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Os Cobras travel to Montevideo, Uruguay looking for their first win of the Super Rugby Americas 2025 season. The Monday fixture is the final match of the round. it comes after Los Tarucas defeated Selknam and Yacare overcame Los Pampas. The weekend has been unpredictable. Can Os Cobras continue the trend and upset Peñarol in Montevideo?
SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  PEÑAROL RESULTS |
SUPER RUGBY AMERICAS 2025 –  COBRAS RESULTS |
| LINEUP CHANGES |
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IN | OUT |
| 7 | Franco Bertini | Carlos Deus |
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IN | OUT |
| 2 | Endy Willian Pinheiro | Henrique Ferreira |
| 4 | Cléber Dias | Adrio de Melo |
| 5 | Hélder Lúcio | Cléber Dias |
| 6 | Renato Santos | Manuel Todaro |
| 7 | Manuel Todaro | Renato Santos |
| 9 | Felipe Gonçalves | Gustavo Gobeti |
| 10 | Lucas Tranquez | Thiago Oviedo |
| 11 | Robert Tenório | Wilson Menezes |
| 12 | Daniel Lima | Nicolás Azevedo |
| 13 | Fernando Luna | Robert Tenório |
| 14 | Wilson Menezes | João do Amaral |
| 15 | João do Amaral | Lucas Tranquez |
| CAPPED INTERNATIONALS |
(11) M Sanguinetti, F Aliaga, S Civetta, M Diana, F Etcheverry, I Facciolo, Í Amarillo, J Myszka, M Perillo, L Bianchi, S Álvarez (all Uruguay); M Cardoso Pinto (Portugal)
(12) EW Pinheiro, C Dias, H Lúcio, F Gonçalves, L Tranquez, R Tenório, L Massari Temer, J do Amaral, B Alves, A de Melo, R Teixeira, A Arruda
| NOTES |
- The Monday match falls after Selknam and Los Pampas lost to higher places sides over the weekend.
- Peñarol can move from 3rd to 2nd with a win. This would take them above Los Dogos.
- Os Cobras have 4 competition points. Second to bottom are Los Tarucas on 23 points.
- Os Cobras’ two wins over Peñarol were in 2024. They were also Peñarol’s only wins in SRA 2024.
- Brazil may go for new blood in 2025 such as Renato Santos, Rodolfo Martins, Wilson Menezes, João Arraez, and Vicente Galvão.
- Both teams will field Argentines. Peñarol players Juan Francisco Aguirre, Bautista Viero, Tomás Di Biase, Bautista Farise, and Bautista Vidal are Argentines as are Cobras players Javier Coronel, Fernando Luna, Manuel Todaro, Lisadro Urrejola and Augusto Guillamondegui.
- Portuguese winger Manuel Cardoso Pinto will be a Peñarol replacement.
| PREDICTION |
The CBRu view Os Cobras as a feeder team for Brazil’s Men’s test team. For this reason there are fewer players on the roster compared to Yacare. This difference enables more Brazilians and Brazilian eligible players the opportunity to play Super Rugby Americas. In past campaigns this has held back the level of the team and this has repeated in 2025. Peñarol have had a relatively solid season with many boxes ticked off. The scrum has been a concerning point, however. Good conditions are forecast which point to a good evening for the Uruguayans. Peñarol are favorites to win at home on Monday.
| LINEUPS |
PENAROL
1 Mateo Sanguinetti, 2 Sebastián Pérez, 3 Juan Francisco Aguirre, 4 Felipe Aliaga, 5 Bautista Viero, 6 Santiago Civetta, 7 Franco Bertini, 8 Manuel Diana (capt.), 9 Tomás Di Biase, 10 Felipe Etcheverry, 11 Ignacio Facciolo, 12 Bautista Farise, 13 Alfonso Perillo Albarracin, 14 Ícaro Amarillo, 15 Justo Ferrario
Replacements: 16 Joaquín Myszka, 17 Mateo Perillo, 18 Bautista Vidal, 19 Federico de Los Santos, 20 Lucas Bianchi, 21 Santiago Álvarez, 22 Francisco Landauer, 23 Manuel Cardoso Pinto
COBRAS
1 Lisandro Urrejola, 2 Endy Willian Pinheiro, 3 Javier Coronel, 4 Cléber Dias (capt.), 5 Hélder Lúcio, 6 Renato Santos, 7 Manuel Todaro, 8 Rodolfo Martins, 9 Felipe Gonçalves, 10 Lucas Tranquez, 11 Robert Tenório, 12 Lorenzo Massari Temer, 13 Fernando Luna, 14 Wilson Menezes, 15 João do Amaral
Replacements: 16 João Arraez, 17 Brendon Alves, 18 Vicente Galvão, 19 Adrio de Melo, 20 Rafael Teixeira, 21 André Arruda, 22 Gustavo Gobeti, 23 Augusto Guillamondegui
| MATCH INFO |
Date: Monday, May 12
Venue: Estadio Charrua (Montevideo, UY)
Kickoff: 8pm (UY); 8pm (Brasília)
Weather Forecast: Clear Skies; Wind 14km; 19°C
Broadcasts: ESPN; Disney +
| OFFICIALS |
Referee: Federico Solari (AR)
Assistants: Armen Abi-Saab (UY); Simón Larrubia (AR)
TMO: Francisco Pesce (UY)
| HEAD-TO-HEAD (10) Peñarol (8), Cobras (2); Streak: Peñarol (1) |
Mar 16, 2025 – Cobras 03-35 Peñarol (São Paulo, BR)
Apr 12, 2024 – Peñarol 19-25 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Feb 16, 2024 – Cobras 15-13 Peñarol (Jacareí, BR)
May 13, 2023 – Cobras 15-38 Peñarol (Mogi das Cruzes, BR)
Mar 10, 2023 – Peñarol 33-07 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Apr 23, 2022 – Peñarol 40-3 Cobras (Montevideo, UY)
Mar 13, 2022 – Cobras 10-19 Peñarol (Valparaíso, CL)
Apr 16, 2021 – Peñarol 40-12 Cobras (Montevideo, CL)
Mar 16, 2021 – Cobras 24-33 Peñarol (Santiago, CL)
Feb 26, 2020 – Peñarol 45-14 Corinthians (Montevideo, UY)
