Newcomers Tarucas Upset Champions Dogos on the Road

History was made in Córdoba, Argentina on Monday. Los Tarucas came out on top as 22-20 winners of the first ever Córdoba vs Tucumán professional rugby match. The match was a dream contest for scrum lovers; both teams won penalties while defending scrums meters out from their own try zone.

• The narrow win is third time lucky after Los Tarucas lost 15-14 against Los Pampas and 30-27 against Yacare earlier on this season.
• Nicolás Roger and Juan Bautista Baronio exchanged two penalties each in the opening quarter for a 6-6 scoreline. Roger went on to kick 6/6 for 100% accuracy.
• Roger added his third to make it 9-6 before his captain, Tomás Bartolini was yellow carded.
• Lautaro Simes scored the opening try which Baronio converted before Roger landed another penalty for a 13-12 half-time scoreline favoring the home side.
• Bartolini returned and made an impact. His 46th minute score was Los Tarucas’ only try of the match.
• Los Tarucas scored for the final time following the yellow carding of Mateo Sánchez. He collided with Martiniano Arrieta who was taking a high ball just outside the try zone.
• Despite being a man down, Los Dogos scored with hooker Leonel Oviedo touching down from a maul. Baronio converted in what was the final scoring act of the match.
• The win sees Los Tarucas overtaking Yacare to now share 4th position alongside Los Dogos on 12 points.
• Los Dogos secured a losing bonus point. They are ahead of Los Tarucas on points differential.
• Felipe Contepomi was among the spectators at Córdoba Athletic.

DOGOS (20)
Try – L Simes (34′); L Oviedo (56′)
Con – JB Baronio 2/2 (35′, 57′)
Pen – JB Baronio 2/2 (8′, 14′)
YC – M Sánchez (52′)

TARUCAS (22)
Try – T Bartolini (46′)
Con – N Roger 1/1 (47′)
Pen – N Roger 5/5 (4′, 11′, 21′, 40′, 53′)
YC – T Bartolini (24′)

DOGOS
1 Boris Wenger, 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 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Mateo Soler, 15 Mateo Sánchez

Replacements: 16 Conrado Iglesias, 17 Nicolás Revol, 18 Octavio Filippa, 19 Lorenzo Colidio, 20 Ignacio Gandini, 21 Juan Lovell, 22 Julián Hernández, 23 Leonardo Gea Salim

1 Benjamín Garrido, 2 Tomás Bartolini (capt.), 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Mariano Perondi, 5 Álvaro García, 6 Facundo Cardozo, 7 Agustín Sarelli, 8 Santiago Aguilar, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 10 Nicolás Roger, 11 Tomás Vanni, 12 Tomás Medina, 13 Bautista Estofán, 14 Martiniano Arrieta, 15 Juan Manuel Molinuevo

Replacements: 16 Juan Manuel Vivas Estrella, 17 Julián Martín, 18 Rodrigo Navarro, 19 Luciano Asevedo, 20 Miguel Mukdise, 21 Estanislao Pregot, 22 Thiago Sbrocco, 23 Stefano Ferro

Referee: Damián Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Federico Longobardi (AR), Tomás Ninci (AR)
TMO: Santiago Corbalán (AR)

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