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A pivotal eleventh round match of Super Rugby Americas 2025 sees Los Tarucas at home against Selknam. The Friday fixture sees two teams are separated by six competition points. They both need to win as the race heats up to secure places in the Semi Finals.
SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  TARUCAS RESULTS |
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SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  SELKNAM RESULTS |
| LINEUP CHANGES |
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IN | OUT |
| 6 | Facundo Cardozo | Thiago Sbrocco |
| 8 | Thiago Sbrocco | Facundo García Hamilton |
| 10 | Nicolás Roger | Juan Manuel Molinuevo |
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IN | OUT |
| 7 | Clemente Saavedra | Raimundo Martínez |
| 8 | Raimundo Martínez | Joaquin Milesi |
| 12 | Gonzalo Lara | Nicolás Saab |
| 14 | Manuel José Bustamante Fernández | Clemente Armstrong |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
(16) J Carrasco, A Böhme, S Pedrero, B Sáez, M Sigren, C Saavedra, R Martínez, M Torrealba, JC Reyes, N Garafulic, G Lara, L Strabucchi, T Salas, S Lues, B Videla, J Milesi
| NOTES |
- Three of Los Tarucas’ four remaining regular season matches are at home.
- Selknam play the three Argentine teams away in May. The Chileans start in Tucumán against Los Tarucas and also face Los Pampas in Buenos Aires and Los Dogos in Córdoba in May. Their one home game will be against Yacare in between trips to Argentina.
- Scrum-half Simón Benítez Cruz is a contender for a call-up for Los Pumas this year.
- Selknam welcome back Clemente Saavedra for his first start in his natural position since his comeback from injury suffered against Scotland A in November.
- Gonzalo Lara and Luca Strabucchi form a new centers pairing for Selknam.
- Manuel José Bustamante Fernández will debut on the wing for Selknam. He and Strabucchi impressed for Chile against Canada in the Sevens Challenger Series in Cape Town in March.
- Unusual replacement numbering sees back-rower Joaquín Milesi named at 23.
- Both teams last played against Peñarol. The Chileans narrowly lost in a controversial manner while the Argentines won with a dominant scrum.
- Juan Manuel Vivas and Raimundo Martínez have scored 5 tries each this season.
- Nicolás Roger and Tomás Salas have both landed 10 penalties.
| PREDICTION |
The only match between the teams was one-sided. Los Tucumanos have rebounded since the heavy road defeat against Selknam. They are full of confidence after beating Peñarol in Uruguay and are motivated to continue moving up the standings. Conditions will be friendly, thus enabling positive rugby. Selknam are favorites to win in Tucumán.
| LINEUPS |
TARUCAS
1 Julián Martín, 2 Tomás Bartolini (capt.), 3 Francisco Moreno, 4 Mariano Perondi, 5 Luciano Asevedo, 6 Facundo Cardozo, 7 Agustín Sarelli, 8 Thiago Sbrocco, 9 Simón Benítez Cruz, 10 Nicolás Roger, 11 Tomás Vanni, 12 Mariano García Ascarate, 13 Tomás Medina, 14 Mateo Pesquini, 15 Stefano Ferro
Replacements: 16 Juan Manuel Vivas, 17 Benjamín Garrido, 18 Rodrigo Navarro, 19 Joaquín Aguilar, 20 Santiago Aguilar, 21 Estanislao Pregot, 22 Ignacio Cerruti, 23 Bautista Estofan
SELKNAM
1 Javier Carrasco, 2 Augusto Böhme, 3 Nahuel DiBiassi, 4 Santiago Pedrero, 5 Bruno Sáez, 6 Martín Sigren (capt.), 7 Clemente Saavedra, 8 Raimundo Martínez, 9 Marcelo Torrealba, 10 Juan Cruz Reyes, 11 Nicolás Garafulic, 12 Gonzalo Lara, 13 Luca Strabucchi, 14 Manuel José Bustamante Fernández, 15 Tomás Salas
Replacements: 16 Salvador Lues, 17 Emilio Shea, 18 Baltazar Gurruchaga, 19 Agustín Toth, 20 Benjamín Videla, 21 Tomás Baguley, 22 Augusto Villanueva, 23 Joaquín Milesi
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Friday, May 09
Venue: Tucumán Lawn Tennis (Tucumán, AR)
Kickoff: 8pm (AR); 7pm (CL)
Weather Forecast: Slightly Cloudy, 22°C; Wind (5 km/h)
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Francisco González (UY)
Assistants: Tomás Ninci (AR); Pedro López Vildoza )AR)
TMO: Álvaro Del Barco (AR)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD RESULTS |
MARCH 16, 2025 – Selknam 49-24 Tarucas (Santiago, CL)
