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Os Cobras travel to Córdoba, Argentina to take-on Los Dogos on Saturday. The fourth round match of Super Rugby Americas 2025 comes after the Brazilian side had a bye and the Córdoba team fell to a road defeat across the Andes in Santiago, Chile.
SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  DOGOS RESULTS |
SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  COBRAS RESULTS |
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – DEBUT |
– Franco Rossetto
| STARTING LINE-UP CHANGES – DOGOS |
|
IN | OUT |
| 1 | Nicolás Revol | Boris Wenger |
| 6 | Aitor Bildosola | Felipe Villagrán |
| 10 | Juan Bautista Baronio | Julián Hernández |
| 11 | Franco Rossetto | Lautaro Cipriani |
| 14 | Mateo Soler | Bautista Lescano |
| 15 | Mateo Sánchez | Mateo Soler |
| STARTING LINE-UP CHANGES – COBRAS |
|
IN | OUT |
| 1 | Brendon Alves | Aquiles Schulter |
| 2 | Endy Willian Pinheiro | Henrique Ribeiro |
| 3 | Vicente Galvão | Javier Coronel |
| 4 | Ben Donald | Cleber Dias |
| 5 | Gabriel Paganini | Hélder Bryan Lúcio |
| 8 | Rodolfo Martins | André Arruda |
| 9 | Lucas Spago | Rodrigo Santos |
| 11 | Andrei Santana | Robert Tenório |
| 14 | Nicolás Azevedo | Daniel Lima |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
– (1 capped by Argentina) – Pedro Delgado
– (14 capped by Brazil) – Alves, Pinheiro, Donald, Paganini, de Melo, Spago, Massari Temer, do Amaral, Ribeiro, Lúcio, Dias, Arruda, Gonçalves, Tenório
| NOTES |
- Neither team has won a match thus far in Super Rugby Americas 2025.
- Los Dogos are unbeaten in their previous four matches against Os Cobras.
- Los Dogos won their prior matches vs Os Cobras by margins of 22, 23, 16 and 17 points.
- Mateo Sánchez earned his spot at fullback after impressing as a replacement against Selknam.
- Pumita Franco Rossetto debuts on the wing for the Córdoba side.
- A notable selection change sees Julián Hernández benched. Juan Bautista Baronio will pull the strings.
- Lorenzo Massari Temer takes over the Cobras captaincy. He is related to former Brazilian President Michel Temer.
- 19 Cobras players are Brazilian eligible. Coronel Guillamondegui, Luna and Todaro are Argentines.
- All 23 Dogos’ players are Argentines.
| PREDICTION |
Os Cobras face a very tough assignment. Their first visit to Argentina in 2025, against Los Tarucas, was comfortably the biggest defeat by any team this season. Ending their unbeaten record against Los Dogos will require their scrum, lineout and maul to all function well while defending with accuracy. Los Dogos are favorites to win comfortably in Córdoba.
| LINEUPS |
DOGOS
1 Nicolás Revol, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Pedro Delgado, 4 Lautaro Simes, 5 Federico Albrisi, 6 Aitor Bildosola, 7 Valentín Cabral (capt.), 8 Genaro Fissore, 9 Agustín Moyano, 10 Juan Bautista Baronio, 11 Franco Rossetto, 12 Felipe Mallía, 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Mateo Soler, 15 Mateo Sánchez
Replacements: 16 Conrado Iglesias, 17 Santiago Pulella, 18 Octavio Filippa, 19 Lorenzo Colidio, 20 Ignacio Gandini, 21 Juan Lovell, 22 Julián Hernández, 23 Lautaro Cipriani
COBRAS
1 Brendon Alves, 2 Endy Willian Pinheiro, 3 Vicente Galvão, 4 Ben Donald, 5 Gabriel Paganini, 6 Manuel Todaro, 7 Adrio de Melo, 8 Rodolfo Martins, 9 Lucas Spago, 10 Augusto Guillamondegui, 11 Andrei Santana, 12 Lorenzo Massari Temer (capt.), 13 Fernando Luna 14 Nicolás Azevedo, 15 João Pedro do Amaral
Replacements: 16 Henrique Ribeiro, 17 Aquiles Schulter, 18 Javier Coronel, 19 Hélder Bryan Lúcio, 20 Cleber Dias, 21 André Arruda, 22 Felipe Gonçalves, 23 Robert Tenório
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Saturday, March 08
Venue: Córdoba Athletic, Córdoba (AR)
Kickoff: 7pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Rain, 31°C; Wind 10 km/h
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Frank Méndez (CL)
Assistants: Nicolás Cotic (AR); Juan Pablo Chumbita (AR)
TMO: Lucas Galán (AR)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD (4) Dogos (4), Cobras (0); Streak: Dogos (4) |
Apr 21, 2024 – Dogos 31-09 Cobras (Córdoba, AR)
Feb 24, 2024 – Cobras 06-29 Dogos (Jacareí, BR)
Apr 14, 2023 – Dogos 45-29 Cobras (Córdoba, AR)
Feb 26, 2023 – Cobras 14-31 Dogos (São Paulo, BR)
