SRA 2024 – Peñarol vs Selknam

Montevideo will be the setting for the Uruguayan vs Chile battle in Super Rugby Americas. El Clásico sees the red-hot Selknam looking to get one back on Peñarol following the earlier battle between the franchises this season. It comes with Peñarol in desperate need of competition points. Selknam are 4th with Peñarol outside of he play-off’s zone for the time being.

CURRENT STANDINGS

3-5-0 (W1) 5th
4-3-1 (W3) 4th

LINEUP CHANGES

2 Leonel Oviedo replaces Francisco García

2 Tomás Dussaillant replaces Diego Escobar
3 Salvador Lues replaces Iñaki Gurruchaga
11 José Larenas replaces Nicolás Garafulic
15 Felip Méndez replaces Luca Strabucchi

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

– (14) M Sanguinetti, F Mathias, JM Rodríguez, S Civetta, L Bianchi, C Deus, J Zuccarino, JM Alonso, F Arcos Pérez, G Mieres, I Álvarez, M Perillo, F Aliaga, S Álvarez,
– (15) J Carrasco, T Dussaillant, S Lues, S Pedrero, J Eissmann, A Escobar, C Saavedra, R Martínez, T Salas, J Larenas, D Saavedra, D Escobar, I Gurruchaga, A Sarmiento, M Torrealba

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– Manuel Diana; Bautista Basso; Baltazar Amaya; Ignacio Facciolo
– Benjamín Videla; Matías Garafulic; Nicolás Garafulic; Nicolás Roger (AR); Cristóbal Game; Franco Velarde; Luca Strabucchi

NOTES

A home defeat for Peñarol would virtually eliminate the team from Semi Finals contention.
Peñarol arrived home after a 48 hour delay. Atlanta to São Paulo flight was cancelled and the team flew via Buenos Aires.
Two second-rowers in Agustín Morales and Felipe Aliaga are on the Peñarol bench.
Argentines start at hooker for Peñarol and scrum-half and right wing for Selknam. Leonel Oviedo earns his first start for Peñarol.
Clemente Saavedra leads a 100% Chilean capped forward pack.
The fit-again Salvador Lues will play tight head rather than his usual position of loose head.
This is the most common SRA fixture with ten prior meetings.

PREDICTION

Peñarol’s improvement last weekend sees the Uruguayans smiling again. Getting back to Montevideo from Denver was challenging. The team’s arrival was more than a full day overdue. Adjusting to the time change and getting the bodies back to normal will not be easy. Meanwhile, Selknam have had extra time and happen to be sharper on the field. Selknam are favorites to win by 6 points.

LINEUPS

PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Franco Mathias, 4 Manuel Rosmarino, 5 Juan Manuel Rodríguez, 6 Santiago Civetta (capt.), 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Carlos Deus, 9 Pedro Hoblog, 10 Juan Zuccarino, 11 Dante Soto, 12 Juan Manuel Alonso, 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Gastón Mieres, 15 Ignacio Álvarez

Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myszka, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Horacio de la Mota, 19 Agustín Morales, 20 Felipe Aliaga, 21 Santiago Álvarez, 22 Ícaro Amarillo, 23 Joaquín Suárez

SELKNAM
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Tomás Dussaillant, 3 Salvador Lues, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Javier Eissmann, 6 Alfonso Escobar, 7 Clemente Saavedra (capt.), 8 Raimundo Martínez, 9 Rafael Iriarte, 10 Tomás Salas, 11 José Larenas, 12 Nicolás Saab, 13 Domingo Saavedra, 14 Iñaki Delguy, 15 Felipe Méndez

Replacements: 16 Diego Escobar, 17 Norman Aguayo, 18 Iñaki Gurruchaga, 19 Augusto Sarmiento, 20 Federico Albrisi, 21 Marcelo Torrealba, 22 Sebastián Bianchi, 23 Andrés Kuzmanic

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, May 03
Venue: Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo (UY)
Kickoff: 9pm (UY); 8pm (CL)
Weather Forecast: Sunny, 16°C; wind E (8 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Star +

OFFICIALS

Referee: Pablo Deluca (AR)
Assistants: Francisco González (UY); Claudio Cattivelli (AR)
TMO: Francisco Pesce (AR)

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (4) – Peñarol 7, Selknam 3, STREAK Peñarol +4
Mar 09, 2023 – Selknam 23-25 Peñarol (Santiago, CL)
May 26, 2023 – Peñarol 31-08 Selknam (Montevideo, CL)
Mar 24, 2023 – Selknam 24-35 Peñarol (Santiago, CL)
May 27, 2022 – Peñarol 24-13 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)
May 15, 2022 – Peñarol 08-15 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 08, 2022 – Peñarol 31-03 Selknam (Ciudad del Este, PY)
May 08, 2021 – Peñarol 17-14 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 26, 2021 – Peñarol 17-27 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 30, 2021 – Selknam 22-26 Peñarol (Santiago, CL)
Mar 04, 2020 – Peñarol 13-14 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)