Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Peñarol vs Cobras – ARN Guide

All South American rugby eyes will be on the Estadio Charrúa on Friday. In a repeat of the opening round, Peñarol play host to Os Cobras. On that occasion, the Brazilian side upset the champions. Os Cobras have not won since while Peñarol are in the middle of their worst ever run of results. Something has got to give this Friday.

CURRENT STANDINGS

2-4-0 (L1) 5th

1-5-0 (D1) Last

LINEUP CHANGES

2 Francisco García replaces Joaquín Myszka
13 Felipe Arcos Pérez replaces Joaquín Suárez
14 Gastón Mieres replaces Juan Bautista Hontou

2 Henrique Ferreira replaces Endy WIllian Pinheiro
5 Gabriel Oliveira replaces Cleber Dias
6 Clever Dias replaces Rafael Teixeira
13 Carlo Mignot replaces Lorenzo Massari Temer
15 Agustín Llano replaces Daniel Lima
15 Luca Mignot replaces Agustín Llano

 

SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS DEBUTS

(1) Santiago Cagnone

(2) – Carlo Mignot; Nicolás Alkmin

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

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

(16) H Ferreira, G Paganini, C Dias, R Teixeira, A Arruda, F Gonçalves, J Amaral, R Tenório, A Rodrigues, EW Pinheiro, L Marinho, G Oliveira, A de Melo, P Aparecido, L Massari Temer, L Tranquez

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– F Aliaga, JM Rodríguez, B Basso, I Facciolo, M Viñals, B Amaya

– L Spago, D Lima, S Luna, A Altahona (CO)

NOTES

• Both teams are now facing desperation for competition points. Peñarol find themselves in dark territory; outside of the play-off’s zone for the first time.
• Os Cobras are bottom and cannot rise this weekend even with a bonus point win.
• Peñarol continue with the recipe for failure that is two back-rowers playing second-row. Specialist Agustín Morales is again a replacement.
• Os Cobras have Les Sancery version 2.0. Daniel and Felipe Sancery were top performers for Brazil after arriving from France. Now it is Les Mignot. Luca Mignot and Carlo Mignot are eligible for Brazil. They start in the backs together for the first-time for Os Cobras.
• Carlo Mignot will make his debut in Super Rugby Americas as will Nicolás Alkmin.
• Santiago Cagnone will debut for Peñarol. He is the only Argentine on the Peñarol roster. He is eligible for Uruguay.
• Os Cobras have four Argentines in their starting XV. None are eligible for Brazil.

PREDICTION

The difference between Os Cobras and Peñarol in round one was the scrum. This was the weapon for the Brazilian side which easily factored in as the main reason for the outcome of the contest. A big scrum will again take to the field but Peñarol should be able to be more competitive in this area. The Uruguayans ought also to open up the defense. The Peñarol back-row and backline make the team notably better to that of Os Cobras. Peñarol are favorites to win and claim a bonus point.

LINEUPS

PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Francisco García, 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 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Gastón Mieres, 15 Ignacio Álvarez

Replacements: 16 Santiago Cagnone, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Duban Silvera, 19 Agustín Morales, 20 Tomás Etcheverry, 21 Pedro Hoblog, 22 Joaquín Suárez, 23 Valentín Grille

COBRAS
1 Luciano Gabellieri, 2 Henrique Ferreira, 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Franco Carrera, 5 Gabriel Paganini (capt.), 6 Cleber Dias, 7 Rafael Teixeira 8 André Arruda, 9 Felipe Gonçalves, 10 João Amaral, 11 Ariel Rodrigues, 12 Robert Tenório, 13 Carlo Mignot, 14 Agustín Llano, 15 Luca Mignot

Replacements: 16 Endy Willian Pinheiro, 17 Levy Marinho, 18 Nicolás Alkmin, 19 Gabriel Oliveira, 20 Adrio de Melo, 21 Pedro Aparecido, 22 Lorenzo Massari Temer, 23 Lucas Tranquez

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, April 12
Venue: Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo (UY)
Kickoff: 8pm (UY); 8pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy, 21°C; wind (23 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Star +

OFFICIALS

Referee: Frank Méndez (CL)
Assistants: Pablo DeLuca (AR); Marcelo Piñeyro (AR)
TMO: Alejandro Longres (AR)

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (8) Peñarol (7), Cobras (1); Streak: Cobras (1)
Feb 16, 2024 – Cobras 15-13 Peñarol (Jacareí, BR)
May 13, 2023 – Cobras 15-38 Peñarol (Mogi das Cruzes, BR)
Mar 10, 2023 – Peñarol 33-07 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 23, 2022 – Peñarol 40-3 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 13, 2022 – Cobras 10-19 Peñarol (Valparaíso, CL)
Apr 16, 2021 – Peñarol 40-12 Cobras (Montevideo, CL)
Mar 16, 2021 – Cobras 24-33 Peñarol (Santiago, CL)
Feb 26, 2020 – Peñarol 45-14 Corinthians (Montevideo, UY)