

He then embarked on his first major adventure in Europe, where he was head coach of the Welsh side Scarlets (2019), and the following year (2020) he returned to his country after being chosen by Ian Foster to work as backs and attack coach for the All Blacks (2020-2022). His most recent collaboration was throughout 2023, summoned by Gregor Townsend as attack coach for the Scottish national team.