SRA 2025 – Dogos vs Pampas – ARN Guide

Córdoba host the first all-Argentine clash in Super Rugby Americas 2025 on Saturday. In a rematch of the 2024 Final, Los Dogos and Los Pampas clash with the home side looking to rebound from an opening round defeat and the visitors playing for the first time this season. Four Pumas will be involved as will numerous up-and-coming players looking to impress Felipe Contepomi.

 

ROUND ONE – RESULTS

29-28  

BYE

CLUB DEBUTANTS

  – Genaro Fissore (N8)

– Estanislao Renthel (FH); Alfonso Latorre; (WI); Francisco Quinn (FB); Gael Galván (TH), Leo Mazzini (LO), Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel (FL); Jerónimo Solveyra (CE)

STARTING CHANGES

8 Genaro Fissore replaces Juan Cruz Caballero
11 Bautista Lescano moves from 15; replaces Lautaro Cipriani
12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo replaces Felipe Mallía
13 Agustín Segura replaces Mateo Soler
15 Mateo Soler moves from 13; replaces Bautista Lescano

(0) – SRA 2025 season debut

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

– Pedro Delgado (TH)
– Joaquín Moro (N8); Eliseo Morales (SH); Justo Piccardo (CE)

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– Gastón Revol (FB)

NOTES

• The home side, Los Dogos, fell to Peñarol in the final play of the match in round one.
• Córdoba Athletic hosts SRA for the first time. The venue replaces Tala RC for SRA 2025. Tala RC was the home of Los Dogos over the past two seasons.
• Los Dogos have won 6 of the prior 7 encounters against Los Pampas. The most recent was the 2024 Final.
• Pampas second-rower Federico Lavanini will continue his career in France.
• Debutants Francisco Quinn and Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel previously played SRA for American Raptors and Yacare respectively.
• Four Pumas will start the match. The quartet of Delgado, Morales, Moro and Piccardo were all called-up to Los Pumas following previous SRA campaigns.
• The wait continues for Gastón Revol’s SRA debut.
• A feature match-up sees capped Puma Eliseo Morales vs Agustín Moyano at scrum-half.

PREDICTION

It will not be comfortable conditions for the players as excessive heat awaits the teams in Córdoba. The scorching late afternoon heat will test the players to the limit. The coaches will need to manage their replacements well as this match has all the ingredients for parity on the score sheet. Los Dogos are favorites to win at home.

LINEUPS

DOGOS
1 Boris Wenger, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Pedro Delgado, 4 Lautaro Simes, 5 Federico Albrisi, 6 Aitor Bildosola, 7 Valentin Cabral (c), 8 Genaro Fissore, 9 Agustín Moyano, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Bautista Lescano, 12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Ernesto Giudice, 15 Mateo Soler

Replacements: 16 Conrado Iglesias, 17 Nicolás Revol, 18 Octavio Filippa, 19 Lorenzo Colidio, 20 Ignacio Gandini, 21 Juan Lovell, 22 Juan Bautista Baronio, 23 Felipe Mallía

PAMPAS
1 Matías Medrano, 2 Ramiro Gurovich, 3 Tomás Rapetti, 4 Franco Carrera, 5 Federico Lavanini, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Nicolás D’Amorim, 8 Joaquín Moro, 9 Eliseo Morales, 10 Estanislao Renthel, 11 Alfonso Latorre, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Juan Pablo Castro, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Francisco Quinn

Replacements: 16 Ignacio Bottazzini, 17 Javier Corvalán, 18 Gael Galván, 19 Leo Mazzini, 20 Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel, 21 Ignacio Inchauspe, 22 Jerónimo Solveyra, 23 Bruno Heit

MATCH INFO

Date: Saturday, February 22
Venue: Córdoba Athletic (Córdoba, AR)
Kickoff: 5:30pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Sunny and Hot, 37°C; wind (19 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +

OFFICIALS

Referee: Damián Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Juan Manuel Martínez (AR), Esteban Filipanics (AR)
TMO: Marcelo Pilara (AR)

HEAD-TO-HEAD (7) – Dogos 6, Pampas 1, STREAK DOGOS +1

June 15, 2024 – Pampas 23-37 Dogos (Buenos Aires, AR)
May 03, 2024 – Dogos 15-37 Pampas (Córdoba, AR)
Mar 08, 2024 – Pampas 14-18 Dogos (Buenos Aires, AR)
Feb 03, 2024 – Pampas 21-38 Dogos (Buenos Aires, AR)
Jun 02, 2023 – Dogos 27-16 Pampas (Córdoba, AR)
May 05, 2023 – Dogos 34-29 Pampas (Tala RC, Córdoba, AR)
Mar 16, 2023 – Pampas 11-29 Dogos (Buenos Aires, AR)