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Second hosts fourth in a final round match of Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2024. Los Dogos are assured of a home Semi Final while Peñarol will either play in Córdoba again next week or in Buenos Aires. Attention to detail will be required from both as well as Los Pampas and Yacare before the Semi Finals showdown.
| CURRENT STANDINGS |
8-2-1 (W1) 2nd
5-6-0 (L1) 4th
| LINEUP CHANGES |
4 Federico Rolotti replaces Lautaro Simes
6 Facundo García Hamilton replaces Aitor Bildosola
12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo replaces Leonardo Gea Salim
13 Leonardo Gea Salim moves from 12 to 13; replaces Agustín De Vertiz
1 Mateo Perillo replaces Mateo Sanguinetti
2 Joaquín Myszka replaces Leonel Oviedo
3 Horacio de la Mota replaces Mathias Franco
4 Agustín Morales replaces Manuel Rosmarino
6 Lucas Bianchi moves from 7; replaces Santiago Civetta
7 Carlos Deus moves from 8; replaces Lucas Bianchi
8 Manuel Diana replaces Carlos Deus
11 Santiago Terra replaces Dante Soto
14 Jhon Jader Quiñones replaces Juan Bautista Hontou
15 Juan Bautista Hontou moves from 14 to 15; replaces Ignacio Álvarez
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS DEBUTS |
(0)
(2) Francisco Landauer, Alfonso Perillo
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
(0) *
(10) M Perillo, M Sanguinetti, M Franco, F Aliaga, L Bianchi, S Civetta, C Deus, M Diana, S Álvarez, JM Alonso
* Franco Molina is on Felipe Contepomi’s roster.
| NOTABLE ABSENTEES |
– L Simes, A Segura, F Mallía
– JM Rodríguez, JA Zuccarino, F Arcos Pérez, B Basso, M Viñals, I Facciolo, G Mieres, B Amaya
| NOTES |
- Los Dogos welcome back Facundo García Hamilton, Faustino Sánchez Valarolo and Efraín Elías from Rugby Championship u20.
- Argentina XV hooker Leonel Oviedo has been named as a replacement back-rower.
- Peñarol do not have a specialist covering second-row.
- Uruguayan u19 center Alfonso Perillo will debut for Peñarol as a replacement.
- Uruguayan u19 fullback Francisco Landauer will also debut as a replacement.
- Leonardo Senatore has changed two-thirds of his line-up.
- Colombian center Jhon Jader Quiñones is elevated from the replacements for his first start. He will play right wing.
| PREDICTION |
Los Dogos go in to the match with 8 wins for the season; Peñarol have 5. SRA 2024 has seen Los Dogos be the only side to outperform title favorites, Los Pampas. A strong showing on Friday will further the case for an all-Argentine SRA Final. The Uruguayan side must lift their game or will be overwhelming underdogs in their Semi Final which will also be an away match in Argentina. ARN projects a Dogos bonus point victory.
| LINEUPS |
DOGOS
1 Boris Wenger, 2 Tomás Bartoilini, 3 Octavio Ignacio Filippa, 4 Federico Rolotti, 5 Franco Molina (capt.), 6 Facundo García Hamilton, 7 Lorenzo Colidio, 8 Valentín Cabral, 9 Agustín Moyano, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Ernesto Giudice, 12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 13 Leonardo Gea Salim, 14 Lautaro Cipriani, 15 Mateo Soler
Replacements: 16 Santos Juárez Strada, 17 Octavio Barbatti, 18 Pedro Delgado, 19 Efraín Elías, 20 Aitor Bildosola, 21 Nicolás Viola, 22 Juan Bautista Baronio, 23 Agustín de Vertíz
PENAROL
1 Mateo Perillo, 2 Joaquín Myszka, 3 Horacio de la Mota, 4 Agustín Morales, 5 Felipe Aliaga, 6 Lucas Bianchi, 7 Carlos Deus, 8 Manuel Diana (capt.), 9 Pedro Hoblog, 10 Ícaro Amarillo, 11 Santiago Terra, 12 Joaquín Suárez, 13 Juan Manuel Alonso, 14 Jhon Jader Quiñones, 15 Juan Bautista Hontou
Replacements: 16 Francisco García, 17 Mateo Sanguinetti, 18 Franco Mathias, 19 Santiago Civetta, 20 Leonel Oviedo, 21 Santiago Álvarez, 22 Francisco Landauer, 23 Alfonso Perillo
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Friday, May 24
Venue: Tala RC, Córdoba (AR)
Kickoff: 7pm (AR); 7pm (UY)
Weather Forecast: Mostly Cloudy, 12°C; SE (6 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Star +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Jauri Rivero (AR)
Assistants: Juan Pablo Chumbita. Tomás Ninci
TMO: Gustavo Paulin
| HISTORY |
HEAD-TO-HEAD (3) Peñarol (3), Dogos (1); Streak: Dogos (1)
Apr 05, 2024 – Peñarol 12-27 Dogos (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
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)
