{"id":527708,"date":"2026-03-09T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527708\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:00:12","slug":"cobras-put-an-end-to-two-years-of-losses-by-beating-yacare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/527708\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobras Put an end to Two years of losses by beating Yacare"},"content":{"rendered":"

Os Cobras put an end to two years of losses by beating Yacare. Sunday\u2019s victory in S\u00e3o Paulo sees Os Cobras moving past the same team on the Super Rugby Americas (SRA) table. The Brazilian side are now tied with reigning champions, Pe\u00f1arol for 6th place in SRA 2026.<\/p>\n

The match went down to the wire. It was only decided with time up. Indeed, Yacare scored a try with the match clock having entered the red. It meant fullback Valentino Quattrochi had the opportunity to convert there try to seal a 21-21 draw. His kick was wide which saw Os Cobras jumping for joy in having successfully won the match.<\/p>\n

Yacare has been a tough opponent for Os Cobras. The Brazilians were beaten six consecutive times over the course of the past three SRA seasons. The previous time that the Brazilian side defeated the Paraguayans was in May 2022 when the team was the Ol\u00edmpia Lions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In noting the importance of winning the contest, Brasil Rugby noted that Yacare fielded eleven Argentines in their starting XV<\/a>. The sizable number is a reflection of the needs of Paraguayan rugby in order to be competitive. However, the performance in S\u00e3o Paulo was underwhelming.<\/p>\n

Rain played a part in the rugby that was played, but this was by no means a performance in which Yacare will look back on the match video happily. Os Cobras were the better team for the most part and this included an early try from Argentine hooker, Santiago Bonavento.<\/p>\n

Yacare hit-back to take the front and did so with the ill-disciplined Cobras down to 13-men. Two separate yellow cards meant space would open up and, certainly, Juan Cruz Strada made no mistake in touching down a simple score.<\/p>\n

The game\u2019s third try was also scored by Yacare. It was a scrum-enforced try with referee Mauro Rossi awarding Yacare with a penalty try. Os Cobras escaped a yellow card.<\/p>\n

From there, Yacare were guilty of complacency and Os Cobras looked better. It worked out well for the home side as fly half Jo\u00e3o do Amaral landed two penalties for a 14-13 scoreline in, favor of Yacare, at the completion of the first-half. Of note is that Joaqu\u00edn Lamas\u2019 goal-kicking was less accurate.<\/p>\n

The second-half scoring was limited as rain affected ball-handling. It was not until nine minutes from full-time until either team managed to score points. Argenitne Juli\u00e1n Leszczynski landed a penalty for Os Cobras before Gabriel Oliveira scored from close range.<\/p>\n

Oliveira\u2019s try seemingly had sealed the victory. However, with the conversion off target there was a thin-window for Yacare to stage a comeback. With time up, Argentine Mat\u00edas Muniagurria scored for the Paraguayan side. It meant it was 21-19 to Os Cobras with time up.<\/p>\n

Os Cobras will take confidence with them to Uruguay for Friday\u2019s match against Pe\u00f1arol. Yacare will be looking for their first win of SRA 2026 when they face Los Capibaras at the Estadio H\u00e9roes de Curupayty next Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"\"Cr\u00e9dito Foto: Gaspafotos \/ Super Rugby Am\u00e9ricas<\/p>\n

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\"\"SCORING<\/p>\n

\"\"
COBRAS (21)
TRY \u2013 S Bonaveto, H L\u00facio
CON \u2013 J do Amaral (1); J Leszczynski (1)
PEN \u2013 J do Amaral (2); J Leszczynski (1)<\/p>\n

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YACARE (19)
TRY \u2013 JC Strada; Penalty Try; M Muniagurria
CON \u2013 J Lamas (1); No Kick (1)<\/p>\n

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\"\"TEAMS<\/p>\n

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COBRAS
1 Jo\u00e3o Lucas Marino, 2 Santiago Bonavento, 3 Facundo Moreno, 4 Cleber Dias, 5 H\u00e9lder L\u00facio, 6 Adio de Melo, 7 Matheus Cl\u00e1udio, 8 Andr\u00e9 Arruda, 9 Zinedine Booysen, 10 Jo\u00e3o do Amaral, 11 Robson Morais, 12 Robert Ten\u00f3rio, 13 Lorenzo Massari Temer, 14 S\u00e9rgio Luna, 15 Rosko Specman<\/p>\n

Replacements: 16 Endy Willian Pinheiro , 17 Brendon Alves , 18 Lautaro Facundo , 19. Gabriel \u201cF\u00faria\u201d Oliveira , 20 Mogomotsi Mokunyane , 21 Pedro Soares , 22 Ashwin Cox , 23 Juli\u00e1n Leszczynski<\/p>\n

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YACARE
1 Camilo Blasco, 2 Valentino Macciali, 3 Gonzalo del Pazo, 4 Mateo Gasparotti, 5 Joaqu\u00edn Dom\u00ednguez, 6 Manuel Todaro, 7 Juan Mernes, 8 Mat\u00edas Muniagurria, 9 Juan Cruz Strada, 10 Joaqu\u00edn Lamas, 11 Juan Gonz\u00e1lez, 12 Sebastian Urbieta, 13 Ramiro Amarilla (capt.), 14 Francisco Calello, 15 Valentino Quattrochi<\/p>\n

Replacements: 16 Jordi Ch\u00e1vez, 17 Nicol\u00e1s Toth, 18 Rodolfo Rivadeneira, 19 Lautaro Gonz\u00e1lez, 20 Ariel N\u00fa\u00f1ez, 21 Gonzalo Bareiro, 21 Francisco Gaspes, 23 Arturo L\u00f3pez<\/p>\n

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\"\"MATCH HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n

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\"\"MATCH OFFICIALS<\/p>\n

\"\"VS\"\"
Referee: Mauro Rossi (Argentina)
Assistant Referees: Juan Maio (Argentina);\u00a0Victor Hugo Barboza (Brazil)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Os Cobras put an end to two years of losses by beating Yacare. Sunday\u2019s victory in S\u00e3o Paulo…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,219276,446],"class_list":["post-527708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-super-rugby-americas","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527708","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=527708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}