The 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the second season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 16 March and ended on 15 May.
Teams
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach Captain Jaguares XV Buenos Aires TBC TBC Ignacio Fernández Lobbe Felipe Ezcurra Cobras São Paulo TBA TBA Emiliano Bergamaschi Felipe Sancery Selknam Santiago Estadio Nacional 40,000 Nicolás Bruzzone Ignacio Silva Cafeteros Pro Medellín TBA TBA Rodolfo Ambrosio Jhon C. Álvarez Olímpia Lions Asunción Estadio Héroes de Curupayty 3,000 Raúl Pérez Axel Zapata Peñarol Montevideo Estadio Charrúa 14,000 Pablo Bouza Andrés Vilaseca
Team changes Ceibos did not compete in the 2021 edition of the competition, having been replaced by the Argentine Rugby Union with the Jaguares XV. The Brazilian side are now known as Cobras Brasil XV or Cobras following the end of relationship with the Corinthians multi-sport club. The Colombian Cafeteros Pro also debuted this year. They were meant to debut in the 2020 season before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season format The six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which took place over 10 weeks and consisted of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing two matches against each of the other five clubs. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season moved on to the championship playoffs.
The championship was contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.
Venues Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 season was held in Chile and Uruguay only. The first half of the regular season was held at Estadio Municipal de La Pintana in Santiago and Estadio Elías Figueroa Brander in Valparaíso. The second half of the regular season and the playoffs of the competition was held at Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.
Regular season The regular season began on 16 March and ended on 1 May.
Standings
Matches The following are the match results for the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Championship Playoffs
Semifinals
Final
FB 15 Juan B. DaireauxRW 14 Sebastián CancelliereOC 13 Agustín SeguraIC 12 Juan Pablo CastroLW 11 Tomás CubillaFH 10 Tomás AlbornozSH 9 Felipe EzcurraN8 8 Francisco GorrissenOF 7 Juan Martín GonzálezBF 6 Lautaro BavaroLL 5 Franco MolinaRL 4 Federico GutiérrezTP 3 Juan Pablo ZeissHK 2 Martín VacaLP 1 Federico WegrzynSubstitutes: 16 Ignacio Ruiz 17 Francisco Minervino 18 Joel Sclavi 19 Tomás Bernasconi 20 Joaquín Oviedo 21 Teo Castiglioni 22 Martín Elías 23 Gerónimo PrisciantelliCoach: Ignacio Fernández Lobbe FB 15 Baltazar AmayaRW 14 Juan Manuel AlonsoOC 13 Tomás InciarteIC 12 Andrés VilasecaLW 11 Nicolás FreitasFH 10 Martín RogerSH 9 Manuel NoguesN8 8 Conrado RouraOF 7 Santiago CivettaBF 6 Manuel ArdaoLL 5 Nahuel MilanRL 4 Felipe AliagaTP 3 Diego ArbeloHK 2 Guillermo PujadasLP 1 Juan EcheverríaSubstitutes: 16 Facundo Gattas 17 Facundo Pomponio 18 Matías Benítez 19 Eric Dosantos 20 Juan Marcos Chamyan 21 Carlos Deus 22 Felipe Arcos 23 José M. IruleguyCoach: Pablo Bouza
Player statistics
Top scorers
The top try and point scorers during the 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season are:
Last updated Oct 6, 2021
Most points No Player Team Pts 1 Martín Roger Farias Peñarol Rugby 125 2 Máximo Ledesma Olímpia Lions 108 3 Tomás Albornoz Jaguares XV 100 4 Martín Elías Jaguares XV 75 5 Sebastián Cancelliere Jaguares XV 70 6 Santiago Videla Selknam 67 7 Moisés Rodrigues Duque Cobras Brasil XV 47 8 Tomás Cubilla Jaguares XV 45 9 Patricio Baronio Selknam 38 10 Juan Martin González Samso Jaguares XV 35 11 Nicolás Roger Farias Cafeteros Pro 32 12 Facundo Gattas Peñarol Rugby 30
Awards MVP of the Tournament Player Team Sebastián Cancelliere Jaguares XV
All-SLAR First Team Player Position Team Rodrigo Martínez Loosehead Prop Olímpia Lions Martín Vaca Hooker Jaguares XV Diego Arbelo Tighthead Prop Peñarol Rugby Santiago Portillo Left Lock Selknam Franco Molina Right Lock Jaguares XV Maneul Ardao Blindside Flanker Peñarol RugbyFrancisco Gorrissen Openside Flanker Jaguares XV André Arruda No8 Cobras Brasil XV Gonzalo García Scrum-half Cafeteros Pro Tomás Albornoz Fly-half Jaguares XV Nicolás Freitas Blindside Wing Peñarol Rugby Juan Pablo Castro Inside Center Jaguares XV Domingo Saavedra Outside Center Selknam Sebastián Cancelliere Openside Wing Jaguares XV Martín Bogado Fullback Olímpia Lions
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