Only One Point Separates Tarucas and Pampas on Full-time

The inaugural professional rugby battle between the teams from Tucumán and Buenos Aires was decided at the final whistle as only one point separated Los Tarucas and Los Pampas on full-time in Tucumán. The heat of Tucumán asked a lot of the players. The result at the Caldera del Parque means Los Pampas move from 5th to 3rd in the standings.

• Both teams scored two tries with one being from a winger and the other from forward power.
• Federico Lavanini scored first at the start of the second quarter. He crossed from a pick-and-go following raids from an attacking lineout.
• Tomás Vanni got around Puma Justo Piccardo and through the tackle of Francisco González Capdevila to score.
• The scores were locked at 7-7 until late in the third quarter. Los Pampas reclaimed the lead with Santiago Pernas leaping over to plant the ball in the try zone inches before the corner flag.
• The home side hit-back from a lineout to maul try with Facundo García Hamilton scoring.
• Estanislao Renthel made up for not converting Pernas’ try by landing a penalty to give Los Pampas the lead.
• Nicolás Roger missed a late opportunity for victory. His penalty kick was wide.

TARUCAS (14)
Try – T Vanni (24′); F García Hamilton (59′)
Con – N Roger 2/2 (25′, 59′)
Pen – N Roger 0/1

PAMPAS (15)
Try – F Lavanini (20′); S Pernas (53′)
Con – E Renthel 1/2 (21′)
Pen – E Renthel (71′)
YC – M Medrano (59′); M Prince (73′)

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

Referee: Damián Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Esteban Filipanics; (AR) Pedro Pérez Vildoza (AR)
TMO: Maximiliano Miranda (AR)

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