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Chile’s 36 Players for Americas Rugby Championship

Chile’s 36 players are known for there first stage of the Americas Rugby Championship. Head Coach Bernard Charreyre has reduced the roster from 50 to 36 players for Los Condores’ away matches against Brazil and Canada. Following this weekend’s camp the roster will be further reduced with the official travel party named.

Chile face Brazil in São Paulo to open the second annual Americas Rugby Championship. The fixture will be played at Pacaembu Stadium on Friday February 03. From there Los Cóndores will travel to British Columbia province to face Canada on the following weekend.

Of the 36 players two are uncapped. Viña Rugby winger Franco Velarde and Curupaytí prop Gonzalo Martínez. Based in Buenos Aires, the Curupaytí club produced Mario Ledesma. Martínez joined the club from Sporting in Santiago.

One name not included is that of Sebastian Kalm. The Ohio Aviators No 8 is reportedly to play for the USA starting from July. The former Chilean u20 player went on to play rugby at college in the USA and became an All-American. Now a professional in PRO Rugby he may debut against Canada in Rugby World Cup qualifying this year.

Also missing for the time being are European-based players. Question marks remain as to their involvement this year. Bayonne prop Ramón Ayarza and second-rower Pablo Huete are the leading names expected to feature for Chile.

Having missed the second test against South Korea Benjamín Soto has returns to captain Los Cóndores. Javier Richard filled-in for him in the second test but is currently missing through injury. Center Matías Nordenflycht returns to the roster. Nordenflycht led the points scoring in the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship.

POSITION PLAYER UNION
Prop Lucas Bordigoni Viña Rugby
Prop Vittorio Lastra Old Mackayans
Prop Gonzalo Martínez Curuaytí, Argentina
Prop José Tomás Munita Universidad Católica
Prop Claudio Zamorano Stade Français
Hooker Tomás Dussaillant Old Boys
Hooker Rodrigo Moya PWCC
Hooker Manuel Gurruchaga COBS
Second-row Nikola Bursic COBS
Second-row Mario Mayol Old Boys
Flanker Manuel Dagnino Old Mackayans
Flanker Cristóbal Niedmann PWCC
Flanker Eduardo Orpis COBS
Flanker Arturo Seeman Old Georgians
No 8 Nicanor Machuca Old Reds
No 8 Anton Petrowitsch COBS
No 8 Benjamín Soto Stade Français
Scrum Half Sergio Bascuñán Old Mackayans
Scrum Half Jan Hasenlechner COBS
Scrum Half Beltrán Vergara Old Boys
Fly Half Francisco Cruz COBS
Fly Half Jorge Castillo ARUA
Fly Half Francisco González Moller Sporting
Center José Ignacio Larenas Universidad Católica
Center Matías Nordenflycht COBS
Center Simón Pardakhy Unattached
Center Ricardo Sifri Universidad Católica
Center Mauricio Urrutia Sporting
Wing Martín Fernández COBS
Wing Tomás Ianiszewski Old Locks
Wing Juan Pablo Larenas Universidad Católica
Wing Franco Velarde Viña Rugby
Wing Pedro Pablo Verschae Viña Rugby
Wing Martín Verschae Viña Rugby
Fullback Rodrigo Fernández COBS
Fullback Francisco Urroz Old Reds

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