Yacare XV is a
Paraguayan
Paraguayans () are the citizens of Paraguay.
Though the majority of Paraguayans reside in Paraguay, significant communities have been established in multiple countries, most noticeably Argentina, Spain, United States, Brazil.
History
The first ...
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
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 ...
. The team was founded in 2019 as Olimpia Lions 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 ...
. Olimpia Lions was an offshoot of the
Club Olimpia
Club Olimpia is a Paraguayan professional sports club based in the city of Asunción. It promotes the practice of various sports, with most importance given to the football, rugby and basketball sides, football being the most successful.
Fou ...
sports club
A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports.
Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ...
.
The team was re-branded ahead of the
2023 Super Rugby Americas season
The 2023 Super Rugby Americas season is the fourth season of the Super Rugby Americas, an annual rugby union competition mainly for South American rugby clubs, although the first to be held under the Super Rugby Americas name. The regular season ...
as "Yacare XV".
The team's name and logo image are based on
yacare caiman
The yacare caiman (''Caiman yacare''), also known commonly as the jacare caiman, Paraguayan caiman, piranha caiman, red caiman, and southern spectacled caiman, is a species of caiman, a crocodilian in the family Alligatoridae. The species is end ...
, a mid-size species of
caiman
A caiman ( (also spelled cayman) from Taíno language, Taíno ''kaiman'') is an alligatorid belonging to the subfamily Caimaninae, one of two primary lineages within the Alligatoridae family (biology), family, the other being alligators. ...
native to Paraguay, Argentina, Bolivia and adjacent parts of Brazil.
Stadium
Yacare XV plays at the "
Estadio Héroes de Curupayty" in
Luque
Luque () is a city in Central Department of Paraguay, part of the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. Both 1635 and 1750 have been recorded as dates of its founding. It was temporarily the capital of Paraguay in 1868 during the Paraguayan War ...
which has recently been renovated with a new playing surface in preparation for professional rugby.
Paraguay's Héroes de Curupayty to get upgraded Playing Surface
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Current squad
The Yacare XV 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:
Records
Season standings in Super Rugby Americas
References
External links
Lions Rugby archive
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Rugby union in Paraguay
Rugby clubs established in 2019
Club Olimpia
2019 establishments in Paraguay
Super Rugby Americas