| 2024 Super Rugby Americas | |
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| Date | 16 February – 14 June 2023 |
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The 2024 Super Rugby Americas season is the fith season of the Super Rugby Americas, an annual rugby union competition mainly for South American rugby clubs. The regular season began on 16 February 2024. [1]
The seven clubs in the competition compete in the regular season, which takes place over 14 rounds and consists of a double round-robin, with each participating club playing two matches against each of the other six clubs. [1] The top 4 clubs at the end of the regular season move on to the knockout stage where the clubs then play in a knockout tournament, consisting of semi-finals and eventually, the final. [1]
| Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Coach | Captain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dogos | Córdoba | Tala Rugby Club | 6,000 | Nicolás Galatro | Franco Molina |
| Pampas | Buenos Aires | CASI | 5,000 | Juan Manuel Leguizamón | Manuel Bernstein |
 Cobras | São Paulo | Estádio Nicolau Alayon | 9,660 | Josh Reeves | Cléber Dias |
 Selknam | Santiago | Estadio Municipal de La Pintana | 5,000 |  Jacob Mangin | Clemente Saavedra |
 Yacare | Asunción | Estadio Héroes de Curupayty | 3,000 | Ricardo Le Fort | Mariano Garcete |
 Peñarol | Montevideo | Estadio Charrúa | 14,000 | Leonardo Senatore | Santiago Civetta |
 Raptors | Glendale, CO | Infinity Park | 5,000 | Mose Timoteo | Diego Fortuny |
The regular season begins on 17 February and ends on 27 May. [1]
Standings at the conclusion of the 2024 Super Rugby Americas Season: [9]
| Pos. | Team | Season matches | Points | Tries | TBP | LBP | Table points | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff. | TF | TA | |||||
| 1 | Pampas | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 231 | 126 | +105 | 32 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| 2 | Dogos | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 189 | 95 | +94 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 25 |
| 3 | Yacare | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 223 | 170 | +53 | 38 | 31 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Selknam | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 141 | 150 | –9 | 17 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Peñarol | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 151 | –20 | 17 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 6 | Raptors | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 103 | 225 | 122 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 7 | Cobras | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 89 | 190 | –101 | 12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
The following are the match results for the 2024 Super Rugby Americas regular season:
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