Impressive Peñarol put on a show against Cafeteros Pro

Peñarol are 2-0 after two rounds of the 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby. The Uruguayan franchise were impressive 44-0 winners against Los Cafeteros Pro today. The outcome is five competition points for Peñarol and zero for Los Cafeteros Pro.

Despite the scoreline, the early play was very even. The only points of the opening corner were an 18th minute penalty to Peñarol winger Federico Favaro. He landed what was his third attempted penalty of the match.

Peñarol went from 3-0 ahead to 20-0 ahead fourteen minutes later. Tries to hooker Guillermo Pujadas and center Andrés Vilaseca placed the Uruguayans in a dominant position. Not only was the contest over but the Colombian side was evidently frustrated. A high penalty count of 10 first half penalties was accompanied by a first half yellow card as well as a second later in the contest.

The Colombian franchise held form in the third quarter. Like in the first half, a yellow card contributed to a downward spiral for Los Cafeteros Pro. Felipe Arcos Pérez ran in his first of two second half tries to extend the lead. Then, replacements Emiliano Faccennini and Nicolás Roger crossed late in the half to give Peñarol a 44-0 win.

Los Cafeteros will look to rebound and claim their first win of SLAR in round three. They are up against Os Cobras. Peñarol will face the Olímpia Lions, a team to have made a good showing in the first two rounds of SLAR 2022.

 

SCORING

CAFETEROS 0
YC – J. Corvalán (20′), J. Sánchez (61′)

PEÑAROL 44
Tries – G. Pujadas (22′), A. Vilaseca (32′), F. Arcos Pérez 2 (62′, 80′), E. Faccennini (74′), N. Roger (80′)
Cons – F. Favaro 3/3 (23′, 33′, 64′), F. Etcheverry 1/3 (63′)
Pens – F. Favaro 2/4 (18′, 28′)

 

TEAMS

CAFETEROS PRO
1 Javier Corvalán (17 Carlos Ángulo 60′), 2 Boris Wenger (16 Álvaro Llaver HT), 3 Tomás Bertot (18 Daniel Gutiérrez 50′ {1 Javier Corvalán 78′}), 4 Eliseo Fourcade, 5 Federico Lavanini (19 Gregorio Hernández 60′), 6 Felipe Puertas, 7 Diver Ceballos (20 Joaquín Sánchez 46′), 8 Juan Bautista Mernes, 9 Marcos Amorisa (23 Eliseo Morales 51′), 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Andrés Álvarez, 12 Manuel Alfaro, 13 Leonardo Gea Salim, 14 Alain Altahona (17 Carlos Ángulo 25′-30′) (22 Manuel De Marco 51′), 15 Franco Giúdice (capt.) (21 Valentín Fernández 20′)

PEÑAROL
1 Juan Echeverría (17 Mathias Franco 63′), 2 Guillermo Pujadas (16 Emiliano Faccennini 60′), 3 Ignacio Péculo (18 Matías Benítez 54′), 4 Eric Dosantos, 5 Nahuel Milan (19 Diego Magno 55′), 6 Lucas Bianchi (20 Carlos Deus 52′), 7 Santiago Civetta, 8 Manuel Ardao, 9 Tomás Inciarte (21 Juan Manuel Tafernaberry 60′), 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Mateo Viñals, 12 Andrés Vilaseca (capt.), 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Federico Favaro (23 Bautista Basso 52′), 15 José Iruleguy (22 Nicolás Roger 58′)

 

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)
Assistants: Francico González (Uruguay) & Raimundo Fuenzalida (Chile)
TMO: José Ignacio Calle (Chile)