Super Rugby Americas – Pampas vs Peñarol – ARN Guide

It is a Friday afternoon start to Week six of Super Rugby Americas 2024. The historic Club Newman in Buenos Aires will play host to Los Pampas vs Peñarol. The home side enter on the back of an impressive road win over Selknam in Chile while Peñarol were humbled and humiliated at home by Yacare a week ago.

CURRENT STANDINGS

3-0-1 (W1) 3rd

2-0-2 (L1) 4th

LINEUP CHANGES

1 Matías Medrano replaces Javier Corvalán
7 Santiago Montagner replaces Nicolás D’Amorim
8 Joaquín Moro replaces Tomás Bernasconi
9 Ignacio Inchauspe replaces Mateo Albanese
15 Marcos Eliḉagaray replaces Benjamín Elizalde

1 Mateo Sanguinetti replaces Mateo Perillo
3 Santiago Martirene replaces Mathias Franco
4 Manuel Rosmarino replaces Juan Martín Rodríguez
5 Lucas Bianchi replaces Agustín Morales
10 Juan Andrés Zuccarino replaces Ícaro Amarillo
11 Mateo Viñals replaces Dante Soto
12 Juan Manuel Alonso replaces Juan Andrés Zuccarino
13 Diego Ardao replaces Juan Manuel Alonso
14 Juan Bautista Hontou replaces Koba Brazionis
15 Ignacio Álvarez replaces Juan Bautista Hontou

CLUB DEBUTS

(1) – Ignacio Bottazzini **

(1) – Diego Ardao,*

* SRA debut, ** pro debut

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

(0)

(12) – M Sanguinetti, L Bianchi, S Civetta, C Deus, M Diana, S Álvarez, JA Zuccarino, M Viñals, JM Alonso, D Ardao, M Perillo, T Etcheverry

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– E Morales

– F Aliaga, JM Rodríguez, JM Tafernaberry, B Basso, G Mieres, B Amaya

NOTES

• Uruguayan test flanker, Lucas Bianchi, starts out of position at lock. Specialists Felipe Aliaga and Juan Manuel Rodríguez are missing.
• With 10 changes from last week, Peñarol have made 66% changes for Friday’s clash.
• Peñarol captain, Santiago Civetta, has the most tun-overs with 5.
• Hooker Joaquín Myszka is the leading SRA try scorer with 5.
• Los Pampas was the one team that had the better of Peñarol in SRA 2023; the Buenos Aires side won both matches.
• Ignacio Bottazzini, from the traditional northern Buenos Aires club of SIC, will debut for Los Pampas. He will become the 54th Pampas player in SRA.
• 37 players featured for Pampas in SRA 2023. 16 have debuted in 2024: Joaquín Moro, Justo Piccardo, Bernabé López Fleming, Santiago Pernas, Bruno Heit, Marcelo Toledo, Santiago Montagner, Ignacio Inchauspe, Marcos Eliçagaray, Nahuel Zunini, Mateo Lorenzo, Tomás Di Biase, Tomás Rapetti, Manuel Nogués, Tomás Bernasconi and Estanislao Carullo

PREDICTION

On paper this is a match which either side is capable of winning. However, when setting aside ability to factor in team form, player rotation and location this is a match which Los Pampas are favorites to win by a healthy margin. Joaquín de la Vega Mendía has operated the team very well while the scrum looms as a key weapon against the Uruguayans who have been exposed this season. Los Pampas are heavy favorites for a bonus point win.

LINEUPS

PAMPAS
1 Matías Medrano, 2 Ramiro Gurovich, 3 Estanislao Carullo, 4 Eliseo Fourcade, 5 Marcelo Toledo, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Santiago Montagner, 8 Joaquín Moro, 9 Ignacio Inchauspe, 10 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía, 11 Jerónimo Ulloa, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Bruno Heit, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Marcos Eliçagaray

Replacements: 16 Ignacio Bottazzini, 17 Javier Corvalán, 18 Javier Coronel, 19 Rodrigo Fernández Criado, 20 Eliseo Chiavassa, 21 Manuel Nogués, 22 Juan Pablo Castro, 23 Benjamín Elizalde

PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Joaquín Myszka, 3 Santiago Martirene, 4 Manuel Rosmarino, 5 Lucas Bianchi, 6 Santiago Civetta (capt.), 7 Carlos Deus, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Santiago Álvarez, 10 Juan Andrés Zuccarino, 11 Mateo Viñals, 12 Juan Manuel Alonso, 13 Diego Ardao, 14 Juan Bautista Hontou, 15 Ignacio Álvarez

Replacements: 16 Francisco García, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Duban Silvera, 19 Agustín Morales, 20 Tomás Etcheverry, 21 Dante Soto, 22 Pedro Hoblog, 23 Joaquín Suárez

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, March 22
Venue: Club Newman, Buenos Aires (AR)
Kickoff: 4:45pm(AR); 4:45pm (UY)
Weather Forecast: sunny, 19°C, wind SE (8km/h)
Broadcasts: Star +; ESPN

OFFICIALS

Referee: Damián Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Nicolás Cotic; Federico Longobardi
TMO: Maximiliano Miranda

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (7) – Peñarol (2); Pampas (4) STREAK – Pampas (2)

May 19, 2023 – Peñarol 10-16 Pampas (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 29, 2023 – Pampas 20-19 Peñarol (Buenos Aires, AR)
May 10, 2022 – Peñarol 32-14 Jaguares XV (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 02, 2022 – Jaguares XV 20-27 Peñarol (Ciudad del Este, PY)
Apr 04, 2021 – Jaguares XV 46-17 Peñarol (Santiago, CL)
May 01, 2021 – Peñarol 18-42 Jaguares XV (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 04, 2021 – Peñarol 28-36 Jaguares XV (Montevideo, UY)