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Os Cobras Brasil Rugby play host to Yacare on Saturday. The match is officially the basement clash, though Yacare can move above two teams by winning with a bonus point. Os Cobras are chasing their first win of the season while Yacare have been hot and cold.
| CURRENT STANDINGS |
7th
6th
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – COBRAS RESULTS |
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – YACARE RESULTS |
| LINEUP CHANGES |
|
IN | OUT |
| 4 | Cleber Dias | Ben Donald |
| 6 | Manuel Todaro | Renato Santos |
| 7 | Renato Santos | Cleber Dias |
| 11 | Robert Tenório | Andrei Santana |
| 12 | Moisés Duque | Robert Tenório |
| 13 | Lorenzo Massari Temer | Fernando Luna |
| 14 | Robson Morais | Daniel Lima |
|
IN | OUT |
| 8 | Nicolás Heit | Santiago Ruiz |
| 10 | Valentino di Capua | Joaquín Lamas |
| 14 | Facundo Paiva | Arturo López |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
(15) – B Alves, EW Pinheiro, C Dias, H Lúcio, A Arruda, F Gonçalves, L Tranquez, R Tenório, M Duque, L Massari Temer, R Morais, J do Amaral, H Ferreira, G Oliveira, M Cláudio
(13) – R Portillo, M Garcete, A Núñez, J González, S Urbieta, R Amarilla, F Paiva, J Chávez, E Quinteros, JJ Heisecke, G Bareiro, R Bareiro, J Mussi
| NOTES |
- The match comes days after confirmation of the South America’s Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers. Super Rugby Americas is critical to Brazil and Paraguay.
- Veteran Moisés Duque will play for Os Cobras for the first time in 2025. Duque is one of seven changes to Os Cobras. Yacare have made just two alterations.
- Joaquin Lamas is serving suspension following his red card against Los Pampas.
- Os Cobras line-up contains 21 Brazilian eligible players. The two exceptions are Argentines Javier Coronel and Manuel Todaro.
- Yacare is majority Argentine; eight starting players are not eligible for Paraguay. They are Mariano Muntaner, Axel Zapata, Lucas Sommer, Felipe Puertas, Nicolás Heit, Juan Cruz Strada, Valentino DiCapua, and Julián Quetglas. In addition, Ramiro Amarilla and Rolando Portillo, who are capped by Paraguay, are Argentines.
- Paraguayan impact will enter from the replacements as Santiago Ruiz is the only Argentine on the Yacare replacements bench.
| PREDICTION |
Os Cobras are in search of their first win of Super Rugby Americas 2025. The team has been competitive at the set-piece but fallen short in other areas. They are up against a team who likes a hard battle in the forwards. Yacare ‘s two wins this season featured tries but it was the forwards who shone the brightest. The link has come from scrum-half Juan Cruz Strada who has been exceptional this season. Yacare are favorites to win away.
| LINEUPS |
COBRAS
1 Brendon Alves, 2 Endy Willian Pinheiro, 3 Javier Coronel, 4 Cleber Dias (capt.), 5 Hélder Lúcio, 6 Manuel Todaro, 7 Renato Santos, 8 André Arruda, 9 Felipe Gonçalves, 10 Lucas Tranquez, 11 Robert Tenório, 12 Moisés Duque, 13 Lorenzo Massari Temer, 14 Robson Morais, 15 João do Amaral
Replacements: 16 Henrique Ferreira, 17 Vicente Galvão, 18 Tiago Santos, 19 Gabriel Oliveira, 20 Matheus Cláudio, 21 Rodolfo Martins, 22 Rodrigo Santos, 23 Andrei Santana
YACARE
1 Mariano Muntaner, 2 Axel Zapata, 3 Rolando Portillo, 4 Mariano Garcete (capt.), 5 Lucas Sommer, 6 Felipe Puertas, 7 Ariel Nuñez, 8 Nicolás Heit, 9 Juan Cruz Strada, 10 Valentino DiCapua, 11 Juan González, 12 Sebastián Urbieta, 13 Ramiro Amarilla, 14 Facundo Paiva, 15 Julián Quetglas
Replacements: 16 Jordi Chávez, 17 Camilo Blasco, 18 Enrique Quinteros, 19 Juan José Heisecke, 20 Santiago Ruiz, 21 Gonzalo Bareiro, 22 Rafael Bareiro, 23 Joaquín Mussi
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Saturday, March 29
Venue: Jacareí (BR)
Kickoff: 4:00pm (Brasília); 4:00pm (PY)
Weather Forecast: Sunny 31°C; wind (3 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Gonzalo De Achaval (AR)
Assistants: Juan Maio (AR); Lucas Saccomanno (AR)
TMO: Victor Hugo Barboza (BR)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD (8) – Yacare 7, Cobras 1, STREAK Yacare +4 |
May 04, 2024 – Cobras 10-27 Yacare (Jacareí, PY)
Mar 09, 2024 – Yacare 51-07 Cobras (Asunción, PY)
Apr 23, 2023 – Yacare 34-30 Cobras (Asunción, PY)
Mar 05 2023 – Cobras 14-34 Yacare (São Paulo, BR)
May 10, 2022 – Cobras 36-25 Olímpia Lions (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 02, 2022 – Olímpia Lions 42-17 Cobras (Ciudad del Este, PY)
Apr 20, 2021 – Olímpia Lions 19-15 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 25, 2021 – Cobras 8-44 Olímpia Lions (Valparaiso, CL)
