Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Pampas vs Dogos – ARN Guide

Week Four of Super Rugby Americas 2024 kick-off in Buenos Aires on Friday. In a derby, Los Pampas will have home advantage against Los Dogos. It is a match that puts this season’s two unbeaten teams head-to-head. It falls following the naming of Dogos captain Franco Molina on Argentina’s roster. This is a reminder that performances in Super Rugby Americas can make dreams come true for players.

CLUB DEBUTS

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CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

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NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– R Fernández Criado (LO); E Chiavassa (FL); E Morales (SH); B Elizalde (CE)
– A Segura (CE)

NOTES

• Juan Manuel Leguizamón has named an unchanged Pampas line-up. Replacement scrum-half Mateo Albanese is fit-again.
• Tomás Bernasconi is back from Benetton (IT) to take a place on the bench for Los Pampas.
• Five Dogos were in this week’s SRA Team of the Week: Boris Wenger, Lautaro Simes, Julián Hernández, Leonardo Gea Salim and Mateo Soler. Wenger was player of the week.
• Dogos have 4 changes.  Efraín Elías and Aitor Bildosola replace Valentín Cabral and Lorenzo Colidio in the back-row. Nicolás Viola replaces Agustin Moyano at scrum-half and Faustino Sánchez Valarolo replaces center Felipe Mallía.
• Both teams are undefeated in Super Rugby Americas 2024. All other teams have 1 or more losses.
• Dogos fullback Mateo Soler is the leading try-scorer this season with 4. Dogos Fly half Julián Hernández is the leading points-scorer with 38.
• 4 players have made 3 off-loads thus far in Super Rugby Americas 2024. 3 will play on Friday. Ernesto Giudice and Julián Hernández for Los Dogos and Pampas captain Manuel Bernstein.
• Los Pampas are winless against Los Dogos after 4 matches between the teams.

PREDICTION

The history of matches between Los Pampas and Los Dogos is short. However, when considered alongside form there is reason to place the Córdoba side as favorites. Los Dogos are the team to beat this season. Improved goal-kicking accuracy may be required. Otherwise, narrow advantages in the set-piece and general play suggest Los Dogos are slight favorites.

LINEUPS

PAMPAS
1 Matías Medrano, 2 Ramiro Gurovich, 3 Javier Coronel, 4 Eliseo Fourcade, 5 Marcelo Toledo, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Santiago Montagner, 8 Joaquín Moro, 9 Ignacio Inchauspe, 10 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía, 11 Bernabé López Fleming, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Juan Pablo Castro, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Marcos Eliçagaray

Replacements: 16 Valentino Minoyetti, 17 Javier Corvalán, 18 Tomás Rapetti, 19 Tomás Bernasconi, 20 Nicolás D’Amorim, 21 Mateo Albanese, 22 Manuel Nogués, 23 Bruno Heit

DOGOS
1 Santiago Pulella, 2 Boris Wenger, 3 Octavio Filippa, 4 Lautaro Simes, 5 Franco Molina (capt.), 6 Ignacio Gandini, 7 Aitor Bildosola, 8 Efraín Elías, 9 Nicolás Viola, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Ernesto Giudice, 12 Leonardo Gea Salim, 13 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 14 Lautaro Cipriani, 15 Mateo Soler

Replacements: 16 Tomás Bartolini, 17 Juan Aguirre, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Lorenzo Colidio, 20 Valentín Cabral, 21 Agustín Moyano, 22 Valentino Di Capua, 23 Felipe Mallía

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, March 8
Venue: Club Newman, Buenos Aires (AR)
Kickoff: 4:45pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy, 27°C; wind (12-16 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN

OFFICIALS

Referee: Pablo Deluca (AR)
Assistants: Simon Larrubia; Luca Solda
TMO: Lucas Galán

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (4) – Dogos 4, Pampas 0, STREAK Dogos +4
Feb 03, 2024 – Pampas 21-38 Dogos (Buenos Aires, AR)
Jun 02, 2023 – Dogos 27-16 Pampas (Córdoba, AR)
May 05, 2023 – Dogos 34-29 Pampas (Tala RC, Córdoba, AR)
Mar 16, 2023 – Pampas 11-29 Dogos (Buenos Aires, AR)