Peñarol got the job done in São Paulo on Sunday. The Uruguayan side put in a dominant first-half display to have victory and a bonus point sealed well before the midway stage of the contest. The big win ended at a final score of 35-12 and sees Peñarol staying alive in Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026.
The Ivo Dugonjic coached Peñarol were so dominant early on that they scored all of their points in the opening half. It looked like a record score may be on the cards after Peñarol led the match 35-0 at half-time.
The first-half lead saw Peãnrol impressing in the set-piece and also out-muscling Os Cobras in the contact area. Hooker Joaquín Myszka crossed for a double from lineout to mauls and the Uruguayan side were also awarded a penalty try from a scrum.
Peñarol’s additional tries were scored by winger Bruno Baccino and outside center Juan Manuel Alonso. Baccino scored after a fumble by Lucas Tranquez while raids on Os Cobras try line ended with Alonso scoring for Peñarol.
Peñarol were happy to play out the second-half without the intensity of the first. As such, Os Cobras were able to score and did so twice. Canadian Ethan Turner scored from scrum-half while South African speedster Rosko Specman scored seven minutes from full-time. Argentine Julián Leszczynski converted Turner’s try.
| SCORING |
COBRAS (12)
TRY – E Turner (55′); R Specman (73′)
CON – J Leszczynski (56′)
YC – JL Marino (15′)
RC – JL Marino (60′)
PENAROL (35)
TRY – J Myszka 2 (4′, 31′); Penalty Try (15′); B Baccino (25′); JM Amarillo (38′)
CON – I Amarillo 4 (5′, 26′, 32′, 39′); No Kick (15′)
YC – A Iglesias (53′)
 LINE-UPS |
COBRAS
1 João Lucas Marino, 2 João Arraez, 3 Facundo Moreno, 4 Mogomotsi Mokunyane, 5 Adrio de Melo, 6 Renato Santos, 7 Matheus Cláudio, 8 Andre Arruda, 9 Ethan Turner, 10 João do Amaral, 11 Rosko Specman, 12 Dion Khumalo, 13 Lorenzo Massari Temer (capt.), 14 Robert Tenorio, 15 Lucas Tranquez
Replacements: 16 Endy William Pinheiro, 17 Henrique Ferreira, 18 Lautaro Facundo, 19 Gabriel Oliveira, 20 Maiki Lemes, 21 Gustavo Gobeti, 22 Julián Leszczynski, 23 Tasriq Mynhardt
PENAROL
1 Mateo Perillo, 2 Joaquín Myszka, 3 Jesús Porro, 4 Felipe Aliaga (capt.), 5 Manuel Rosmarino, 6 Manuel Ardao, 7 Lucas Bianchi, 8 Manuel Diana, 9 Joaquín Suárez, 10 Ícaro Amarillo, 11 Bruno Baccino, 12 Mateo Acosta, 13 Juan Manuel Alonso, 14 Tomás Baca Castex, 15 Santiago Marolda
Replacements: 16 Sebastián Pérez, 17 Juan Francisco Bessio, 18 Agustín Iglesias, 19 José Ignacio Rodríguez, 20. Manuel Ponte, 21 Lucas D’Avanzo, 22 Mateo Ibarburu, 23 Pedro Suárez
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Referee: Tomás Ninci (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Federico Longobardi (Argentina); Victor Hugo Barboza (Brazil)