Buenos Aires plays host to Pampas vs Tarucas on Friday. The match sees Los Tarucas playing in Buenos Aires for the first time. The rookie Super Rugby Americas franchise enter as the underdogs. The team is off the pace in 6th position though narrowly lost multiple matches including their home match against Los Pampas in Tucumán in March.
| SRA 2025 STANDINGS |
– 1st
– 6th
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – PAMPAS RESULTS |
SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  TARUCAS RESULTS |
| STARTING LINE-UP CHANGES |
|
IN | OUT |
| 2 | Ignacio Bottazzini | Ramiro Gurovich |
| 4 | Juan Penoucos | Franco Carrera |
| 7 | Nicolás D’Amorim | Joaquín Moro |
| 9 | Eliseo Morales | Ignacio Inchauspe |
| 14 | Alfonso Latorre | Santiago Pernas |
| 15 | Jeronimo Solveyra | Francisco Quinn |
|
IN | OUT |
| 5 | Luciano Asevedo | Álvaro García Iandolino, |
| 12 | Tomás Medina | Mariano García Ascarate |
| 13 | José Gianotti | Bautista Estofan |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
– (2 capped by Argentina) – Eliseo Morales (SH); Justo Piccardo (CE)
| NOTES |
- Replacement Tarucas hooker, Juan Manuel Vivas, is tied for top SRA try scorer this season with 5.
- Tarucas fly half, Nicolás Roger, has a 100% tackle completion rate this season.
- It is the second match between the sides and the first in Buenos Aires. Los Palmas won the inaugural fixture 15-14 in Tucumán.
- Argentina presently have a scrum-half shortage. Eliseo Morales vs Simón Benítez Cruz can be treated as a trial for consideration for a spot on Felipe Contepomi’s roster for the mid-year Internationals.
- Los Pampas are without Puma Joaquín Moro. He is serving a three match suspension for foul play. He is linked to a move to the Leicester Tigers.
- Los Pampas replacement scrum-half Mateo Albanese resigned his UAR contract to now be an invitational Pampas player. This will enable him to go back to playing club rugby for SIC.
- Los Tarucas have lost fullback Nicolás Macome for the season. He tore his cruciate ligaments. Juan Villaba joined the team on Sunday as a medical joker. He is from Old Lions in Santiago del Estero.
| PREDICTION |
Los Tarucas have had a frustrating debut season. Los Tucumanos have four narrow losses thus far. Any of them could have been wins. Los Pampas are top of the table but demonstrated notable vulnerability in their home defeat before Easter. Los Pampas enter the match as favorites.
| LINEUPS |
PAMPAS
1 Matías Medrano, 2 Ignacio Bottazzini, 3 Tomás Rapetti, 4 Juan Penoucos, 5 Federico Lavanini, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Nicolás D’Amorim, 8 Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel, 9 Eliseo Morales, 10 Estanislao Renthel, 11 Nahuel Clausen, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Bruno Heit, 14 Alfonso Latorre, 15 Jerónimo Solveyra
Replacements: 16 Francisco Lusarreta, 17 Miguel Prince, 18 Bautista Bosch, 19 Franco Carrera, 20 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 21 Mateo Albanese, 22 Ignacio Inchauspe, 23 Francisco Quinn
1 Benjamín Garrido, 2 Tomás Bartolini (capt.), 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Facundo García Hamilton, 5 Luciano Asevedo, 6 Facundo Javier Cardozo, 7 Agustín Sarelli, 8 Santiago Aguilar, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 10 Nicolás Roger, 11 Tomás Vanni, 12 Tomás Medina, 13 José Gianotti, 14 Baltazar García, 15 Stefano Ferro
Replacements: 16 Juan Manuel Vivas, 17 Julián Martín, 18 Rodrigo Navarro, 19 Santiago Romano, 20 Thiago Sbrocco, 21 Estanislao Pregot, 22 Juan Manuel Molinuevo, 23 Bautista Estofan
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Friday, April 25
Venue: CASI (Buenos Aires, AR)
Kickoff: 8pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Rain, 21°C; Wind 12 km/h
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Juan Manuel López (AR)
Assistants: Luca Solda (AR); Simon Larrubia (AR)
TMO: Marcelo Pilara (AR)
| HISTORY |
March 08, 2025 – Tarucas 14-15 Pampas (Tucumán, AR)
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