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Week 9 of Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026 takes place over the weekend of April 21-26. The four matches are spread over Friday to Sunday with the opening match being between the two leading teams this season. The three other SRA fixtures in week 9 also all have interest for Semi Finals possibilities.
Los Dogos play host to Los Pampas on Friday evening in Córdoba. It is the only Friday fixture in Week 9. There will be one Saturday fixture and two matches on Sunday. The Saturday clash sees Yacare at home against the in-form Selknam in Asunción.
The Sunday fixtures will be in São Paulo and Tucumán. Os Cobras play host to Los Capibaras while Los Tarucas play host to their reigning champions, Peñarol. The battle in Tucumán looms as a vital clash for competition points for both teams.
| TEAM | GP | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS |
| Pampas (Buenos Aires) | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | 280 | 162 | +128 | 8 | 36 |
| Dogos (Córdoba) | 8 | 7 | 1 | – | 232 | 169 | +63 | 4 | 32 |
| Capibaras (Rosario) | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 239 | 172 | +67 | 5 | 26 |
| Tarucas (Tucumán) | 8 | 5 | 3 | – | 241 | 220 | +21 | 3 | 23 |
| Selknam (Santiago) | 8 | 4 | 4 | – | 206 | 271 | -65 | 3 | 22 |
| Peñarol (Montevideo) | 8 | 3 | 5 | – | 185 | 237 | -52 | 4 | 16 |
| Yacare (Asunción) | 8 | 1 | 6 | – | 181 | 202 | -21 | 7 | 11 |
| Cobras (São Paulo) | 8 | 1 | 7 | – | 158 | 308 | -150 | 3 | 7 |
| FRIDAY |  |
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Córdoba Athletic Club, Córdoba | 8pm |
| SATURDAY |  |
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Estadio Héroes de Curupayty, Asunción | 8pm |
| SUNDAY |  |
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Estádio Nicolau Alayon, São Paulo | 3pm |
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Estadio Héctor Cabrera, Tucumán | 6pm |
 NOTES |
- Los Dogos has a record of 8 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss against Los Pampas.
- Hooker Juan Greising Revol is the leading SRA 026 try scorer with 9.
- Pumas wingers Santiago Pernas and Santiago Cordero return for Los Pampas. Dogos center, Faustino Sánchez Valarolo is the other Puma involved in the Friday fixture.
| WEEK NINE – LINE-UPS |
DOGOS
1 Nicolás Revol, 2 Juan Greising Revol, 3 Octavio Filippa, 4 Valentín Gozálvez, 5 Enzo Ocampo, 6 Tomás Gómez González, 7 Valentín Cabral (capt.), 8 Genaro Fissore, 9 Nicolás Viola, 10 Julián Hernández, 11 Facundo Pueyrredón, 12 Faustino Sánchez Valarolo, 13 Agustín Segura, 14 Mateo Soler, 15 Mateo Sánchez
Replacements: 16 Tomás Montilla, 17 Juan Aguirre, 18 Galo Fernández, 19 Lucio Willington, 20 Augusto Cugnini, 21 Genaro Podesta, 22 Giuliano Avaca, 23 Agustín de Vertíz
PAMPAS
1 Matías Medrano, 2 Ignacio Bottazzini, 3 Marcos Camerlinckx, 4 Rodrigo Fernández Criado, 5 Marcelo Toledo, 6 Augusto Cabano Wall, 7 Faustino Santarelli, 8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 9 Lucas Marguery (capt.), 10 Bautista Farisé, 11 Santiago Cordero, 12 Felipe Ledesma, 13 Agustín Fraga, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Tobías Wade
Replacements: 16 Francisco Lusarreta, 17 Nahuel Zunini, 18 Ramiro Berardi Calvo, 19 Francisco Sluga, 20 Juan Penoucos, 21 Lucas Moresco, 22 Alejo Lavayén, 23 Estanislao Renthel
| WEEK NINE – MATCH OFFICIALS |
VS
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Simón Larrubia (Argentina); Agustín Altabe (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: tba
VS
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
Assistant Referees: Victor Hugo Barboza (Brazil); Federico Longobardi (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Tomás Bertazza (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Juan Manuel Martínez (Argentina); Pedro Lopez Vildosa (Argentina)
