{"id":220709,"date":"2025-10-17T17:23:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/220709\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T17:23:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:23:11","slug":"chile-name-roster-to-prepare-for-italy-in-november-internationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/220709\/","title":{"rendered":"Chile Name Roster to prepare for Italy in November Internationals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chile has named a 32-man roster to prepare to take-on Italy in the November Internationals. Los C\u00f3ndores will face the Azzurri at the\u00a0Stadio Luigi Ferraris in Genoa on Saturday, November 22. The contest is presently the only confirmed fixture for Italy; though Scotland and Italy have been in negotiations about a match in Scotland on November 29<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pablo Lemoine\u2019s roster has come out following the announcement of Gonzalo Quesada\u2019s Italian squad<\/a>. The November Internationals are a mandatory player release window. Notwithstanding, Chile will not have all players due to clubs having released players for the Rugby World Cup 2027 Qualifiers wherein Chile faced Brazil<\/a>, Uruguay<\/a> and Samoa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

French-based players I\u00f1aki Ayarza, Diego Escobar and Javier Eissmann are not on the roster due to the aforementioned agreement. Their clubs freed them for two months; a vital period which saw Chile overcome the odds to beat Samoa in Vi\u00f1a del Mar<\/a> and, in doing so, qualify for Rugby World Cup 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In addition to Ayarza, Chile is also without fellow winger Nicol\u00e1s Garafulic. The Selknam outside back ruptured his achilles tend\u00f3n playing against Samoa<\/a> in Salt Lake City.<\/p>\n

Chile\u2019s roster is not entirely without European-based players. Scrum-half Lucas Berti and fly half Rodrigo Fern\u00e1ndez are both on the roster. Berti\u2019s inclusion comes with regular Benjam\u00edn Videla missing.<\/p>\n

Clemente Saavedra continues on as skipper with Mart\u00edn Sigren yet to return to the field following his serious injury suffered during Super Rugby Americas 2025 against Los Tarucas.<\/p>\n

Italy\u2019s match against Chile will officially open international competition between the countries. Both Italy and Chile are coached by neutrals. Quesada is from Argentina while Pablo Lemoine is from Uruguay. Both played at Rugby World Cups 1999 and 2003.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"CHILEAN FIXTURES \u2013 NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS<\/p>\n

NOV 22 \"\"VS\"\" (Est\u00e1dio Luigi Ferraris, Genoa)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"CHILE ROSTER \u2013 NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS<\/p>\n

LOOSE HEAD PROP
Norman Aguayo (Selknam, 6 caps)
Javier Carrasco (Selknam, 36 caps)
Salvador Lues (Selknam, 32 caps)
Emiliano Shae (Selknam, uncapped)<\/p>\n

HOOKER
Augusto B\u00f6hme (NOLA Gold, US, 36 caps)
Jorge Delgado (Selknam, 1 cap)
Benjam\u00edn Moreno (DOBS, uncapped)<\/p>\n

TIGHT HEAD PROP
Baltazar Gurruchaga (Selknam, uncapped)
I\u00f1aki Gurruchaga (Selknam, 27 caps)<\/p>\n

SECOND-ROW
Santiago Pedrero (Selknam, 23 caps)
Bruno S\u00e1ez (Selknam, 10 caps)
Augusto Vilanueva (Selknam, 1 cap)<\/p>\n

FLANKER
Raimundo Mart\u00ednez (Selknam, 28 caps)
Clemente Saavedra (Selknam, 38 caps)
Santiago Valenzuela (Selknam, 1 cap)<\/p>\n

N8
Alfonso Escobar (Selknam, 34 caps)
Joaquin Milesi (Selknam, 8 caps)
Ernesto Tchimino (Selknam, 10 caps)<\/p>\n

SCRUM-HALF
Lucas Berti (Montpellier, FR, 9 caps)
Juan Sebasti\u00e1n Bianchi (Selknam, uncapped)<\/p>\n

FLY HALF
Rodrigo Fern\u00e1ndez (Colorno, IT, 34 caps)
Juan Cruz Reyes (Selknam, 11 caps)
Tom\u00e1s Salas (Selknam, 9 caps)<\/p>\n

CENTER
Rodrigo Araya (DOBS, uncapped)
Mat\u00edas Garafulic (Selknam, 25 caps)
Domingo Saavedra (Selknam, 36 caps)
Santiago Videla (Miami Sharks, US, 42 caps)<\/p>\n

WING
Clemente Armstrong (Selknam, 3 caps)
Crist\u00f3bal Game (Selknam, 12 caps)
Federico Kennedy (Selknam, uncapped)
Nicol\u00e1s Saab (Selknam, 8 caps)<\/p>\n

FULLBACK
Felipe M\u00e9ndez (Selknam, uncapped)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chile has named a 32-man roster to prepare to take-on Italy in the November Internationals. Los C\u00f3ndores will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220710,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-220709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220709\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220710"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}