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Yacare play host Peñarol on Saturday in Asunción. The Héroes de Curupayty has been a hard place for visitors this season. Yacare has two home wins and one loss thus far at home this season. The one defeat was 24-19 against reigning champions Los Dogos last weekend. Peñarol have a short turn-around after having faced Los Tarucas in Tucumán, Argentina on Monday.
| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – POSITIONS |
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2nd
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| SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 – PEÑAROL RESULTS |
| LINEUP CHANGES |
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IN | OUT |
| 3 | Luis Enrique Quinteros | Rolando Portillo |
| 6 | Ariel Núñez | Ramiro Parada Heit |
| 7 | Felipe Puertas | Ariel Núñez |
| 10 | Joaquín Lamas | Valentino Dicapua |
| 11 | Juan González | Arturo López |
| 12 | Sebastián Urbieta | Ramiro Amarilla |
| 13 | Ramiro Amarilla | Francisco Diez |
| 14 | Arturo López | Facundo Paiva |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
– (10 capped by Paraguay) – LE Quinteros, M Garcete, A Núñez, J González, S Urbieta, R Amarilla, A López, J Chavez, C Blasco, I Martínez, G Bareiro, G Parodi
– (12 Capped by Uruguay) – M Sanguinetti, G Pujadas, F Aliaga, S Civetta, L Bianchi, M Diana, S Álvarez, F Etcheverry, B Basso, B Amaya, M Perillo, C Deus
| NOTES |
- Peñarol are on a three match winning streak. Yacare lost in their last outing.
- Peñarol have won 8 of the 10 matches against the Paraguayans.
- The Uruguayans 50-15 win over Yacare in February sets new records for winning-margin and points scored.
- Joaquín Lamas is back for Yacare after serving suspension. He replaces fellow Argentine Valentino DiCapua who filled-up superbly for him.
- Peñarol are unchanged from Monday’s win over Los Tarucas in Tucumán.
- A Peñarol victory would see the Uruguayans moving to top spot. This is after Los Pampas were beaten at home by Los Dogos on Friday.
| PREDICTION |
Yacare will be happy to take-on Peãnrol up front. The conditions will work in their favor; wet conditions are forecast. Peñarol have been solid at defending mauls but scrums have been far more complicated. Yacare have shown enterprise with their backs this season and will need more to achieve a home victory over the 2nd Peñarol. Peñarol are favorites to win in Asunción.
| LINEUPS |
YACARE
1 Mariano Muntaner, 2 Axel Zapata, 3 Luis Enrique Quinteros, 4 Mariano Garcete (capt.), 5 Lucas Sommer, 6 Ariel Núñez, 7 Felipe Puertas, 8 Santiago Ruiz, 9 Juan Cruz Strada, 10 Joaquín Lamas, 11 Juan González, 12 Sebastián Urbieta, 13 Ramiro Amarilla, 14 Arturo López, 15 Julián Quetglas
Replacements: 16 Jordi Chavez, 17 Camilo Blasco, 18 Enzo Egea, 19 Ignacio Martínez, 20 Francisco Bareiro, 21 Gonzalo Bareiro, 22 Valentino DiCapua, 23 Gianfranco Parodi
PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Guillermo Pujadas, 3 Juan Francisco Aguirre, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Manuel Rosmarino, 6 Santiago Civetta, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Diana (capt.), 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Justo Ferrario, 12 Bautista Farise, 13 Alfonso Perillo Albarracin, 14 Bautista Basso, 15 Baltazar Amaya
Replacements: 16 Sebastian Pérez, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Bautista Vidal, 19 Federico de Los Santos, 20 Bautista Viero, 21 Carlos Deus, 22 Tomás Di Biase, 23 Francisco Landauer
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Saturday, April 12
Venue: Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción (PY)
Kickoff: 8pm (UY); 8pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Showers, 22°C; Wind 10 km/h
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Damian Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Simon Larrubia (AR); Sergio Alvarenga (PY)
TMO: Marco Demestri (PY)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD RESULTS |
Feb 22, 2025 – Peñarol 50-15 Yacare (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
May 11, 2024 – Yacare 17-31 Peñarol (Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción, PY)
Mar 16, 2024 – Peñarol 24-41 Yacare (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Jun 02, 2023 – Peñarol 30-17 Yacare (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Apr 15, 2023 – Yacare 17-43 Peñarol (Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción, PY)
Mar 17, 2023 – Peñarol 45-12 Yacare (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
May 04, 2022 – Peñarol 42-14 Olímpia Lions (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Mar 27, 2022 – Olímpia Lions 15-13 Peñarol (Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción, PY)
Apr 11, 2021 – Peñarol 29-10 Olímpia Lions (Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo, UY)
Mar 16, 2021 – Olímpia Lions 11-40 Peñarol (Estadio Nacional, Santiago, CL)
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