Saturday, April 11, 2015

URUGUAY v PARAGUAY CONSUR A

11.04.2015

Venue: Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

Referee: Henrique Platais (Brasil);

Uruguay se enfrenta a Paraguay

Image thanks to http://uru.org.uy

Preview
Uruguay has a huge advantage over their neighbours Paraguay. They have a greater exposure in world rugby. They have qualified for the Rugby World Cup Finals later in the year, get invited annually to European competitions and have a healthy cross-border relationship with Argentina. Urugauy has already been active with their "Charrúas XV", playing in Argentina.

By contrast Paraguay plays in the annual CONSUR competitions. That’s it!

On that basis there should be daylight between these two teams. Paraguay surprise all last year by cutting Chile out of the ‘Big 3’ CONSUR Cup contest.
Uruguay will not field their strongest side however I can’t see the Paraguayans getting close.Uruguay has a huge home advantage.

Last Five Encounters
26.04.2014 Uruguay 34-10 in Asuncion (South America A Championship)
14.05.2011 Uruguay 102-6 in Iguazu (CONSUR A Preliminary)
16.05.2010 Uruguay 47-14 in Santiago (CONSUR A Preliminary)
25.04.2009 Uruguay 85-7 in Montevideo (CONSUR A Preliminary)
30.04.2003 Uruguay 53-7 in Montevideo (24th Sth.American Champ., Div.1)

Paraguay has never defeated Uruguay in contests going back to 1971.

GWC Rugby Rankings
CONSUR Table: Uruguay 2nd, Paraguay 3rd.

World Rugby Ranking Points
Uruguay 63.58, Paraguay 47.74

Prediction: Uruguay by 33 points. Score 45-12

TEAMS

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Uruguay

1- Mateo Sanguinetti, 2- Germán Kessler, 3- Oscár Durán, 4- Jorge Zerbino, 5- Mathias Palomeque, 6- Agustín Alonso, 7- Diego Magno, 8- Mathias Broun, 9- Guillermo Lijtenstein, 10- Manuel Blengio, 11- Jerónimo Etcheverry, 12- Alberto Román, 13- Santiago Gibernau, 14- Francisco Bulanti y 15- Federico Favaro.

Banco de suplentes:

16- Carlos Arboleya, 17- Arturo Ávalo, 18- Rodolfo De Mula, 19- Ignacio Dotti, 20- Santiago Vilaseca, 21- Fernando Bascou, 22- Alejo Durán y 23- Leandro Leivas.

Head Coach:Pablo Lemoine

http://uru.org.uy/los-teros-confirmados-2/

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Paraguay Squad

Federico Cattaneo
Cristian Martínez
Juan Gavigán
César De Brix
Alvaro Rojas
Martín Sitjar
Alejandro Montiel
Jorge Riveros
Luis Mauger
Carlos Bareiro
Carlos Plate
Sebastián Ortíz
Leonardo Glizt
Gonzalo Bareiro
Gerard Cuttier
Martín Ortíz
Pablo Espínola
Mateo Arévalo
Rodrigo Llamosas
Horacio Agüero
Eymard Brizuela
Sergio Alvarenga
Diego Argaña

Head Coach: Eduardo Acosta

Adapted from http://uru.org.uy/paraguay-llega-con-nuevo-entrenador/

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