Cobras Brasil Rugby is a professional

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

team based in

São Paulo, Brazil SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of Yu ...

. The team was founded in 2021 to compete in

Súper Liga Americana de Rugby Super Rugby Americas (SRA) is a franchise rugby union tournament format in the Americas that began its first season in February 2023 after efforts by World Rugby. It is organized and led by Sudamérica Rugby, the highest rugby entity in South Am ...

. Cobras replaced the rugby section of

Corinthians The First Epistle to the Corinthians () is one of the Pauline epistles, part of the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The epistle is attributed to Paul the Apostle and a co-author, Sosthenes, and is addressed to the Christian church in C ...

, which had been the original franchise for the SLAR. In 2024, Cobras changed its name from Cobras Brasil XV to Cobras Brasil Rugby.

Overview

Cobras became the second professional Brazilian franchise after Corinthians, the only team which did not play a single match in the cancelled 2020 season. Corinthians had only played one warm-up match in

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

against

Peñarol Rugby Peñarol is a Uruguay, Uruguayan professional rugby union team based in Montevideo. The team was founded in 2019 to compete in Súper Liga Americana de Rugby and is the rugby section of the Peñarol sports club. With its participation, Peñarol be ...

(a 45–14 defeat, on February 26). SLAR's season was cancelled in March, one day before Corinthians' first match against Olímpia Lions in

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

. When the original team ended its contract in 2020, the CBRu decided to create a new franchise.Cobras tomará el lugar de Corinthians como la franquicia brasileña en la SuperLiga 2021
by Pablo Werth on Rugbiers.cl, 4 Apr 2021

Stadium

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brazilian team hasn't played at home in the 2021 season. The team is based in

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

. The training center is the Núcleo de Alto Rendimento de São Paulo (NAR). In 2023, Cobras played in

at the

Estádio Nicolau Alayon Estádio Nicolau Alayon, also known as Estádio Comendador Sousa, is a association football, football stadium located in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, São Paulo (state), São Paulo state. It is the home stadium of Brazilian football club Nac ...

. The home stadium for the 2024 is Estadio Du Cambusano, in

Jacareí Jacareí () is a city in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. The population is 235,416 (2020 est.) in an area of 464.27 km2. The city is known as "Capital of Beer" by the daily output of its factories, considered the biggest ...

Current squad

The Cobras Brasil Rugby squad for the

2024 Super Rugby Americas season The 2024 Super Rugby Americas season is the fifth 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. Format The seven clubs in the competiti ...

is: * Senior 15s internationally capped players are listed in bold. * * denotes players qualified to play for on dual nationality or residency grounds.

References

{{Super Rugby Americas Rugby union teams in Brazil Sport Club Corinthians Paulista Rugby clubs established in 2021 2021 establishments in Brazil Super Rugby Americas

Overview

Stadium

Current squad

See also

References