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The eagerly awaited day has arrived. After years of waiting there will be a professional rugby match between teams playing out of Buenos Aires and Tucumán. The visitors, Los Pampas, arrive in Argentina’s north-west on the back of a superb home win over Peñarol. Los Tarucas are back at home after a narrow road defeat against Yacare.
Super Rugby Americas 2025 –  Tarucas Results |
Super Rugby Americas 2025 –  Pampas Results |
| Team Debutants |
– Santiago Romano; Tomás Bartolini; Thiago Sbrocco
– Bautista Bosch; Juan Pedro Bernasconi
| STARTING LINE-UP CHANGES |
|
IN | OUT |
| 1 | Benjamín Garrido | Julián Martín |
| 4 | Santiago Romano | Mariano Perondi |
| 5 | Álvaro García | Luciano Asevedo |
| 6 | Facundo García Hamilton | Facundo Cardozo |
| 7 | Agustín Sarelli | Facundo García Hamilton |
| 10 | Nicolás Roger | Ignacio Cerrutti |
| 13 | José Gianotti | Bautista Estofan |
|
IN | OUT |
| 2 | Ignacio Bottazzini | Ramiro Gurovich |
| 4 | Leo Mazzini | Franco Carrera |
| 8 | Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel | Joaquín Moro |
| 9 | Eliseo Morales | Ignacio Inchauspe |
| 13 | Juan Pablo Castro | Bruno Heit |
| 15 | Francisco González Capdevila | Francisco Quinn |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
– (2 capped by Argentina) – Eliseo Morales (SH); Justo Piccardo (CE)
| NOTES |
- It is the first SRA match in which Los Tarucas play against an Argentine opponent.
- Players from both teams were Pumitas in the 2024 Junior World Championship.
- Tomás Bartolini will debut for Los Tarucas as a replacement. He was the starting hooker in the 2024 championship winning Dogos. Fellow debutant Juan Manuel Molinuevo joined this season from Yacare.
- Bartolini replaced Diego Fortuny who is the only Puma on the roster.
- With Los Pumas now down a scrum-half, added attention will be placed on the scrum-half battle. Both Simón Benítez Cruz and Eliseo Morales are candidates. The later has 1 cap.
| PREDICTION |
Los Tarucas will enter the match fully aware of the task they face; Los Pampas were excellent against Peñarol. They will need to get back to the basics which saw them produce a statement win first up against Os Cobras. This is a contest between one team that is still adjusting against one with experience and direction. Los Pampas are slight favorites to win in Tucumán.
| LINEUPS |
1 Benjamín Garrido, 2 Juan Manuel Vivas, 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Santiago Romano, 5 Álvaro García Iandolino, 6 Facundo García Hamilton, 7 Agustín Sarelli, 8 Santiago Aguilar (capt.), 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 10 Nicolás Roger, 11 Tomás Vanni, 12 Tomás Medina, 13 José Gianotti, 14 Baltazar García, 15 Stefano Ferro
Replacements: 16 Tomás Bartolini, 17 Julián Martín, 18 Agustín Iglesias, 19 Facundo Cardozo, 20 Thiago Sbrocco, 21 Estanislao Pregot, 22 Juan Manuel Molinuevo, 23 Bautista Estofan
PAMPAS
1 Matías Medrano, 2 Ignacio Bottazzini, 3 Tomás Rapetti, 4 Leo Mazzini, 5 Federico Lavanini, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Nicolás D’Amorim, 8 Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel, 9 Eliseo Morales, 10 Estanislao Renthel, 11 Alfonso Latorre, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Juan Pablo Castro, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Francisco González Capdevila
Replacements: 16 Ramiro Gurovich, 17 Miguel Prince, 18 Bautista Bosch, 19 Franco Carrera, 20 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 21 Ignacio Inchauspe, 22 Joaquín Moro, 23 Bruno Heit
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Friday, March 07
Venue: Lawn Tennis Club, Tucumán (AR)
Kickoff: 7pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Scattered Showers, 34°C; Wind 10 km/h
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Damián Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Esteban Filipanics; (AR) Pedro Pérez Vildoza (AR)
TMO: Maximiliano Miranda (AR)
| HISTORY |
No prior fixtures.
