SRA 2024 Semi Final – Pampas vs Peñarol

Semi Final One of Super Rugby Americas will take place in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Friday. The home side, Los Pampas, plays host to Uruguayan entrant Peñarol. The battle of the Rio de la Plata sees the top performing side from the regular season going up against the two-time defending champions. There are World Cup Uruguayans ready for action for Peñarol while Pumas of tomorrow will line-up for the home side.

REGULAR SEASON FINAL STANDINGS

1st

4th

LINEUP CHANGES

1 Javier Corvalán replaces Renzo Zanella
3 Estanislao Carullo replaces Javier Coronel
4 Eliseo Fourcade replaces Mateo Lorenzo
5 Marcelo Toledo replaces Rodrigo Fernández Criado
7 Nicolás D’Amorim replaces Santiago Montagner
8 Joaquín Moro replaces Javier Coronel
9 Ignacio Inchauspe replaces Simón Benítez Cruz
10 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía replaces Manuel Nogués
13 Juan Pablo Castro replaces Bruno Heit
14 Santiago Pernas replaces Bernabé López Fleming

1 Mateo Sanguinetti replaces Mateo Perillo
2 Leonel Oviedo replaces Joaquín Myszka
3 Franco Mathias replaces Horacio de la Mota
4 Lucas Bianchi moves from 6; replaces Agustín Morales
2 Leonel Oviedo replaces Joaquín Myszka
6 Santiago Civetta returns as captain; replaces Lucas Bianchi
9 Santiago Álvarez replaces Pedro Hoblog
11 Ignacio Facciolo replaces Santiago Terra
12 Juan Manuel Alonso moves from 13; replaces Joaquín Suárez
13 Felipe Arcos Pérez replaces Juan Manuel Alonso
14 Gastón Mieres replaces Colombian Jhon Jader Quiñones
15 Ignacio Álvarez replaces Juan Bautista Hontou

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

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(15) – M Sanguinetti, F Mathias, L Bianchi, F Aliaga, S Civetta, C Deus, M Diana, S Álvarez, I Facciolo, JM Alonso, F Arcos Pérez, G Mieres, I Álvarez, M Perillo, D Ardao

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– Eliseo Morales, Marcos Eliçagaray
– Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Manuel Rosmarino, Juan Zuccarino, Bautista Basso, Baltazar Amaya

NOTES

Los Pampas dominated ARN’s Super Rugby Americas 2024 All-Stars.
Los Pampas scored more than 500 points during the regular season.
Los Pampas ran-in 73 tries while receiving 33.
Rookie winger Santiago Pernas scored 9 tries. Rookie center Justo Piccardo scored 7.
Los Pampas finished the regular season first while Peñarol were 4th.
Peñarol’s season was disrupted by Los Teros 7’s who recently qualified for the World Circuit. These include Ignacio Facciolo who, remarkably, will make his SRA 2024 debut in the Semi Final.
El Carbonero won 5 matches of the regular season while Los Pampas won 11.
Peñarol scored 39 tries while conceding 41. Hooker Joaquín Myszka scored 7 tries.
15 Peñarol players are capped by Uruguay. In addition, the hooker has played for the Argentina XV.

PREDICTION

Los Pampas are the red-hot favorites to book their place in the SRA 2024 Final. The Buenos Aires side has put together many impressive performances this season. The team will also be playing at home and the players named have been together throughout the season. Peñarol’s line-up is strong yet unproven together this season. ARN projects a Pampas win by +12 points.

LINEUPS

PAMPAS
1 Javier Corvalan, 2 Ramiro Gurovich, 3 Estanislao Carullo, 4 Eliseo Fourcade, 5 Marcelo Toledo, 6 Manuel Berenstein (capt.), 7 Nicolás D’Amorim, 8 Joaquín Moro, 9 Ignacio Inchauspe, 10 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía, 11 Jerónimo Ulloa, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Juan Pablo Castro, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Benjamín Elizalde

Replacements: 16 Ignacio Bottazzini, 17 Facundo Scaiano, 18 Javier Coronel, 19 Rodrigo Fernández Criado, 20 Santiago Montagner, 21 Simón Benítez Cruz, 22 Manuel Nogués, 23 Bruno Heit

PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Franco Mathias, 4 Lucas Bianchi, 5 Felipe Aliaga, 6 Santiago Civetta (capt.), 7 Carlos Deus, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Ícaro Amarillo, 11 Ignacio Facciolo, 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 Tomás Etcheverry, 21 Pedro Hoblog, 22 Juan González, 23 Diego Ardao

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, June 07
Venue: CASI, Buenos Aires (AR)
Kickoff: 7:15pm (AR); 7:15pm (UY)
Weather Forecast: Showers, 17°C, wind E (13 km/h)
Broadcasts: Star +; ESPN

OFFICIALS

Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (AR)
Assistants: Frank Méndez (CL); Juan López (AR)
TMO: Lucas Galán (AR)

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (9) – Peñarol (2); Pampas (7) STREAK – Pampas (4)
May 18, 2024 – Peñarol 25-63 Pampas (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 22, 2024 – Pampas 38-20 Peñarol (Buenos Aires, AR)
May 19, 2023 – Peñarol 10-16 Pampas (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 29, 2023 – Pampas 20-19 Peñarol (Buenos Aires, AR)
May 10, 2022 – Peñarol 32-14 Jaguares XV (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 02, 2022 – Jaguares XV 20-27 Peñarol (Ciudad del Este, PY)
Apr 04, 2021 – Jaguares XV 46-17 Peñarol (Santiago, CL)
May 01, 2021 – Peñarol 18-42 Jaguares XV (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 04, 2021 – Peñarol 28-36 Jaguares XV (Montevideo, UY)