Dogos get the job done against Raptors in Colorado

With Peñarol in hot pursuit of Los Dogos‘ spot at the top of the Super Rugby Americas table, the Córdoba side responded well on Friday. Los Dogos completed an away win over the American Raptors at Infinity Park in Colorado.

It was all Los Dogos early on. First Juan Bautista Boronio opened the scoring with a penalty and then the Argentines ran in three rapid-fire tries. Hooker Boris Wenger scored a double and Juan Bautista Boronio provided a sharp support run to score the other.

The 24-0 scoresheet was ugly reading for the American Raptors. The match changed in the second quarter though. Tries to prop Payton Telea-Ilalio and flanker Tommy Clark saw the lad narrowed to ten points at the conclusion of the opening half.

Los Dogos were ahead without being in control. Accurate goal-kicking and clearance kicking from Boronio was an important factor in the Argentine side’s performance. This continued for much of the second half.

Leandro Gea Salim opened the second-half scoring. A slight step to his left saw him through a gap to score. Former Pumas hooker Diego Fortuny then touched down as did Uruguayan Diego Magno. Fortuny and Magno’s tries for the Raptors got them back to within one score.

Replacement Felipe Mallía slotted two penalties to seal the win for Los Dogos. Despite holding a 13 point lead, Los Dogos were made to work until the final whistle. Handling errors in the final ten minutes meant it was not a case of seeing the match out until the final siren.

The match was the first of six consecutive home games for the Raptors. They face Os Cobras next-up on April 02.

 

SCORING

AMERICAN RAPTORS (24)
Try – P Telea-Ilalio (30′); T Clark (40′); D Fortuny (50′); D Magno (55′)
Con – L González Amorosino 2/3 (31′, 40′)
YC – D Fortuny (11′)

DOGOS (37)
Try – B Wenger 2 (12′, 17′); JB Baronio (21′); L Gea Salim (45′)
Con – JB Baronio 4/4 (13′, 18′, 22′, 46′)
Pen – JB Baronio 1/1 (8′) F Mallía 2/2 (61′, 70′)
YC – O Filippa (25′); J Hernández (39′)

TEAMS

AMERICAN RAPTORS
1 Payton Telea-Ilalio, 2 Diego Fortuny, 3 Juan Etcheverry, 4 Mikey Grandy (capt.), 5 Diego Magno, 6 Ronan Murphy, 7 Tommy Clark, 8 Siaki Vikilani, 9 Martín Landajo, 10 Lucas González Amorosino, 11 Seimou Smith, 12 Aki Pulu, 13 Watson Filikitonga, 14 Ryan James, 15 Line Latu

Replacements: 16 Chris Schade, 17 Ma’ake Muti, 18 Adagio Lopeti, 19 Will Crawford, 20 Shawn Clark, 21 Ethan McVeigh, 22 Cassh Maluia, 23 Patrick Madden

DOGOS
1 Santiago Pulella, 2 Boris Wenger, 3 Octavio Filippa, 4 Lautaro Simes, 5 Franco Molina (capt.), 6 Aitor Bildosola, 7 Valentín Cabral, 8 Efraín Elías, 9 Agustín Moyano, 10 Juan Bautista Baronio, 11 Lautaro Cipriani, 12 Leandro Gea Salim, 13 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 14  Mateo Soler, 15 Julián Hernández

Replacements: 16 Román Pretz, 17 Mateo Nuñez Miserez, 18 Ramiro Valdés, 19 Federio Albrisi, 20 Gregorio Hernández, 21 Juan Cruz Strada, 22 Valentino Dicaupa, 23 Felipe Mallía

MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: Juan Manuel León (CO)
Assistant Referees: Felipe Nogués (AR); Joe Burpoe (US)
TMO: Marc Nelson (US)