# 2021 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season

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Ceibos did not compete in the 2021 edition of the competition, having been replaced by the Argentine Rugby Union with the Jaguares XV.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

Season Standings :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Jaguares XV | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 571 | 137 | +434 | 81 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 50 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Peñarol | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 279 | 210 | +69 | 32 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 31 | Championship Playoffs |
| 3 | Selknam | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 278 | 270 | +8 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 26 | Championship Playoffs |
| 4 | Olímpia Lions | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 253 | 324 | −71 | 26 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 23 | Championship Playoffs |
| 5 | Cobras | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 154 | 332 | −178 | 20 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 14 | |
| 6 | Cafeteros Pro | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 167 | 429 | −262 | 21 | 62 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |

### Matches

The following are the match results for the 2021 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:
| Home \ Away | CAF | COB | JAG | OLI | PEN | SEL |
| Cafeteros Pro | | 14–22 | 7–80 | 33–51 | 13–14 | 11–42 |
| Cobras | 30–14 | | 12–62 | 8–44 | 24–33 | 21–20 |
| Jaguares XV | 71–28 | 20–0 | | 40–26 | 46–17 | 68–8 |
| Olímpia Lions | 39–32 | 19–15 | 13–77 | | 10–29 | 16–29 |
| Peñarol | 45–3 | 40–12 | 18–42 | 40–11 | | 26–22 |
| Selknam | 35–12 | 66–10 | 8–65 | 21–24 | 27–17 | |

#### Week 10
## Championship Playoffs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 8 May – Montevideo | 8 May – Montevideo |
| Jaguares XV | 29 |
| Jaguares XV | 29 | 15 May – Montevideo | 15 May – Montevideo |
| Olímpia Lions | 17 | 15 May – Montevideo | 15 May – Montevideo |
| Olímpia Lions | 17 | Jaguares XV | 36 |
| 8 May – Montevideo | 8 May – Montevideo | | Jaguares XV | 36 |
| 8 May – Montevideo | 8 May – Montevideo | Peñarol | 28 |
| Peñarol | 17 | Peñarol | 28 |
| Selknam | 14 | | |

### Final

Team details :
| Jaguares | Peñarol |
Juan B. Daireaux :
| RW | 14 | Sebastián Cancelliere |
| OC | 13 | Agustín Segura |
| IC | 12 | Juan Pablo Castro |
| LW | 11 | Tomás Cubilla |
| FH | 10 | Tomás Albornoz |
| SH | 9 | Felipe Ezcurra |
| N8 | 8 | Francisco Gorrissen |
| OF | 7 | Juan Martín González |
| BF | 6 | Lautaro Bavaro |
| LL | 5 | Franco Molina |
| RL | 4 | Federico Gutiérrez |
| TP | 3 | Juan Pablo Zeiss |
| HK | 2 | Martín Vaca |
| LP | 1 | Federico Wegrzyn |
| Substitutes: |||
| | 16 | Ignacio Ruiz |
| | 17 | Francisco Minervino |
| | 18 | Joel Sclavi |
| | 19 | Tomás Bernasconi |
| | 20 | Joaquín Oviedo |
| | 21 | Teo Castiglioni |
| | 22 | Martín Elías |
| | 23 | Gerónimo Prisciantelli |
| Coach: |||
| Ignacio Fernández Lobbe ||||
Baltazar Amaya :
| RW | 14 | Juan Manuel Alonso |
| OC | 13 | Tomás Inciarte |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca |
| LW | 11 | Nicolás Freitas |
| FH | 10 | Martín Roger |
| SH | 9 | Manuel Nogues |
| N8 | 8 | Conrado Roura |
| OF | 7 | Santiago Civetta |
| BF | 6 | Manuel Ardao |
| LL | 5 | Nahuel Milan |
| RL | 4 | Felipe Aliaga |
| TP | 3 | Diego Arbelo |
| HK | 2 | Guillermo Pujadas |
| LP | 1 | Juan Echeverría |
| Substitutes: |||
| | 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. Iruleguy |
| Coach: |||
| 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 Rugby |
| Francisco 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 |