Super Rugby Americas: Tarucas beat Cobras Brasil Rugby 52-22 and remains on top

At the start of date 6 of Super Rugby Americas 2026, Tarucas won a resounding victory 52-22 in view of Cobras Brazil Rugby in Tucumán. With this success he achieved his fifth victory in the competition and continues to fight at the top of the table alongside Doges XV and Pampas.

At the beginning of the match it was the local team who imposed conditions and attacked their Brazilian counterpart. In fact, the score opened at the minute 9after a precise combination of the backs that included a quick reading of Matías Sauze to modify the direction of the play and that ended in the hands of Juan Pablo Pfisterlater validated by Maximo Ledesma. The game slowly began to decrease in intensity and the forces were even.

To the 18′, those commanded by Josh Reeves They took advantage of the local indiscipline and scored with a kick Julian Leszczynski. On the other hand, the initial frenzy died down and found resuscitation in the final minutes. So, first to the 29‘, with a good break of Ignacio Marquieguez and then when they went 34′with a rapid run of Bautista Estofanboth actions converted by the ten, allowed him Tarucas impose 21-3. However, the visit did not slow down and tried to score but without success, so the result did not change at the time of half-time.

The match got off to a start with rhythm and points. Like the first half, the host struck first with the conquest of Facundo Cardozo and the kick of Ledesma, at the moment the clock struck 45‘. Quickly, Cobras responded by line and maul with the annotation of Santiago Bonaventovalidated by Julian Leszczynski.

However, this improvement observed in the Brazilians disappeared when those directed by Álvaro Galindo added thanks to an effective penalty of Ledesma and a great action that resulted in the double of Pfister. With the conversion of the infallible Maximo Ledesmathe Argentines surpassed 38-10 to the Brazilian franchise in 58′. Minutes later, the newly admitted Ignacio Cerrutti He defined and gave his team seven more points with his try and conversion.

In the final stretch, the northern team took advantage of the bank’s movement and freshly supported a new attempt, this time in the hands of Pedro Collwith favorable kick from Cerrutti. Meanwhile, the visitors were also able to reach the rival ingoal with the conquests of Gustavo Gobeti and Rosko Specman, one of them converted by Lucas Tranquezin which were the last goals of the match that resulted in a win by 52-22 of Tarucas.

Synthesis

TARUCAS (52): 1- Mariano Muntaner, 2- Juan Manuel Vivas, 3- Francisco Palazzi, 4- Ignacio Marquieguez, 5- Luciano Asevedo, 6- Facundo Cardozo, 7- Tomás Dande, 8- Thiago Sbrocco, 9- Matías Sauze, 10- Máximo Ledesma, 11- Tomás Vanni, 12- Bautista Estofan, 13- Matías Orlando, 14- Pablo Pfister, 15- Nicolás Macome.

They entered: 16- José Calderoni, 17- Benjamín Farías, 18- Francisco Moreno, 19- Franco Marini, 20- Miguel Mukdise, 21- Estanislao Pregot, 22- Ignacio Cerrutti, 23- Pedro Coll.

Coach: Alvaro Galindo

BRAZIL COBRAS (22): 1- Brendon Alves, 2- Santiago Bonavento, 3- Facundo Moreno, 4- Mogomotsi Mokunyane, 5- Helder Bryan, 6- Cleber Dias, 7- Matheus Cláudio, 8- Adrio de Melo (C), 9- Zinedine Booysen, 10- Julián Leszczynski, 11- Sérgio Luna, 12- Robert Tenório, 13- Tasriq Mynhardt, 14- Widson Menezes, 15- Rosko Specman

They entered: 16- João Arraez, 17- João Marino, 18- Lautaro Facundo, 19- Gabriel Oliveira, 20- André Arruda, 21- Maiki Lemes, 22- Gustavo Gobeti, 23- Lucas Tranquez

Coach: Josh Reeves

Points in the first half: 9′ Try by Juan Pablo Pfister converted by Máximo Ledesma (T), 19′ Penalty converted by Julián Leszczynski (C), 29′ Try by Ignacio Marquieguez converted by Máximo Ledesma (T), 34′ Try by Bautista Estofan converted by Máximo Ledesma (T)

Partial result: TARUCAS 21-3 COBRAS

Points in the second half: 5′ Try by Facundo Cardozo converted by Máximo Ledesma (T), 8′ Try by Santiago Bonavento converted by Julián Leszczynski (C), 13′ Penalty converted by Máximo Ledesma (T), 18′ Try by Juan Pablo Pfister converted by Máximo Ledesma (T), 24′ Try and conversion by Ignacio Cerrutti (T), 32′ Try by Pedro Coll converted by Ignacio Cerrutti (T), 35′ Try by Gustavo Gobeti converted by Lucas Tranquez (C), 39′ Try by Rosko Specman (C)

Bottom line: TARUCAS 52-22 COBRAS

Reprimanded: There wasn’t.

Expelled: There wasn’t.

Referee: Damián Schneider

Basketball court: Tucumán Lawn Tennis Club