{"id":495913,"date":"2026-02-22T02:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495913\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:47:11","slug":"pampas-begin-sra-season-strongly-with-road-win-over-yacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/495913\/","title":{"rendered":"Pampas Begin SRA Season Strongly with road win over Yacare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Pampas enjoyed a positive start to Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026. The Buenos Aires side held a 22-3 half-time lead and ultimately completed a 30-17 road win over Yacare in Asunci\u00f3n, Paraguay on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The visitors made their intent clear early and were rewarded. Hooker Ignacio Bottazzini crossed for the opening try on four minutes, doing so after breaking off the tail of a rolling-maul. Bautista Faris\u00e9 converted from wide.<\/p>\n<p>Faris\u00e9 failed to convert from a similar location four minutes later. Debutants Tob\u00edas Wade and Felipe Ledesma combined with the fullback breaking the line from inside his own half. He finished off the move to score a try that showed why he was a regular and impressive performer for Los Pumas 7\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Joaqu\u00edn Lamas opened Yacare\u2019s scoring but only before Los Pampas went further ahead with their third try. It was a second to Bottazzini who scored from a maul following an attacking lineout. Faris\u00e9 converted on 29 minutes in the final scoring act of the half.<\/p>\n<p>Yacare needed to overcome a 22-3 deficit in the second half. They started strongly with Argentine center Francisco Gaspes scoring on 43 minutes. Lamas converted to make it a 12 point difference. Meanwhile, Los Pampas had opportunities but failed to capitalize in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>With scrums being a concern, Yacare held on and added to their scoring with scrum-half Juan Cruz Strada scoring beside the posts. Fullback Valentino Quatrocci converted and suddenly the game was alive.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-118410 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Yacare-Pampas-2026-Juan-Cruz-Strada-660x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"412\"  \/>Cr\u00e9dito Foto: Angelo Saavedra \/ Gaspafotos \/ Super Rugby Am\u00e9ricas<\/p>\n<p>Los Pampas did not panic and added points on 56 minutes with a penalty to Faris\u00e9. The Buenos Aires side also improved their defense so that they did not let in further tries. Yacare were having discipline concerns astro second-half yellow cards hurt them.<\/p>\n<p>With time up, Los Pampas looked to seal the win and do so with a bonus point. N8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi succeeded in scoring in the left corner. With it the mission was accomplished.<\/p>\n<p>Los Pampas play host to Los Dogos in next week. The match at La Catedral is a SRA classic. Yacare fly to Santiago to face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americasrugbynews.com\/2026\/02\/21\/barnstorming-tarucas-humble-selknam-to-open-super-rugby-americas-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Selknam, a side that was also beaten<\/a> in the opening round of the SRA season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-93559 size-full tie-appear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo-yacare-xv-thumbnail-2023.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"\/><br \/>YACARE (17)<br \/>TRY \u2013 F Gaspes (43\u2032); JC Strada (65\u2032)<br \/>CON \u2013 J Lamas (44\u2032); V Quatrocci (66\u2032)<br \/>PEN \u2013 J Lamas (27\u2032)<br \/>YC \u2013 A N\u00fa\u00f1ez (37\u2032); J Lamas (59\u2032); G del Pazo (78\u2032)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-93319 size-full tie-appear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo-pampas-SRA-thumbnail-2022.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"\/><br \/>PAMPAS (30)<br \/>TRY \u2013 I Bottazzini 2 (4\u2032, 28\u2032); T Wade (8\u2032); JP Bernasconi (80\u2032)<br \/>CON \u2013 B Faris\u00e9 (5\u2032, 29\u2032)<br \/>PEN \u2013 B Faris\u00e9 2 (37\u2032, 56\u2032)<br \/>YC \u2013 R Fern\u00e1ndez Criado (39\u2032); A Fraga (43\u2032)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-93559 size-full tie-appear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/logo-yacare-xv-thumbnail-2023.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"\/><br \/>YACARE<br \/>1 Nicolas Toth, 2 Jordi Ch\u00e1vez, 3 Enrique Quinteros, 4 Mateo Gasparotti, 5 Mat\u00edas Munigurr\u00eda, 6 Manuel Todaro, 7 Ariel N\u00fa\u00f1ez, 8 Juan Mernes, 9 Juan Cruz Strada, 10 Joaqu\u00edn Lamas, 11 Juan Gonz\u00e1lez, 12 Francisco Gaspes, 13 Ramiro Amarilla (capt.), 14 Francisco Calello, 15 Valentino Quatrocci<\/p>\n<p>Replacements: 16 C\u00e9sar P\u00e9rez, 17 Valentino Marciali, 18 Gonzalo Del Pazo, 19 Joaqu\u00edn Dom\u00ednguez, 20 Juan Sebriano, 21 Gonzalo Bareiro, 22 Sebasti\u00e1n Urbieta, 23 Arturo L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-93319 size-full tie-appear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/logo-pampas-SRA-thumbnail-2022.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"\/><br \/>PAMPAS<br \/>1 Mat\u00edas Medrano, 2 Ignacio Bottazzini, 3 Ramiro Berardi Calvo, 4 Augusto Cabano Wall, 5 Rodrigo Fern\u00e1ndez Criado, 6 Juan Cruz P\u00e9rez Rachel, 7 Faustino Santarelli, 8 Juan Pedro Bernasconi, 9 Lucas Marguery, 10 Bautista Faris\u00e9, 11 Jer\u00f3nimo Ulloa, 12 Felipe Ledesma, 13 Agust\u00edn Fraga, 14 Santiago Pernas, 15 Tob\u00edas Wade<\/p>\n<p>Replacements: 16 Francisco Lusarreta, 17 Valent\u00edn Vicente Vidal, 18 Marcos Camerlinckx, 19 Francisco Sluga, 20 Juan Penoucos, 21 Alejo Lavay\u00e9n, 22 Estanislao Renthel, 23 Nahuel Clausen<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-93317 tie-appear\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/logo-super-rugby-americas-thumbnail-2022.png\"   alt=\"\" width=\"34\" height=\"34\"\/>VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Pampas enjoyed a positive start to Super Rugby Americas (SRA) 2026. 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