Yacare play host to Os Cobras on in Asunción, Paraguay on Sunday. It is a vital match for the Paraguayans who are in the Semi Finals zone at present but are ahead of two teams by just one competition point. Yacare are in search of holding on to their spot and edging closer to a place in the final four. Os Cobras are out of contention but the players have everything to play for ahead of international competition in July.
| CURRENT STANDINGS |
4th
7th
| LINEUP CHANGES |
|
IN | OUT |
| 1 | Nicolás Jurado | Daniel Cabral |
| 3 | Rolando Portillo | Enzo Egea |
|
IN | OUT |
| 4 | Adrio de Melo | Cléber Dias |
| 5 | Gabriel Oliveira | Hélder Lúcio |
| 6 | Manuel Todaro | Renato Santos |
| 7 | Rodolfo Martins | Manuel Todaro |
| 8 | André Arruda | Rodolfo Martins |
| 14 | Robson Morais | Wilson Menezes |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
(15) – R Portillo, I Martínez, A Núñez, G Bareiro, J González, R Amarilla, A López, J Chávez, C Blasco, E Quinteros, JJ Heisecke, F Bareiro, D Miño, S Urbieta, R Bareiro
(13) – EW Pinheiro, A de Melo, G Oliveira, A Arruda, F Gonçalves, L Tranquez, R Tenório, L Massari Temer, R Morais, J do Amaral, B Alves, B Donald, C Dias
| NOTES |
- Nicolás Jurado debuts for Yacare. The 31-year-old is from Bahía Blanca, Argentina. He played professional rugby in Spain from 2016-2025.
- All Yacare replacements are capped by Paraguay.
- Yacare are still without their impressive scrum-half, Argentine Juan Cruz Strada.
- Lorenzo Massari Temer takes over the Cobras captaincy with regular Cléber Dias named as a replacement.
- Yacare are on fine form having upset Los Pampas 32-26 in their previous match. It was Yacare’s first ever win over Los Pampas.
- Os Cobras lost 57-23 against Peñarol in Uruguay on Monday.
- The prior 2025 match between the teams was a high scoring game with Yacare winning on the road.
- Yacare are presently one point ahead of both Selknam and Los Tarucas. After facing Os Cobras, the Paraguayan team’s remaining regular season matches will be against these two teams.
- Os Cobras are winless this season and assured of the wooden spoon.
- Os Cobras are also seeking a first ever win over Yacare in Paraguay. The Brazilians previous won against the Olímpia Lions in Montevideo, Uruguay in 2022.
| PREDICTION |
Os Cobras have the tough task of two road matches in six days. The team features rotation to get more out of the players while also continuing to prepare for the Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers in July. Heavy rain is expected in Asunción. This will not bother either team as both like a hard battle ion the scrum and at the breakdown. Yacare are favorites to win in Asunción.
| LINEUPS |
YACARE
1 Nicolás Jurado, 2 Axel Zapata, 3 Rolando Portillo, 4 Ignacio Martínez, 5 Lucas Sommer 6 Nicolás Parada Heit, 7 Ariel Núñez, 8 Santiago Ruiz, 9 Gonzalo Bareiro, 10 Joaquín Lamas, 11 Juan González, 12 Valentino DiCapua, 13 Ramiro Amarilla (Capt.), 14 Arturo López, 15 Julián Quetglas
Replacements: 16 Jordi Chávez, 17 Camilo Blasco, 18 Enrique Quinteros, 19 Juan José Heisecke, 20 Francisco Bareiro, 21 Diego Miño, 22 Sebastián Urbieta, 23 Rafael Bareiro
COBRAS
1 Lisandro Urrejola, 2 Endy Willian Pinheiro, 3 Javier Coronel, 4 Adrio de Melo, 5 Gabriel Oliveira, 6 Manuel Todaro, 7 Rodolfo Martins, 8 André Arruda, 9 Felipe Gonçalves, 10 Lucas Tranquez, 11 Robert Tenório, 12 Lorenzo Massari Temer (capt.), 13 Fernando Luna, 14 Robson Morais, 15 João do Amaral
Replacements: 16 João Guilherme Arraez, 17 Brendon Alves, 18 Vicente Galvão, 19 Ben Donald, 20 Cléber Dias, 21 Renato Santos, 22 Gustavo Gobeti, 23 Augusto Guillamondegui
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Sunday, May 18
Venue: Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción (PY)
Kickoff: 7:00pm (Paraguay); 7:00pm (Brasília)
Weather Forecast: Heavy Rain 23°C; wind (6 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Francisco González (UY)
Assistants: Federico Solari (AR); Sergio Alvarenga (PY)
TMO: Victor Silvero (PY)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD (9) – Yacare 8, Cobras 1, STREAK Yacare +5 |
Mar 29, 2025 – Cobras 31-38 Yacare (Jacareí, BR)
May 04, 2024 – Cobras 10-27 Yacare (Jacareí, PY)
Mar 09, 2024 – Yacare 51-07 Cobras (Asunción, PY)
Apr 23, 2023 – Yacare 34-30 Cobras (Asunción, PY)
Mar 05 2023 – Cobras 14-34 Yacare (São Paulo, BR)
May 10, 2022 – Cobras 36-25 Olímpia Lions (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 02, 2022 – Olímpia Lions 42-17 Cobras (Ciudad del Este, PY)
Apr 20, 2021 – Olímpia Lions 19-15 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 25, 2021 – Cobras 8-44 Olímpia Lions (Valparaiso, CL)
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