SRA 2024 – Peñarol vs Dogos – ARN Guide

After a break for Easter, Super Rugby Americas resumes this Friday. The rugby on offer promises to be exciting as the reigning champions Peñarol play host to competition co-leaders, Los Dogos. It also happens to be a repeat of the Super Rugby Americas 2023 Final.

CURRENT STANDINGS

2-3-0 (L1) 4th

4-0-1 (D1) 1st

LINEUP CHANGES

11 Dante Soto replaces Mateo Viñals (injury)
13 Joaquín Suárez replaces Diego Ardao

1 Boris Wenger replaces Francisco Aguirre
3 Octavio Filippa replaces Pedro Delgado
6 Aitor Bildosola replaces Felipe Villagrán
7 Valentín Cabral replaces Lorenzo Colidio
10 Julián Hernández, replaces Valentino Di Capua
11 Mateo Soler moves from 15 to 11; replaces Nahuel Romero
15 Agustin De Vertiz replaces Mateo Soler

SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS DEBUTS

(0)

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CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

(12) – M Sanguinetti, L Bianchi, S Civetta, C Deus, M Diana, S Álvarez, JA Zuccarino, JM Alonso, I Álvarez, M Perillo, T Etcheverry, F Arcos Pérez

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NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– Felipe Aliaga, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Bautista Basso, Ignacio Facciolo, Gastón Mieres, Mateo Viñals, Baltazar Amaya

– Santiago Pulella, Juan Baronio, Ernesto Giudice

NOTES

• Peñarol are unbeaten against Los Dogos; the Uruguayans won all three meetings in 2023.
• Peñarol have scored 18 tries thus far in SRA 2024, three fewer than Los Dogos.
• Los Dogos have the best scrum in SRA 2024 with a 97% success rate.
• Peñarol have the best lineout with 85% success.
• Peñarol have tackled at 91% which is the best of all the teams. Captain Santiago Civetta leads the way with a 100% tackle success rate.
• Second-rowers Felipe Aliaga and Juan Manuel Rodríguez remain injured. In their place are two back-rowers. Rodríguez is suspended. Specialist Agustín Morales will feature as a replacement.
• Twelve Peñarol players are capped. No Dogos are capped though this is expected to change as captain Franco Molina is on the 2024 roster. Others may join him.

PREDICTION

Peñarol’s 2024 season has not seen the same level of rugby as 2023 or 2022. The 2024 version of the team is missing names who are now playing abroad as well as a shuffle to manage Los Teros 7’s athletes. Meanwhile, Los Dogos are hungry for success. The Córdoba side has been the best team so far in Super Rugby Americas 2024. Los Dogos are favorites to win and to secure a bonus point.

LINEUPS

PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Joaquin Myszka, 3 Santiago Martirene, 4 Manuel Rosmarino, 5 Lucas Bianchi, 6 Santiago Civetta (capt.), 7 Carlos Deus, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Juan Andrés Zuccarino, 11 Dante Soto, 12 Juan Manuel Alonso, 13 Joaquín Suárez, 14 Juan Bautista Hontou, 15 Ignacio Álvarez

Replacements: 16 Francisco García, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Dubán Silvera, 19 Agustín Morales, 20 Tomás Etcheverry, 21 Pedro Hoblog, 22 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 23 Valentin Grille

DOGOS
1 Boris Wenger, 2 Tomas Bartolini, 3 Octavio Filippa, 4 Lautaro Simes, 5 Franco Molina (capt.), 6 Aitor Bildosola, 7 Valentín Cabral, 8 Efraín Elías, 9 Agustin Moyano, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Mateo Soler, 12 Felipe Mallía, 13 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 14 Lautaro Cipriani, 15 Agustin De Vertiz

Replacements: 17 Juan Aguirre, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Lorenzo Colidio, 20 Facundo García Hamilton, 22 Valentino Di Capua, 23 Leonardo Gea Salim

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, April 03
Venue: Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo (UY)
Kickoff: 8pm (UY); 8pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Sunny, 23°C; wind (11 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Star +

OFFICIALS

Referee: Tomás Bertazza
Assistants: Claudio Cattivelli and Juan Manuel Martínez
TMO: Francisco Pesce

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (3) Peñarol (3), Dogos (0)
Jun 09, 2023 – Peñarol 23-17 Dogos (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Apr 21, 2023 – Peñarol 33-15 Dogos (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Mar 04, 2023 – Dogos 35-41 Peñarol (Tala RC, Córdoba, AR)