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Los Jaguares XV put on an impressive display on Saturday in Glendale, Colorado. The Argentines were 80-10 winners over Vancouver side UBCOB Ravens. The win follows last Saturday’s 69-10 win over the American Raptors also in Glendale.
The match was final game for both teams in the invitational tournament, the Challenge Cup of the Americas. Los Jaguares XV finish undefeated while UBCOB Ravens defeated Peñarol in their other fixture. Peñarol face the American Raptors in the final fixture of the competition.
Los Jaguares XV outscored the UBCOB Ravens by twelve tries to two. Winger Iñaki Delguy and Ignacio Mendy both scored four tries. Delguy had a hat-trick before the end of the first half.
Overall the gulf between the teams was substantial. The semi-professional players from Los Jaguares XV played to a much higher standard. The speed of play, quality and finishing were all notable features of the win.
Gerónimo Prisciantelli had a solid match at fly half. He kicked 9/10 and organized play well. He is on the Argentina XV roster for the upcoming tour to Portugal and Georgia. A number of others will also be involved in the tour. Attention now turns to preparing for the fixtures against one team that will play at RWC 2023 and another that may yet sneak in a place.
SCORING
JAGUARES XV (80)
Try – D’Agostino (3′), I Delguy 4 (8′, 11′, 36′, 66′), I Mendy 4 (30′, 43′, 58′, 80′), A Panzarini (40′), G Prisciantelli (61′), N Damorim (78′)
Con – G Prisciantelli 9/10 (3′, 9′, 12′, 30′, 36′, 40′, 43′, 58′, 61′); J Hernández 1/1 (80′)
RAVENS (10)
Try – B Mahovic (47′), A Ball (75′)
TEAMS
JAGUARES XV
1 Nicolás Revol Pitt, 2 Andrea Panzarini, 3 Javier Coronel, 4 Nahuel Milán, 5 Franco Molina, 6 Mariano Romanini, 7 Nicolás D’Amorim, 8 Santiago Ruiz, 9 Lautaro Bazán Vélez, 10 Gerónimo Prisciantelli, 11 Iñaki Delguy, 12 Tomás Cubilla (capt.), 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Ignacio Mendy, 15 Ramiro D’Agostino
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Adrián Delgado, 19 Gregorio Hernández, 20 Felipe Bares, 21 Eliseo Morales, 22 Julián Hernández, 23 Juan Ignacio Landó
RAVENS
1 John Braddock, 2 Sean Pyle, 3 Tom Kaijaks, 4 Henry Stevenson, 5 Kaden Duguid, 6 Blain Meek, 7 Simon Stheve, 8 Nathan Stewart, 9 Alex Ball, 10 Gradyn Boyd, 11 Blake Mohovic, 12 Jasper Mellish, 13 Brandon Schellenberger, 14 Tyler Hume, 15 Aaron McLelland
Replacements: 16 Antoine Corbin, 17 Alu Taito, 18 Louis Millet, 19 Sawyer Herron, 20 Grand Cowell, 21 Billy Wickham, 22 Jake Holmes, 23 Jack Shaw
