Super Rugby Americas 2025 – Selknam vs Dogos – ARN Guide

Super Rugby Americas arrives in Chile for the first time in 2025. The third round clash between Selknam and Los Dogos sees the defending champions continuing their search for the first win of the campaign. Early season results mean both teams will be feeling the pressure to come away with a win at Parque Mahuida in front of of the towering Andes.

 

SRA 2025 RESULTS – SELKNAM

29-26

21-28

 

SRA 2025 RESULTS – DOGOS

29-28

20-20

 

CLUB DEBUTANTS

– Ignacio Arias

  – Mateo Sánchez

STARTING CHANGES

9 Marcelo Torrealba replaces Benjamín Videla
11 Nicolás Saab moves from 12; replaces Felipe Méndez
12 Matías Garafulic replaces Nicolás Saab

6 Felipe Villagrán replaces Aitor Bildosola
11 Lautaro Cipriani replaces Bautista Lescano
12 Felipe Mallía replaces Faustino Sánchez Valarolo
14 Bautista Lescano moves from 11; replaces Ernesto Giudice

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

(17; all Chile) J Carrasco (LH), R Martínez (HK), I Gurruchaga (TH), S Pedrero (LO), M Sigren (FL), A Escobar (FL), J Milesi (N8), M Torrealba (SH), JC Reyes (FH), N Saab (WI), M Garafulic (CE), D Saavedra (CE), T Salas (FB), N Aguayo (HK), S Lues (LH), B Sáez (LO), Andrés Kuzmanic (CE)

(1) Pedro Delgado (TH)

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– Augusto Bohme (HK), Clemente Saavedra (LO), Benjamín Videla (SH), Nicolás Garafulic (WI), Cristóbal Game (WI)
– Faustino Sánchez Valarolo (CE), Gastón Revol (FB)

NOTES

• Los Dogos are unbeaten against Selknam in four prior meetings.
• Selknam are 3rd and Los Dogos 4th behind Los Tarucas and league leaders Peñarol.
• Selknam fullback Tomás Salas leads the SRA point-scoring with 29 points from 2 matches.
• Both teams have conceded two yellow cards thus far in the season.
• Selknam flanker Alonso Escobar is the top tackler with a 100% success rate (16/16 tackles).
• Raimundo Martínez has won the most turnovers with 4.
• Star Chilean center Matías Garafulic is back from injury.
• Ignacio Arias will pull on the Selknam jersey for the first time. He is a local from Colegio Dunalastair (DOBS).
• Mateo Sánchez debuts for Los Dogos as a replacement. He comes from Córdoba Athletic.
• The match will be the first this year in Chile and the first at the renovated home of Chilean Rugby. The venue now has synthetic grass.
• The match will be officiated by the neutral Francisco González from Uruguay. World Rugby did not allocate a Spanish-Speaking referee for the Rugby World Cup 2023 match between Argentina and Chile.

PREDICTION

The reigning champions arrive in Santiago in a spot of bother. Los Dogos find themselves yet to win after two rounds of Super Rugby Americas 2025. The prior fixtures were very close to both being Dogos wins. Selknam started with a frustrating loss before rebounding well against Os Cobras. Will both teams play to their peak in Santiago? Will they be able to play competitive rugby under the hot afternoon sun? Selknam are favorites to win at home.

LINEUPS

SELKNAM
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Raimundo Martínez, 3 Iñaki Gurruchaga, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Agustín Toth, 6 Martín Sigren, 7 Alfonso Escobar, 8 Joaquín Milesi, 9 Marcelo Torrealba, 10 Juan Cruz Reyes, 11 Nicolás Saab, 12 Matías Garafulic, 13 Domingo Saavedra (capt.), 14 Federico Kennedy, 15 Tomás Salas

Replacements: 16 Normam Aguayo, 17 Salvador Lues, 18 Nahuel Debiassi, 19 Baltazar Gurruchaga, 20 Bruno Sáez, 21 Andrés Kuzmanic, 22 Ignacio Arias, 23 Felipe Méndez

DOGOS
1 Boris Wenger, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Pedro Delgado, 4 Lautaro Simes, 5 Federico Albrisi, 6 Felipe Villagrán, 7 Valentín Cabral (capt.), 8 Genaro Fissore, 9 Agustín Moyano, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Lautaro Cipriani, 12 Felipe Mallía, 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Bautista Lescano, 15 Mateo Soler

Replacements: 16 Conrado Iglesias, 17 Santiago Pullela, 18 Octavio Filippa, 19 Lorenzo Colidio, 20 Aitor Bildosola, 21 Juan Lovell, 22 Juan Bautista Baronio, 23 Mateo Sánchez

MATCH INFO

Date: Saturday, March 01
Venue: CARR Parque Mahuida (Santiago, CL)
Kickoff: 3pm (CL)
Weather Forecast: Sunny and Hot, 28°C; wind (10 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +

OFFICIALS

Referee: Francisco González (UY)
Assistants: Mauro Rossi (AR); Sebastián Toledo (CL)
TMO: Ignacio Calle (CL)

HEAD-TO-HEAD (4) – Dogos (2); Selknam (0); Draw 1; STREAK – Dogos (1)

May 18, 2024 – Selknam 24-33 Dogos (Santiago, CL)
Mar 23, 2024 – Dogos 23-23 Selknam (Córdoba, AR)
Apr 29, 2003 – Selknam 11-19 Dogos (Santiago, CL)
Mar 10, 2003 – Dogos 24-10 Selknam (Córdoba, AR)