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COBS are the 2018 Champions of Chile. The club from Santiago defeated Old Boys 14-0 in the national club final on Saturday to be crowned national champions for the fifth time. Prior to winning the Top 8 Final this year COBS previously were Chile champions in 1980, 1991, 2013, and 2016.
The match was not only a national club final but it was also a Chilean classic rivalry. The traditional enemies, though, would not compete in an enthralling match on the field. Rather COBS would have the better of play and see their way to a comfortable victory.
COBS and Old Boys had notable local support with the presence of 3,000 in attendance at the Old Grangonian Club.
The path to the title began well for COBS. Right winger Tomás Salas landed two opening half penalties forn a 6-0 half time lead. His third penalty came in the 50th minute to extend the advantage. With 11 minutes remaining Cóndores back-rower Alfonso Escobar sealed the result by scoring the game’s only try.
SCORING
COBS 14
Tries – A. Escobar (69′)
Pens – T. Salas 3 (23′, 32′, 50′)
OLD BOYS 0
Yellow cards – V. Huete (23′)
TEAMS
COBS
1 Felipe Beltrán (17 Basilio Díaz 51′), 2 Manuel Gurruchaga (16 Salvador Lues 67′), 3 Joaquín Carrasco (18 José Barake 57′), 4 Javier Richard, 5 Ignacio Álvarez (19 Nikola Bursic 47′), 6 Eduardo Orpis (capt.), 7 Vicente Contreras (20 Iñaki de Urruticoechea 73′), 8 Alfonso Escobar, 9 Víctor Escobedo (21 José Ignacio Escobedo 51′), 10 Martín de Oto, 11 Tomás Contreras, 12 Matías Nordenflycht, 13 Martín Triviño (22 Gonzalo Lara 70′), 14 Tomás Salas, 15 Rodrigo Fernández (23 Ítalo Zunino 51′)
OLD BOYS
1 Sebastián Valech (capt.) (17 Lawrence Mateluna 63′), 2 Tomás Dussaillant, 3 Nicolás Ovalle (18 Benjamín Garib 49′ {16 Philip Bucknell 75′}), 4 Allan Guiloff, 4 Mario Mayol (19 Santiago Edwards 30′), 6 Vicente Huete, 7 Clemente Saavedra (20 Jorge Escárate 19′), 8 Martín Sigren, 9 Nicolás Bruzzone, 10 Santiago Videla, 11 Lucas Kohan (22 Domingo Saavedra 47′), 12 Vicente Ayarza, 13 Mauro Comuzzi (23 José Tomás Maturana 70′), 14 Benjamín de Vidts, 15 Lucas Westcott
Not used: 21 Carlos Fiedler
MATCH OFFICIALS
Referee: José Ignacio Calle
Assistants: Tomás Covarrubias & Felipe Balbontín.
Attendance: 3,000
