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Peñarol name provisional domestic roster

Peñarol have named their domestic players for the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season. There are 39 Uruguayans, many of whom are capped and established members of Los Teros. There are also places for young players. The balanced roster is preparing for SLAR at the Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.

RWC 2019 players include forwards Facundo Gattas, Guillermo Pujadas, Juan Echeverría, Manuel Ardao, Santiago Civetta, Alejandro Nieto; and backs Tomás Inciarte, Felipe Etcheverry, Nicolás Freitas, Andrés Vilaseca, and Rodrigo Silva.

Notable names not included on the roster are Joaquin Jaunsolo, Reinaldo Piussi, Lorenzo Surraco, Leandro Segredo, Alfonso Cat, Ignacio Rodriguez, Juan Manuel Cat, Agustin Della Corte, and Alfonso Costa.

Peñarol’s roster also contains five Argentine players. They are flanker Conrado Roura,  prop Facundo Pomponio, second-rower Nahuel Milan, scrum half Manuel Nogués, and fly half Martín Roger.

FORWARDS
Matías Benítez (Champagnat), Gabriel Evans (Carrasco Polo), Facundo Gattas (Hindú, AR), Mateo Perillo (Seminario), Ezequiel Ramos (Trébol), Agustín Conserva (Los Cuervos), Gerónimo Gutiérrez (Old Christians), Guillermo Pujadas (Champagnat), Diego Arbelo (MVCC), Juan Echeverría (Old Christians), Ignacio Péculo (Old Christians), Nahuel Sánchez (Círculo), Felipe Aliaga (Los Ceibos), Lucas Bianchi (Los Cuervos), Juanjuan Garese (Carrasco Polo), Manuel Ardao (Old Christians), Marcos Chamyan (PSG), Santiago Civetta (Old Boys), Carlos Deus (Old Boys), Federico Dibueno (Los Cuervos), Eric Dosantos (Lobos), Alejandro Nieto (Champagnat), Ignacio Pereira (Los Cuervos)

BACKS
Tomás Inciarte (Old Christians), Tomás Bameule (Carrasco Polo), Felipe Etcheverry (Carrasco Polo), Sebastián Gómez Platero (Old Christians), Juan Manuel Alonso (MVCC), Santiago Álvarez (Carrasco Polo), Felipe Arcos Pérez (Old Boys), Nicolás Freitas (Carrasco Polo), Andrés Vilaseca (Old Boys), Baltazar Amaya (Old Boys), Bautista Basso (Old Boys), Federico Favaro (Old Christians), Mateo Viñals (Carrasco Polo), Tomás Etcheverry (Carrasco Polo), José Iruleguy (Old Boys), Rodrigo Silva (Carrasco Polo)

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