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The fifth round of Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026 will feature matches played from Friday to Sunday. The eight South American professional teams will all be in action. The opening clash is a battle of past champions as Peñarol travel to Córdoba to face Los Dogos.
Saturday sees struggling Selknam and Yacare both having home advantage. Selknam play host to SRA rookies, Los Capibaras while Yacare have moved their match against Los Tarucas to Corrientes, Argentina.
The Sunday fixture will be played in São Paulo. Os Cobras are looking for their second win of the SRA season. It will be a historic accomplishment should Os Cobras defeat the top-of-the-table Pampas.
 STANDINGS |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS |
| Pampas (Buenos Aires) | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 132 | 95 | +37 | 1 | 16 |
| Dogos (Córdoba) | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 151 | 82 | +69 | 4 | 16 |
| Capibaras (Rosario) | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 121 | 56 | +65 | 3 | 15 |
| Tarucas (Tucumán) | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 120 | 100 | +20 | 1 | 13 |
| Peñarol (Montevideo) | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 103 | 109 | -6 | 2 | 10 |
| Selknam (Santiago) | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | 74 | 181 | -107 | 2 | 6 |
| Cobras (São Paulo) | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | 72 | 132 | -60 | 1 | 5 |
| Yacare (Asunción) | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | 80 | 98 | -18 | 4 | 4 |
| WEEK 5 – FIXTURES |
| FRIDAY |  |
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Córdoba Athletic Club, Córdoba | 8pm |
| SATURDAY |  |
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Saint George’s College, Santiago | 3pm |
| SATURRDAY |  |
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Aranduroga Rugby Club, Corrientes | 4:45pm |
| SUNDAY |  |
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Estádio Nicolau Alayon, São Paulo | 3pm |
| NOTES |
- Noah Riley will become the first Canadian to play for Peñarol; he starts at outside center. Countrymen, Ethan Fryer and James Thiel are set on make their debuts as replacements.
- Los Dogos are coming off a phenomenal 68-0 home win over Selknam.
- Ernesto Giúdice moves to inside center in place of missing Dogos captain, Faustino Sánchez Valarolo.
- Peñarol has won 6 of their past 7 matches against Los Dogos. The only previous Dogos win vs Peñarol was 27-12 in Montevideo in 2024.
- Gastón Rogé will be involved as an SRA official for the first time in his career.
| WEEK THREE – LINE-UPS |
DOGOS
1 Nicolás Revol Pitt, 2 Juan Greissing Revol, 3 Octavio Filippa, 4 Valentín Gozálvez, 5 Enzo Ocampo, 6 Lucio Willington, 7 Lautaro Simes, 8 Valentín Cabral (capt.), 9 Nicolás Viola, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Luciano Avaca, 12 Ernesto Giúdice, 13 Facundo Pueyrredón, 14 Agustín de Vertiz, 15 Mateo Soler
Replacements: 16 Ramiro Iglesias, 17 Alejandro Pronce, 18 Francisco Aguirre, 19 Federico Rolotti, 20 Gastón Garayzabal, 21 Genaro Podestá, 22 Facundo Rodríguez, 23 Agustín Segura
PENAROL
1 Mateo Perillo, 2 Joaquín Myszka, 3 Agustín Iglesias, 4 Felipa Aliaga (capt.), 5 Manuel Rosmarino, 6 Manuel Ponte, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Ardao, 9 Alejandro Molinas, 10 Justo Ferrario, 11 Juan Manuel Alonso, 12 Alfonso Perillo Albarracín, 13 Noah Riley, 14 Ignacio Facciolo, 15 Santiago Marolda
Replacements: 16 Sebastián Pérez, 17 Francisco Suárez, 18 Jesus Porro, 19 José Ignacio Rodríguez Balbi, 20 Ethan Fryer, 21 Pedro Súarez, 22 Joaquín Súarez Soto, 23 James Thiel
SELKNAM
To Be Named
CAPIBARAS
To Be Named
YACARE
To Be Named
TARUCAS
To Be Named
COBRAS
To Be Named
PAMPAS
To Be Named
| WEEK FOUR – MATCH OFFICIALS |
VS
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Tomás Ninci (Argentina); Agustín Altabe (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil); Sebastián Toledo (Chile)
VS
Referee: Tomás Bertazza (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Federico Longobardi (Argentina); Sergio Alvarenga (Paraguay)
VS
Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Gastón Rogé (Argentina); Victor Hugo Barboza (Brazil)
