The 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season was the inaugural season of Súper Liga Americana de Rugby, an annual rugby union competition sanctioned by Sudamérica Rugby. The competition began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 29 May.[1]
On 17 March 2020, the league was suspended until 2021, effectively ending this season after two rounds of play due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South America.[2]
Teams
Full participant
Postseason only participant| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Ceibos |
Córdoba | Tala Rugby Club | 6,000 | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe |
Lautaro Bavaro
|
 Corinthians |
Santo André | Estádio Bruno José Daniel | 11,440 | Fernando Portugal |
Arthur Bergo
|
 Selknam |
Santiago | Estadio Nacional | 40,000 |  Pablo Lemoine |
Ignacio Silva
|
 Cafeteros Pro |
Medellín | TBA | TBA | David Jaramillo |
TBA |
 Olimpia Lions |
Asunción | Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | 3,000 | Raúl Pérez |
Gabriel Ascárate
|
| Peñarol |
Montevideo | Estadio Charrúa | 14,000 | Pablo Bouza |
Santiago Arata
|
Season format
Five of the six clubs in the competition competed in the regular season, which was to take place over 10 weeks and would consist of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing 4 matches at home and 4 matches away. The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season would have moved on to the championship playoffs while the fifth-place club would have progressed to a challenge trophy playoff.
The challenge trophy would have been contested over two matches between the fifth-place regular season club and Cafeteros Pro. Each club would have hosted one match in this series.
The championship would have been contested between the top four regular season clubs in a knockout tournament.
Regular season
The regular season began on 4 March and was scheduled to end on 16 May.
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ceibos
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 24 | +56 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | Championship Playoffs |
| 2 | Selknam
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 45 | −14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Peñarol
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Corinthians
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Olimpia Lions
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 48 | −40 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Challenge Trophy |
Matches
The following were the matches for the 2020 Super Liga Americana de Rugby regular season:
Week 1
| 4 Mar | Peñarol
|
13–15 | Selknam
|
Estadio Charrúa | ||
| 20:30 UYT | Try: Santiago Arata 10' Con: Federico Favaro (1/1) 11' Pen: Federico Favaro (2/5) 5', 67' Cards: Tomás Inciarte  66' Nicolás Freitas 69'
|
Report | Pen: Santiago Videla (5/5) 9', 20', 34', 48', 70' Patricio Baronio (0/1) Drop: Francisco Urroz (0/1) Cards: Julio Blanc 66' Patricio Baronio 73'
|
Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Nehuén Jauri Rivero (UAR) Man of the Match: |
| 6 Mar | Ceibos
|
48–8 | Olimpia Lions
|
Tala Rugby Club | ||
| 21:00 ART | Try: Tomás Cubilla 12′ Juan Bautista Daireaux 21′ Leonel Oviedo 70′ Penalty try 79′ Ignacio Inchauspe 80′ Con: Martín Elías (1/2) 13′ Tomás Albornoz (2/2) 71′, 80′ Pen: Martín Elías (4/5) 26′, 32′, 39′, 55′ Tomás Albornoz (1/1) 59' |
Report | Try: Manuel Montero 72′ Con: Damian Stevens (0/1) Pen: Máximo Ledesma 29′ (1/2) Cards: Facundo Pomponio 33' Facundo Maina 77'
|
Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Felipe Balbontín (FRC) Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Corinthians |
Week 2
| 13 Mar | Olimpia Lions
|
Postponed | Corinthians
|
Estadio Manuel Ferreira | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 14 Mar | Selknam
|
16-32 | Ceibos
|
Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos | ||
| 17:00 ART | Try: Penalty try 37' Pen: Patricio Baronio (3/3) 2', 35', 44' Cards: Ignacio Silva 50' Matías Dittus 70' Vesi Rarawa 72'
|
Report | Try: Facundo Cordero 26', 57' Juan Bautista Daireaux 46' Tomás Cubelli 77' Con: Martín Elías (1/1) 26' Tomás Albornoz (2/3) 47', 77' Pen: Martín Elías (2/2) 7', 28' Cards: Facundo Corder 37'
|
Attendance: 4.000 Referee: Man of the Match: Rodrigo Fernández Criado |
| Bye/s: Peñarol |
Week 3
| 20 Mar | Corinthians
|
v | Peñarol
|
Estádio Parque São Jorge | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 21 Mar | Selknam
|
v | Olimpia Lions
|
TBA | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Ceibos |
Week 4
| 27 Mar | Olimpia Lions
|
v | Peñarol
|
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 27 Mar | Ceibos
|
v | Corinthians
|
Tala Rugby Club | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Selknam |
Week 5
| 3 Apr | Corinthians
|
v | Selknam
|
Estádio Parque São Jorge | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 3 Apr | Peñarol
|
v | Ceibos
|
Estadio Charrúa | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Olimpia Lions |
Week 6
| 17 Apr | Olimpia Lions
|
v | Ceibos
|
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 18 Apr | Selknam
|
v | Peñarol
|
TBA | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Corinthians |
Week 7
| 24 Apr | Corinthians
|
v | Olimpia Lions
|
Estádio Parque São Jorge | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 24 Apr | Ceibos
|
v | Selknam
|
Tala Rugby Club | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Peñarol |
Week 8
| 29 Apr | Peñarol
|
v | Corinthians
|
Estadio Charrúa | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 29 Apr | Olimpia Lions | v | Selknam | Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Ceibos |
Week 9
| 8 May | Peñarol
|
v | Olimpia Lions
|
Estadio Charrúa | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 8 May | Corinthians
|
v | Ceibos
|
Estádio Parque São Jorge | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Selknam |
Week 10
| 15 May | Ceibos
|
v | Peñarol
|
Tala Rugby Club | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 16 May | Selknam
|
v | Corinthians
|
TBA | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| Bye/s: Olimpia Lions |
Playoffs
Challenge Trophy
The fifth-place regular season club would have contested the challenge trophy against Cafeteros Pro over two matches.
| 23 May | TBD | v | TBD | TBA | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 27 May | TBD | v | TBD | TBA | ||
| TBA | Referee: Man of the Match: |
Championship playoffs
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 22 May - | ||||||
| 29 May - | ||||||
| 22 May - | ||||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 27 May - | ||||||
Semifinals
| 22 May | – | |||||
| Referee: Man of the Match: |
| 22 May | – | |||||
| Referee: Man of the Match: |
Third-place match
| 27 May | v | |||||
| Referee: Man of the Match: |
Final
| 29 May | v | |||||
| Referee: Man of the Match: |
Player statistics
Top scorers
The top try and point scorers during the 2020 Súper Liga Americana de Rugby season until the season was cancelled were:
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References
- ^ LA SUPERLIGA AMERICANA DE RUGBY TIENE FIXTURE on Sudamérica Rugby, 22 Jan 2020
- ^ "SLAR Suspended Until 20201". Americas Rugby News. March 17, 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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