The best rugby team on the continent: two Chileans are named to play for the South American XV

The news does not stop at Chilean rugby. In a busy month with Selknam contesting the Super Rugby Americas and the Cóndores heading to the World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series, a very relevant announcement has been made at continental level. South America XV, the team that brings together the best players in the region, will have two Chileans in its squad: Augusto Bohme and Lucas Bordigoni,

An organization which was born in 1980 to face South Africa in a friendly match and which, during this decade and the following one, continued to make commitments against powers and other teams. Already in this century he continued to play matches, but against countries of the same continent. For that, the most memorable victory was against the Springboks in 1982 when they won 21-12.

Now they return to the mainland to take on Georgian franchise, Black Lion. The two-time European Rugby Super Cup champions are on tour across the continent and that adds up to this new showpiece match which will take place this Friday, April 28 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

In addition to the presence of nationals Böhme and Bordigoni, the team has “Puma” Santiago González Iglesias, with the “Teros” Federico Favaro and Agustín Ormaechea. The latter, son of the Hall of Fame, Diego Ormaechea.

At the wheel, there will also be renowned personalities, since the staff will be made up of Daniel Hourcade, Rodolfo Ambrosio, Esteban Meneses and Alejandro Nieto.

In this line, the coach who led the Pumas to the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup in 2015, explained the selection of players present. “Our idea at the South American XV is to form a team with players from the region, in addition to Agustín and Nico; we have boys who play in the Super Rugby Americas and in their national competitions “Explained Hourcade.

“The objective of the week is to seek the organization and the game strategy that time allows us. They are all very good players and they will adapt quickly to a system and a strategy that we have put in place taking into account what we have seen from Black Lion. “, he added.

Finally, the coach who left the management of the Argentine team in 2018, valued the chance of the players to be able to represent a historic South American rugby team. “Wearing the South America XV jersey is always a pride and an honor because of its history. There’s a lot of excitement from everyone to be there so we’re really happy to be able to get together and have such a great week. “, he concluded.

The conformation of the establishment is composed by thirteen Argentinian players, six Uruguayans, three Colombians, one Brazilian and two Chileans . Augusto Böhme and Lucas Bordigoni represent Selknam in this 2023 edition of Super Rugby Americas. While the former plays as Hooker and has been a national team regular lately, the latter plays as Pilar and is in his first year with the Chilean franchise.