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Los Dogos overcame Yacare on Friday to comfortably finish the regular season at the top of the standings. Los Cordobeses won with a bonus point while denying the visitors from Paraguay. The 48-20 result closes a regular season for Los Dogos who enter the play-offs as favorites.
Despite the final score being tilted decisively in favor of Los Dogos, it was a competitive match in the opening half. Los Dogos scored first through man of the match, Alejandro Ponce. The hooker’s 7th minute score was the first of three scores.
Yacare responded through fly half Valentino Quattrochi. He landed a penalty before converting a runaway try scored by winger Juan González. It meant that the contest was well and truly alive.
Los Dogos added two additional first-half tries to lead the match 19-10 at half-time. The tires were stored by right winger Agustin De Vertiz and Ponce claimed his second just before the half-time siren.
The second-half saw Los Dogos seizing control of the match. The forwards were on top and opportunities came as a result. Yacare’s discipline was also an issue with penalties conceded and the team twice losing a player to a yellow card.
Agustín de Vertiz added to his opening half score with his second of the match. The 47th minute score was followed by Ponce completing his hat-trick, a try to replacement Constantino Keller and a double to replacement hooker, Ramiro Iglesias Quintana.
The one blemish was the goal-kicking; Los Dogos had 50% accuracy at attempted conversions. This included inaccuracy from Puma, Nicolás Roger who was a replacement.
 SCORING |
DOGOS (44)
TRY – A Ponce 3 (7′, 40′, 53′); A de Vertiz 2 (19′, 47′); R Iglesias Quintana 2 (58′, 62′); C Keller (67′)
CON – F Rodríguez 2 (8′, 20′); N Roger 2 (54′, 63′)
YACARE (20)
TRY – J González (15′); J Mernes (78′)
CON – V Quattrochi 2 (16′, 79′)
PEN – V Quattrochi 2 (11′, 44′)
YC – J Domínguez (40′); J Mussi (57′)
| LINE-UPS |
DOGOS
1 Juan Aguirre, 2 Alejandro Pronce, 3 Galo Fernández, 4 Valentin Gozalvez, 5 Federico Rolotti, 6 Tomás Maria Gómez González, 7 Lucio Willington, 8 Gaston Garayzabal, 9 Genaro Podesta, 10 Facundo Rodríguez, 11 Manuel Carrara, 12 Ernesto Giudice (capt.), 13 Mauricio Kember, 14 Agustin De Vertiz, 15 Mateo Sánchez
Replacements: 16 Ramiro Iglesias Quintana, 17 Ezequiel Osvaldo Bustos Lopez, 18 Octavio Ignacio Filippa, 19 Benjamín Vázquez Calcaterra, 20 Augusto Cugnini, 21 Fabricio Griffo Zaradnik, 22 Nicolás Roger, 23 Constantino Keller
YACARE
1 Camilo Blasco, 2 Santos María Juárez Estrada, 3 Gonzalo José del Pazo, 4 Mateo Gasparotti, 5 Joaquín Domínguez, 6 Juan Bautista Mernes, 7 Francisco Luis Bareiro, 8 Matías Muñoziagurria, 9 Gonzalo Bareiro, 10 Valentino Quattrochi, 11 Juan González, 12 Sebastián Urbieta (capt.), 13 Rafael Bareiro, 14 Francisco Calello, 15 Joaquín Mussi
Replacements: 16 Matías Benítez Scribani, 17 Gastón Salvi, 18 Estefano David Aranda Caceras, 19 Yair Nahuel Kacerosky, 20 Rodrigo Robinadin Saldivar, 21 Diego Miño, 22 Gianfranco Parodi, 23 Arturo López
| MATCH HIGHLIGHTS |
| MATCH OFFICIALS |
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Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Nerea Livoni (Argentina); Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
