Selknam have home advantage against Pampas in the battle of teams based in the Chilean and Argentine capital citiess. Both teams have three wins thus far in Super Rugby Americas 2025 though they enter with different form. Selknam are red hot after rampaging past Los Tarucas while Los Pampas were off their game against a 14-man Yacare in their most recent SRA match.
| CURRENT STANDINGS |
– 2nd
– 3rd
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – SELKNAM RESULTS |
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – PAMPAS RESULTS |
| LINE-UP CHANGES |
|
IN | OUT |
| 3 | Iñaki Gurruchaga | Nahuel DiBiassi |
|
IN | OUT |
| 1 | Javier Corvalán | Matías Medrano |
| 2 | Ramiro Gurovich | Ignacio Bottazzini |
| 5 | Federico Lavanini | Franco Carrera |
| 7 | Nicolás D’Amorim | Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel |
| 8 | Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel | Joaquin Moro |
| 9 | Ignacio Inchauspe | Mateo Albanese |
| 10 | Estanislao Renthel | Jerónimo Solveyra |
| 12 | Justo Piccardo | Juan Pablo Castro |
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS DEBUTS |
– Augusto Villanueva
– Juan Penoucos
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
(19) – J Carrasco, R Martínez, I Gurruchaga, S Pedrero, B Sáez, M Sigren, A Escobar, J Milesi, M Torrelaba, JC Reyes, N Saab, M Garafulic, C Armstrong, L Strabucchi, S Lues, N Aguayo, E Tchimino, B Videla, D Warnken
(2) – Justo Piccardo, Eliseo Morales
| NOTABLE ABSENTEES |
– Nicolás Garafulic, Clemente Saavedra, Domingo Saavedra, Tomás Salas
– Matías Medrano, Joaquín Moro
| NOTES |
- Selknam are looking to complete the SRA Argentine triple crown. The Chileans have already defeated both Dogos & Tarucas this season.
- Los Pampas were 54-0 winners the last time the teams met.
- Santiago Pedrero will make his 50th SRA appearance for Selknam.
- Benjamín Videla is the notable returning player. He is back for Selknam.
- Selknam enter with just one alteration to the starting XV. In contrast, Juan Manuel Leguizamón has made seven changes (four forwards and three backs).
- Augusto Villanueva will make his debut for Selknam. He plays for the Old Macks club.
- Juan Penoucos will debut as a Pampas replacement. He is from Belgrano Athletic in Buenos Aires.
- Raimundo Martínez, the flanker turned hooker, is the top SRA jackler with 7.
- Selknam’s Tomás Salas leads the SRA individual scoring with 49 points.
- Selknam flanker Alfonso Escobar has a 100% tackle completion rate with 27/27 this season.
- With 6 off-loads, Selknam’s Matías Garafulic is tied with Peñarol’s Bautista Farise in this category.
- All XV of Selknam’s starting line-up are eligible to play for Chile. Federico Kennedy is the only non-capped player starting for Selknam.
| PREDICTION |
CARR has been established as a fortress; the Chileans are unbeaten at the new home of Selknam. The two wins at the venue thus far were against Argentine side. Selknam were unstoppable against both Los Dogos and Los Tarucas. Los Pampas arrive on the back of an unconvincing home win over Yacare. Selknam are favorites to win at home.
| LINEUPS |
SELKNAM
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Raimundo Martínez, 3 Iñaki Gurruchaga, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Bruno Sáez, 6 Martín Sigren, 7 Alfonso Escobar, 8 Joaquin Milesi, 9 Marcelo Torrelaba, 10 Juan Cruz Reyes, 11 Federico Kennedy, 12 Nicolás Saab, 13 Matías Garafulic, 14 Clemente Armstrong, 15 Luca Strabucchi
Replacements: 16 Salvador Lues, 17 Norman Aguayo, 18 Nahuel DiBiassi, 19 Agustín Toth, 20 Ernesto Tchimino, 21 Benjamín Videla, 22 Diego Warnken, 23 Augusto Villanueva
PAMPAS
1 Javier Corvalán, 2 Ramiro Gurovich, 3 Tomás Rapetti, 4 Leo Mazzini, 5 Federico Lavanini, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Nicolás D’Amorim, 8 Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel, 9 Ignacio Inchauspe, 10 Estanislao Renthel, 11 Alfonso Latorre, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Bruno Heit, 14 Santiago Peonas, 15 Francisco Quinn
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Bottazzini, 17 Francisco Lusarreta, 18 Gael Galván, 19 Juan Penoucos, 20 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 21 Eliseo Morales, 22 Jeronimo Solveyra, 23 Juan Pablo Castro
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Saturday, March 29
Venue: CARR (Santiago, CL)
Kickoff: 2:15pm (CL); 2:15pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Warm and Windy, 26°C; wind (37 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Star +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Pablo Deluca (AR)
Assistants: Federico Solari (AR); Sebastián Toledo (CL)
TMO: Ignacio Calle (CL)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD (4) – Pampas 3, Selknam 1, STREAK Pampas 2 |
May 11 2024 – Pampas 54-0 Selknam (Buenos Aires, AR)
May 16, 2024 – Selknam 16-41 Pampas (Santiago, CL)
May 12, 2023 – Pampas 19-23 Selknam (Buenos Aires, AR)
Feb 25, 2023 – Selknam 34-20 Pampas (Santiago, CL)
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