CONSUR C TOURNAMENT: Day 1

01.12.2013
Costa Rica v El Salvador in San Jose (CONSUR C)
Guatemala v Ecuador in San Jose (CONSUR C)

Preview
This is the second year that a CONSUR C tournament has taken place. Last year Costa Rica (who took part in CONSUR B from 2009 to 2011) went through undefeated against El Salvador, Guatemala and Ecuador.

This year the stakes are higher as the winner of CONSUR C will be promoted to CONSUR B for 2014. This is a result of the restructuring of CONSUR A which sees Paraguay join Brazil, Chile and Uruguay in the top group.

In addition Panama and Nicaragua have been invited to play a friendly test match (the first official test match for both nations) on Saturday morning 9am!

Rugby is developing in Bolivia and Honduras and at some stage we can expect a CONSUR D tournament in the future.

Playing on their home turf Costa Rica are expected to move to CONSUR B.

Predictions:
Costa Rica by 50 v El Salvador
Guatemala by 20 v Ecuador

TEAMS

El Salvador

Thanks to http://federacionrugbycr.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/seleccic3b3n-el-salvador.jpg

Guatemala

Thanks to http://federacionrugbycr.com/2013/11/25/los-24-seleccionados-guatemala-para-torneo-mayor-consur-c/

Costa Rica

1 Lucas Withington Apertura San José
2 Frank Navas Centro Wak
3 Franklin Zúñiga Centro San José
4 Rafael Ulloa Centro Wak
5 Rafael López Full Back Cartago
6 Claudio Carrizo Hooker San José
7 Roberto Castro Hooker Cadejos
8 René Valenzuela Medio Scrum UCR
9 Sebastián Gutierrez Medio Scrum San José
10 Marlon Cerdas Octavo Coronado
11 Nicolás Broggi Octavo San José
12 Jefry Vargas Pilar Cadejos
13 Marco Blanco Pilar Cadejos
14 Marvin Taylor Pilar Montreal Irish RC
15 Oscar Cordero Pilar San José
16 Alexis Devitre Segunda UCR
17 Hugo López Segunda Cartago
18 Meyer Zúñiga Segunda Cartago
19 Fernando Ramirez Tercera Cadejos
20 Nathan New Tercera Cadejos
21 Pierric Beros Tercera San José
22 Byron Monge Winger UCR
23 Gabriel Sánchez Winger Wak
24 Juan José Mata Winger UCR

Thanks to http://www.fira-aer-rugby.com/forum2007/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=4262&start=180

Ecuador

1. Andrés Sotomayor. Yaguares

2. José Molina. Cerberos

3. Jair Benavides. Jíbaros

4. Omar Martínez. Monos

5. Darwin Ríos. Cerberos

6. Galo Cruz. Cerberos

7. Juan Viola. Nómadas

8. Jonathan Auria. Tiburones

9. Alberto Vallarino. Yaguares

10. Juan Gálvez. Jíbaros

11. Santiago Gálvez. Jíbaros

12. Luis Cordero. La Molina

13. Alberto Merchán. Yaguares

14. Luigi Villacis Yaguares

15. Edison Avellaneda. Jíbaros

16. Jonathan Astudillo. Tiburones

17. Guy Edwards. Nómadas

18. Cristhian Herrera. Carneros

19. Jonathan Arroyo. Tiburones

20. Luis Corozo. Tiburones

21. Heccer Benavides. Jíbaros

22. Edwin Lastra. Tiburones

23. José Zambrano. Yaguares

24. John Cacpata. Jíbaros