2017 Americas Rugby Championship

2017 Americas Rugby Championship
Date	4 February – 4 March 2017
Countries	Argentina XV; Brazil; Canada; Chile; United States; Uruguay
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Tries scored	100 (6.67 per match)
Attendance	54,216 (3,614 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Ben Cima (43); Moisés Duque (43)
Most tries	Sebastián Cancelliere (5); Taylor Paris (5)
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The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship was the second series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches were full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV.

Participants[]

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain(s)
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	City	Head coach	Captain(s)
Argentina XV	Estadio Municipal	10,000	Comodoro Rivadavia	Felipe Contepomi	Juan Cappiello
	Estadio Villa Mitre	6,000	Bahía Blanca
	Estadio Agustín Pichot	1,000	Ushuaia
Brazil	Pacaembu Stadium	37,730	São Paulo	Rodolfo Ambrosio
Canada	Swangard Stadium	5,288	Burnaby	Mark Anscombe	Gordon McRorie Ray Barkwill
Canada	Westhills Stadium	1,718	Langford	Mark Anscombe	Gordon McRorie Ray Barkwill
Chile	Estadio CAP	10,500	Talcahuano	Bernard Charreyre	Claudio Zamorano
Chile	Pista Atlética San Carlos de Apoquindo	3,000	Santiago	Bernard Charreyre	Claudio Zamorano
United States	Dell Diamond	11,631	Round Rock	John Mitchell	Blaine Scully James Hilterbrand Todd Clever Nate Augspurger
United States	Toyota Field	8,296	San Antonio	John Mitchell	Blaine Scully James Hilterbrand Todd Clever Nate Augspurger
Uruguay	Estadio Domingo Burgueño	22,000	Maldonado	Esteban Meneses	Alejandro Nieto Juan Manuel Gaminara
Uruguay	Estadio Charrúa	14,000	Montevideo	Esteban Meneses	Alejandro Nieto Juan Manuel Gaminara

Table[]

Pos	Nation (rank)	Games				Points			Tries	Bonus points		Table points
Pos	Nation (rank)	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Tries	4 tries	7 Pts loss	Table points
1	United States (17)	5	4	1	0	215	96	+119	29	4	0	22
2	Argentina XV (NA)	5	4	1	0	228	62	+166	32	3	0	21
3	Uruguay (21)	5	3	0	2	120	125	–5	16	2	1	15
4	Brazil (36)	5	2	0	3	63	179	–116	6	0	0	8
5	Canada (18)	5	1	0	4	112	127	–15	13	2	2	8
6	Chile (29)	5	0	0	5	51	200	–149	4	0	0	0
Points are awarded to the teams as follows: Win - 4 points Draw - 2 points 4 or more tries - 1 point Loss within 7 points - 1 point Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points Rank refers to World Rugby Rankings before the start of the tournament

Squads[]

Fixtures[]

The tournament was played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 6 September 2016.^[1]

Week 1[]

3 February 2017
20:15 BRST (UTC-02)

Brazil	17–3	Chile
Try: 55' c F. Sancery 60' c Con: Duque (2/2) 56', 61' Pen: Duque (1/2) 72'	Report^[2]	Pen: (1/2) 3'

Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (Uruguay)


FB	15	Daniel Sancery		64'
RW	14			63'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery	9' to 19'
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Stefano Giantorno
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9			51'
N8	8	(c)		41'
OF	7
BF	6	João Luiz da Ros
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2			76'
LP	1			51'
Replacements:
HK	16			76'
PR	17
PR	18			51'
LK	19
FL	20			41'
SH	21			51'
CE	22			63'
FH	23			64'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Rodrigo Fernández
RW	14			70'
OC	13
IC	12			40'
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9			49'
N8	8			56'
OF	7
BF	6		35' to 42'
RL	5	Nikola Bursic
LL	4			71'
TP	3			67'
HK	2			47'
LP	1	Claudio Zamorano (c)	31' to 41'	67'
Replacements:
HK	16			47'
PR	17		35' 42'	67'
PR	18			67'
N8	19			71'
N8	20			56'
SH	21			49'
FH	22			70'
WG	23			40'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre

Touch judges:
Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)
Murillo Bragotto (Brazil)

Notes:

This was Brazil's first victory over Chile since 2014, and their largest margin of victory over Chile in their history.
Josh Reeves and made their international debuts for Brazil.
, , and made their international debuts for Chile.

4 February 2017
15:00 CST (UTC-06)

United States	29–23	Uruguay (1 BP)
Try: Campbell 36' c Scully 62' c Con: Cima (1/1) 37' MacGinty (1/1) 62' Pen: Cima (3/4) 6', 22', 31' MacGinty (2/3) 55', 66'	Report^[3]^[4]	Try: Gattas 15' c Nieto 46' c Con: (2/2) 15', 45' Pen: (2/3) 4', 40', 54'

Toyota Field, San Antonio
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: (Canada)


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Blaine Scully (c)
OC	13	Bryce Campbell
IC	12	AJ MacGinty
LW	11	Zack Test		40'
FH	10	Ben Cima		52'
SH	9	Nate Augspurger		71'
N8	8	Alastair McFarland
OF	7	Todd Clever	12' to 22'	53'
BF	6	John Quill
RL	5	Nick Civetta
LL	4	Nate Brakeley		59'
TP	3	Chris Baumann		51'
HK	2	Peter Malcolm		51'
LP	1	Anthony Purpura		59'
Replacements:
HK	16	James Hilterbrand		51'
PR	17	Alex Maughan		59'
PR	18	Dino Waldren		51'
LK	19			59'
FL	20	Tony Lamborn		53'
SH	21	Shaun Davies		71'
FH	22	Will Magie		52'
CE	23	JP Eloff		40'
Coach:
John Mitchell


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat	48' to 58'
IC	12	Juan de Freitas		59'
LW	11			59'
FH	10
SH	9	Santiago Arata		69'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF	7	Franco Lamanna
BF	6			65'
RL	5			65'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Juan Echeverría		77'
HK	2	Facundo Gattas		71'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti		71'
Replacements:
HK	16			71'
PR	17	Matías Benítez		71'
PR	18			77'
FL	19	Juan Diego Ormaechea		65'
LK	20	Diego Magno		65'
SH	21			69'
FH	22			59'
WG	23			59'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Touch judges:
Derek Summers (United States)
Scott Green (United States)

Notes:

Ben Cima, , Will Magie, Peter Malcolm, Alex Maughan and Dino Waldren made their international debuts for the United States.
, , and made their international debuts for Uruguay.

4 February 2017
17:000 PST (UTC-08)

Canada	6–20	Argentina XV
Pen: McRorie (2/2) 12', 62'	Report^[5]	Try: Medrano 50' c Tuculet 66' c Con: Miotti (2/2) 51', 67' Pen: Miotti (2/2) 2', 75'

Westhills Stadium, Langford
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)


FB	15			57'
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Brock Staller		72'
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Taylor Paris
FH	10	Robbie Povey		58'
SH	9	Gordon McRorie (c)
N8	8	Clay Panga		58'
OF	7	Lucas Rumball	2' to 12'
BF	6
RL	5			65'
LL	4	Conor Keys
TP	3	Matt Tierney		65'
HK	2	Eric Howard		58'
LP	1	Rob Brouwer		51'
Replacements:
HK	16			58'
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru		51'
PR	18	Cole Keith		65'
LK	19	Reegan O'Gorman		65'
LK	20	Matt Beukeboom		58'
SH	21	Phil Mack		58'
FH	22	Giuseppe du Toit		72'
CE	23	George Barton		57'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe


FB	15	Bautista Delguy
RW	14	Fernando Luna
OC	13	Juan Cappiello		70'
IC	12
LW	11	Santiago Álvarez		60'
FH	10	Domingo Miotti
SH	9	Sebastián Cancelliere		73'
N8	8	Tomás de la Vega
OF	7	(c)
BF	6	Francisco Gorrissen		70'
RL	5
LL	4	Juan Cruz Guillemaín		68'
TP	3	Cristian Bartoloni		50'
HK	2	Gaspar Baldunciel		70'
LP	1	Franco Brarda		70'
Replacements:
HK	16			70'
PR	17			70'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano		50'
LK	19			68'
N8	20	Rodrigo Bruni		70'
SH	21		78' to 80'	73'
CE	22			70'
FB	23	Segundo Tuculet		60'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
Harry Mason (Canada)
Michael Jones (Canada)

Week 2[]

11 February 2017
19:00 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina XV (1 BP)	57–12	Uruguay
Try: Cancelliere (3) 16' c, 24' m, 48' c Miotti 28' m 35' c Montagner (2) 55' m, 79' c Álvarez 59' c Luna 69' c Con: Miotti (3/5) 17', 36', 49' (1/2) 60' Luna (2/2) 70', 80'	Report^[6]	Try: Arata 13' c J. de Freitas 46' m Con: (1/2) 14'

Estadio Villa Mitre, Bahía Blanca
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)


FB	15	Bautista Delguy
RW	14	Segundo Tuculet	60'
OC	13	Santiago Álvarez
IC	12	Juan Cappiello
LW	11	Julián Domínguez
FH	10	Domingo Miotti	52'
SH	9	Sebastián Cancelliere	54'
N8	8	Tomás de la Vega	52'
OF	7	(c)
BF	6
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4		54'
TP	3	Santiago Medrano	62'
HK	2		52'
LP	1		60'
Replacements:
HK	16		52'
PR	17	Eduardo Bello	60'
PR	18		62'
LK	19		54'
N8	20	Santiago Montagner	52'
SH	21	Lautaro Bazán	54'
CE	22		52'
WG	23	Fernando Luna	60'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Nicolás Freitas	53' to 63'
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat
IC	12	Juan de Freitas
LW	11			27'
FH	10			60'
SH	9	Santiago Arata		52'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF	7		23' 32'
BF	6
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti		62'
TP	3	Juan Echeverría	57' to 72'
HK	2			62'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	22' to 32'	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Facundo Gattas	23' 32'	60'
PR	17	Matías Benítez		62'
PR	18		57' 72'
LK	19			62'
N8	20	Manuel Diana		43'
SH	21			52'
FH	22			60'
FB	23			27'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Touch judges:
Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Santiago Altobelli (Argentina)

11 February 2017
18:00 CST (UTC-06)

United States (1 BP)	51–3	Brazil
Try: SP. Davis 3' m Eloff 28' m Lamborn (2) 44' m, 66' c Dolan 57' m Te'o 73' c Campbell 76' c Tiberio 80' c Con: Cima (4/4) 66', 73', 76', 81' Pen: Magie (1/2) 13'	Report^[7]	Pen: Duque (1/1) 50'

Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Attendance: 6,091
Referee: (Argentina)


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Spike Davis	59'
OC	13	Bryce Campbell
IC	12	JP Eloff
LW	11	Nate Augspurger
FH	10	Will Magie	59'
SH	9	Shaun Davies	71'
N8	8	Alastair McFarland	52'
OF	7	Tony Lamborn
BF	6	John Quill	62'
RL	5	Nick Civetta
LL	4	Nate Brakeley
TP	3	Dino Waldren	40'
HK	2	James Hilterbrand (c)	59'
LP	1	Ben Tarr	40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peter Malcolm	59'
PR	17	Anthony Purpura	40'
PR	18	Chris Baumann	40'
N8	19	Cameron Dolan	52'
FL	20	Todd Clever	62'
FH	21	Ben Cima	59'
CE	22	Peter Tiberio	59'
WG	23	Deion Mikesell	71'
Coach:
John Mitchell


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14
OC	13	Felipe Sancery		69'
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Stefano Giantorno		53'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9			72'
N8	8	(c)
OF	7
BF	6	João Luiz da Ros		40'
RL	5			45'
LL	4		15' to 25'
TP	3			59'
HK	2					75'
LP	1			36'
Replacements:
HK	16				70'
PR	17			36'	70' to 75'
PR	18	Caíque Silva		59'
LK	19			45'
FL	20	Artur Bergo		40'
SH	21			72'
CE	22			69'
FH	23			53'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
Scott Green (USA)
Jim Rogers (USA)

Notes:

Spike Davis and Peter Tiberio made their international debuts for the United States.

11 February 2017
17:00 PST (UTC-08)

Canada (1 BP)	36–15	Chile
Try: Paris (3) 26' c, 36' c, 52' m Barton 66' c Moor 80' c Con: McRorie (2/3) 27', 37' Povey (2/2) 67', 80' Pen: McRorie (1/1) 29'	Report^[8]	Try: 60' c Fernández 75' m Con: (1/2) 61' Pen: (1/1) 7'

Westhills Stadium, Langford
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: (United States)


FB	15	Brock Staller
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Nick Blevins
IC	12	Giuseppe du Toit	65'
LW	11	Taylor Paris
FH	10		51'
SH	9	Gordon McRorie (c)	62'
N8	8
OF	7	Ollie Nott	53'	77'
BF	6	Lucas Rumball
RL	5		57'
LL	4	Conor Keys
TP	3	Matt Tierney	62'
HK	2		62'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru	62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard	62'
PR	17	Rob Brouwer	62'
PR	18	Cole Keith	62'
LK	19	Reegan O'Gorman	57'
LK	20	Matt Beukeboom	53'	77'
SH	21	Phil Mack	62'
FH	22	Robbie Povey	51'
CE	23	George Barton	65'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13		78' to 80'
IC	12			69'
LW	11
FH	10		25' to 35'	51'
SH	9			55'
N8	8	(c)	39' to 49'
OF	7
BF	6			57'
RL	5
LL	4	Nikola Bursic		40'
TP	3			69'
HK	2			69'
LP	1			48'
Replacements:
HK	16			69'
PR	17	Claudio Zamorano		48'
PR	18			69'
FL	19			40'
FL	20			57'
WG	21			55'
FH	22			51'
FB	23	Rodrigo Fernández		69'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre

Touch judges:
Doug Hamre (Canada)
Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)

Notes:

This was Canada's 100th test victory.
and made their international debuts for Chile.
George Barton, Matt Beukeboom, , Cole Keith, Conor Keys, , Reegan O'Gorman and Robbie Povey made their international debuts for Canada.

Week 3[]

18 February 2017
18:00 CLST (UTC-03)

Chile	10–45	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: R. Fernández 68' c Con: (1/1) 69' Pen: (1/1) 7'	Report^[9]	Try: Cappiello 15' c Luna 40' c 46' c Delguy 52' c (2) 61' c, 77' c Con: González (3/3) 16', 40', 47' Luna (3/3) 53', 62', 78' Pen: González (1/1) 24'

Estadio CAP, Talcahuano
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: (Brazil)


FB	15	Rodrigo Fernández
RW	14					34'	42'
OC	13	(c)		62'
IC	12			54'
LW	11
FH	10			48'
SH	9									74'
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6			25' to 29'		70'
RL	5
LL	4			59'
TP	3			19'
HK	2			55'
LP	1	Claudio Zamorano	72'	5' to 6'				62' to 70'
Replacements:
HK	16			55'
PR	17			5'	6'	34'	42'	62'	70'	74'
PE	18			19'
FL	19			59'
FL	20			25'	29'	70'
SH	21			62'
FH	22			48'
CE	23			54'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre


FB	15	Fernando Luna
RW	14	Santiago Álvarez	48'
OC	13	Juan Cappiello (c)
IC	12
LW	11	Germán Schulz
FH	10	Juan Cruz González	48'
SH	9	Lautaro Bazán	64'
N8	8	Rodrigo Bruni	58'
OF	7	Santiago Montagner
BF	6	Francisco Gorrissen
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4		48'
TP	3	Eduardo Bello	55'
HK	2		62'
LP	1		55'
Replacements:
HK	16		62'
PR	17		55'
PR	18		55'
LK	19		48'
FL	20		58'
SH	21	Sebastián Cancelliere	64'
CE	22		48'
FB	23	Bautista Delguy	48'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Touch judges:
Francisco Saavedra (Chile)
Luis Díaz (Chile)

18 February 2017
20:00 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay (1 BP)	23–12	Brazil
Try: 7' m Dotti 16' m Nieto 40' m Arata 45' m Pen: (1/3) 50'	Report^[10]	Pen: Duque (4/4) 2', 12', 43', 64'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: (Argentina)


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca	51'
LW	11	Nicolás Freitas
FH	10
SH	9	Santiago Arata	61'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7		61'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)	51'
RL	5		61'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Mario Sagario	51'
HK	2		65'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	74'
Replacements:
HK	16	Facundo Gattas	65'
PR	17	Matías Benítez	74'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría	51'
LK	19		61'
FL	20	Juan Diego Ormaechea	51'
SH	21		61'
WG	22		51'
N8	23	Manuel Diana	61'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14				79'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery			79'
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9				79'
N8	8				61'
OF	7				36'
BF	6			69' 79'
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3				56'
HK	2		40' to 51'	68' to 78'
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16		40' 51'
PR	17				56'
PR	18	Matheus Rocha		69' 79'
FL	19				36'
FL	20	João Luiz da Ros			61'
SH	21				79'
CE	22				79'
WG	23				79'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
Francisco González (Uruguay)

Notes:

Matheus Rocha, and made their international debuts for Brazil.
Manuel Diana and made their international debuts for Uruguay.

18 February 2017
17:00 PST (UTC-08)

Canada (1 BP)	34–51	United States (1 BP)
Try: Paris (2) 14' m, 56' m Mack 20' c Barton 68' c 77' c Con: Povey (1/2) 21' McRorie (2/3) 69', 78' Pen: Povey (1/2) 36'	Report^[11]	Try: Matyas 2' c Te'o (3) 4' m, 45' m, 71' c Purpura 39' c Clever 53' c Quill 64' c Con: Davies (5/7) 3', 40', 54', 65', 72' Pen: Magie (1/1) 11' Davies (1/1) 31'

Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 3,416
Referee: (Argentina)


FB	15	Brock Staller
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Nick Blevins		40'
IC	12	Giuseppe du Toit
LW	11	Taylor Paris	40' to 44'	66'
FH	10	Robbie Povey
SH	9	Phil Mack		55'
N8	8
OF	7	Ollie Nott	44' 47'	58'
BF	6	Lucas Rumball
RL	5	Reegan O'Gorman
LL	4	Conor Keys
TP	3	Matt Tierney		66'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill (c)	38' to 48'	58'
LP	1	Rob Brouwer		50'
Replacements:
HK	16		44' 47'	58'
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru		50'
PR	18	Cole Keith		66'
LK	19
FL	20	Lucas Albornoz		58'
SH	21	Gordon McRorie		55'
FH	22			40'
CE	23	George Barton	40' 44'	66'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Ryan Matyas	50'
OC	13	Bryce Campbell
IC	12	JP Eloff
LW	11	Nate Augspurger
FH	10	Will Magie
SH	9	Shaun Davies	72'
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Tony Lamborn	61'
BF	6	Todd Clever (c)	56'
RL	5	Nick Civetta	66'
LL	4	Nate Brakeley
TP	3	Chris Baumann	50'
HK	2	Peter Malcolm	50'
LP	1	Anthony Purpura	56'
Replacements:
HK	16	James Hilterbrand	50'
PR	17	Dino Waldren	50'
PR	18	Ben Tarr	56'
LK	19	Siaosi Mahoni	66'
FL	20	John Quill	61'
N8	21	David Tameilau	56'
FH	22	Ben Cima	50'
WG	23	Spike Davis	72'
Coach:
John Mitchell

Touch judges:
David Smortchevsky (Canada)
David Crisp (Canada)

Notes:

Lucas Albornoz made his international debut for Canada.
Siaosi Mahoni made his international debut for the United States.
The 51 points scored by the United States are the most pointed conceded by Canada on home soil against the Eagles.

Week 4[]

25 February 2017
15:40 CLT (UTC-03)

Chile	9–57	United States (1 BP)
Pen: (3/3) 17', 34', 48'	Report^[12]	Try: Dolan 24' c Lamborn (2) 36' c, 76' c Tameilau 50' c 52' m Clever 66' c Malcolm (2) 78' c, 80' c Con: Cima (7/8) 25', 37', 51', 67', 77', 79', 80' Pen: Cima (1/1) 5'

Pista Atlética San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
Attendance: 900
Referee: (Brazil)


FB	15
RW	14			40'
OC	13
IC	12		58' to 68'
LW	11
FH	10			67'
SH	9		22' to 32'	62'
N8	8			65'
OF	7
BF	6		26' to 35'	62'
RL	5	Nikola Bursic
LL	4
TP	3			54'
HK	2	(c)		67'
LP	1			54'
Replacements:
HK	16			67'
PR	17			54'
PR	18			54'
LK	19			62'
FL	20		26' 35'	65'
SH	21			62'
FH	22			67'
CE	23			40'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Spike Davis		65'
OC	13	Bryce Campbell	43' to 53'
IC	12	JP Eloff		62'
LW	11	Nate Augspurger (c)
FH	10	Ben Cima
SH	9	Shaun Davies		67'
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Tony Lamborn
BF	6	Todd Clever		67'
RL	5	Siaosi Mahoni		49'
LL	4
TP	3	Chris Baumann		58'
HK	2	James Hilterbrand		51'
LP	1	Ben Tarr		49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peter Malcolm		51'
PR	17	Anthony Purpura		49'
PR	18	Olive Kilifi		58'
FL	19	Hanco Germishuys		67'
N8	20	David Tameilau		49'
FH	21	Will Magie		65'
CE	22	Calvin Whiting		62'
WG	23	Andrew Turner		67'
Coach:
John Mitchell

Touch judges:
Frank Méndez (Chile)
Tomás Fernández (Chile)

Notes:

Andrew Turner and Calvin Whiting made their international debuts for the United States.

25 February 2017
17:40 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina XV (1 BP)	79–7	Brazil
Try: Cancelliere (2) 3' m, 55' c Brarda 18' c De la Vega (2) 36' c, 49' c 43' m Schulz 52' c Larrague 61' m Boffelli 66' c Cappiello 69' c Bazán (2) 73' c, 79' m Con: Miotti (3/5) 19', 37', 50' (4/4) 53', 56', 67', 70' Boffelli (1/2) 74' Pen: Miotti (1/1) 11'	Report^[13]	Try: Duque 5' c Con: Duque (1/1) 6'

Estadio Agustín Pichot, Ushuaia
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: (Uruguay)


FB	15	Juan Cruz González		40'
RW	14	Germán Schulz
OC	13	Segundo Tuculet
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Domingo Miotti		51'
SH	9	Sebastián Cancelliere		60'
N8	8	Tomás de la Vega		60'
OF	7	(c)
BF	6
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4			60'
TP	3			45'
HK	2			51'
LP	1	Franco Brarda		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaspar Baldunciel		51'
PR	17	Facundo Gigena		51'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano	58' to 68'	45'
LK	19			60'
N8	20	Rodrigo Bruni		60'
SH	21			60'
CE	22	Juan Cappiello		51'
WG	23	Emiliano Boffelli		40'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14
OC	13	Felipe Sancery		71'
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11			20'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9
N8	8	(c)	13' to 23'	48'
OF	7
BF	6	João Luiz da Ros	77' to 80'
RL	5			48'
LL	4		42' to 52'
TP	3	Caíque Silva		28'
HK	2			75'
LP	1			78'
Replacements:
HK	16			75'
PR	17			28'
PR	18			78'
LK	19			48'
FL	20			48'
SH	21
CE	22			71'
WG	23			20'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Pablo de Luca (Argentina)

Notes:

First international test played in Tierra del Fuego by an Argentinean national side.

25 February 2017
20:00 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	17–13	Canada (1 BP)
Try: Leivas 19' c Penalty try 26' c Con: (2/2) 20', 27' Pen: (1/3) 11'	Report^[14]	Try: Trainor 75' c Con: Staller (1/1) 76' Pen: McRorie (2/2) 4', 50'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: (United States)


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat		61'
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca
LW	11	Nicolás Freitas
FH	10		49' to 59'
SH	9	Santiago Arata		56'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7		73' to 80'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)		65'
RL	5			66'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Juan Echeverría		51'
HK	2
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti		59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Facundo Gattas		59'
PR	17	Matías Benítez
PR	18	Mario Sagario		51'
FL	19	Juan Diego Ormaechea		65'
LK	20	Diego Magno		66'
SH	21			56'
WG	22
FB	23	Gastón Mieres		61'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Brock Staller	25' to 35'
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Conor Trainor	25' to 28'
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Kainoa Lloyd		69'
FH	10	Robbie Povey		40'
SH	9	Gordon McRorie (c)		59'
N8	8
OF	7	Lucas Rumball
BF	6	Clay Panga		61'
RL	5	Reegan O'Gorman		56'
LL	4	Brett Beukeboom
TP	3	Matt Tierney
HK	2	Ray Barkwill
LP	1	Rob Brouwer		69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru		69'
PR	18	Cole Keith
LK	19			56'
LK	20	Matt Beukeboom		61'
SH	21	Phil Mack		59'
FH	22			40'
FH	23	Giuseppe du Toit	25' 28'	69'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe

Touch judges:
Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
Rodrigo Goyret (Uruguay)

Notes:

Kainoa Lloyd made his international debut for Canada.
This was Uruguay' largest winning margin over Canada, surpassing their only ever other victory of Canada (25–23) set in 2002.

Week 5[]

3 March 2017
19:15 BRST (UTC-02)

Brazil	24–23	Canada (1 BP)
Try: D. Sancery 10' c M. Duque 37' c 78' Con: M. Duque (3/3) 11', 38', 79' Pen: M. Duque (1/1) 16'	Report^[15]	Try: Blevins 13' c McRorie 26' c Con: McRorie (2/2) 14', 27' Pen: McRorie (2/3) 48', 55' Drop: McRorie (1/1) 66'

Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo
Attendance: 900
Referee: (Argentina)


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Lucas Duque
N8	8	(c)
OF	7	Arthur Bergo
BF	6
RL	5			74'
LL	4			45'
TP	3			45'
HK	2
LP	1			38'
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17			38'
PR	18			45'
LK	19		72' to 80'	45'
FL	20	João Luiz da Ros		74'
SH	21
CE	22
WG	23	Stefano Giantorno
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Giuseppe du Toit
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Conor Trainor
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11
FH	10			49'
SH	9	Gordon McRorie (c)
N8	8
OF	7	Lucas Rumball
BF	6	Matt Beukeboom
RL	5			64'
LL	4	Brett Beukeboom	72' to 80'
TP	3	Matt Tierney
HK	2	Eric Howard		49'
LP	1	Rob Brouwer		53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ray Barkwill		49'
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru		53'
PR	18	Cole Keith
LK	19	Reegan O'Gorman		64'
N8	20	Clay Panga
SH	21	Phil Mack		49'
CE	22	George Barton
FB	23	Brock Staller
Coach:
Mark Anscombe

Touch judges:
Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)
Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)

Notes:

This was Brazil's first ever victory over Canada.

4 March 2017
16:00 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay (1 BP)	45–14	Chile
Try: Echeverría 27' c Leivas (2) 32' c, 36' c N. Freitas (2) 53' c, 67' c Magno 63' c Con: (4/4) 28', 33', 37', 54' Silva (2/2) 64', 68' Pen: (1/1) 22'	Report^[16]	Try: Bursic 79' m Pen: (2/3) 20', 39' (1/1) 31'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva		69'
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca		64'
LW	11	Nicolás Freitas
FH	10			57'
SH	9
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto		57'
OF	7
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti		64'
TP	3	Juan Echeverría		52'
HK	2			69'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti		64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Facundo Gattas		64'
PR	17	Matías Benítez		69'
PR	18	Mario Sagario	79'	52'
LK	19			64'
FL	20			57'
FH	21			69'
FB	22	Gastón Mieres		57'
CE	23	Juan de Freitas	76' to 80'	57'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Rodrigo Fernández		61'
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12			64'
LW	11		62' to 72'
FH	10		21' to 31'
SH	9			55'
N8	8			59'
OF	7
BF	6			52'
RL	5	Nikola Bursic
LL	4
TP	3			64'
HK	2	(c)
LP	1	Claudio Zamorano		47'
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17			47'
PR	18			64'
FL	19			59'
FL	20			52'
SH	21			55'
FH	22			64'
WG	23			61'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre

Touch judges:
Claudio Cattivelli (Uruguay)
Martín Bangueses (Uruguay)

Notes:

Diego Magno surpassed Rodrigo Sánchez' record of 67 caps to become Uruguay's most capped player with 68 caps.

4 March 2017
17:40 ART (UTC-03)

Argentina XV	27–27	United States (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try (2) 40' c, 53' c Ascárate 63' c Con: Miotti (3/3) 40', 54', 64' Pen: Miotti (2/2) 7', 56'	Report^[17]	Try: Magie 29' m Tameilau (2) 37' c, 80' c Dolan 74' m Con: Cima (2/4) 38', 80' Pen: Cima (1/2) 15'

Estadio Municipal, Comodoro Rivadavia
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)


FB	15	Gabriel Ascárate		71'
RW	14	Germán Schulz
OC	13	Santiago Álvarez		54'
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Domingo Miotti
SH	9	Sebastián Cancelliere	45' to 55'	57'
N8	8	Tomás de la Vega
OF	7	(c)
BF	6	Francisco Gorrissen		73'
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4			66'
TP	3	Santiago Medrano		69'
HK	2	Gaspar Baldunciel		46'
LP	1			60'
Replacements:
HK	16			46'
PR	17	Eduardo Bello		60'
PR	18			69'
LK	19			66'
N8	20	Santiago Montagner		73'
SH	21			57'
FH	22	Juan Cruz González		54'
WG	23			71'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Ben Cima
RW	14	Mike Te'o	40' to 50'
OC	13	Bryce Campbell
IC	12	JP Eloff		66'
LW	11	Nate Augspurger (c)
FH	10	Will Magie
SH	9	Shaun Davies		71'
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Tony Lamborn
BF	6	John Quill		64'
RL	5	Siaosi Mahoni		25'
LL	4
TP	3	Chris Baumann		57'
HK	2	James Hilterbrand		46'
LP	1	Anthony Purpura		57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peter Malcolm		46'
PR	17	Ben Tarr		57'
PR	18	Olive Kilifi		57'
FL	19	Hanco Germishuys		64'
N8	20	David Tameilau	44' to 54'	25'
CE	21	Calvin Whiting		66'
CE	22	Ryan Matyas		64'
WG	23	Spike Davis		71'
Coach:
John Mitchell

Touch judges:
Santiago Altobelli (Argentina)
José Covassi (Argentina)

Statistics[]

Top points scorers[]

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Ben Cima	United States	43
1	Moisés Duque	Brazil	43
3	Domingo Miotti	Argentina XV	42
4	Gordon McRorie	Canada	41
5		Uruguay	36
6	Sebastián Cancelliere	Argentina XV	25
6	Taylor Paris	Canada	25
8	Tony Lamborn	United States	20
	Fernando Luna	Argentina XV
	Mike Te'o	United States
11		Chile	17
12	Cam Dolan	United States	15
	Leandro Leivas	Uruguay
	David Tameilau	United States

Top try scorers[]

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Sebastián Cancelliere	Argentina XV	5
1	Taylor Paris	Canada	5
3	Tony Lamborn	United States	4
3	Mike Te'o	United States	4
5	Cam Dolan	United States	3
	Leandro Leivas	Uruguay
	David Tameilau	United States
8	15 Players		2

Attendances (2016-2017)[]

Top 5[]

	Season	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance	Sources
1	2016	1	United States	Argentina	10,241	[1]
2	2017	5	Argentina	United States	9,000	[2]
3	2016	2	Argentina	Chile	8,500	[3]
4	2016	2	United States	Canada	7,145	[4]
5	2017	2	United States	Brazil	6,091	[5]

Average home attendances[]

Pos	Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
1	United States	5	31,578	10,241	3,000	6,316
2	Argentina	5	30,000	9,000	3,000	6,000
3	Uruguay	5	18,400	6,000	1,800	3,680
4	Brazil	5	15,099	3,798	900	3,020
5	Chile	5	12,447	5,000	900	2,489
6	Canada	5	9,913	3,416	1,123	1,983

Table (2016-2017)[]

Pos	Nation	Games				Points			Tries	Bonus points		Table points
Pos	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Tries	4 tries	7 Pts loss	Table points
1	Argentina XV	10	8	2	0	422	195	+227	59	8	0	44
2	United States	10	6	2	2	405	172	+233	56	6	2	36
3	Uruguay	10	6	0	4	243	256	–13	30	3	2	29
4	Canada	10	4	0	6	304	266	+38	38	5	2	23
5	Brazil	10	3	0	7	170	354	–184	17	0	2	14
6	Chile	10	1	0	9	124	425	–301	9	0	1	5

References[]

^ News, Americas Rugby. "2017 Americas Rugby Championship Fixtures". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
^ "Brazil Down Chile in ARC Opener - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ ARN Report
^ USAR
^ http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/02/05/argentina-slide-past-canada-snow/ ARN Report]
ESPN
^ "Argentina XV Power Past Uruguay - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/02/11/usa-made-two-two-arc/ ARN Report]
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^ "Paris treble leads Canada past Chile - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Argentina XV trample Chile in Talcahuano sun - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Uruguay Complete Bonus Point Win Over Brazil - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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^ "Argentina XV Hammer Brazil in Tierra del Fuego - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Canada crash to defeat in Uruguay - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Brazil upset Canada in São Paulo - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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External links[]

[1] News, Americas Rugby. "2017 Americas Rugby Championship Fixtures". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2016-09-06.

[2] "Brazil Down Chile in ARC Opener - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[3] ARN Report

[4] USAR

[5] ttp://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/02/05/argentina-slide-past-canada-snow/ ARN Report]
ESPN

[6] "Argentina XV Power Past Uruguay - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[7] ttp://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/02/11/usa-made-two-two-arc/ ARN Report]
[https://www.usarugby.org/match/25532-usa-eagles-v-brazil/ USAR

[8] "Paris treble leads Canada past Chile - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[9] "Argentina XV trample Chile in Talcahuano sun - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[10] "Uruguay Complete Bonus Point Win Over Brazil - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[11] ttp://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/02/19/record-win-usa-canada/ ARN Report]
[https://www.usarugby.org/match/25533-usa-eagles-v-canada/ USAR

[12] ttp://www.americasrugbynews.com/2017/02/25/second-half-blitz-sees-eagles-flatten-chile/ ARN Report]
[https://www.usarugby.org/match/25534-usa-eagles-v-chile/ USAR

[13] "Argentina XV Hammer Brazil in Tierra del Fuego - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[14] "Canada crash to defeat in Uruguay - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[15] "Brazil upset Canada in São Paulo - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[16] "Uruguay outclass Chile in Montevideo - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[17] ttps://www.usarugby.org/match/25535-usa-eagles-v-argentina-xv/ USAR Report]
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