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Pablo Bouza is to remain in charge of Peñarol for the 2022 Súper Liga Americana de rugby (SLAR) season. The former Puma was Peñarol Head Coach in both the 2020 and 2021 season.
Peñarol played two matches in 2020. First, the Uruguayan side was 45-14 winners over Corinthians in a SLAR warm-up match. Second, Peñarol fell to a 15-13 defeat against Selknam. Both matches were played at Montevideo’s Estadio Charrúa.
In his second season in charge, Bouza guided Peñarol to the SLAR Final. The Uruguayan side pushed Los Jaguares XV in the final. The Argentine side won the final 36-28 in Montevideo.
Bouza is from Argentina. He took six years of coaching experience in Argentina’s High Performance (PladAR) with him to Uruguay. Bouza was a prominent member of the Daniel Hourcade coaching regime. He was an assistant until 2018. He remained on for the initial period under Mario Ledesma as lineout assistant.
Bouza was also a Puma. He joined Ledesma at RWC 2003. In total he earned 37 caps from 1996-2007. At RWC 2003 he played against Namibia, and Romania scoring four tries. He also had several years as a professional player. He played in England for the Harlequins and Leeds Carnegie from 2005-2008.
