The 2022 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR) season has given six countries the opportunity of playing professional rugby in South America. The demanding season featured ten regular season rounds, of which there was some impressive rugby played.
SLAR 2022 finalists, Peñarol and Selknam were the leading teams during the regular season. They finished first and second and went on to win their respective Semi Finals. The teams dominate the SLAR 2022 All-Stars.
The leading names per SLAR team have been chosen following an analysis throughout the 2022 SLAR season. The same applies to the leading back, forward and player. ARN’s choices for the leading SLAR players are shown below.
BEST OF
CAFETEROS PRO
Forward: Diver Ceballos (CO)
Back: Eliseo Morales (AR)
Most Points: 52 – Eliseo Morales (AR)
COBRAS BRASIL XV
Forward: Cléber Días (BR)
Back: Daniel Sancery (BR)
Most Points: 34 – Lucas Tranquez (BR)
JAGUARES XV (AR)
Forward: Bautista Bernasconi (AR)
Back: Ignacio Mendy (AR)
Most Points: 77 – Gerónimo Prisciantelli (AR)
OLÍMPIA LIONS (PY)
Forward: Luis Enrique Quinteros (PY)
Back: Ignacio Inchauspe (AR)
Most Points: 43 – Diego Walter (AR)
PEÑAROL RUGBY (UY)
Forward: Manuel Ardao (UY)
Back: Felipe Etcheverry (UY)
Most Points: 77 – Felipe Etcheverry (UY)
SELKNAM (CL)
Forward: Martín Sigren(CL)
Back: Matías Garafulic (CL)
Most Points: 95 – Francisco Urroz (CL)
BEST BACK
Matías Garafulic (Selknam)
BEST FORWARD
Manuel Ardao (Peñarol)
2022 SLAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MVP)
Manuel Ardao (Peñarol)
2022 SLAR ALL-STARS
1 – Javier Corvalán (Cafeteros Pro)
2 – Guillermo Pujadas (Peñarol)
3 – Matías Dittus (Selknam)
4 – Nahuel Milan (Peñarol)
5 – Franco Molina (Selknam)
6 – Martín Sigren (Selknam)
7 – Manuel Ardao (Peñarol)
8 – Felipe Puertas (Cafeteros Pro)
9 – Tomás Inciarte (Peñarol)
10 – Felipe Etcheverry (Peñarol)
11 – Julián Quetglas (Olímpia Lions)
12 – Matías Garafulic (Selknam)
13 – Domingo Saavedra (Selknam)
14 – Ignacio Mendy (Jaguares XV)
15 – Francisco Urroz (Selknam)