Colombia played host to and defeated Peru on Saturday. Los Tucanes were 38-24 winners over Los Tumis at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín. The half-time scoreline favored Peru with the Colombians forced to come back from a 14-10 deficit. They did so with a convincing second-half performance, notably so in the third quarter.
Peru and Colombia both scored two tries in the opening half. Peruvian tries to prop Ricardo Cárdenas and second-rower Sebastian Velarde were both converted. In contrast, Colombia’s two first half tries were unconverted. This was the difference between the teams at half-time.
Peru’s two second-half tries were both scored by replacement Mauricio Monier Bautista and both came in the final minutes of the match. Before then, Santiago Galvez, Daniel Gómez, Alejandro Llanos, and Esteban Suárez had all scored tries for Los Tucanes.
The match paid tribute to Lucas Caro Gómez, one of the key figures in the development of rugby in Colombia. The home side proudly assembled a team with players from nationwide. Clubs from Antioquia, Valle, Atlántico, Cesar, Bolívar, Norte de Santander and Meta were all represented.
42 (46.17)
79 (35.05)
COLOMBIA (38)
TRY – Mosquera (3′), Alzate (16′), Galvez (48′), Gómez (60′), Llanos (64′), Suárez (70′)
CON – Galvez 4 (49′, 61′, 65′, 71′)
PERU (24)
TRY – Cárdenas (20′), Velarde (29′), Monier Bautista 2 (73′, 77′)
CON – Orellana (21′, 30′)
COLOMBIA
1 Yerson Pérez (vice-capt.), 2 Juan Álzate, 3 Hector Navarro, 4 Carlos García, 5 Alejandro Vanegas, 6 Joan Quinteros, 7 Anderson Ceballos, 8 Jhojan Mosquera, 9 Camilo Romero, 10 Santiago Galvez, 11 Davinson Rosero, 12 Daniel Villa (capt.), 13 Andrés Anicharico, 14 Daniel Ruiz, 15 Jhojam Valencia
Replacements: 16 Alejandro Llanos, 17 Juan Lozano, 18 Jorge Álvarez, 19 Yoimar Mosquera, 20 Sebastián Villa, 21 Esteban Suárez, 22 Miguel Ruiz, 23 Daniel Gómez
PERU
1 Rodrigo Ramirez Aysanoa, 2 Matías Vasconis Ortíz, 3 Ricardo Cardenas, 4 Mauricio Tuesta Noriega, 5 Sebastian Velarde, 6 Adrian Gómez Calle, 7 Mauricio Rivera, 8 Andy Soto Rivera, 9 Renzo Flores Lecca, 10 Alejandro Orellana, 11 Lucas Barrio de Mendoza, 12 Giovanni Martina Lescano, 13 José Maria Ramírez, 14 Sebastian Gamarra, 15 Jonathan Valdivia Ríos
Replacements: 16 Farith Colfer Carbajal, 17 Hugo Calamo Pella, 18 Amado Chamolí Villacorta, 19 Josue Barrera Zornosa, 20 José Maria Anicama, 21 Alonso Vilchez Loro, 22 Mateo Longa Morante, 23 Mauricio Monier Bautista
