Big Names To Feature In URBA Top 12 Semi Finals

Big name players are to feature in the URBA Top 12 Semi Finals. Taking place this weekend, Pucará take-on Hindú and SIC face Alumni in the battles to book places in the URBA Top 12 Final.

Pucará will confirm their starting line-up and replacements on Saturday. The Gustavo Jorger coached club enter the Semi Final with the outstanding back-three of Julián Domóinguez, Bautista Delguy and Manuel Montero. Rugby World Cup 2011 and 2015 winger, Lucas González Amorosino has had a great season playing fly half. Argentina XV players Cristian Bartoloni and Juan Cappiello are also to be involved this weekend.

Pucará
From: Tulio Sosa, Tomás Kelly, Federico Scarlato, Guido Romandetto, Cristian Bartoloni, Francisco Puentes, Guido Albertario, Federico Gandolfo, Pablo Romano, Germán Fiocca, Marco Costa, Pablo Parlatore, Leandro Urriza, Germán Klubus, Santiago Serra, Lucas González Amorosino, Lucas Mensa, Joaquín Paz, Juan Cappiello, Manuel Montero, Julián Domínguez, Diego Palma, Bautista Delguy, Felipe Del Mestre

Hindú enter as favorites to defeat Pucará. They do so with a highly impressive back-line featuring Rugby World Cup 2003-2011 Pumas Horacio Agulla, Santiago Fernández and Hernán Senillosa. Jaguares Felipe Ezcurra and Joaquín Díaz Bonilla start in the halves. Argentina XV captain, Lautaro Bavaro will play flanker.

Hindú
1 Ignacio Martínez Sosa, 2 Augusto Faraone, 3 Nicolás Leiva, 4 Nicolás Guisasola, 5 Augusto Bavaro, 6 Tomás Resnick, 7 Lautaro Bavaro, 8 Gonzalo Delguy (Capt.), 9 Felipe Ezcurra, 10 Joaquín Díaz Bonilla, 11 Bautista Álvarez, 12 Hernán Senillosa, 13 Santiago Fernández, 14 Horacio Agulla, 15 Severiano Escobio

SIC enter their match against Alumni with lesser known players but with a roster packed with highly promising youth. Los Pumas 7’s player Rodrigo Etchart starts on the right wing. The hero that got SIC this far, Benjamín Madero starts at fly half.

SIC
1 Ricardo Macchiavelo, 2 Francisco Piccinini (Capt.), 3 Marcos Gatica, 4 Marcos Borghi, 5 Lucas Rizzato, 6 Andrea Panzarini, 7 Cristian Etchart, 8 Tomás Meyrelles, 9 Juan Soares Gache, 10 Benjamín Madero, 11 Lucas Bustos, 12 Santos Rubio, 13 Joaquín Ferrari, 14 Rodrigo Etchart, 15 Gastón Arias

Alumni go into the match as favorites. They do so with three forwards who are inline for Jaguares contracts in 2018. They are hooker Gaspar Baldunciel and back-rowers Mariano Romanian and Santiago Montagner. Los Pumas 7’s player Francso Sábato starts in the mid-field.

Alumni
1 Federico Lucca, 2 Gaspar Baldunciel, 3 Guido Cambareri, 4 Bernardo Quaranta , 5 Iñaki Etchegaray, 6 Tobías Moyano, 7 Mariano Romanini, 8 Santiago Montagner, 9 Tomás Passerotti, 10 Lucas Frana, 11 Luca Sábato, 12 Franco Battezzati, 13 Franco Sábato, 14 Rafael Desanto, 15 Máximo Provenzano