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After a bye weekend, Super Rugby Americas (SRA) returns with a full round of fixtures. Week 12 of the SRA season features four matches all of with come with implications for the play-offs. The matches will be played on Friday and Saturday.
Week 12 opens with Los Pampas at home against Os Cobras at La Catedral in Buenos Aires. Los Pampas are in tied with Los Capibaras for 2nd spot on 40 points and Os Cobras are bottom on 10. On the one hand, the home side is pushing for the maximum five competition points. On the other hand, Os Cobras are looking to overtake Yacare who have 13 points at present.
Game two of Week 12 will also be on Friday evening. It sees Peñarol at home against Los Dogos in Montevideo. Los Dogos are top of the table and are the only team this far confirmed for the play-offs. Peñarol are the defending champions but are down in 6th position. Peñarol have 27 points while Los Tarucas have 29 and Selknam is on 34.
Game three will be the first of two Saturday match-ups. It is an afternoon battle with Los Capibaras hosting Selknam. The match will take SRA to a new location as Club Atlético Estudiantes em Tortuguitas (CAE) in Paraná hosts the fixture. It is the match of the round based on where the two teams sit in the standings.
The round will close out with Los Tarucas playing host to Yacare in Tucumán. The home side is desperate for a win to follow the impressive away win over Los Pampas in Buenos Aires in Week 11. A win over Yacare is needed for Los Tarucas to push towards returning to the Semi Finals zone and not falling further behind Selknam nor being overtaken by Peñarol.
 SRA STANDINGS |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS |
| Dogos (Córdoba) | 11 | 10 | 1 | – | 376 | 257 | +119 | 10 | 46 |
| Capibaras (Rosario) | 11 | 8 | 3 | – | 360 | 233 | +127 | 7 | 40 |
| Pampas (Buenos Aires) | 11 | 7 | 4 | – | 367 | 271 | +96 | 11 | 40 |
| Selknam (Santiago) | 11 | 6 | 5 | – | 299 | 345 | -46 | 10 | 34 |
| Tarucas (Tucumán) | 11 | 6 | 5 | – | 313 | 310 | +3 | 3 | 29 |
| Peñarol (Montevideo) | 11 | 5 | 6 | – | 280 | 310 | -30 | 7 | 27 |
| Yacare (Asunción) | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 240 | 314 | -74 | 7 | 13 |
| Cobras (São Paulo) | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 214 | 408 | -294 | 4 | 10 |
| SRA WEEK 12 – FIXTURES |
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La Catedral, San Isidro | 7pm |
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Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | 9pm |
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Club Atlético Estudiantes, Paraná | 4pm |
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Estadio Héctor Cabrera, Tucumán | 8pm |
| NOTES |
- Los Pampas are on a losing streak after falling to Los Dogos, Los Capibaras, and Los Tarucas.
- Reinaldo Piussi is back in Uruguay from Civitavecchia (Italy) and will play his first SRA match of the season.
- The most called Uruguayan prop of all time, Mateo Sanguinetti makes his SRA 2026 debut after sitting out the season until now.
- Foster Douglas Dewitt debuts for Peñarol. Fellow Canadians James Thiel and Ethan Fryer are also in the 23.
- Los Capibaras’ match at CAE is a home game for Felipe Villagrán, Bruno Heit and Franco Rossetto. CAE is an important rugby club. It produced Pumas including Javier Ortega Desio and Martín Gaitán who played for Argentina at Rugby World Cups 2019 and 2003 respectively.
- Martín Castrogiovaani is also from CAE. He was not a product of Italian rugby nor is he from Italy.
| SRA WEEK 12 – LINE-UPS |
PAMPAS
To be named
COBRAS
To be named
PENAROL
1 Mateo Perillo Albarracin, 2 Joaquin Myszka, 3 Reinaldo Piussi, 4 Felipe Aliaga (capt.), 5 Manuel Rosmarino, 6 Manuel Ardao, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Joaquin Suarez , 10 Justo Ferrario, 11 James Thiel, 12 Mateo Acosta, 13 Juan Manuel Alonso, 14 Tomas Baca Castex, 15 Santiago Marolda
Replacements: 16 Sebastián Pérez, 17 Agustin Iglesias, 18 Mateo Sanguinetti, 19 Manuel Ponte, 20 Ethan Fryer, 21 Ícaro Amarillo, 22 Alfonso Perillo Albarracin, 23 Foster Douglas Dewitt
DOGOS
To be named
| SRA WEEK 12 – MATCH OFFICIALS |
VS
Referee: Gonzalo De Achaval (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil); Simón Larrubia (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Tomás Bertazza (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Armen Abi-Saab (Uruguay); Federico Longobardi (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Tomás Ninci (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Juan Moyano (Argentina); Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
Assistant Referees: Juan Manuel Martínez (Argentina); Pedro Lopez Vildosa (Argentina)
