Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Pampas vs Cobras – ARN Guide

The best performers from the Super Rugby Americas (SRA) regular season play host to the worst on Friday. The final round fixture in Buenos Aires sees Los Pampas in preparation mode for the play-off’s while Os Cobras look to end their campaign on a high.

CURRENT STANDINGS

11-1-0 (W8) (1st – Home Semi Final)

2-9-0 (L4) (Eliminated)

LINEUP CHANGES

1 Renzo Zanella replaces Facundo Scaiano
2 Ramiro Gurovich replaces Ignacio Bottazzini
4 Mateo Lorenzo replaces Rodrigo Fernández Criado
5 Rodrigo Fernández Criado moves from 4; replaces Marcelo Toledo
7 Santiago Montagner replaces Nicolás D’Amorim
8 Tomás Benasconi replaces Joaquín Moro
10 Manuel Nogués moves from 15; replaces Joaquín de la Vega Mendía
13 Bruno Heit replaces Juan Pablo Castro
14 Bernabé López Fleming replaces Santiago Pernas
15 Benjamín Elizalde replaces Manuel Nogués

2 David Müller replaces Henrique Ferreira
8 Adrio Melo replaces André Arruda
9 Lucas Spago replaces Felipe Gonçalves
10 João Amaral replaces Lucas Tranquez
12 Lorenzo Massari Temer moves from 13 to 12; replaces Robert Tenório
13 Daniel Lima replaces Lorenzo Massari Temer
14 Widson Nascimento replaces Robson Morais

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

(0)
(2) –D Müller, G Oliveira, C Dias, M Claudio, A Melo, L Spago, J Amaral, A Rodrigues, L Massari Temer, D Lima, EW Pinheiro, L Marinho, G Paganini, M Lemes, F Gonçalves, R Ténorio

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– N D’Amorim, S Pernas
– A Arruda, L Tranquez

NOTES

• Los Pampas are undefeated in the three prior meetings against Os Cobras
• David Müller earns his first start for the year and his second SRA appearance overall. He is capped by Brazil.
• Helder Bryan Souza will make his firs appearance of SRA 2024. He has previously represented Brazil but is not capped.
• Pumitas prop Tomás Rapetti and fullback Benjamín Elizalde are back for Los Pampas from Rugby Championship u20
• Fly half Lucas Spago starts out of position at scrum-half.
• Puma Eliseo Morales will make his season debut for Los Pampas as a replacement.

PREDICTION

Los Pampas have obliterated all opposition teams throughout the season. The one SRA loss was by four points against Los Dogos; yet, the Buenos Aires franchise rebounded to beat the Córdoba side 37-15 away. Os Cobras’ scrum saw them beat Peñarol. Otherwise, the team has been outmatched throughout the season. Conditions will provide for positive rugby. The ARN projects a Pampas win by a margin of 30+ points.

LINEUPS

PAMPAS
1 Renzo Zanella, 2 Ramiro Gurovich, 3 Javier Coronel, 4 Mateo Lorenzo, 5 Rodrigo Fernández Criado, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Santiago Montagner, 8 Tomás Bernasconi, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 10 Manuel Nogués, 11 Jerónimo Ulloa, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Bruno Heit, 14 Bernabé López Fleming, 15 Benjamín Elizalde

Replacements: 16 Valentino Minoyetti, 17 Javier Corvalán, 18 Tomás Rapetti, 19 Joaquín Moro, 20 Eliseo Chiavassa, 21 Eliseo Morales, 22 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía, 23 Marcos Eliçagaray

COBRAS
1 Luciano Gabellieri, 2 David Müller, 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Franco Carrera, 5 Gabriel Oliveira, 6 Cleber Dias (capt.), 7 Matheus Claudio, 8 Adrio Melo, 9 Lucas Spago, 10 Joao Amaral, 11 Ariel Rodrigues, 12 Lorenzo Massari Temer, 13 Daniel Lima, 14 Widson Nascimento, 15 Agustín Llano

Replacements: 16 Endy William Pinheiro, 17 João Lucas Marino, 18 Levy Marinho, 19 Gabriel Paganini, 20 Helder Bryan Souza Lúcio, 21 Maiki Lemes, 22 Felipe Gonçalves, 23 Robert Ténorio

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, May 24
Venue: CASI, Buenos Aires (AR)
Kickoff: 9:00pm (AR); 9:00pm (Brasília)
Weather Forecast: Mostly Clear Skies, 12°C; wind S (15 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Star +

OFFICIALS

Referee: Gonzalo De Achaval (AR)
Assistants: Simón Larrubia (AR); Luca Solda (AR)
TMO: Marcelo Pilara (AR)

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (3) – Pampas 3, Cobras 0, STREAK Pampas +3
Apr 06, 2024 – Cobras 20-38 Pampas (Jacareí, BR)
Apr 28, 2023 – Pampas 38-13 Cobras (Buenos Aires, AR)
Feb 19, 2023 – Cobras 21-41 Pampas (São Paulo, BR)