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| 2023 Super Rugby Americas | |
|---|---|
| Countries | |
| Date | 17 February – 9 June 2023 |
| Champions |  Peñarol (2nd title) |
| Matches played | 45 |
| Tries scored | 306 (average 6.8 per match) |
| Official website | |
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The 2023 Super Rugby Americas season is the fourth season of the Super Rugby Americas, an annual rugby union competition mainly for South American rugby clubs, although the first to be held under the Super Rugby Americas name.[1][2] The regular season will begin on 17 February 2023.[3][4]
Format
The seven clubs in the competition compete in the regular season, which takes place over 14 rounds and consists of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing two matches against each of the other six clubs. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season move on to the knockout stage where the clubs then play in a knockout tournament, consisting of semi-finals and eventually, the final.[4]
Teams
A number of changes to teams competing in this competition happened for this edition. First, two clubs withdrew from the competition entirely: Argentine-based Jaguares XV and Colombian-based Cafeteros Pro. Both leave the competition after joining in the 2021 edition.[5]
Three teams have entered the competition for this season. First is Dogos XV, an Argentine-based club. They return to the competition they left after the 2020 edition, competing as Ceibos at that time.[6] Second is another Argentine-based club, Pampas XV, who are competing in the competition for the first time this year. The third club joining the competition is the American-based American Raptors, who are also competing in this competition for the first time this year.[7] Previously, the Raptors competed as the Colorado Raptors in Major League Rugby, withdrawing from that competition after the 2020 season.
Finally, the Paraguayan-based Olimpia Lions have been renamed Yacare XV following the end of a sponsorship agreement between Olimpia and Paraguayan Rugby.[8]
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dogos |
Córdoba | Tala Rugby Club | 6,000 | Nicolás Galatro |
TBA |
| Pampas |
Buenos Aires | CASI | 5,000 | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe |
TBA |
 Cobras |
São Paulo | Estádio Nicolau Alayon | 9,660 | Josh Reeves |
Gabriel Paganini
|
 Selknam |
Santiago | Estadio Municipal de La Pintana | 5,000 | Nicolás Bruzzone |
Ignacio Silva
|
 Yacare |
Asunción | Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | 3,000 | Ricardo Le Fort |
TBA |
| Peñarol |
Montevideo | Estadio Charrúa | 14,000 | Pablo Bouza |
TBA |
 Raptors |
Glendale, CO | Infinity Park | 5,000 | Sarah Chobot |
TBA |
Regular season
The regular season begins on 17 February and ends on 27 May.[9]
Standings
Standings at the conclusion of the 2023 Super Rugby Americas Season:[10]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Advances to the semi-finals | |
| Pos. | Team | Season matches | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff. | TF | TA | |||||
| 1 | Peñarol (CH) |
12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 406 | 225 | +181 | 57 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 51 |
| 2 | Dogos (RU) |
12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 368 | 303 | +65 | 47 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 46 |
| 3 | Pampas |
12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 331 | 229 | +102 | 38 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 37 |
| 4 | Yacare |
12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 305 | 308 | –3 | 42 | 37 | 5 | 2 | 35 |
| 5 | Selknam |
12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 264 | 272 | –8 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 23 |
| 6 | Raptors |
12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 282 | 458 | –176 | 38 | 64 | 6 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Cobras |
12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 268 | 429 | –161 | 35 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
Matches
The following are the match results for the 2023 Super Rugby Americas regular season:[11]
Round 1
| 17 February 2023 | Dogos
|
30 – 24 | Yacare (1 BP)
|
Tala Rugby Club | ||
| 19:00 ART | Try: Octavio Filippa 12' Boris Wenger 39' Valentín Soler 60' Con: Valentino Di Capua (3) 13', 40', 61' Pen: Valentino Di Capua (2) 27', 48' Julián Hernández 80' Cards: Boris Wenger  54'
|
Report | Try: Tomás MacCall 5' Mariano Garcete 33' Ignacio Inchauspe 68' Pen: Estanislao Gómez (2) 9', 20' Federico Cacciabúe 55' Cards: Marcos Riquelme 36' Ignacio Inchauspe 38' Ignacio Martínez 71'
|
Referee: Damián Schneider (UAR)
Assistants: Cauã Ricardo (CBRu) & Juan Pablo Chumbita (UAR) TMO: Martín González Deibe (UAR) |
| 18 February 2023 | (1 BP) Selknam
|
45 – 10 | Raptors
|
Estadio Municipal de La Pintana | ||
| 18:00 CLST | Try: Matías Garafulic 7' Joaquín Milesi (3) 24', 33', 80' Raimundo Martínez 54' Nicolás Garafulic 57' Diego Escobar 65' Con: Santiago Videla (5) 7', 34', 55', 66', 80' |
Report | Try: Franco Palillo 74' Con: Line Latu 75' Pen: Lucas González Amorosino 17' Cards: Ramiro Moyano 43' Seimou Smith 61'
|
Referee: Gonzalo de Achával (UAR)
Assistants: Juan Manuel Martínez (UAR) & Sebastián Toledo (FRC) TMO: Ignacio Calle (FRC) |
| 19 February 2023 | Cobras
|
21 – 41 | Pampas (1 BP)
|
Estádio Nicolau Alayon | ||
| 15:00 BRT | Try: Penalty try 15' Endy Willian 23' André Arruda 51' Con: Lucas Tranquez (2/2) 24', 51' Cards: Lucio Anconetoni 27' Adrio de Melo  32' Robert Tenório 55' Lucas Spago 57'
|
Report | Try: Iñaki Delguy 6' Joaquín de la Vega Mendía 10' Jerónimo Ulloa 32' Ramiro Gurovich 37' Juan Ignacio Landó 56' Santiago Ruiz 69' Con: Juan Ignacio Landó (4/6) 7', 10', 33', 37' Pen: Juan Ignacio Landó (1/2) 28' Cards: Javier Coronel 15' Martín Villar 76' Rodrigo Boulan 78'
|
Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (UAR)
Assistants: Lucas Saccomano (CBRu) & Simón Larrubia (UAR) TMO: Marcelo Pilara (UAR) |
| Bye/s: Peñarol |
Round 2
| 24 February 2023 | Peñarol
|
28 – 19 | Raptors
|
Estadio Charrúa | ||
| 20:00 UYT | Try: Ignacio Dotti 20' Matías Benítez 47' Manuel Diana 78' Con: Felipe Etcheverry (2/3) 21', 79' Pen: Felipe Etcheverry (3/5) 16', 40', 69' Cards: Juan Zuccarino 80'
|
Report | Try: Seimou Smith 11' Watson Filikitonga 80' Con: Line Latu (0/1) Lucas González Amorosino (0/1) Pen: Line Latu (1/2) 29' Lucas González Amorosino (2/3) 56', 65' Cards: Diego Magno 69' Diego Fortuny 76'
|
Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (UAR)
Assistants: Claudio Cattivelli (URU) & Simón Larrubia (UAR) TMO: Francisco Pesce (URU) |
| 25 February 2023 | (1 BP) Selknam
|
34 – 20 | Pampas
|
Estadio Municipal de La Pintana | ||
| 18:00 CLST | Try: Rodrigo Fernández 20' Clemente Saavedra 27' Nicolás Garafulic 58' Penalty try 63' Matías Garafulic 74' Con: Santiago Videla (1/1) 21' Francisco Urroz (1/4) 27' Pen: Francisco Urroz (1/1) 34' Cards: Francisco Urroz 12' Ignacio Silva 42' Clemente Saavedra 49'
|
Report | Try: Santiago Ruiz 44' Benjamín Elizalde (2) 69', 70' Con: Juan Ignacio Landó (1/3) 45' Pen: Juan Ignacio Landó (1/3) 7' Cards: Javier Coronel 63'
|
Referee: Damian Schneider (UAR)
Assistants: Juan Manuel López (UAR) & Felipe Balbontín (FRC) TMO: Ignacio Calle (FRC) |