Week three of Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026 features two Friday fixtures and the other two on Saturday. The Friday night double sees Los Pampas facing Los Capibaras in the first-ever meeting between the teams in SRA. The other Friday match is also an Argentine derby as Los Tarucas play host to Los Dogos in Tucumán.
The first and second week results of SRA 2026 saw Argentine teams dominating. Week three is thus an opportunity for some potential change. It will not be easy for Selknam who travel to face Peñarol in Montevideo without 22 players due to the Chile international uncapped match against Italy XV.
Meanwhile, one of Yacare and Os Cobras will earn their first win of the SRA 2026 season in the final match of the week. That is, assuming, they do not compete to a draw. Both Yacare and Os Cobras have bonus points while Peñarol are rock-bottom without any thus far.
| STANDINGS |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP | PTS |
| Capibaras (Rosario) | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 88 | 19 | +69 | 2 | 10 |
| Tarucas (Tucumán) | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 69 | 31 | +38 | 1 | 9 |
| Dogos (Córdoba) | 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 57 | 53 | +4 | 1 | 9 |
| Pampas (Buenos Aires) | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 64 | 53 | +11 | 3 | 8 |
| Selknam (Santiago) | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 47 | 73 | -26 | 1 | 5 |
| Yacare (Asunción) | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | 49 | 64 | -15 | 2 | 2 |
| Cobras (São Paulo) | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 31 | 75 | -44 | 1 | 1 |
| Peñarol (Montevideo) | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | 25 | 62 | -37 | – | 0 |
 WEEK THREE – FIXTURES |
- There may be a shake-up to the standings given that the undefeated Tarucas and Dogos clash on Friday in Tucumán.
- Puma Santiago Cordero will make his Super Rugby Americas debut. Cordero played at Rugby World Cup 2015 and as a professional played for elite teams in Super Rugby, the English Premiership, Top 14 and the United Rugby Championship.
- Cordero is one of three changes made by Juan Manuel Leguizamón for Los Pampas. The others see first starts for Marcos Camerlinckx and Francisco Sluga.
- Regular captain Juan Cruz Pérez Rachel is out which sees Lucas Marguery leading the Buenos Aires team.
- Ex Pampas will take to the field for Los Capibaras. They include captain Manuel Bernstein, center Bruno Heit and second-rower Lorenzo Colidio.
- Bernardo Lis will debut for Los Capibaras as the team’s replacement hooker. The 29-year-old is the oldest member of Los Capibaras’ roster. Elsewhere among the replacements, Ignacio Gallo has been recalled.
- Los Tarucas have made two alterations to the front-row with Mariano Muntaner and José Calderoni starting.
- The 2025 results were split; Los Dogos won 43-29 in Tucumán while Los Tarucas won 22-20 in Córdoba.
| WEEK THREE – LINE-UPS |
PAMPAS
1 Matías Medrano, 2 Ignacio Bottazzini, 3 Marcos Camerlinckx, 4 Rodrigo Fernández Criado, 5 Francisco Sulaga, 6 Juan Penoucos, 7 Augusto Cabano Wall, 8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 9 Lucas Marguery (capt.), 10 Bautista Farisé, 11 Santiago Cordero, 12 Felipe Ledesma, 13 Agustín Fraga, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Tobías Wade
Replacements: 16 Tadeo Ledesma Arocena, 17 Nahuel Zunini, 18 Valentín Vicente Vidal, 19 Lucas Moresco, 20 Faustino Santarelli, 21 Alejo Lavayén, 22 Estanislao Renthel, 23 Alfonso Latorre
CAPIBARAS
1 Diego Correa, 2 Manuel Cuneo, 3 Lisandro Dipierri, 4 Lorenzo Colidio, 5 Lucas Bur, 6 Ignacio Gandini, 7 Felipe Vilagrán, 8 Manuel Bernstein (capt.), 9 Alejo Sugasti, 10 Ignacio Dogliani, 11 Franco Rossetto, 12 Guido Chesini, 13 Bruno Heit, 14 Lautaro Cipriani, 15 Francisco Lluch
Replacements: 16 Bernardo Lis, 17 Juan Ignacio Rodríguez, 18 Ignacio Orsetti, 19 Ignacio Gallo, 20 Jerónimo Gómez Vara, 21 Juan Lovell, 22 Juan Bautista Baronio, 23 Bautista Estellés
TARUCAS
1 Mariano Muntaner, 2 José Calderoni, 3 Francisco Morenos 4 Ignacio Marquieguez, 5 Luciano Asevedo, 6 Tomás Dande, 7 Agustín Sarelli, 8 Thiago Sbrocco, 9 Estanislao Pregot, 10 Ignacio Cerrutti, 11 Mateo Pasquini, 12 Bautista Estofan, 13 Matías Orlando (capt.), 14 Tomás Vanni, 15 Tomás Elizalde
Replacements: 16 Juan Vivas, 17 Benjamín Garrido, 18 Rodrigo Navarro, 19 Franco Marini, 20 Miguel Mukdise, 21 Matías Sauze, 22 Máximo Ledesma, 23 Stefano Ferro
DOGOS
To be named
PENAROL
To be named
SELKNAM
To be named
COBRAS
To be named
YACARE
To be named
| WEEK THREE – MATCH OFFICIALS |
VS
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
Assistant Referees: Tomás Ninci (Argentina); Simón Larrubia (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: TBA + Pedro López Vildoza (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)
Assistant Referees: : Armen Abi Saab (Uruguay); Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
VS
Referee: Mauro Rossi (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Juan Maio (Argentina); Victor Hugo Barboza (Brazil)