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Cr\u00e9dito Foto: SRA \/ Gaspafotos<\/p>\nLos Pampas completed a comfortable victory over Os Cobras on Sunday in S\u00e3o Paulo. The Buenos Aires side played faced paced rugby which saw them creating and capitalizing on opportunities as they won by 49-19 to join Los Dogos at the top of the Super Rugby Americas (SRA) standings.<\/p>\n
Os Cobras had their moments, and did not play badly, but the class of Los Pampas was clear.It took just one minute for Los Pampas to score their opening try. Ignacio D\u00edaz went over for a try converted by fly half, Bautista Faris\u00e9.<\/p>\n
7-0 quickly became 14-0 as Juan Penoucos used his strength to score. However, Os Cobras recovered well to hit-back straight away. On 8 minutes, the Brazilian side went for a lineout to maul move with flanker Adrio de Melo scoring in the try zone.<\/p>\n
The rapid-fire scoring was paused for twenty minutes before Adria de Melo went over for his second try. Argentine Juli\u00e1n Leszczynski converted for a 14-12 scoreline in favor of the Buenos Aires team.<\/p>\n
Cr\u00e9dito Foto: SRA \/ Gaspafotos<\/p>\n
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Los Pampas\u2019 lead was suddenly under threat. The rampaging Juan Penoucos scored a second try and Estanislao Renthel \u00a0added the extras for a 21-12 lead. Then, on the stroke of half-time, Los Pampas secured a try-scoring bonus point. Ignacio D\u00edaz went over for his season and the visitors were 28-12 at the interval.<\/p>\n
Faris\u00e9 recovered from the knock that forced him off to return. He converted three tries in the second-half. The first was scored by former Los Pumas 7\u2019s player, Agust\u00edn Fraga. Adrio de Melo then completed a hat-trick by scoring his third try of the afternoon for the Brazilian side.<\/p>\n
Os Cobras were unable to add to their three tries which meant they missed out on a bonus point. They also missed out on a losing bonus point.<\/p>\n
Los Pampas wrapped up the victory with tries to fullback Estanislao Rental and replacement scrum-half Ramiro Manzo. The 30-point win sees Los Pampas well placed after five rounds of SRA 2026.<\/p>\n
Both teams will play on the road in Week 6. Los Pampas travel to Santiago del Chile to face Selknam while Os Cobras visit Tucum\u00e1n, Argentina to face Los Tarucas.<\/p>\n
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SCORING<\/p>\n
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COBRAS (19)
TRY \u2013 A de Melo 3 (8\u2032, 30\u2032, 69\u2032)
CON \u2013 J Leszczynski (30\u2032); L Tranquez (70\u2032)
YC \u2013 R Ten\u00f3rio (53\u2032)<\/p>\n
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PAMPAS (49)
TRY \u2013 I D\u00edaz 2 (1\u2032, 40\u2032); J Penoucos 2 (5\u2032, 33\u2032); A Fraga (63\u2032); E Renthel (73\u2032); R Manzo (76\u2032)
CON \u2013 B Faris\u00e9 5 (2\u2032, 6\u2032, 64\u2032, 74\u2032, 77\u2032); E Renthel 2 (34\u2032, 40\u2032)
YC \u2013 R Berardi Calvo (29\u2032)<\/p>\n
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LINE-UPS<\/p>\n
COBRAS
1 Brendon Alves, 2 Santiago Bonavento, 3 Facundo Moreno, 4 Helder Bryan, 5 Gabriel Oliveira, 6 Adrio de Melo, 7 Matheus Cl\u00e1udio, 8 Andr\u00e9 Arruda, 9 Ashwin Cox, 10 Juli\u00e1n Leszczynski, 11 Robert Ten\u00f3rio, 12 Dion Khumalo, 13 Lorenzo Massari Temer (capt.), 14 Tasriq Mynhardt, 15 Rosko Specman<\/p>\n
Replacements: 16 Nicholas Sydorowitz, 17 Jo\u00e3o Marino, 18 Lautaro Facundo, 19 Cleber Dias, 20 Mogomotsi Mokunyane, 21 Maiki Lemes, 22 Zinedine Booysen, 23 Lucas Tranquez<\/p>\n
PAMPAS
1 Mat\u00edas Medrano (capt.), 2 Francisco Lusarreta, 3 Valent\u00edn Vicente Vidal, 4 Rodrigo Fern\u00e1ndez Criado, 5 Francisco Sluga, 6 Juan Penoucos, 7 Faustino Santarelli, 8 Lucas Moresco, 9 Alejo Lavay\u00e9n, 10 Bautista Faris\u00e9, 11 Alfonso Latorre, 12 Juan Cruz Corso, 13 Felipe Ledesma, 14 Ignacio D\u00edaz, 15 Estanislao Renthel<\/p>\n
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Bottazzini, 17 Nahuel Zunini, 18 Ramiro Berardi Calvo, 19 Marcelo Toledo, 20 Augusto Cabano Wall, 21 Ramiro Manzo, 22 Agust\u00edn Fraga, 23 Jer\u00f3nimo Ulloa<\/p>\n
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MATCH HIGHLIGHTS<\/p>\n
Video: To Follow<\/p>\n
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WEEK FOUR \u2013 MATCH OFFICIALS<\/p>\n
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Referee: Nehu\u00e9n Jauri Rivero (Argentina)
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