Brazil will host Paraguay in São Paulo on August 18. Head coach Emiliano Caffera has confirmed a 36-man squad for the 2027 Rugby World Cup qualifier. The friendly will take place at Nicolau Alayon Stadium.
Brazil and Paraguay both prepared for 2027 Rugby World Cup qualification with home matches in July. The Tupis beat Belgium and were very unlucky not to beat Hong Kong. Paraguay were soundly beaten by the same two teams. Hong Kong were dominant, while Paraguay improved against Belgium.
Caffera’s Paraguay squad is dominated by players from the Super Rugby Americas. 30 of the 36 players selected played for The Cobras in the 2024 season. One of them is Carlo Mignot, who qualified for Brazil based on eligibility and made his debut in July.
The squad includes four players based abroad. Wilton Rebolo played the recently concluded Major League Rugby (MLR) 2024 for Los Angeles. He did so after previously playing Super Rugby Pacific for the Western Force. Fellow front row player Leonel Moreno plays for Lazio in Italy, while Moisés Duque and Matheus Rocha play their rugby in Portugal.
Click here to go to the South American qualification path for the 2027 Rugby World Cup.
 BRAZIL SQUAD – FORWARDS |
FIRST ROW
David Müller (Cobras)
Endy Willian Pinheiro (Cobras)
Hero Bryan Lúcio (Cobras)
Joao Lucas Marino (Cobras)
Leonel Moreno (Lazio, IT)
Levy Marinho (Cobras)
Matheus Rocha (CDUL, PT)
Nicolas Alkmin (Cobras)
Wilton Rebolo (Los Angeles, USA)
SECOND ROW
Cleber Dias (Cobras)
Ben Donald (Cobras)
Gabriel Oliveira (Cobras)
Gabriel Paganini (Cobras)
BACK ROW
Adrio de Melo (Cobras)
André Arruda (Cobras)
Maiki Lemes (Cobras)
Matheus Cláudio (Cobras)
Pedro Aparecido (Cobras)
Rafael Teixeira (Cobras)
Renato Santos (Cobras)
| BRAZIL SQUAD – BACKS |
Scrum half
Felipe Gonçalves (Cobras)
Nicolas Azevedo (Jacareí)
Connector
Joao Amaral (Cobras)
Lucas Spago (Cobras)
Moises Duque (Coimbra Academy(PT)
CENTER
Carlo Mignot (Cobras)
Lorenzo Massari Temer (Cobras)
Robert Tenorio (Cobras)
Victor Silva (Cobras)
WING
Ariel Rodrigues (Cobras)
Daniel Lima (Cobras)
Guilherme Oliveira (SPAC)
Sergio Luna (Cobras)
Widson Menezes (Cobras)
FULL DEFENDER
Lucas Tranquez (Cobras)
Robson Morais (Cobras)
