2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season

2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby
CountriesArgentina Argentina
Brazil Brazil
Chile Chile
Paraguay Paraguay
Uruguay Uruguay
Colombia Colombia
Date4 March – 29 May
Matches played3
2021 →

The 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the inaugural season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 29 May.[1]

On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 2021, effectively ending this season after two rounds of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.[2]

Teams

Location of teams of the 2020 Superliga Americana de Rugby.
          Full participant
          Postseason only participant
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach Captain
Argentina Ceibos Córdoba Tala Rugby Club 6,000 Argentina Ignacio F. Lobbe Argentina Lautaro Bavaro
Brazil Corinthians Santo André Estádio Bruno José Daniel 11,440 Brazil Fernando Portugal Brazil Arthur Bergo
Chile Selknam Santiago Estadio Nacional 40,000 Uruguay Pablo Lemoine Chile Ignacio Silva
Colombia Cafeteros Pro Medellín TBA TBA Colombia David Jaramillo TBA
Paraguay Olimpia Lions Asunción Estadio Héroes de Curupayty 3,000 Argentina Raúl Pérez Argentina Gabriel Ascárate
Uruguay Peñarol Montevideo Estadio Charrúa 14,000 Argentina Pablo Bouza Uruguay Santiago Arata

Season format

Five of the six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which was to take place over 10 weeks and would consist of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing 4 matches at home and 4 matches away. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season would have moved on to the championship playoffs while the fifth-place club would have progressed to a challenge trophy playoff.

The challenge trophy would have been contested over two matches between the fifth-place regular season club and Cafeteros Pro. Each club would have hosted one match in this series.

The championship would have been contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.

Regular season

The regular season began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 16 May.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD TF TA TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Argentina Ceibos 2 2 0 0 80 24 +56 9 1 2 0 10 Championship Playoffs
2 Chile Selknam 2 1 0 1 31 45 −14 1 5 0 0 4
3 Uruguay Peñarol 1 0 0 1 13 15 −2 1 0 0 1 1
4 Brazil Corinthians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Paraguay Olimpia Lions 1 0 0 1 8 48 −40 1 5 0 0 0 Challenge Trophy
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source:[citation needed]

Matches

The following were the matches for the 2020 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:

Home \ Away CEI COR OLI PEN SEL
Argentina Ceibos 27 Mar 48–8 15 May 24 Apr
Brazil Corinthians 8 May 24 Apr 20 Mar 3 Apr
Paraguay Olimpia Lions 17 Apr 13 Mar 27 Mar 29 Apr
Uruguay Peñarol 3 Apr 29 Apr 8 May 13–15
Chile Selknam 16–32 16 May 21 Mar 18 Apr
Updated to match(es) played on 7 March 2020. Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Week 1

4 Mar Peñarol Uruguay 13–15 Chile Selknam Estadio Charrúa  
20:30 UYT Try: Santiago Arata 10'
Con: Federico Favaro (1/1) 11'
Pen: Federico Favaro (2/5) 5', 67'
Cards: Tomás Inciarte Yellow card 66'
Nicolás Freitas Yellow card 69'
Report Pen: Santiago Videla (5/5) 9', 20', 34', 48', 70'
Patricio Baronio (0/1)
Drop: Francisco Urroz (0/1)
Cards: Julio Blanc Yellow card 66'
Patricio Baronio Yellow card 73'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (UAR)

Man of the Match:

6 Mar Ceibos Argentina 48–8 Paraguay Olimpia Lions Tala Rugby Club  
21:00 ART Try: Tomás Cubilla 12′
Juan Bautista Daireaux 21′
Leonel Oviedo 70′
Penalty try 79′
Ignacio Inchauspe 80′
Con: Martín Elías (1/2) 13′
Tomás Albornoz (2/2) 71′, 80′
Pen: Martín Elías (4/5) 26′, 32′, 39′, 55′
Tomás Albornoz (1/1) 59'
Report Try: Manuel Montero 72′
Con: Damian Stevens (0/1)
Pen: Máximo Ledesma 29′ (1/2)
Cards: Facundo Pomponio Yellow card 33'
Facundo Maina Yellow card 77'
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Felipe Balbontín (FRC)

Man of the Match:

Bye/s: Corinthians

Week 2

13 Mar Olimpia Lions Paraguay Postponed Brazil Corinthians Estadio Manuel Ferreira  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
14 Mar Selknam Chile 16-32 Argentina Ceibos Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos  
17:00 ART Try: Penalty try 37'
Pen: Patricio Baronio (3/3) 2', 35', 44'
Cards: Ignacio Silva Yellow card 50'
Matías Dittus Yellow card 70'
Vesi Rarawa Yellow card 72'
Report Try: Facundo Cordero 26', 57'
Juan Bautista Daireaux 46'
Tomás Cubelli 77'
Con: Martín Elías (1/1) 26'
Tomás Albornoz (2/3) 47', 77'
Pen: Martín Elías (2/2) 7', 28'
Cards: Facundo Corder Yellow card 37'
Attendance: 4.000
Referee: Man of the Match: Rodrigo Fernández Criado
Bye/s: Peñarol

Week 3

20 Mar Corinthians Brazil v Uruguay Peñarol Estádio Parque São Jorge  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
21 Mar Selknam Chile v Paraguay Olimpia Lions TBA  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Ceibos

Week 4

27 Mar Olimpia Lions Paraguay v Uruguay Peñarol Estadio Héroes de Curupayty  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
27 Mar Ceibos Argentina v Brazil Corinthians Tala Rugby Club  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Selknam

Week 5

3 Apr Corinthians Brazil v Chile Selknam Estádio Parque São Jorge  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
3 Apr Peñarol Uruguay v Argentina Ceibos Estadio Charrúa  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Olimpia Lions

Week 6

17 Apr Olimpia Lions Paraguay v Argentina Ceibos Estadio Héroes de Curupayty  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
18 Apr Selknam Chile v Uruguay Peñarol TBA  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Corinthians

Week 7

24 Apr Corinthians Brazil v Paraguay Olimpia Lions Estádio Parque São Jorge  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
24 Apr Ceibos Argentina v Chile Selknam Tala Rugby Club  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Peñarol

Week 8

29 Apr Peñarol Uruguay v Brazil Corinthians Estadio Charrúa  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
29 Apr Olimpia Lions v Selknam Estadio Héroes de Curupayty  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Ceibos

Week 9

8 May Peñarol Uruguay v Paraguay Olimpia Lions Estadio Charrúa  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
8 May Corinthians Brazil v Argentina Ceibos Estádio Parque São Jorge  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Selknam

Week 10

15 May Ceibos Argentina v Uruguay Peñarol Tala Rugby Club  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
16 May Selknam Chile v Brazil Corinthians TBA  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
Bye/s: Olimpia Lions

Playoffs

Challenge Trophy

The fifth-place regular season club would have contested the challenge trophy against Cafeteros Pro over two matches.


23 May TBD v TBD TBA  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:
27 May TBD v TBD TBA  
TBA Referee: Man of the Match:

Championship playoffs

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 May -
 
 
 
 
29 May -
 
 
 
 
 
22 May -
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Third place
 
 
27 May -
 
 
 
 
 
 

Semifinals

22 May  
Referee: Man of the Match:
22 May  
Referee: Man of the Match:

Third-place match

27 May v  
Referee: Man of the Match:

Final

29 May v  
Referee: Man of the Match:

Player Statistics

Top scorers

The top try and point scorers during the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season until the season was cancelled were:

References

  1. ^ LA SUPERLIGA AMERICANA DE RUGBY TIENE FIXTURE on Sudamérica Rugby, 22 Jan 2020
  2. ^ "SLAR Suspended Until 20201". Americas Rugby News. March 17, 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.