Peñarol Claim Controversial Win over Selknam in Heated Battle

Peñarol were 22-18 winners over Selknam in a heated battle on Friday. The result sees Peñarol now alone at the top of the table. The win was marred by controversy, Peñarol scored a late try for victory. It came from a player who had been yellow carded despite the yellow card arguably having been insufficient as the incident merited a red card.

• Matías Garafulic opened the scoring with a 3rd minute penalty for the visitors. Felipe Etcheverry responded with Peñarol’s first points late in the first quarter.
• Peñarol went to the trusted lineout and maul play for the opening try
• A second try came quickly. This time Selknam misjudged a kick from Etcheverry. The bounce favored Peñarol and Etcheverry’ pass ricocheted back off a Selknam head into the hands of Felipe Arcos Pérez who scored.
• Peñarol were now on top; however, a powerful carry from Manuel Diana saw Marcelo Torrealba stealing the ball and running 65 meters upfield to score.
• Matías Garafulic slotted a penalty early in the second-half.
• Controversy followed as three players were yellow carded at once. Lucas Bianchi and Alfonso Escobar were yellowed due to having at the center of a heated battle. Out was caused by Bautista Basso sliding to take out Marco Alvano with his feet. Basso was never in a position to get the ball and was not on his feet to make the tackle. Nehuén Jauri Rivero deemed the action a yellow card.
• Selknam set-up a lineout to maul attack from which Torrealba darted over for his second try.
• The Chileans had themselves to blame after Juan Cruz Reyes kicked over only for Garafulic and Basso to collide with the Uruguayan making a break and teenager Justo Ferrario scoring 80 meters upfield. It asked further questions of Basso not having been red carded.
• Selknam looked to win late. With possession and territory the forwards attacked. Slow ball came on multiple occasions with Peñarol not rolling away; notwithstanding, Nehuén Jauri Rivero allowed it without calling advantage or awarding penalties.
• Despite having a mixed match, Felipe Etcheverry was named Man of the Match. ARN would have chosen Felipe Aliaga for the award.

PEÑAROL (22)
Try – G Pujadas (26′); F Arcos Pérez (28′); J Ferrario (73′)
Con – F Etcheverry 2/3 (27′, 29′)
Pen – F Etcheverry 1/2 (17′)
YC – L Bianchi (62′); B Basso (62′)

SELKNAM (18)
Try – M Torrealba 2 (36′, 67′)
Con – M Garafulic 1/2 (68′)
Pen – M Garafulic 2 (3′, 45′)
YC – A Escobar (62′)

PEÑAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 3 Bautista Vidal, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Rosmarino, 6 Santiago Civetta, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Diana (capt.), 9 Tomás Di Biase, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Juan Manuel Alonso, 12 Bautista Farise, 13 Felipe Arcos Pérez, 14 Bautista Basso, 15 Justo Ferrario

Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myszka, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Francisco Suárez, 19 Federico de Los Santos, 20 Carlos Deus, 21 Santiago Álvarez, 22 Ícaro Amarillo, 23 Alfonso Perillo Albarracin

SELKNAM
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Raimundo Martínez, 3 Nahuel Dibiassi, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Agustín Toth, 6 Martín Sigren (capt.), 7 Alfonso Escobar, 8 Joaquín Milesi, 9 Marcelo Torrealba, 10 Juan Cruz Reyes, 11 Felipe Méndez, 12 Matías Garafulic, 13 Nicolás Saab, 14 Federico Kennedy, 15 Marco Alvano

Replacements: 16 Jorge Delgado, 17 Salvador Lues, 18 Baltazar Gurruchaga, 19 Bruno Sáez, 20 Andrés Kuzmanic, 21 Santiago Valenzuela, 22 Ignacio Arias, 23 Marco Alvano

Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (AR)
Assistants: Cauã Ricardo (BR); Armen Abi Saab (UY)
TMO: Andrés Sutton (AR)

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