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The Olímpia Lions will play in the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby (SLAR). The team is back for a second season. In 2020 the Paraguayan professional team faced Los Ceibos in the opening round. The team was due to host Corinthians in round two; instead, the season was suspended.
The Olímpia Lions will consists of Paraguayans and Argentine players. The roster can be broken down into three categories of players. First, players from Paraguay. Second, players drafted from Argentina in the SLAR draft. Third, players signed from Argentina that were not drafted.
Players of the second and third varieties were confirmed last week. Additional names have now be added to the third category and names of the first category are now known. In short, there are twenty Paraguayans and twenty-two Argentines on the roster.
It should also be noted that the final roster will be reduced from 30 players. The following players should therefore be considered as an extended player roster.
SLAR ROSTER 2021 – OLÍMPIA LIONS
PARAGUAYANS (20)
Andrés Borgognon Rojas (San José), Ariel Nuñez Lesme (San José), Diego Argaña Noguera (CURDA), Gonzalo Villalba Servin (Santa Clara), Hector Gayoso (Luque), Ignacio Andrés Martines Caballero (Mariano), Ivan Daniel Cabral González (Santa Clara), Juan Daniel González (Asunción), Lucas Otaño Domenech (CURDA), Luis Enrique Quinteros (San José), Marcelo Raúl Matiulda Ricciardo (San José), Marcos Riquelme (CURDA), Mariano Garcete Elli (CURDA), Martín Francisco Samudio Barrios (San José), Martín Sitjar da Silva (CURDA), Mateo Ezequiel Rodríguez Vázquez (San José), Pedro Elías Sotelo Gómez (CURDA), Renato Cardona (CURDA), Sebastián Urbieta Liegard (CURDA), Tomás Mussi (CURDA)
ARGENTINES (22)
Rodrigo Martínez (Los Tordos), Axel Zapata (SITAS), Mariano Muntaner (Tucumán RC), Lucas Favre (Lomas), Carlos Repetto (Hindú), Gonzalo Cinat Churruca (Taraguy RC), Matias Gómez Vara (Aranduroga), Lucas Santa Cruz (Pucará), Jerónimo Gómez Vara (San Patricio), Rodrigo Gómez Vara* (Aranduroga), Ignacio Gandini (Duendes), Nicolás Proto (Tucumán Lawn Tennis), Ignacio Inchauspe (Olivios), Joaquín Pellandini (BACRC), Máximo Ledesma (Natación y Gimnasia), Martín Roger (CASI), Arturo Lopez* (CAPRI), Franco Bullentini (Duendes), Santiago Resino (Universitario Tucumán), Martín Begado (Jockey Córdoba), Leopoldo Herrera (Córdoba Athletic), Francisco Díez (CURNE)
* Rodrigo Gómez Vara (Aranduroga) was selected for Paraguay in 2019; Arturo López has played for Paraguay at u20 level.
