Brazil Open the Year with Win over Colombia

Brazil opened the year with a home win over Colombia. Played in São Paulo on Tuesday, As Yaras completed a 32-20 victory over Las Tucanes. Brazil decided to play as Yaras XV, making it the next-of-XV. For this reason the match was not capped and did not have World Rankings points on the line.

Colombia scored first. Las Tucanes opened the scoring with a penalty to Laura Mejía Diosa. They returned to receive the restart with optimism; however, Brazil took control shortly thereafter with Cláudia Beltran scoring in the right corner after a blitzing break.

One try became two swiftly as Mariana Neves scored from a pick-and-go on 16 minutes. Colombia then scored their opening try with hooker Camila Cardona scoring in the try zone. It was the final score of the half which saw Brazil leading 12-8 at half-time.

An improved Brazilian showing surfaced after half-time. Thalita Costa scored on 43 minutes following a scrum. Brazil added further tries to Carol Pereira, Patrícia Lima and Monalisa Freitas. The four Brazilian second-half tries were more than Colombia was able to produce. Tries to Leidy Soto and a penalty try took Las Tucanes total up to 20 points.

The contest was notably more closer than the previous encounter between Brazil and Colombia wherein Brazil were 58-7 winners, also in São Paulo.

SCORING

BRAZIL (32)
TRY – C Beltran, M Neves, T Costa, C Pereira, P Lima, M Freitas
CON – R Kochhann

COLOMBIA (20)
TRY – C Cardona, L Soto, Penalty Try
CON – No Kick
PEN – L Mejía Diosa

LINE-UPS

BRAZIL
15 Fernanda Tenório, 14 Cláudia Beltran, 13 Carolina Pereira, 12 Mariana Nicolau, 11 Thalita Costa, 10 Raquel Kochhann, 9 Luiza Campos (capt;), 8 Mariana Moreira, 7 Monalisa Freitas, 6 Rafaela Zanellato, 5 Marcelle Souza, 4 Mariana Neves, 3 Pâmela Soares, 2 Juliana da Silva, 1 Emi Pereira

Replacements: 16 Patrícia Lima, 17 Alessandra Costa, 18 Francielle Martins, 19 Natalia Rondón, 20 Sofia Gondim, 21 Adryenne Costa, 22 Adriana Felix, 23 Geovanna Pereira, 24 Gabriela Pereira, 25 Andressa Alves

COLOMBIA
15 Lorena Vargas, 14 Karen Sanchez, 13 Leidy Soto, 12 Luiza Jimenez, 11 Michell Bagui, 10 Laura Mejia Diosa, 9 María Fernanda Gonzalez, 8 Laura Daniela Rodriguez, 7 Valeria Cuartas, 6 Tatiana Hernandez (capt.), 5 Sofia Hincapie, 4 Ana Victoria Hurtado, 3 Natalia Caycedo, 2 Camila Cardona, 1 Natalia Castillo;

Replacements: 16 Isabella Sarria Henao, 17 Natalia Barajas. 18 Lina Moreno Ibarguen, 19 Dayrin Palacios, 20 Maria Alejandra Lenis, 21 Ana Victoria Camacho, 22 Madi Cordoba Cuello, 23 Mariana Muñoz Jaramillo, 24 Luz Elena Prada, 25 Luz Martinez

MATCH VIDEO