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Los Dogos unbeaten run in Super Rugby Americas 2024 is no more. Los Dogos outscored Yacare by three tries to one but lose the match 22-19. Joaquín Lamas’ goal-kicking was the vital factor. He landed five penalties while Julián Hernández missed one conversion and a late penalty.
The teams traded penalty tries early. Los Dogos benefitted first as an advancing scrum was collapsed. Yacare were level at 7-7 with Dogos captain Franco Molina yellow carded.
Joaquín Lamas gave Yacare the lead with a penalty four minutes from half-time. The 10-7 advantage became 13-7 shortly after the restart. He landed three more but before then Tomás Bartolini barged over for an impressive hooker’s score.
Lamas’ boot have Yacare leading 16-12. Then came the best try of the match. Vision and determination from Julián Hernández saw the fly half from Mendoza slicing through the defense to score under the posts. He converted but Lamas restored the lead and added one more.
Los Dogos had an opportunity to snatch a draw. However, with two minutes remaining Molina opted to go for a five meter lineout instead of kicking for goal. A knock-on followed three phases later and that was the final opportunity gone.
Yacare’s win sees the Paraguayans retaining third spot in Super Rugby Americas 2024. The win cam hours after Selknam easily took care of business against Os Cobras. This all means that Peñarol is now under heavy pressure; the Uruguayans need to win in Denver on Sunday before returning to South America for the final stretch of matches.
| SCORING |
YACARE (22)
Try (1)- Penalty Try (22′)
Con (1) – No Kick (22′)
Pen (5) – J Lamas (36′, 41′, 52′ 59′, 71′)
YC (1) – E Reyes (8′)
DOGOS (19)
Try (3) – Penalty Try (8′), T Bartolini (48′), J Hernández (55′)
Con (2) – No Kick (8′), J Hernández (56′)
YC (2) – F Molina (22′), L Gea Salim (59′)
| LINEUPS |
YACARE
1 Ezequiel Reyes, 2 Ignacio Palillo, 3 Estefano Aranda, 4 Lucio Anconetani, 5 Mariano Garcete (capt.), 6 Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel, 7 Felipe Puertas, 8 Ariel Núñez, 9 Juan Cruz Strada, 10 Joaquín Lamas, 11 Juan González, 12 Sebastián Urbieta, 13 Tomás Vanni, 14 Arturo López, 15 Thomas Mac Call
Replacements: 16 Lucas Otãno, 17 Camillo Blasco, 18 Luis Enrique Quinteros, 19 Juan José Heisecke, 20 Ramiro Parada, 21 Gonzalo Barreiro, 22 Juan Daniel Chilavert, 23 Joaquín Mussi
DOGOS
1 Boris Wenger, 2 Tomás Bartolini, 3 Octavio Filippa, 4 Federico Rolotti, 5 Franco Molina (capt.), 6 Aitor Bildosola, 7 Lorenzo Colidio, 8 Valentín Cabral, 9 Agustín Moyano, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Nahuel Romero, 12 Leonardo Gea Salim, 13 Felipe Mallia, 14 Javier Nicolás Olguín, 15 Agustín de Vertíz
Replacements: 16 Santos Juárez Estrada, 17 Juan Aguirre, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Felipe Villagrán, 20 Facundo Cardozo, 21 Nicolás Viola, 22 Juan Bautista Baronio, 23 Agustín Segura
| MATCH HIGHLIGHTS |
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Tomás Bertazza (AR)
Assistant Referees: Nicolás Cotic; Adrián Bogado
TMO: Víctor Silvero
