Daniel Hourcade (born San Miguel de Tucumán, 1958) is an Argentine rugby union coach and former player.
Hourcade left the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR) in 2004 to take up the role of head coach of Portuguese domestic club Grupo Desportivo Direito.
[1] In 2010, he became the first coach of the newly formed side Pampas XV, a team that was based in South Africa that would compete annually in the Vodacom Cup.
However, on 27 May just 4 days after clinching the CONSUR Cup, he led the Argentina Jaguars side to a narrow 21–23 defeat to the Fiji Warriors.
[4] During the 2015 Rugby Championship, Hourcade led Argentina to third, the first time they hadn't finished in bottom place.
Haven only lost to New Zealand in their group, 26–16, despite leading 12–11 at half time, they went on to finish second in Pool C with victories over Georgia 54–9, Tonga 45–16, and Namibia 64–19.
5 days later, Hourcade led Argentina to fourth in the world, losing to South Africa in the Bronze final 24–13.
[5] In the 2016 June international window, Hourcade led Argentina to a 30–24 victory over Italy in a one-off test.
However, this was their only victory of the Championship, as alongside their first round loss to South Africa, Argentina went onto lose their 4 remaining games against Australia and New Zealand.
Their third-round game against New Zealand saw Argentina lead the All Blacks 16–15 at half time, and at the 60th minute the score was level at 22–all.
Argentina's poor form continued into the 2017 End-of-year tests, gaining just one win, coming against Italy 31–15.
Discipline proved an issue for the home side, who lost the test 30–12, conceding 12 penalties, seven of which were attempted kick at goal by the Welsh.
Following the game, Hourcade announced his resignation as Pumas head coach, and that the test against Scotland the following week would be his last in charge.