Matera boost as Jaguares debut in Super Rugby final

Argentina Jaguares flanker Pablo Matera scores against Northern Bulls and Jaguares at Loftus Versveld two weeks ago

Jaguares skipper Pablo Matera was allowed to play in the first Super Rugby match of the year. the Argentinian team this weekend, while Taqele Naiyaravoro

Matera was likely to miss out as the southern hemisphere competition enters its phase of knockout after being cited for a charge of shoulder in the loss of the Coastal Sharks last week.

But the judicial system of SANZAAR granted the flanker The stay when he found his actions amounted to an unfair game, but does not justify a suspension.

Matera relieved now He led his team against the Golden Lions in Johannesburg, their first quarter-final since 2016.

In other matches, defending champions Canterbury Crusaders play Coastal Sharks, NSW Waratah against Otago Highlanders and Wellington Hurricanes at Waikato Chiefs While the Argentines had a breakthrough season under coach Mario Ledesma, their record in Africa is mediocre, with 11 losses in 12 games, including three at Lions.

They also face a determined opponent to get rid of indifferent "I think we can be more ruthless – we still have some extra equipment out there somewhere," said Lions captain Warren Whitely.

is the end of the competition business and we must make it count. It's a mental game from here.

Waratahs Naiyaravoro ball-stripper goes to Northampton next season and can go on a summit breaking the rugby super-rugby record.

It's equal to Joe Roff, Rico Gear and Ngani Laumape on 15 tries in one season and admitted the crossing for a 16th record in Sydney this weekend was in his mind.

"It's the greatest achievement I've ever come across personally, just a try to be the top tryscorer in a season, "

" It's beyond what I could have dreamed, beyond what I could imagine doing this year.

NSW has won four of its last five home games, with their only loss in 2015 against the Highlanders, who have won eight of their last 10 games in Australia, including two finals

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The Crusaders are favorites to win a record ninth title this year after comfortably finishing the regular season 12 points in

The stars are on a winning streak of 12 games and have won 17 of their 21 last games against the Sharks, who finished eighth on the scale.

No South African team has ever been unbeaten. won a final game in New Zealand in 12 attempts, although center Jack Goodhue said the Crusaders were suspicious of an opponent they had not met for more than two years because of a problem of schedule. five times a year, we know them pretty well, but the Sharks are a little mysterious. "

" We will talk to the coaches … to prepare ourselves well. But they are in the same boat as us, we are not familiar with them. "

There is no mystery between the Hurricanes and the Chiefs, whose last meeting was last week, when the Chiefs won the Hamilton 28-14." 19659009] This Week's Site changes in Wellington, where the Hurricanes have not lost all season

But their confidence has been undermined by a late-season fall that saw them win just one of their last five games. have their own problems, coach Colin Cooper criticizing the lack of concentration that allowed opponents to return to the games.

"Sometimes playing big exit games, just by kicking, these guys are bored a bit. ", He said after the Chiefs conceded 65 points in the second half in the last three games