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Uruguay proved too strong for Chile in the opening match of the u20 series at Guelph University on Saturday afternoon. The final score read 27-3 in favor of Los Teritos, whose cohesion was vastly superior to their opponents.
Afonso Silva scored on a simple blindside attack from a scrum to put Uruguay on the board with Javier Garese converting. The second try also proved far too easy. Pedro Marsico peeled around the back of a lineout and bashed through half-hearted defense to ground the ball and make it 12-0.
Damián Fliegel got Chile on the board with a penalty goal but just before halftime Los Teritos would cross for a third try. It was Marsico again, this time on a short pick-and-go from a ruck. The conversion was no good but Uruguay held a commanding lead.
Garese knocked over a penalty goal on the hour mark to stretch it to 20-3. The final scoring act went to replacement center Guillermo Storace, who squeezed in between two defenders to score under the posts. A yellow card to Manuel Rosmarino in the final minute for a cynical clearout had no impact.
The series continues on Thursday when Uruguay take on Zimbabwe and Chile play hosts Canada.
SCORING
CHILE 3
Pens – T. Álvarado 0/1, D. Fliegel 1/1 (35′)
URUGUAY 27
Tries – A. Silva (16′), P. Marsico 2 (20′, 39′), G. Storace (77′)
Cons – J. Garese 2/4 (17′, 78′)
Pens – J. Garese 1/1 (61′)
YC – M. Rosmarino (80′)
TEAMS
CHILE u20
1 Norman Aguayo, 2 Simón Donoso, 3 Marco López, 4 Andrés Kuzmanic, 5 Jaime Paredes, 6 Mauro Saez, 7 Dante Marchesse, 8 Franco Constantino, 9 Benjamín Sandoval, 10 Tomás Álvarado (capt.), 11 Pedro Jaramillo, 12 Pastor Melo, 13 Álvaro Castro, 14 Damián Fliegel, 15 Manuel Bustamante
Replacements: 16 Manuel Harttig, 17 Joaquín Castro, 18 Ignacio González, 19 Ignacio Soublette, 20 Bruno Saez, 21 Martín Pizarro, 22 Franco Scassi Buffa, 23 Iñaki Tuset
URUGUAY u20
1 Ignacio Rua, 2 Joaquín Myszka (capt.), 3 Juan Bautista Zerbino, 4 Facundo Rizzo, 5 Manuel Rosmarino, 6 Juan Martín David, 7 Agustín Perillo, 8 Pedro Marsico, 9 Joaquín Suárez, 10 Javier Garese, 11 Afonso Silva, 12 José Pedro Perrone, 13 Augusto Paullier, 14 Juan González, 15 Ignacio Álvarez
Replacements: 16 Máximo Lamelas, 17 Juan Pedro Lorenzo, 18 Agustín Méndez, 19 Iñaki Echeverrigaray, 20 Juan Ignacio Cambón, 21 Bautista Araújo, 22 Guillermo Juan Storace, 23 Gonzalo Jodal
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Moe Chaudhry (Canada)
