Selknam play host to Peñarol in Santiago on Saturday. The match is the second El Clásico this season. The prior fixture saw Peñarol narrowly winning a headed battle at home. The teams are tied for second position in Super Rugby Americas 2025. Additional reason to watch this match is that the both teams will contribute many players to Chile and Uruguay for the upcoming July Internationals and Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers.
SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  + STANDINGS |
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| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – SELKNAM RESULTS |
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – PEÑAROL RESULTS |
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS DEBUTANTS |
– Gonzalo Lara; Manuel Bustamante
| STARTING LINE-UP CHANGES |
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IN | OUT |
| 2 | Augusto Bohme | Salvador Lues |
| 5 | Bruno Sáez | Agustín Toth |
| 11 | Nicolás Garafulic | Federico Kennedy |
| 12 | Nicolás Saab | Tomás Baguley |
| 13 | Luca Strabucchi | Nicolás Saab |
| 14 | Clemente Armstrong | Benjamín Videla |
|
IN | OUT |
| 2 | Sebastian Pérez | Guillermo Pujadas |
| 3 | Bautista Vidal | Juan Francisco Aguirre |
| 5 | Bautista Viero | Manuel Rosmarino |
| 6 | Lucas Bianchi | Santiago Civatta |
| 7 | Carlos Deus | Lucas Bianchi |
| 9 | Tomás Di Biase | Santiago Álvarez |
| 11 | Ignacio Facciolo | Justo Ferrario |
| 14 | Ícaro Amarillo | Bautista Basso |
| 15 | Justo Ferrario | Baltazar Amaya |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
– (17 capped by Chile) J Carrasco, A Böhme, S Pedrero, B Sáez, M Sigren, R Martínez, J Milesi, M Torrealba, JC Reyes, N Garafulic, N Saab, L Strabucchi, C Armstrong, T Salas, S Lues, C Saavedra, B Videla
– (11 capped by Uruguay) – M Sanguinetti, F Aliaga, L Bianchi, C Deus, M Diana, F Etcheverry, I Facciolo, Í Amarillo, M Perillo, S Civetta, S Álvarez
| NOTES |
- Peñarol are on a 6 match winning-streak against Selknam.
- Augusto Böhme starts for the first time this season. He has 32 test caps for Chile.
- Clemente Saavedra (31 caps) is back for there first time since his injury against Scotland A in November. His last game of rugby was 154 days ago. He is a former Selknam captain.
- Fullback Luca Strabucchi moves to outside center. Playing him out of position comes with the first-choice mid-field of Matías Garafulic and Domingo Saavedra both out of action. Luca Strabucchi and Clemente Armstrong recently featured for Los Cóndores 7′s.
- Selknam replacement backs Gonzalo Lara and Manuel Bustamante will make their SRA debuts.
- Los Teros 7’s called-up Peñarol players Bautista Basso, Joaquín Suárez and Mateo Viñals for the LA Sevens.
- Fullback Baltazar Amaya is also missing. He signed for Béziers earlier this week.
- Three uncapped Uruguayans start against Selknam. Sebastian Pérez is a teenager while Alfonso Perillo Albarracin and Justo Ferrario have become regulars in the 23 this season.
- If Los Tarucas defeat Los Pampas on Friday then the winner of Selknam vs Peñarol can move into first position in the Super Rugby Americas 2025 standings.
- The match will be refereed by Damian Schneider who is the most experienced member of the SRA officials. He refereed France vs Japan, in English, in November.
| PREDICTION |
The friendly playing conditions will encourage Selknam to continue playing an open brand of rugby. The hybrid nature of the Chilean’s gameplay has made them arguably the best team for neutrals to watch play this season. Selknam has both enterprising attack and a solid set-piece. So far this season Peñarol has shown itself to be very strong in the backs and in the loose forwards but has been over-powered up front, particularly in the scrum. Peñarol enter the contest as favorites.
| LINEUPS |
SELKNAM
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Augusto Böhme, 3 Nahuel DeBiassi, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Bruno Sáez, 6 Martín Sigren (capt.), 7 Raimundo Martínez, 8 Joaquin Milesi, 9 Marcelo Torrealba, 10 Juan Cruz Reyes, 11 Nicolás Garafulic, 12 Nicolás Saab, 13 Luca Strabucchi, 14 Clemente Armstrong, 15 Tomás Salas
Replacements: 16 Salvador Lues, 17 Emilio Shea, 18 Baltazar Gurruchaga, 19 Agustín Toth, 20 Clemente Saavedra, 21 Benjamín Videla, 22 Manuel Bustamente, 23 Gonzalo Lara
PEÑAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Sebastian Pérez, 3 Bautista Vidal, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Bautista Viero, 6 Lucas Bianchi, 7 Carlos Deus, 8 Manuel Diana (capt.), 9 Tomás Di Biase, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Ignacio Facciolo, 12 Bautista Farise, 13 Alfonso Perillo Albarracin, 14 Ícaro Amarillo, 15 Justo Ferrario
Replacements: 16 Juan Francisco Aguirre, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Francisco Suárez Folch, 19 Manuel Rosmarino, 20 Santiago Civetta, 21 Franco Bertini, 22 Santiago Álvarez, 23 Francisco Landauer
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Saturday, April 26
Venue: Centro de Alto Rendimiento del Rugby, Santiago (CL)
Kickoff: 1pm (CL); 2pm (UY)
Weather Forecast: Sunny, 18°C; Wind 18 km/h
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Damian Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Frank Méndez (CL); Sebastián Toledo (CL)
TMO: Ignacio Calle (CL)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD (12) – Peñarol 9, Selknam 3, STREAK Peñarol +6 |
Mar 08, 2025 – Peñarol 22-18 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)
May 03, 2024 – Peñarol 35-17 Selknam (Montevideo, UY)
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)
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