Chile impress against Brazil in Sudamérica Under 19s

Chile started the 2015 South American Under 19 Championship strongly by defeating Brazil 32-3 in Asunción, Paraguay earlier today. The fixture was the opening match of the tournament which is being played at the home of Paraguayan rugby, the Estadio Héroes de Curupayty.

The junior Condores side scored all five of the game’s tries with Huerta, Ramírez, Vera, Díaz and Raddatz all crossing once each. Fullback Huerta added further points through his goalkicking. In the day’s other match Uruguay ran out comfortable winners over Paraguay.

Chile
1 Juan Avilés, 2 Giovanni di Batista, 3 Vitorio Lastra, 4 Inti Rai Ubeda, 5 Jorge Thomas, 6 Cristóbal Acevedo, 7 Iñaki de Urriticoechea, 8 Martín Sigren, 9 Marcelo Torrealba, 10 Rodrigo Fernández, 11 Rodrigo Gajardo, 12 Cristian Arriaga, 13 Diego Ramírez, 14, Rodrigo Manzano, 15 Cristian Huerta

Head Coach: Sebastián Gajardo

Brazil
1 Thiago Santos, 2 Ikaro Madalena, 3 Alexandre Figueiredo, 4 Arthur Etlin, 5 Felipe Rosa, 6 Patricio Santos, 7 Dan Pelliciaria, 8 Matheus Claudio, 9 Raphael Nedeiro, 10 Leonardo Ceccarelli, 11 Ronaldo Santos, 12 Thiago Evaristo, 13 Robert Santos, 14 Gustavo Marcelino, 15 Matheus Silva

Head Coach: Damián Rotondo.

Photo: Kevin Gorostiaga