Selknam beats Cobras and smiles again at Super Rugby Americas

He smiled again. Selknam, the Chilean franchise that competes in Super Rugby Americas, beat their Cobras XV counterpart from Brazil 33-17 on the 11th day of the continental tournament, a match that was played at the La Granja de Curicó stadium.

Before leaving the playground of the Maulino enclosure, the national team had the mission to leave behind them the streak of six straight losses that have dragged on in the tournament .

This objective was seen closer to being achieved from the first minutes of the match thanks to the pressure exerted on his rival, which allowed the Chileans entered half-time with a clear 21-10 lead .

In this sense, the Creole team took the lead on the scoreboard with the essays by Clemente Saavedra (5′) And Joaquin Milesi (23′) beside the conversions by Francisco Urroz (7′ and 24′) and a Fordwars penalty try (37′) in the last minutes of the initial phase.

In the second half, those led by Nicholas Bruzzone they maintained the advantage, and even managed to stretch the numbers thanks to a new try scored by Augusto Böhme (50′); however, the Brazilians discounted until 26-17 .

However, Try by Vittorio Lastra (69′) and a final conversion of Francisco Urroz (71′) gave the final victory to the nationals for 33-17 .

With this victory, Selknam added his third victory in the tournament and totals 18 points for fifth place in the standings. a single unit from the qualifying zone to the second phase of the continental tournament.

On the next date, the Chilean franchise must visit Pampas XV from Argentina a team that currently sits third in the league with 28 positives.