Super Rugby Americas 2024 – Peñarol vs Pampas – ARN Guide

Friday night Super Rugby Americas action will be in Montevideo. The Uruguayan capital will play-host to the battle of the Rio de la Plata as Peñarol take-on Los Pampas. The match is a hypothetical Semi Final; the teams are 1st and 4th at present and only two rounds remain.

CURRENT STANDINGS

9-0-1 (W7) 1st

5-0-5 (W3) 4th

LINEUP CHANGES

12 Joaquín Suárez moves from 14; replaces Juan Manuel Alonso
13 Juan Manuel Alonso moves from 13; replaces Felipe Arcos Pérez
14 Juan Bautista Hontou replaces Joaquín Súarez

1 Facundo Scaiano replaces Javier Corvalán
4 Rodrigo Fernández Criado replaces Eliseo Fourcade
6 Manuel Bernstein replaces Santiago Montagner
13 Juan Pablo Castro replaces Bruno Heit

CLUB DEBUTS

– Jhon Jader Quiñones (Gatos, CO)

CAPPED INTERNATIONALS

– (12) Mateo Sanguinetti; Mathias Franco; Felipe Aliaga; Santiago Civetta; Lucas Bianchi; Carlos Deus; Juan Manuel Alonso; Ignacio Álvarez; Mateo Perillo; Manuel Diana; Santiago Álvarez; Jhon Jader Quiñones (CO)
– (0)

NOTABLE ABSENTEES

– Juan Manuel Rodríguez; Juan Andrés Zuccarino; Felipe Arcos Pérez; Bautista Basso; Baltazar Amaya; Ignacio Facciolo; Mateo Viñals; Gastón Mieres
– Javier Corvalán; Eliseo Chiavassa; Tomás Bernasconi; Eliseo Morales; Benjamín Elizalde

NOTES

• Rugby World Cup 2019 and 2023 N8, Manuel Diana is back from injury.
• Colombian winger Jhon Jader Quiñones will debut for Peñarol as a replacement.
• Argentina XV hooker Leonel Oviedo starts for Peñarol.
• Carlos Deus vs Joaquín Moro is the feature match-up.
• Juan Manuel Leguiazmón has awarded prop Facundo Scaiano with his first SRA start.
• Manuel Bernstein is back to lead Los Pampas. He missed last weekend’s match against Selknam.
• Renzo Zanella, Mateo Lorenzo and Marcos Eliçagaray are back but as replacements.

PREDICTION

Los Pampas are running hot. The team have won their past seven matches and have done so by playing very well. Last weekend saw Los Pampas stomp a Mud Hole on Selknam. The 54-0 win was the most comprehensive of the season. Peñarol have rebounded from their woes but still only have a 50% winning record for the season. Conditions should not have any genuine impact on the contest. ARN projects a Pampas bonus point win by a margin of 14+ points.

LINEUPS

PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Leonel Oviedo, 3 Mathias Franco, 4 Manuel Rosmarino, 5 Felipe Aliaga, 6 Santiago Civetta (capt.), 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Carlos Deus, 9 Pedro Hoblog, 10 Ícaro Amarillo, 11 Dante Soto, 12 Joaquín Suárez, 13 Juan Manuel Alonso, 14 Juan Bautista Hontou, 15 Ignacio Álvarez

Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myszka, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Horacio de la Mota, 19 Agustín Morales, 20 Manuel Diana, 21 Santiago Álvarez, 22 Santiago Terra, 23 Jhon Jader Quiñones

PAMPAS
1 Facundo Scaiano, 2 Ignacio Bottazzini, 3 Estanislao Carullo, 4 Rodrigo Fernández Criado, 5 Marcelo Toledo, 6 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 7 Nicolás D´Ámorim, 8 Joaquín Moro, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 10 Joaquín de la Vega Mendía, 11 Jerónimo Ulloa, 12 Justo Piccardo, 13 Juan Pablo Castro, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Manuel Nogúes

Replacements: 16 Ramiro Gurovich, 17 Renzo Zanella, 18 Javier Coronel, 19 Mateo Lorenzo, 20 Santiago Montagner, 21 Bernabé López Fleming, 22 Bruno Heit, 23 Marcos Eliçagaray

MATCH INFO

Date: Friday, May 17
Venue: Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo (UY)
Kickoff: 8pm (UY); 8pm (AR)
Weather Forecast: Partly Cloudy, 10°C, wind SE (16 km/h)
Broadcasts: Star +; ESPN

OFFICIALS

Referee: Damián Schneider (AR)
Assistants: Roberto Barreiro (AR); Tomás Ninci (AR)
TMO: Francisco Pesce (AR)

HISTORY

HEAD-TO-HEAD (8) – Peñarol (2); Pampas (5) STREAK – Pampas (3)

Mar 22, 2024 – Pampas 38-20 Peñarol (Buenos Aires, AR)
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)