Americas Players in Pro D2 – Week 26

Just five rounds to go in the regular season of the French Pro D2. For some of the Americas players, that means less than two months left with their current club before moving to pastures new. Damian Arias is the first of 18 to see action this weekend, coming on as a replacement prop for Montauban in their win over Perpignan on Thursday evening.

Felipe Berchesi continues in the strange position of centre for Carcassonne against Biarritz. Nahuel Lobo is on the bench. Takudzwa Ngwenya is again on the right wing for Les Biarrots as he finishes out his contract before departing for San Diego.

Chile’s Pablo Huete is again at lock for Bayonne who host in-form Tarbes. Agustín Costa Repetto is the only Argentine in the starting lineup for the visitors, with a trio on the bench in the form of Jerónimo Negrotto, Nicolás Vergallo, and Sebastián Poet.

Leandro Assi and Lucas Caneda reprise their roles for Provence as tighthead prop and left wing respectively, with Canadian prop Andrew Tiedemann on the bench this week for traveling Bourgoin. Martín Chiappesoni is at no8 for Dax, with Ignacio Mieres at his favored flyhalf position to face Aurillac.

Demián Panizzo is the last starter in the second row for Colomiers at Narbonne. Javier Rojas is a reserve as Albi hosts Mont-de-Marsan, who have Carlos Muzzio and Agustín Ormaechea to call from the bench.