Selknam delivered at home on Saturday. After a diabolical away performance one week earlier in Córdoba, Selknam came alive against Los Capibaras in Santiago. The Chileans completed a bonus point victory, beating the Super Rugby Americas (SRA) rookie team 27-17.
The visitors started with a miraculous try. From a box-kick, Selknam let the ball bounce and Gino DiCapua snatched it up to run over for a gift score. The conversion was wide.
Selknam were unhappy with letting in a soft score and quickly hit-back. Prop Javier Carrasco went over for an 8th minute try. Matías Garafulic landed the conversion in an otherwise off-target half from the kicking tee. Garafulic missed two conversions and a penalty in the opening half. It meant Selknam were 17-8 up at half-time rather than a possible lead of 24-8.
Selknam’s second and third tries came in quick succession. First, Rodrigo Fernández scored down the left and then Nicolás Saab added the third Selknam try only a matter of minutes later. Ignacio Dogliani got three points back for Los Capibaras with a penalty just before the 30 minute mark.
The second-half featured a potential comeback from Los Capibaras. Dogliani added two penalties before Selknam responded with their fourth try. Álvaro Castro scored in the right corner to ensure a bond sopping for four tries. The conversion was over this time.
A prior of 25 minutes without points followed. Replacement Juan Bautista Baronio then landed a penalty on 73 minutes. It meant a seven point deficit and thus an opportunity to, at least, snatch a draw.
Selknam were forced to dig deep to hold out Los Capibaras. It involved losing Santiago Montagner to a yellow card for tackling a player without the ball. The winning moment came with two minutes remaining as Selknam won a penalty. Matías Garafulilc landed it to put Selknam ahead by 10.
Selknam remain in Chile for the week. Their week 6 match will be against Los Pampas. Meanwhile, Los Capibaras return across the Andes and head to Córdoba to face Los Dogos.
 SCORING |
SELKNAM (27)
TRY – J Carrasco (8′); R Fernández (27′); N Saab (29′); Á Castro (47′)
CON – M Garafulic 2 (9′, 48′)
PEN – M Garafulic (79′)
YC – S Montagner (69′)
CAPIBARAS (17)
TRY – G Dicapua (1′)
PEN – I Dogliani (29′, 43′, 46′); JB Baronio (73′)
YC – L Dipierri (33′); G Dicapua (40′)
| WEEK THREE – LINE-UPS |
SELKNAM
1 Salvador Lues, 2 Augusto Bohme, 3 Iñaki Gurruchaga, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Agustín Toth, 6 Clemente Saavedra, 7 Alfonso Escobar, 8 Santiago Montagner, 9 Marcelo Torrealba, 10 Rodrigo Fernández, 11 Alvaro Castro, 12 Matías Garafulic, 13 Domingo Saavedra, 14 Nicolás Saab, 15 Luca Strabucchi
Replacements: 16 Jorge Delgado, 17 Emilio Shea, 18 Alan Pedrol, 19 Bruno Sáez, 20 Augusto Villanueva, 21 Juan Sebastián Bianchi, 22 Felipe Méndez, 23 Clemente Armstrong
CAPIBARAS
1 Diego Correa, 2 Manuel Cuneo, 3 Lisandro Dipierri, 4 Franco Benítez, 5 Lucas Bur, 6 Ignacio Gandini (capt.), 7 Jerónimo Gómez Vara, 8 Basilio Cañas, 9 Alejo Sugasti, 10 Ignacio Dogliani, 11 Franco Rossetto, 12 Guido Chesini, 13 Bautista Estellés, 14 Gino Dicapua, 15 Francisco Lluch
Replacements: 16 Bernardo Lis, 17 Ignacio Palillo, 18 Ignacio Orsetti, 19 Bautista Benavides, 20 Bautista Grenón, 21 Juan Lovell, 22 Juan Bautista Baronio, 23 Bruno Heit
| MATCH HIGHLIGHTS |
Video: To Follow
| WEEK FOUR – MATCH OFFICIALS |
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Referee: Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil); Sebastián Toledo (Chile)
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