Chile Trim Roster for November Internationals

Chile has trimmed down the size of its roster from 32 to 25 players. Pablo Lemoine’s Cóndores will play test matches against Canada and the Netherlands and face Scotland ‘A’ in an uncapped fixture. As was the case at Rugby World Cup 2023, flanker Martín Sigren leads his country. He is the most experienced member of the roster with 36 caps.

 

BOOSTED CÓNDORES

The trimmed down roster features 14 forwards and 11 backs. First-choice backs Iñaki Ayarza, Rodrigo Fernández, and Matías Garafulic are all included for the fixture time in 2024. The trio missed the fixtures against Hong Kong, Belgium and Scotland in July and also the the Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers against Brazil and Paraguay.

Tomás Salas, Clemente Armstrong, Nicolás Saab and Diego Warnken are examples of backs involved in Chile’s prior fixture this year who are not on the plane to Europe in November. Uncapped front-rowers Norman Aguayo and Baltazar Gurruchaga have both made the roster. Joaquin Milei and Agen second-rower Javier Eissmann has notably been left out.

 

CHILE – FORWARDS

LOOSE HEAD PROP
Javier Carrasco (Selknam; 27 caps)
Norman Aguayo (Selknam; uncapped)

HOOKER
Augusto Böhme (NOLA Gold, US; 30 caps)
Diego Escobar (Racing 92, FR; 10 caps)

TIGHT HEAD PROP
Matías Dittus (Sarlat, FR; 29 caps)
Iñaki Gurruchaga (Selknam; 18 caps)
Baltazar Gurruchaga (Selknam; uncapped)

SECOND-ROW
Santiago Pedrero (Selknam; 14 caps)
Bruno Sáez (Old Boys; 2 caps)

FLANKER
Raimundo Martínez (Selknam; 19 caps)
Clemente Saavedra (Selknam; 29 caps)
Martín Sigren (New England Freejacks, US; 36 caps)

N8
Alfonso Escobar (Selknam; 26 caps)
Ernesto Tchimino (Selknam; 2 caps)

 

CHILE – BACKS

SCRUM-HALF
Marcelo Torrealba (Selknam; 19 caps)
Benjamín Videla (Selknam; 6 caps)

FLY HALF
Rodrigo Fernández (Colorno, IT; 27 caps)
Juan Cruz Reyes (Los Tordos, AR; 2 caps)

CENTER
Matías Garafulic (Selknam; 16 caps)
Domingo Saavedra (Selknam; 33 caps)
Santiago Videla (Miami Sharks, US; 33 caps)

WING
Cristobál Game (Selknam; 6 caps)
Nicolás Garafulic (Selknam; 24 caps)

FULLBACK
Iñaki Ayarza (Vannes, FR; 18 caps)
Luca Strabucchi (Selknam; 3 caps)

 

CHILE – 2024 NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS

Canada vs Chile 
Date: November 09
Venue: Bucharest (Romania)
Referee: Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Morné Ferreira (South Africa); Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)

Netherlands vs Chile
Date: November 16
Venue: Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Referee: Jeremy Rozier (France)
Assistant Referees: Evan Urruzmendi (France); Kévin Bralley (France)
TMO: Eric Gauzins (France)

Scotland A vs Chile
Date: November 23
Venue: Edinburgh (Scotland)
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant Referees: Federico Vedovelli (Italy); Franco Rosella (Italy)
TMO: Matteo Liperini (Italy)