In addition to Bristol, he played for French sides Stade Français and Racing Métro after leaving Argentine team CASI from San Isidro in 1997.

Pichot was capped another three times that year for the Pumas; playing in Tests against Romania, Italy and France during October.

[citation needed] Pichot would be capped six times during the 1998 international season, including playing France three times, as well as playing matches against Italy, Romania and Wales, scoring tries in the games against Wales and Romania.

He was also capped another four times that year, playing two games against World Champions Australia and then matches against South Africa and England in November.

He earned eight Test caps during 2001, and captained Argentina on three more occasions, in matches against Uruguay, the United States and Canada in May.

He was named captain for the opening match of the 2003 Rugby World Cup against hosts Australia.

[4] However, an injury suffered in April 2009 that ended his 2008–09 season led Pichot to call time on his playing career.

[6] In 2016, less than a year after being elected Vice Chairman of World Rugby, Pichot was making waves, calling for the three-year residency rule for eligibility to play for a country to be extended to five years, in the face of the view of other senior members of the WR Executive Committee.