International Rugby Tournament: CONSUR B

Teams: Costa Rica (host), Venezuela, Colombia, Peru.

Venue: Polo Club-Los Reyes. Las Vueltas, La Guácima, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Preview
This level of CONSUR is below that of Brazil, Paraguay, Chile, Uruguay and Argentina (represented by the Jaguars, or Argentina 'A'). Costa Rica first played in this tournament in 2006 but found the going tough. They have only re entered this year but also managed to host the tournament.

Game 1: Colombia v Peru

Without Paraguay and Brazil (both now in CONSUR A) they way is now open for either Colombia and Venzuela to make a bid for CONSUR B champion.

Last Five Encounters
23.06.2008 Colombia 25-20 in Asuncion (CONSUR B)
07.11.2007 Peru 13-9 in Lima (CONSUR B)
22.10.2006 Colombia 25-5 in Caracus (CONSUR B)
28.09.2005 Peru 17-16 in Asuncion (CONSUR B)
16.10.2004 Peru 15-10 in Sao Paulo (CONSUR B)

GWC Rugby Rankings: South American Table-Colombia 7th, Peru 8th

Prediction: Colombia by 15

Teams

Colombia Squad
Mauricio Alvarez (Gatos de Medellín)
Lucas Brand (Carneros de Bogotá),
Carmelo Buelvas (Gatos de Medellín)
Saúl Campuzano (Petirrojos de Medellín
Javier Castellanos (Carneros de Bogotá)
Giovanny Daza (Gatos de Medellín)
Daniel De Castro (Carneros de Bogotá)
Jose Manuel Diosa (Duendes de Medellín)
Santiago Escalante (?)
Juan Felipe Escobar (Gatos de Medellín)
Pablo Lemoine (Carneros de Bogotá)
Ferney Mejía (Gatos de Medellín)
Sebastian Mejía (Gatos de Medellín)
Luis Felipe Moreno (Petirrojos de Medellín)
Julian Perez (Arrieros de Pereira)
Joe Posada (Gatos de Medellín)
Germán Rodriguez (Carneros de Bogotá)
Mauricio Rodriguez (?)
Alexander Ruda (Carneros de Bogotá)
Juan Scharrer (Gatos de Medellín)
Carlos Felipe Trujillo (?)
Edgar Urueña (?)
Eduardo Vasquez (?)
Jorge Enrique Vega (Carneros de Bogotá)
Head Coach: Camilo García

Peru
Squad list as yet unavailable

Game 2- Costa Rica v Venezuela

Costa Rica struggled in its first CONSUR B tournament played in Caracus, 2006. They lost 0-67 to Venezuela, conceded 100 points to Brazil, lost 5-41 to Colombia and 3-31 to Peru. The Costa Ricans have worked hard to improve their game. Last year they hosted the Cayman Islands (lost 12-17) and they now have a club competition. I'd expect them to be more competitive, especially playing on their home ground.

GWC Rugby Rankings: CONSUR Table-Venezuela 6th, Costa Rica 9th

Prediction: Venezuela by 30

Teams

Venezuela Squad
Leopoldo Sequeda (Araguaney RC)
Rommel Aponte (Araguaney RC)
Jose Manuel Puerta (Barquisimeto RC)
Pablo Barboza (Caballeros RC)
Rodolfo Cavicchioni (Caballeros RC)
Alfonso Lopez (Universidad Metropolitana)
Thomas Aponte (Universidad Metropolitana)
Pedro Reanez (Fundeportes Caracas RC)
Gerson Jimenez (Mérida RC)
Miguel Molina (Mérida RC)
Luis Castro (Nomadas RC)
Victor Castro (Nomadas RC)
Carlos Salas (Maracaibo RFC-Oil Blacks)
Rodrigo Salas (Maracaibo RFC-Oil Blacks)
Luis Plumacher (Maracaibo RFC-Oil Blacks)
Freizer Rees (Maracaibo RFC-Oil Blacks)
Sergio Figallo (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello)
Jhonnathan Arias (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello)
Andres Rodriguez (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello)
Luis Zamora (Universida Centralo de Venezuela)
Carlos Caraza (Unexpo Guayana RC)
Juan Carlos Berbesi (La Universidad Simón Bolívar)
Julio Rodriguez ALEMANIA
Gerardo Dominguez CANADA
Head Coach: Graciano Molina

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Costa Rica
Rodolfo Araya
Luis Miguel Arias
David Bennett
Pierric Beros
Ivan Bogantes
Germàn Campoy
Alvaro Castro
Roberto Castro
Ramón Cole
Tomas Franceschi
Bagues Ciryl García
Marco Hernandez
Patricio Herrera
Guillermo Lavari
Pedro Madriz
Dennos Morales
Leonardo Muñoz
Franklin N´Gassa
Leandro Petinari
Gerardo Quiroz
Fernando Ramirez
Steve Thompson
Lucas Withington
Franklin Zuñiga
Head Coach: Pablo Gonzalez Lucats

http://rugbycostarica.com/