Cobras Put Up a Real Challenge Against Yacare

Os Cobras put up a serious challenge against Yacare in Paraguay on Sunday. The Brazilian side had their best performance of the season thus far, leading the contest 13-07 late in the first-half but ultimately falling to a 33-18 defeat. The win significantly boosts Yacare’s prospects of reaching the Semi Finals.

• Lucas Tranquez landed two early penalties for a 6-0 Cobras lead.
• Arturo López scored the game’s opening try and fellow winger Juan Gonzalez scored just before half-time.
• Cobras’ hooker Endy Willian Pinheiro scored two tries in the match. Both times he gave Os Cobras the lead.
• Yacare responded to Pinheiro’s second half try with a pick-and-go score from Lucas Sommer.
• Julián Quetglas went over early in the final quarter to secure Yacare the bonus point.
• González score a second try to put the result beyond doubt two minutes from full-time.
• Cobras veteran Cléber Dias made his 50th appearance in Super Rugby Americas.
• Yacare completed a bonus point victory to claim the maximum five competition points.
• Os Cobras did not secure any competition points and remain winless this season.

YACARE (33)
TRY – A López (24′); J González 2 (40′, 78′); L Sommer (50′); J Quetglas (62′)
CON – J Lamas (25′, 40′, 63′, 78′)

COBRAS (18)
TRY – EW Pinheiro 2 (27′, 42′)
CON -L Tranquez (28′)
PEN – L Tranquez (3′, 11′)
YC – L Urrejola (23′)

YACARE
1 Nicolás Jurado, 2 Axel Zapata, 3 Rolando Portillo, 4 Ignacio Martínez, 5 Lucas Sommer 6 Nicolás Parada Heit, 7 Ariel Núñez, 8 Santiago Ruiz, 9 Gonzalo Bareiro, 10 Joaquín Lamas, 11 Juan González, 12 Valentino DiCapua, 13 Ramiro Amarilla (Capt.), 14 Arturo López, 15 Julián Quetglas

Replacements: 16 Jordi Chávez, 17 Camilo Blasco, 18 Enrique Quinteros, 19 Juan José Heisecke, 20 Francisco Bareiro, 21 Diego Miño, 22 Sebastián Urbieta, 23 Rafael Bareiro

COBRAS
1 Lisandro Urrejola, 2 Endy Willian Pinheiro, 3 Javier Coronel, 4 Adrio de Melo, 5 Gabriel Oliveira, 6 Manuel Todaro, 7 Rodolfo Martins, 8 André Arruda, 9 Felipe Gonçalves, 10 Lucas Tranquez, 11 Robert Tenório, 12 Lorenzo Massari Temer (capt.), 13 Fernando Luna, 14 Robson Morais, 15 João do Amaral

Replacements: 16 João Guilherme Arraez, 17 Brendon Alves, 18 Vicente Galvão, 19 Ben Donald, 20 Cléber Dias, 21 Renato Santos, 22 Gustavo Gobeti, 23 Augusto Guillamondegui

Referee: Francisco González (UY)
Assistants: Federico Solari (AR); Sergio Alvarenga (PY)
TMO: Victor Silvero (PY)

MAY 24 VS

MAY 25 VS