Dogos edge Pampas in Super Rugby Americas warmup

Dogos defeated Pampas 38-35 in Super Rugby Americas preseason action on Friday evening. The historic match was played at the Deportiva Francesa club in Buenos Aires, where the great Juan Martín Hernández began his career. It was the first game played by the two new Argentine entries in the competition, and also the first time two professional teams from Argentina had gone head-to-head.

The contest was divided into three 30-minute periods. Los Dogos caught the Pampas by surprise in the first period and led 19-0. By the end of 60 minutes it was 31-21 in favor of the side from Córdoba. The gap was closed in the third period but the Dogos held on for the victory.

Next weekend will see the Super Rugby Americas regular season begin with the Dogos hosting the Paraguayan side, Yacare, at Tala Rugby Club on Friday. Pampas start on the road with a trip to Estádio Nicolau Alayon in São Paulo on Sunday.

 

SCORING

PAMPAS 35
Tries (5) – J. Ureta, R. Boulan, I. Lucero, F. Carrera, Penalty try
Cons (5) – J. Landó 2, J. Lamas 2, No kick
YC – M. Villar

DOGOS 38
Tries (6) – I. Gandini, J. Hernández, S. Pulella, A. Moyano, M. Soler, J. Baronio
Cons (4) – J. Baronio 2, J. Hernández 2
YC – S. Pulella, F. Molina, N. Viola

 

TEAMS

PAMPAS
1 Miguel Prince, 2 Ramiro Gurovich, 3 Martín Villar, 4 Lorenzo Colidio, 5 Federico Lavanini, 6 Nicolás D’Amorim, 7 Manuel Bernstein, 8 Santiago Ruiz, 9 Mateo Albanese, 10 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía, 11 Iñaki Delguy, 12 Felipe de la Vega, 13 Juan Pablo Castro (capt.), 14 Jerónimo Ulloa, 15 Juan Ignacio Landó

Replacements: Valentino Minoyetti, Javier Corvalán, Rodrigo Boulan, Jerónimo Ureta, Franco Carrera, Rodrigo Fernández Criado, Eliseo Fourcade, Felipe Bares, Benjamín Grondona, Tomás Di Biase, Rafael Iriarte, Joaquín Lamas, Tomás Suárez Folch, Tomás Passaro, Santiago Castro, Ignacio Lucero, Benjamín Elizalde, Matteo Pannochia

DOGOS
1 Santiago Pulella, 2 Román Pretz, 3 Octavio Filippa, 4 Franco Molina (capt.), Gregorio Hernández, 6 Ignacio Gandini, 7 Efraín Elías, 8 Juan Mernes, 9 Juan Cruz Strada, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Ernesto Giudice, 12 Leonardo Gea Salim, 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Mateo Soler, 15 Franco Giudice

Replacements: Mateo Núñez, Francisco Palazzi, Boris Wenger, Tomás Bartolini, Octavio Barbatti, Ramiro Valdes, Lautaro Udrisard, Aitor Bildosola, Federico Albrisi, Valentín Cabral, Facundo García Hamilton, Agustín Moyano, Nicolás Viola, Juan Baronio, Valentino Di Capua, Lautaro Cipriani, Felipe Mallía, Mariano García Ascárate, Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, Valentino Soler, Francisco Diez

 

MATCH OFFICIALS

Francisco González (Uruguay), Nehuén Jauri Rivero (Argentina), Gonzalo de Achával (Argentina)