2025 Peñarol Roster for Super Rugby Americas

Peñarol’s roster has been confirmed for Super Rugby Americas 2024. The Ivo Dugonjic coached side will be Uruguay’s one entrant in the professional South American league. In his rookie season in charge, Dugonjic has a 31-man roster featuring 16 forwards and 15 backs.

The roster will increase. Four players have been listed as in recuperation. They include Uruguayan center and captain Andrés Vilaseca. Juán Manuel Rodríguez (Second-Row), Juan Zuccarino (Fly Half) and Juan Manuel Alonso (Center) will all join the roster when fit.

Dugonjic’s roster will begin pre-season training in Punta del Este on Friday, January 10. Peñarol will have home advantage for the Super Rugby Americas 2025 season opener. The Uruguayan side will play host to reigning champions Los Dogos in Montevideo on Friday, February 14.

 

Recruitment for the 2025 season sees Hooker Guillermo Pujadas and fly half Felipe Etcheverry returning to Peñarol from Major League Rugby (MLR). The inclusion of both men is a big boost for Los Teros ahead of Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers.

Additional players may yet return from MLR. In the meantime, the shortage at prop sees Ignacio Torres arriving from NOA in Argentina and Bautista Vidal joins from Argentina too. Vidal previously played Super Rugby Americas for Cobras.

Second-rower Franco Marini comes from Tigre Rugby Club in Argentina. The 22-year-old played in France for Pau Espoirs and also for Valence Romans. Federico de los Santos is included over five years after playing for Uruguay u19’s. 2024 Teritos forwards Franco Bertini and Francisco Gallo will also be rookies for Peñarol.

Scrum-half Tomás Di Biase has been recruited from Argentina. He played for Pampas in Super Rugby Americas 2024 and also had a busy year for Los Pumitas. Backs Alfonso Perillo and Francisco Landauer were recently crowned South American u19 Champions with Uruguay while fellow newcomer Justo Ferrario played for Uruguay XV vs Tucumán in 2023.

 

PENAROL  ROSTER – SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025

FORWARDS

PROP
Mateo Sanguinetti
Mateo Perillo
Bautista Vidal *
Ignacio Torres *

HOOKER
Guillermo Pujadas
Joaquín Myszka

SECOND-ROW
Felipe Aliaga
Franco Marini *
Federico de los Santos
Manuel Rosmarino

FLANKER
Lucas Bianchi
Santiago Civetta
Franco Bertini
Francisco Gallo

N8
Carlos Deus
Manuel Diana

BACKS

SCRUM-HALF
Santiago Álvarez
Tomás Di Biase *

FLY HALF
Ícaro Amarillo
Felipe Etcheverry
Justo Ferrario

CENTER
Felipe Arcos Pérez
Bautista Farise *
Alfonso Perillo
Joaquín Suárez

WING
Bautista Basso
Manuel Cardoso
Ignacio Facciolo
Mateo Viñals

FULLBACK
Baltazar Amaya
Francisco Landauer

IN RECUPERATION
Juán Manuel Rodríguez (Second-Row)
Juan Zuccarino (Fly Half)
Juan Manuel Alonso (Center)
Andrés Vilaseca (Center)

* Denotes player from Argentina