Gigantic Yacare Display Surprises Peñarol

A gigantic display from Yacare saw the Paraguayan franchise defeating two-time former champions Peñarol by a record margin on Saturday. The 36-8 victory overtakes the 41-24 win last season to be the highest winning margin by Yacare against Peñarol. The win had a lot to do with Yacare’s forwards; they laid the foundations for a comprehensive win.

MATCH NOTES

• Peñarol failed to score points beyond the 24th minute. The one Peñarol try gave the Uruguayans an 8-7 lead at that stage.
• Peñarol lost Baltazar Amaya to injury before the 30 minute mark.
• Julián Quetglas’s try on the half-hour mark put Yacare ahead. The team remained in front for the duration.
• Axel Zapata’s try made it 19-8 late in the first-half.
• A second half try to Juan González and a penalty try ensured a comfortable win and a bonus point.
• Peñarol saw two leading backs yellow carded. Bautista Basso’s card came out of frustration.
• Yacare remain in 5th position but are now well ahead of the 6th placed Tarucas. Yacare now have 19 points while Los Tarucas are on 13. Os Cobras are bottom on 4 points.
• Peñarol failed to gain any competition points. The Uruguayans are tied with Selknam for 2nd position on 23 points. Los Pampas lead SRA 2025 with 24 points.
• Peñarol face Selknam away next. The match will be on April 26.

SCORING

YACARE (36)
TRY – S Ruiz (19′); J Quetglas (30′); A Zapata (38′); J González (57′); Penalty Try (64′)
CON – J Lamas 3/4 (21′, 31′, 58′); No Kick (64′)
PEN – J Lamas 1/1 (69′)

PENAROL (8)
TRY – B Basso (24′)
CON – F Etcheverry 0/1
PEN – F Etcheverry 1/1 (6′)
YC – F Etcheverry (28′); B Basso (65′)

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 HIGHLIGHTS

OFFICIALS

Referee: Damian Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Simon Larrubia (AR); Sergio Alvarenga (PY)
TMO: Marco Demestri (PY)

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