2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season

Countries

Date16 March – 15 May

Champions

Runners-up

2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby
Countries	Argentina Brazil Chile Paraguay Uruguay Colombia
Date	16 March – 15 May
Champions	Jaguares XV (1st title)
Runners-up	Peñarol
Matches played	32
Official website
www.slar.rugby/torneo-11
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The 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the second season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 16 March and ended on 15 May.

Jaguares XV

Cobras

Selknam

Cafeteros Pro

Olímpia Lions

Peñarol

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Location of teams of the 2021 Superliga Americana de Rugby.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Coach	Captain
Jaguares XV	Buenos Aires	TBC	TBC	Ignacio Fernández Lobbe	Felipe Ezcurra
Cobras	São Paulo	TBA	TBA	Emiliano Bergamaschi	Felipe Sancery
Selknam	Santiago	Estadio Nacional	40,000	Nicolás Bruzzone	Ignacio Silva
Cafeteros Pro	Medellín	TBA	TBA	Rodolfo Ambrosio	Jhon C. Álvarez
Olímpia Lions	Asunción	Estadio Héroes de Curupayty	3,000	Raúl Pérez	Axel Zapata
Peñarol	Montevideo	Estadio Charrúa	14,000	Pablo Bouza	Andrés Vilaseca

Team changes

Ceibos did not compete in the 2021 edition of the competition, having been replaced by the Argentine Rugby Union with the Jaguares XV.^[1] The Brazilian side are now known as Cobras Brasil XV or Cobras following the end of relationship with the Corinthians multi-sport club.^[2] The Colombian Cafeteros Pro also debuted this year. They were meant to debut in the 2020 season before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Season format

The six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which took place over 10 weeks and consisted of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing two matches against each of the other five clubs. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season moved on to the championship playoffs.

The championship was contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.

Venues

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 season was held in Chile and Uruguay only. The first half of the regular season was held at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in Santiago and Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander in Valparaíso. The second half of the regular season and the playoffs of the competition was held at Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.^[4]

Regular season

The regular season began on 16 March and ended on 1 May.^[5]

Standings

Season Standings
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	TF	TA	TB	LB	Pts	Qualification
1	Jaguares XV	10	10	0	571	137	+434	81	16	10	0	50	Championship Playoffs
2	Peñarol	10	7	3	279	210	+69	32	26	3	0	31
3	Selknam	10	5	5	278	270	+8	37	30	3	3	26
4	Olímpia Lions	10	5	5	253	324	−71	26	41	3	0	23
5	Cobras	10	3	7	154	332	−178	20	43	1	1	14
6	Cafeteros Pro	10	0	10	167	429	−262	21	62	3	2	5

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

The following are the match results for the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:

Home \ Away	CAF	COB	JAG	OLI	PEN	SEL
Cafeteros Pro		14–22	7–80	33–51	13–14	11–42
Cobras	30–14		12–62	8–44	24–33	21–20
Jaguares XV	71–28	20–0		40–26	46–17	68–8
Olímpia Lions	39–32	19–15	13–77		10–29	16–29
Peñarol	45–3	40–12	18–42	40–11		26–22
Selknam	35–12	66–10	8–65	21–24	27–17

Updated to match(es) played on 1 May 2021. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Week 1

	16 Mar	(1 BP) Peñarol	40–11	Olímpia Lions	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana
	16:30 UTC−03:00	Try: C. Roura 20' G. Pujadas 40' M. Nogués 78' S. Álvarez 80' Con: M. Roger (4) 20', 40', 78', 80' Pen: M. Roger (4) 15', 25', 35', 50'	Report	Try: J. González 2' Pen: S. Urbieta (2) 23', 31'	Referee: Federico Anselmi (UAR)

	16 Mar	(1 BP) Selknam	35–12	Cafeteros Pro	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana
	20:00 UTC−03:00	Try: M. Garafulic (4) 2', 11', 15', 58' J.I. Larenas 69' M. Dittus 76' Con: S. Videla 15' Pen: S. Videla 27' Cards: M. Dittus 52' C. Saavedra 52'	Report	Try: F. Pueyrredón 24' J.A. Urrutia 79' Con: N. Roger 24'	Referee: Damián Schneider (UAR)

	16 Mar	(1 BP) Jaguares XV	Cancelled 20–0	Cobras	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana
	N/A		Report

Week 2

	21 Mar	(1 BP) Cobras	24–33	Peñarol	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana
	13:00 UTC−03:00	Try: L. Bourda-Couhet 10' M. Bernstein 38' M. Duque 75' A. Arruda 80' Con: M. Duque (2) 38', 80' Cards: Y. Rosetti 26'	Report	Try: F. Arcos Pérez 5′ F. Gattas 40' M. Viñales 66' Con: M. Roger (2) 5', 40' N. Freitas 67' Pen: M. Roger (4) 14', 26', 49', 57'

	21 Mar	Olímpia Lions	16–29	Selknam	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana
	16:30 UTC−03:00	Try: J. Pellandini 72' Con: M. Ledesma 72' Pen: M. Ledesma (3) 14', 22', 51' Cards: L. Favre 37' F. Bullentini 68'	Report	Try: A. Böhme 27' T. Dussaillant 45' M. Filizzola 80' Con: P. Baronio 28' Pen: P. Baronio (3) 40', 55', 63' M. Filizzola 69' Cards: A. Böhme 35' I. Silva 51'

	21 Mar	(1 BP) Jaguares XV	71–28	Cafeteros Pro (1 BP)	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana
	20:00 UTC−03:00	Try: J. Oviedo 2' M. Vaca 14' J.M. González 16' S. Chocobares 18' S. Cancelliere (2) 23', 57' T. Cubilla (2) 33', 67' F. Ezcurra 39' J.B. Daireaux 45' F. Gutiérrez 61' Con: M. Elías (6/8) 3', 15', 17', 19', 24', 40' G. Prisciantelli (2/3) 62', 68' Cards: F. Wegrzyn 78'	Report	Try: A. Navarro (2) 36', 41' D. Posada 72' G. García 80' Con: N. Roger (4/4) 37', 42', 73', 80'	Referee: Federico Anselmi (UAR)

Week 3

	25 Mar	(1 BP) Peñarol	45–3	Cafeteros Pro	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	13:00 UTC−03:00	Try: T. Inciarte 5' M. Ardao 11' M. Benítez 21' F. Gattas 60' M. Viñals (2) 73', 80' M. Nogués 77' Con: M. Roger (3/3) 5', 12', 22' F. Favaro (2/4) 74', 78' Cards: E. Dosantos 54'	Report	Pen: N. Roger 5' Cards: Pérez 68'	Referee: Damian Schneider (UAR)

	25 Mar	Cobras	8–44	Olímpia Lions (1 BP)	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	16:30 UTC−03:00	Try: A. Arruda 40' Pen: M. Duque 26' Cards: A. Arruda 50' A. de Melo 69'	Report	Try: M. Bogado 5' I. Gandini 14' L. Santa Cruz 18' L. Herrera 53' R. Cardona (2) 60', 76' I. Inchauspe 73' Con: S. Urbieta (2) 6', 15' M. Ledesma 74' Pen: S. Urbieta 30'	Referee: Tomás Bertazza (UAR)

	25 Mar	Selknam	8–65	Jaguares XV (1 BP)	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	20:00 UTC−03:00	Try: M. Filizzola 53' Pen: S. Videla 23' Cards: J.I. Larenas 38'	Report	Try: M. Vaca 5' S. Cancelliere (2) 18', 78' J.P. Castro 26' J.M. González 30' J. Oviedo 38' Penalty try 40' B. Salese 66' L. Bavaro 70' Con: M. Elías (3) 19', 27', 39' G. Prisciantelli (3) 67', 71', 79' Pen: M. Elías (2) 11', 36'	Referee: Francisco González (URU)

Week 4

	30 Mar	Cobras	30–14	Cafeteros Pro	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	13:00 UTC−03:00	Try: L. Tranquez 38' A. Arruda 49' F. Giudice 76' Con: J. Reeves 39' M. Duque 50', 77' Pen: J. Reeves 10' M. Duque 70' Drop: M. Duque 4' Cards: M. De Sanctis 51'	Report	Try: Penalty try 46' F. Ferrario 80' Con: G. García 80' Cards: C. Rodallegas 67'	Referee: Frank Méndez (FRC)

	30 Mar	Peñarol	26–22	Selknam (1 BP)	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	16:30 UTC−03:00	Try: M. Ardao (2) 4', 72' Con: M. Roger (2) 5', 73' Pen: M. Roger (4) 13', 30', 56', 67' Cards: J. Echeverría 31'	Report	Try: M. Garafulic 10' N. Garafulic 60' R. Martínez 78' Con: P. Baronio (2) 61', 79' Pen: P. Baronio 64' Cards: C. Saavedra 35' M. Dittus 55'

	30 Mar	Olímpia Lions	13–77	Jaguares XV (1 BP)	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	20:00 UTC−03:00	Try: E. Quinteros 11' Con: M. Ledesma 12' Pen: M. Ledesma (2) 16', 40' Cards: J. González 29' I. Gandini 51'	Report	Try: M. Cancelliere (3) 30', 60', 73' J.B. Daireaux 33' L. Bavaro 40' M. Vaca 41' J.M. González 51' T. Albornoz (2) 54', 66' T. Bernasconi 77' T. Cubilla 80' Con: T. Albornoz (11) 31', 34', 40', 42', 52', 55', 61', 66', 74', 78', 80' Cards: L. Bavaro 21'

Week 5

	4 Apr	(1 BP) Olímpia Lions	39–32	Cafeteros Pro (2 BP)	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	13:00 UTC−04:00	Try: R. Cardona 8' A. Zapata 12' R. Martínez 29' J. Gómez Vara 43' L. Santa Cruz 66' Con: M. Ledesma (4) 9', 13', 30', 44' Pen: M. Ledesma (2) 37', 80' Cards: M. Rebussone R. Martínez	Report	Try: B. Pérez 19' C. Rodallegas 21' J. Arley Urrutia 38' T. García 60' Con: N. Roger (3) 20', 22', 61' Pen: N. Roger (2) 2', 70' Cards: F. Ferrario Ortiz	Referee: Cauã Ricardo (CBRu)

	4 Apr	(1 BP) Selknam	66–10	Cobras	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	16:30 UTC−04:00	Try: I. Albornoz (2) 6', 80' P. Baronio (2) 14', 45' S. Portillo 17' L. Avelli 26' D. Saavedra 33' C. Saavedra 36' R. Fernández 67' B. Stavile 73' Con: S. Videla (8) 7', 28', 34', 38', 45', 68', 74', 81'	Report	Try: F. Giudice 64' Con: M. Duque 65' Pen: J. Reeves 13'	Referee: Esteban Filipanics (UAR)

	4 Apr	(1 BP) Jaguares XV	46–17	Peñarol	Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander
	16:30 UTC−04:00	Try: M. Cancelliere 12' J.P. Castro 22' J.P. Zeiss 33' J.M. González (2) 40', 62' S. Cancelliere 55' Con: M. Elías (4) 13', 23', 35', 40' T. Albornoz 63' Pen: M. Elías (2) 10', 19' Cards: F. Gorrissen 36'	Report	Try: E. Dosantos 29' N. Freitas 79' Con: M. Roger 31' F. Favaro 80' Pen: M. Roger 16'	Referee: Felipe Balbontin (FRC)

Week 6

	11 Apr	Olímpia Lions	10–29	Peñarol	Estadio Charrúa
	15:00 UTC−03:00	Try: J. Gómez Vara 59' Con: M. Ledesma 60' Pen: S. Urbieta 18'	Report	Try: F. Gattas 28' E. Dosantos 68' Con: M. Roger (2) 29', 69' Pen: M. Roger (5) 7', 11', 39', 54', 80' Cards: N. Milan 44'	Referee: Tomás Bertazza (UAR)

	11 Apr	Cafeteros Pro	11–42	Selknam (1 BP)	Estadio Charrúa
	18:00 UTC−03:00	Try: C. Rodallegas 67' Pen: G. García (2) 6', 13'	Report	Try: J. Blanc 9' I. Albornoz 17' N. Garafulic 40' D. Saavedra 43' A. Escobar (2) 71', 80' Con: S. Videla (4) 10', 18', 40', 44' I. Albornoz (2) 71', 80'	Referee: Esteban Filipanics (UAR)

	11 Apr	Cobras	12–62	Jaguares XV (1 BP)	Estadio Charrúa
	21:00 UTC−03:00	Try: A. de Melo 4' S. Grippo 63' Con: M. Duque (1/2) 64'	Report	Try: J.P. Zeiss 9' G. Prisciantelli 22' T. Bernasconi (2) 30', 80' B. Salese 35' M. Cancelliere 39' J.M. González 41' A. Segura (2) 46', 71' F. Ezcurra 58' Con: T. Albornoz (6/10) 9', 31', 36', 40', 42', 80' Cards: R. Iriarte 66'	Referee: Frank Méndez (FRC)

Week 7

	16 Apr	(1 BP) Peñarol	40–12	Cobras	Estadio Charrúa
	15:00 UTC−03:00	Try: G. Pujadas 9' J.M. Alonso 12' N. Freitas 33' F. Gattas (2) 57', 77' Penalty try 80' Con: M. Roger (4) 10', 12', 34', 57' Cards: D. Arbelo 51'	Report	Try: M. Claudio 26' M. Rocha 66' Con: M. Duque 67' Cards: C. Silva 32'	Referee: Esteban Filipanics (UAR)

	16 Apr	(1 BP) Selknam	21–24	Olímpia Lions	Estadio Charrúa
	18:00 UTC−03:00	Try: P. Baronio 44' D. Saavedra 48' R. Martínez 75' Con: S. Videla (3) 45', 49', 76' Cards: M. Filizzola 28' S. Portillo 69'	Report	Pen: M. Ledesma (8) 3', 14', 19', 25', 53', 56', 66', 79'	Referee: Tomás Bertazza (UAR)

	16 Apr	Cafeteros Pro	7–80	Jaguares XV (1 BP)	Estadio Charrúa
	21:00 UTC−03:00	Try: E. Ocampo 68' Con: N. Roger 69'	Report	Try: T. Castiglioni (2) 10', 17' S. Cancelliere (4) 14', 19', 28', 57' J. Oviedo 27' F. Molina 40' I. Ruiz 42' R. Iriarte 46' M. Elías 69' T. Albornoz 78' Con: M. Elías (10) 11', 17', 19', 28', 40', 43', 46', 57', 70', 78'	Referee: Cauã Ricardo (CBRu)

Week 8

	21 Apr	Olímpia Lions	19–15	Cobras (1 BP)	Estadio Charrúa
	15:00 UTC−03:00	Try: R. Martínez 3' Con: M. Ledesma 3' Pen: M. Ledesma (4) 10', 35', 50', 72'	Report	Try: F. Cunha 30' F. Sancery 45' Con: M. Duque 30' Pen: M. Duque 50'	Referee: Francisco González (UAR)

	21 Apr	(1 BP) Jaguares XV	68–8	Selknam	Estadio Charrúa
	18:00 UTC−03:00	Try: A. Segura 6' S. Cancelliere (5) 12', 36', 44', 59', 61' F. Minervino 16' J.P. Castro 44' J. Oviedo 50' T. Cubilla 73' Con: T. Albornoz (8) 7', 13', 17', 37', 40', 45', 51', 60' M. Elías 74' Cards: F. Ezcurra 22'	Report	Try: I. Silva 78' Pen: P. Baronio 5' Cards: D. Saavedra 40' P. Baronio 40'	Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (UAR)

	21 Apr	(1 BP) Cafeteros Pro	13–14	Peñarol	Estadio Charrúa
	21:00 UTC−03:00	Try: E. Ocampo 72' Con: G. García 73' Pen: N. Roger 34' G. García 39' Cards: L. Simes 55' García 74'	Report	Try: F. Favaro 10' T. Inciarte 43' Con: F. Favaro (2) 10', 44' Cards: N. Milan 49'	Referee: Damián Schneider (UAR)

Week 9

	26 Apr	Cafeteros Pro	14–22	Cobras	Estadio Charrúa
	15:00 UTC−03:00	Try: F. Ferrario 42' J. Corvalán 71' Con: N. Roger 43' T. García 72' Cards: G. Ortiz 5' L. Simes 32'	Report	Try: D. Sancery 9' Y. Rossetti 20' A. Arruda 39' Con: J. Reeves 10' F. Giudice 40' Pen: M. Duque 80'	Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (UAR)

	26 Apr	Selknam	27–17	Peñarol	Estadio Charrúa
	18:00 UTC−03:00	Try: M. Dittus 7' J.I. Larenas 80' Con: S. Videla 7' Pen: S. Videla (5) 23', 36', 41', 54', 63' Cards: C. Saavedra 14' S. Portillo 66' F. Velarde 73'	Report	Try: G. Pujadas 70' C. Roura 79' Con: M. Roger (2) 71', 79' Pen: M. Roger 14'	Referee: Damian Schneider (UAR)

	26 Apr	(1 BP) Jaguares XV	40–26	Olímpia Lions	Estadio Charrúa
	21:00 UTC−03:00	Try: I. Ruiz (2) 5', 14' J.M. González 26' T. Castiglioni 33' J. Oviedo 55' A. Segura 60' Con: M. Elías (5) 15', 27', 33', 55', 60'	Report	Try: M. Rebussone 39' I. Gandini 67' Con: M. Ledesma 40' M. Matiauda 68' Pen: M. Ledesma (4) 3', 19', 31', 51'	Referee: Francisco González (FRC)

Week 10

	1 May	(1 BP) Cafeteros Pro	33–51	Olímpia Lions (1 BP)	Estadio Charrúa
	15:00 UTC−03:00	Try: J.D. Herrera 37' E. Ocampo 46' F. Puertas 57' S. Resino 70' G. García 75' Con: A. Álvarez (4) 39', 47', 58', 76'	Report	Try: M. Riquelme 15' J. González 24' I. Gandini 33' M. Muntaner 42' F. Díez 62' M. Bogado 65' M. Garcete 78' Con: M. Ledesma (3) 15', 25', 34' S. Urbieta (2) 66', 78' Pen: M. Ledesma (2) 3', 10'	Referee: Damian Schneider (UAR)

	1 May	Peñarol	18–42	Jaguares XV (1 BP)	Estadio Charrúa
	18:00 UTC−03:00	Try: M. Viñals 7' G. Pujadas 21' Con: M. Roger 21' Pen: M. Roger (2) 37', 42' Cards: M. Roger 51'	Report	Try: F. Gorrissen 2' T. Cubilla (2) 12', 64' F. Ezcurra 25' M. Vaca 52' T. Albornoz 59' Con: T. Albornoz (5) 2', 13', 25', 53', 59' J.B. Daireaux 65'	Referee: Nahuén Jauri Rivero (UAR)

	1 May	Cobras	21–20	Selknam (1 BP)	Estadio Charrúa
	21:00 UTC−03:00	Try: M. Claudio 25' Y. Rosetti 40' Con: M. Duque 40' Pen: M. Duque (2) 10', 80' Drop: M. Duque 38'	Report	Try: T. Dussaillant 56' A. Böhme 76' Con: S. Videla 57' P. Baronio 77' Pen: S. Videla (2) 2', 36'	Referee: Francisco González (URU)

Championship Playoffs

Semi-finals		Final

8 May – Montevideo

Jaguares XV	29
		15 May – Montevideo
Olímpia Lions	17
		Jaguares XV	36
8 May – Montevideo
		Peñarol	28
Peñarol	17

Selknam	14

Semifinals

	8 May	Peñarol	17–14	Selknam	Estadio Charrúa
	18:00 UTC−03:00	Try: Conrado Roura 15' Tomás Inciarte 30' Con: Martín Roger (2) 15', 31' Pen: Martín Roger 8' Cards: Federico Favaro 69'	Report	Try: Matías Dittus 51' Santiago Portillo 64' Con: Santiago Videla (2) 52', 64'	Referee: Damian Schneider (UAR)

	8 May	Jaguares XV	29–17	Olímpia Lions	Estadio Charrúa
	21:00 UTC−03:00	Try: Francisco Minervino 17' Lautaro Bavaro (2) 43', 67' Tomás Albornoz 46' Con: Tomás Albornoz (3) 17', 43', 46' Pen: Tomás Albornoz 54'	Report	Try: Jerónimo Gómez Vara 63' Carlos Repetto 75' Con: Máximo Ledesma (2) 63', 75' Pen: Máximo Ledesma 8'

Final

	15 May	Jaguares XV	36–28	Peñarol	Estadio Charrúa
	20:00 UTC−03:00	Try: Tomás Cubilla (3) 23', 50', 79' Juan Bautista Daireaux 31' Agustín Segura 53' Penalty try 71' Con: Tomás Albornoz (2) 32', 79'	Report	Try: Balatazar Amaya 54' Andrés Vilaseca 63' Facundo Gattas 80' Con: Martín Roger (2) 55', 64' Pen: Martín Roger (3) 20', 42', 75' Cards: Facundo Pomponio 69'	Referee: Damián Schneider (UAR)

Team details

Jaguares