{"id":242547,"date":"2025-07-06T11:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242547\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T11:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T11:23:12","slug":"rugby-world-cup-regulars-handed-heavy-defeat-by-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242547\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby World Cup regulars handed heavy defeat by Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pablo Lemoine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/chile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chile<\/a> secured a 40-16 victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/romania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romania<\/a> at Santiago\u2019s Estadio Nacional, giving local fans a strong performance ahead of the Condores\u2019 upcoming clash with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brazil<\/a> in South American qualification for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>The hosts struck just three minutes after kick-off, hooker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/diego-escobar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diego Escobar<\/a> crossing after a sharp offload from fly-half Rodrigo Fern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n<p>With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/santiago-videla\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santiago Videla<\/a> adding eight points from the tee, Chile scored their second try before the 20-minute mark, winger Nicol\u00e1s Garafulic finishing after a Romanian error in contact.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/>British &amp; Irish Lions in collaboration with the RugbyPass App<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby and the British &amp; Irish Lions announce a groundbreaking strategic collaboration that will see the RugbyPass App become the designated home of the British &amp; Irish Lions Tour to Australia in 2025. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/qr.rugbypass.com\/EBUSHC\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"video-link\" rel=\"noopener\">Download Now<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/spacer-new.png\" alt=\"Video Spacer\" width=\"100%\"\/>British &amp; Irish Lions in collaboration with the RugbyPass App<\/p>\n<p>World Rugby and the British &amp; Irish Lions announce a groundbreaking strategic collaboration that will see the RugbyPass App become the designated home of the British &amp; Irish Lions Tour to Australia in 2025. <\/p>\n<p>The home side were in complete control and crossed again through winger I\u00f1aki Ayarza, who was on hand to dot down at the back of a maul.<\/p>\n<p>The Stejarii, who had only managed six points from Alin Conache\u2019s boot, finally found a way through Chile\u2019s defence when debutant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/toni-maftei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toni Maftei<\/a> scooped the ball from a ruck to score his first Test try.<\/p>\n<p>Chile led by ten at the interval, with referee Federico Vedovelli calling a brief break. But Romania were unable to reset, and after wasting a couple of chances close to the line, they were reduced to 14 men when ?tefan Buruian? was sent off.<\/p>\n<p>The replacement hooker made direct contact with Raimundo Mart\u00ednez\u2019s head, with the bunker reviewing the incident and upgrading the yellow card to red.<\/p>\n<p>Chile resumed control and added two more tries, stretching their lead. Garafulic grabbed his second of the game late on, having earlier assisted Andr\u00e9s Escobar for the number eight\u2019s sixth Test try.<\/p>\n<p>With Romania unable to respond, Chile recorded a first-ever win over the Stejarii and gained momentum heading into the 2025 Sudamericano, where the winner will qualify for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pablo Lemoine\u2019s Chile secured a 40-16 victory over Romania at Santiago\u2019s Estadio Nacional, giving local fans a strong&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-242547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114806037235777849","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}