The 2023 Super Rugby Americas season is the fourth season of the Super Rugby Americas, an annual rugby union competition mainly for South American rugby clubs, although the first to be held under the Super Rugby Americas name. The regular season will begin on 17 February 2023.
Format The seven clubs in the competition compete in the regular season, which takes place over 14 rounds and consists of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing two matches against each of the other six clubs. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season move on to the knockout stage where the clubs then play in a knockout tournament, consisting of semi-finals and eventually, the final.
Teams A number of changes to teams competing in this competition happened for this edition. First, two clubs withdrew from the competition entirely: Argentine-based Jaguares XV and Colombian-based Cafeteros Pro. Both leave the competition after joining in the 2021 edition.
Three teams have entered the competition for this season. First is Dogos XV, an Argentine-based club. They return to the competition they left after the 2020 edition, competing as Ceibos at that time. Second is another Argentine-based club, Pampas XV, who are competing in the competition for the first time this year. The third club joining the competition is the American-based American Raptors, who are also competing in this competition for the first time this year. Previously, the Raptors competed as the Colorado Raptors in Major League Rugby, withdrawing from that competition after the 2020 season.
Finally, the Paraguayan-based Olimpia Lions have been renamed Yacare XV following the end of a sponsorship agreement between Olimpia and Paraguayan Rugby.
Team City Stadium Capacity Coach Captain Dogos Córdoba Tala Rugby Club 6,000 Nicolás Galatro TBA Pampas Buenos Aires CASI 5,000 Ignacio Fernández Lobbe TBA Cobras São Paulo Estádio Nicolau Alayon 9,660 Josh Reeves Gabriel Paganini Selknam Santiago Estadio Municipal de La Pintana 5,000 Nicolás Bruzzone Ignacio Silva Yacare Asunción Estadio Héroes de Curupayty 3,000 Ricardo Le Fort TBA Peñarol Montevideo Estadio Charrúa 14,000 Pablo Bouza TBA Raptors Glendale, CO Infinity Park 5,000 Sarah Chobot TBA
Regular season The regular season begins on 17 February and ends on 27 May.
Standings Standings at the conclusion of the 2023 Super Rugby Americas Season: Key Advances to the semi-finals
TeamSeason matchesPointsTriesTablepoints1 Peñarol (CH)121002406225+181572792512 Dogos (RU)12903368303+65473991463 Pampas12804331229+102383132374 Yacare12705305308–3423752355 Selknam12408264272–8353143236 Raptors122010282458–176386462167 Cobras122010268429–16135633213
Matches The following are the match results for the 2023 Super Rugby Americas regular season:
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Final
References
External links Official website