URBA TOP 12 MACRO CUP: PREVIOUS, SCHEDULES AND HOW TO SEE THE 8th DATE

This Saturday June 7 The eighth date of the URBA Top 12 Macro Cup presented by Zurich. Look at the formations of all teams!

The highest category of Buenos Aires begins its activity from the 14:30 hours with a special broadcast of the previous San Isidro classic, between SIC and almost. I followed all live parties in Disney+.

In a weekend with great games, the two escorts of the academy face, Los Tilos and Belgrano Athletic.

The activity will be completed with: Buenos Aires vs Alumni, Hindu vs. La Plata, Newman vs Cuba and Regatas de Bella Vista vs San Luis.

Buenos Aires CRC vs. Alumni

How they arrive: In Victoria, a match will be played with different news between Biei and the last champion. Buenos Aires, which accumulates five losses, let out a duel that seemed to have controlled Hindu Club, lost it 25-17. They won 17-13, ten minutes from the end, but the warnings left him with 13 players and the elephant took advantage of that advantage.

Alumini, on the other hand, managed to turn a complicated procedure against San Luis. After going to break 13-26, he showed another face in the second half and won it with Bonus, 39-29. The tries of Fuentes and the scoring return of Tobias Wade were decisive to reverse the score.

What do they look for: Buenos Aires must correct the disciplinary theme, with eight yellow cards it is one of the most sanctioned teams on Top 12. In the fall against Hindu, when he stayed with 13 players, the game was gone.

Alumini is gradually focusing on the tournament, seeks to consolidate his reaction after an irregular start with three losses. In front of San Luis, he showed two faces, that of the second half much more similar to the team that was champion. The return of Tobias Wade, without a doubt, was one of the great news of the week for turtles.

The background: They played very little in the last decades, since this will be the tenth clash since 1996. In the previous duels alumni won seven times, Biei the remaining two. On his court the lion won in 2022, 24 to 21. The rojiblanco achieved a victory in Victoria last year, 27 to 17.

Hindu Club vs. THE SILVER RC

How they arrive: Reconstruction, obligations and the need to take off. Thus it seems that it will be the duel between Hindu Club and La Plata next weekend in Don Torcuato. The locals won a victory that was necessary before Biei, 25-17, to face what comes with greater optimism. Saturday’s game was complicated in the second half, but in the final 10m they could define it in their favor.

The silver, on the other hand, still does not lift the head: he lost in Gonnet against Newman despite a late reaction that did not reach him to overcome it. The defeat at home, 21-17, was the fifth of this contest.

What do they look for: There are only five points of difference between one and another team and one more victory in favor of the elephant. With those background, the clash in Don Torcuato will be an interesting platform to start building something more than they offered to date. The locals arrive with more obligations to play at home and a recent story that had them, until the last year, among the most prominent.

The background: They face Don Torcuato again after two years, since in 2024 the Canary played in First A. In 2023 they played by date 19 of the top 12, with triumph of the elephant for 43 to 15. La Plata does not beat Hindu as a visitor since 2012, 27 to 26.

Newman vs. CUBA

How they arrive: The modern classic between Cardinal Newman and Cuba arrives in a little unusual context. Far from the prominence of other years, both are outside the classification positions. Newman comes from winning with the right before La Plata, 21-17, Cuba, of falling agonally to the los.

The two are under the middle of the table. University only won two victories in this tournament and last Saturday he was very close to achieving the third. However, on the end they turned it, he lost 26 to 25.

What do they look for: Animators of the last decade and protagonists of many defining duels, the news of Newman and Cuba is not expected. With a striking instability and more defeats than triumphs, the game in Benavidez will be a good excuse to start over. In need of triumphs, the embroidery plays a special match against Cuba, both with their minds to win.

The background: This will be the 40th duel with each other, in the clashes since 1997. In that period there was a great parity, with 20 successes of the cardinal, 17 of Cuba and two draws. In Benavidez, the embroidered celebrated last year, 34 to 27. University has not won Newman for eight years as a visitor: the last victory was in 2017, 22 to 16.

Los Tilos vs. Belgrano Athletic

How they arrive: One of the matches of the date faces the two seconds of the table, both with 27 points and six of the pointer almost. Los Tilos is the great revelation of the tournament and comes from an agonizing victory against Cuba (26-25) while Belgrano dispatched the SIC with authority, although the result (43-31) did not completely reflect the superiority that he exhibited throughout the afternoon.

Both teams are solid, with good packs and proposals that excite. Barrio Obrero dresses up for a crossing that could define the new escort of the tournament.

The tilos are excited about the six victories he obtained to date -he only lost to Alumni-. Belgrano Athletic was blunt against the SIC, but relaxed by having the defined game and lost the offensive bonus about the end.

What do they look for: The clubs that arrive in the second place of the tournament play, with a common denominator: win to be able to discount points to almost, which has a risk visit against its classic rival.

The strength of its packs, the good moment of rugby that transit and the power to prolong it in time will be the aspects to have of the clash between e green and the brown.

The background: Los Tilos will face a great challenge according to the last history against Belgrano. In a local condition, the XV of Barrio Obrero is not imposed since 2005, when he won by 21 to 19. From there 12 games passed with Victories of the Brown, the last ones with a great advantage: in 2022 those of Virrey del Pino thrashed by 61-7 and 54-7.

Sic vs. ALMOST

How they arrive: The “Classic of the Classics” arrives and the city is paralyzed. The sic receives the almost different news. The place is beaten after being surpassed by Belgrano, in a defeat that managed to make up in the result by its reaction in the end. The Academy, on the other hand, lives its best in years: it has seven consecutive victories and is the most scorer of the Top 12, with 256 points, in addition to supporting 32 tries on the seven dates.

Beyond the numbers, the classic always comforts the board. The pressure is greater for those of Boulogne, who on their court want to cut the undefeated to their eternal rivals. They come from two disparate performances: a comeback against Cuba and a categorical fall in Virrey del Pino. Defeat 43 to 31, but with another attitude about the end, when they sold the defeat and reduced the difference -15 minutes of the closing lost 43 to 5-.

The academy lives an unbeatable present. With seven consecutive victories they matched a brand that already had about a decade. Since 2016 that did not achieve these results. At that time they just lost the undefeated on the eighth day, when they visited Pueyrredón, 26-21. Last Saturday he almost surpassed Regatas Bella Vista, in the Cathedral, 47 to 23.

What do they look for: With a huge story behind each classic, San Isidro will be once again, the center of the Buenos Aires rugby scene. With a rivalry that transcends the sports and goes beyond the city, sic and that of the almost play the date.

88 years after that first game of 1937, the greats of San Isidro face each other without taking into account the background. The academy arrives better, however, there will be great pressure for the ditch, which wants to leave it without undefeated.

Very even forecast for the news of both formations, in which the result will be more open than ever. The discipline will be key, since both lead statistics among clubs with more yellow cards: SIC suffered eight, almost nine.

The background: It will be duel number 140 of the classic of Buenos Aires rugby. The general history marks 72 victories for almost, 57 for the sic and 10 draws.

In the last 30 years the SIC has an advantage of eight wins over its traditional rival, with 26 wins, a draw and 18 losses.

The last duels in Boulogne finished with two victories for each club: SIC, won 27-26 in 2024; Almost 36-25, in 2023; Almost 29-28, in 2022 and SIC 41-15, in 2021.

Regatas Bella Vista vs. San Luis

How they arrive: After an auspicious start, the last three days were not the best for regattas. Those of Bella Vista touched a fixture uphill on the last dates, where they lost in front of Cuba, Belgrano Athletic and the almost 47-23.

San Luis is last in the table, he could only win on the second date before Biei. From there he only knew defeat. The last Saturday was unexpected, not because of the rival’s hierarchy, but for the great first half they had made in Tortuguitas (they won 26-13). In the second part they were not the same and ended up losing the game, 39-29.

What do they look for: They do not arrive with the best present, although by what is done to date in this tournament, Regatas should assume the main role of the match. San Luis must focus on what he did during the first 40 minute of last Saturday. From there in more he lowered his level and ended with his sixth defeat of the season. They must take it as a party to resurface.

The background: Parejo duel in recent times, with three victories for each club in clashes since 2021. In Bella Vista, regattas won last year, 28-17. San Luis, on the other hand, celebrated as a visitor in 2022, 20 to 5.