Super Rugby Americas – Dogos vs Peñarol

The race to the Semi Finals sees a key match-up in Córdoba on Saturday. Los Dogos have home advantage against Peñarol in a battle between the defending champions and the former two-time champions. With Los Pampas having a bye this weekend there is a prize on offer of top of the table for the winning team. In addition, the teams are both in search of securing a home Semi Final.

SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 STANDINGS

POS	TEAM	REMAINING FIXTURES	POINTS
1	PAMPAS (AR)	Bye; vs (away)	36
2	DOGOS (AR)	vs(home); vs (home)	35
3	PEÑAROL (UY)	vs(away); vs (home)	34
4	YACARE (PY)	vs (away); vs (away)	30
5	SELKNAM (CL)	vs (home); vs (away)	28
6	TARUCAS (AR)	vs(away); vs (home)	24
7	COBRAS (BR)	vs(home); Bye	4

LAST WEEK

43-29

BYE

STARTING LINE-UP CHANGES

	IN	OUT
1	Nicolás Revol Pitt	Boris Wenger
7	Felipe Villagrán	Valentín Cabral

	IN	OUT
2	Joaquín Myszka	Sebastián Pérez
6	Lucas Bianchi	Santiago Civetta
7	Carlos Deus	Franco Bertini
9	Santiago Álvarez	Tomás Di Biase
15	Manuel Cardoso Pinto	Justo Ferrario

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

– P Delgado

– M Sanguinetti, J Myszka, F Aliaga, L Bianchi, C Deus, M Diana, S Álvarez, F Etcheverry, I Facciolo, Í Amarillo, M Perillo, J Suárez, B Basso, M Cardoso Pinto (Portugal)

NOTES

The winning team will move up to top spot in the standings and book a spot in the Semi Finals.
Peñarol won the prior meeting between the teams this season. It was a 29-18 win in the season opener.
Los Dogos are without regular flanker Valentín Cabral who was injured in the win over Los Tarucas.
Former Peñarol hooker Leonel Oviedo starts for Los Dogos. He is one to watch with Argentina looking for potential test hookers following Agustín Creevy’s retirement and Pablo Dimcheff defecting to Italy.
Los Dogos’ fly half Juan Bautista Baronio has scored 123 points this season. The second highest point scorer is Renthel Estanislao (Pampas) with 88 points.
First choice scrum-half Agustín Moyano is not yet 100% fit. As such, Juan Lovell starts at 9 for Los Dogos.
The complete Dogos injury list is: Boris Wenger, Lautaro Simes, Valentín Cabral, Agustín Moyano, Mateo Soler and Agustín Segura.
Peñarol center Bautista Farise and second-rower Bautista Viero both have 100% tackle completion rates.
Bautista Farise is also placed second in SRA for off-loads with 6.

PREDICTION

The 2nd vs 3rd clash in Super Rugby Americas 2025 promises to be a battle with plenty on the line. Among the offerings are a potential home Semi Final, a more favorable Semi Final opponent and an edge before a potential rematch in either the Semi Final or the Final. Both teams have played enterprising open-running rugby this season; flair featuring multiple dimensions to their respective attacks. Los Dogos are favorites to win in Córdoba.

LINEUPS

DOGOS
1 Nicolás Revol Pitt, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Pedro Delgado, 4 Ignacio Gandini (capt), 5 Federico Albrisi, 6 Aitor Bildosola, 7 Felipe Villagrán, 8 Genaro Fissore, 9 Juan Lovell, 10 Juan Bautista Baronio, 11 Lautaro Cipriani, 12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 13 Leonardo Gea Salim, 14 Franco Rossetto, 15 Mateo Sánchez

Replacements: 16 Juan Ignacio Greising Revol, 17 Santiago Pulella, 18 Octavio Filippa, 19 Lucio Willington, 20 Juan Cruz Caballero, 21 Nicolás Viola, 22 Julián Hernández, 23 Felipe Mallía

PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Joaquín Myszka, 3 Juan Francisco Aguirre, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Bautista Viero, 6 Lucas Bianchi, 7 Carlos Deus, 8 Manuel Diana (capt.), 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Ignacio Facciolo, 12 Bautista Farise, 13 Alfonso Perillo Albarracín, 14 Ícaro Amarillo, 15 Manuel Cardoso Pinto

Replacements: 16 Sebastián Pérez, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Bautista Vidal, 19 Federico De Los Santos, 20 Manuel Rosmarino, 21 Tomás Di Biase, 22 Joaquín Suárez , 23 Bautista Basso

MATCH INFO

Date: Saturday, May 24
Venue: Córdoba Athletic, Córdoba (AR)
Kickoff: 4:30pm (AR); 4:30pm (UY)
Weather Forecast: Mostly Cloudy, 21°C; Wind 11 km/h
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +

OFFICIALS

Referee: Pablo Deluca (AR)
Assistants: Federico Longobardi (AR); Esteban Filipanics (AR)
TMO: Alejandro Agüero (AR)

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (6) Peñarol (4), Dogos (1), Draw (1); Streak (Peñarol +1)

Feb 15, 2025 – Peñarol 29-28 Dogos (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
May 24, 2024 – Dogos 26-26 Peñarol (Tala RC, Córdoba, AR)
Apr 05, 2024 – Peñarol 12-27 Dogos (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Jun 09, 2023 – Peñarol 23-17 Dogos (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Apr 21, 2023 – Peñarol 33-15 Dogos (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Mar 04, 2023 – Dogos 35-41 Peñarol (Tala RC, Córdoba, AR)