Chilean Squad Named for South American Under 19 Championship

The Chilean under 19 coaching staff have confirmed a 26-man squad for next month’s South American Under 19 Championship. The four team tournament will be played in Asunción, Paraguay from August 9-15.

The competition is vastly important for all involved with the winner qualifying for the next World Rugby Junior World Trophy and the bottom placed side playing a promotion / relegation match against the winner of the South American B Under 19 Championship.

Colombia won the 2014 South American B Under 19 Championship which also included Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. Uruguay was champion of the A tournament while Argentina was not involved and will not be so in 2015 either. Los Pumitas have already qualified for the 2016 World Rugby U20 Championship.

In addition to qualifying for the Junior World Trophy the winner will also qualify for the Junior edition of the CONSUR Cup. Set to be rebranded the qualifying team will met Los Pumitas to crown an official South American champion.

Fixtures
August 09 Uruguay vs Paraguay
August 09 Chile vs Brasil
August 12 Winner Game 1 vs Loser Game 2
August 12 Winner Game 2 vs Loser Game 1
August 15 Bronze Final
August 15 Championship Final

Chile U19s
Juan Pablo Avilés (Santiago College)
Vittorio Lastra (Old Macks)
Sebastián Otero (Los Troncos)
Lucas Bordigoni (Viña Rugby Club)
Giovanni Di Battista (Cobs)
Piero Zunino (U. Catolica)
Gerónimo Thomas (Cobs)
Javier Meneses (U. Catolica)
Inti Ubeda (Stade Français)
Iñaki Urruticoechea (Cobs)
Adolfo Gana (Saint George)
Cristobal Acevedo (Saint George)
Alfonso Escobar (Cobs)
Martín Sigren (Old Boys)
Marcelo Torrealba (Old Boys)
Rodrigo Fernández (Cobs)
Francisco Vera (Stade Français)
Diego Diaz (Stade Français)
Cristián Arriagada (Los Troncos)
Martín Raddatz (Cobs)
Rodrigo Gajardo (U. Catolica)
Diego Ramírez (Saint George)
Agustín Planella (Old Boys)
Rodrigo Manzano (Old Macks)
Christian Huerta (Stade Français)
Alejandro Bohn (Santiago College)

Staff
Sebastián Gajardo (Head Coach), Elías Santillán (Trainer), Mark Cross (Trainer), Freddy Rojas (Medic), Nicolás Gracía (Medic), Federico Segura (Manager)