2018 Americas Rugby Championship

2018 Americas Rugby Championship
Date	27 January – 3 March 2018
Countries	Argentina XV; Brazil; Canada; Chile; United States; Uruguay
Final positions
Champions	United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Tries scored	109 (7.27 per match)
Attendance	51,793 (3,453 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Will Magie (38)
Most tries	Three players Hanco Germishuys (3); Santiago Resino (3); Mike Te'o (3);
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship was the third 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.

The Championship was retained by the United States, who became the first nation to win the Grand Slam ARC title, winning all five games.

Participants[]

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain(s)
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	City	Head coach	Captain(s)
Argentina XV	Estadio 23 de Agosto	23,200	Jujuy	Felipe Contepomi
Argentina XV	Estadio Agustín Pichot	1,000	Ushuaia	Felipe Contepomi
Brazil	Pacaembu Stadium	37,730	São Paulo	Rodolfo Ambrosio
Brazil	Estádio Martins Pereira	15,317	São José dos Campos	Rodolfo Ambrosio
Canada	BC Place	54,500	Vancouver	Kingsley Jones	Phil Mack
Canada	Westhills Stadium	1,718	Langford, British Columbia	Kingsley Jones	Phil Mack
Chile	Estadio La Portada	18,243	La Serena
Chile	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana	6,000	Santiago
United States	StubHub Center	27,000	Carson, California	Gary Gold	Blaine Scully
	Papa Murphy's Park	11,569	Sacramento, California
	Titan Stadium	10,000	Fullerton, California
Uruguay	Estadio Domingo Burgueño	22,000	Maldonado	Esteban Meneses	Juan Manuel Gaminara
Uruguay	Estadio Charrúa	14,000	Montevideo	Esteban Meneses	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	5	5	0	0	197	68	+129	28	4	0	24
2	Argentina XV	5	4	0	1	169	69	+100	24	4	1	21
3	Uruguay	5	3	0	2	168	157	+11	23	2	0	14
4	Canada	5	2	0	3	132	129	+3	18	3	0	11
5	Brazil	5	1	0	4	63	159	–96	6	0	0	4
6	Chile	5	0	0	5	71	218	–147	10	0	1	1
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 will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 10 December 2017.^[1] The opening fixture will take place a week early to the following two games of the same round, with it doubling up as a 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas qualifier match for Canada and Uruguay.

Week 1[]

27 January 2018
17:00 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) Canada	29–38	Uruguay (1 BP)
Try: Olmstead 17' c Van der Merwe 24' c Penalty try 46' Blevins 71' m Con: Braid (2/2) 19', 25' Pen: Braid (1/1) 22'		Try: Silva 1' c Leivas 30' c Arata 40' c Dotti 51' c Capó Ortega 56' c Con: Berchesi (5/5) 2', 31', 40', 52', 57' Pen: Berchesi (1/5) 75'

BC Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,132
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)


FB	15	Taylor Paris
RW	14	Jeff Hassler	20'	28'
OC	13	Ben LeSage
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	D. T. H. van der Merwe
FH	10	Connor Braid	32'
SH	9	Phil Mack (c)	72'
N8	8	Tyler Ardron
OF	7	Matt Heaton	75'
BF	6	Evan Olmstead
RL	5	Josh Larsen	63'
LL	4	Brett Beukeboom
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki
HK	2	Ray Barkwill	52'
LP	1	Hubert Buydens	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Benoît Piffero	52'
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru	52'
PR	18	Cole Keith
N8	19		75'
FL	20	Lucas Rumball	63'
SH	21	Gordon McRorie	72'
FH	22	Pat Parfrey	32'
FB	23	Brock Staller	20'	28'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Leandro Leivas		61'
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat		64'
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca
LW	11	Nicolás Freitas
FH	10	Felipe Berchesi
SH	9	Santiago Arata		61'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7			48'	57'	61'	67'	71'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)					67' to 71'
RL	5	Rodrigo Capó Ortega		57'	61'	63'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Mario Sagario		64'
HK	2	Germán Kessler	46' to 56'			66'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti		66'
Replacements:
HK	16			48'	57'	66'
PR	17	Matías Benítez		66'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría		64'
LK	19	Manuel Leindekar		57'	61'	63'
FL	20					61'
SH	21	Agustín Ormaechea		61'
FB	22	Gastón Mieres		61'
CE	23	Joaquín Prada		64'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Man of the Match:
Nicolás Freitas (Uruguay)

Touch judges:
Kurt Weaver (United States)
(United States)
Television match official:
(United States)

Notes:

This is the first time that Uruguay has beaten Canada in Canada.
This was the first leg of the 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas 2 qualification

Week 2[]

3 February 2018
15:00 CLST (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Chile	12–16	Brazil
Try: Penalty Try 7' 63' c Con: (1/1) 64'	Report	Try: 31' c Con: Reeves (1/1) 32' Pen: Reeves (3/5) 16', 45', 61'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago
Attendance: 1,500^[2]
Referee: (Argentina)


FB	15
RW	14		55'
OC	13	(c)	39'
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9		54'
N8	8		26' 36'
OF	7	Alfonso Escobar	57'
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	Nikola Bursic			65'
TP	3		76'
HK	2
LP	1		60'
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17		60'
PR	18		76'
N8	19		26'	36'	65'
FL	20		57'
SH	21		54'
FH	22		55'
CE	23		39'
Coach:
Mark Cross


FB	15		64'
RW	14		56'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11		66'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Arthur Bergo
RL	5		60'
LL	4
TP	3		50'
HK	2	(c)
LP	1		64'
Replacements:
FL	16
PR	17		64'
HK	18		50'
LK	19
FL	20		60'
SH	21		66'
WG	22		56'
WG	23		64'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
FRC Appt. (Chile)
FRC Appt. (Chile)
Television match official:
FRC Appt. (Chile)

Notes:

This is the first time that Brazil has beaten Chile in Chile.
, Alfonso Escobar and (all Chile) made their international debuts.

3 February 2018
17:00 PST (UTC-08)

United States	17–10	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: Lamborn 57' m Pen: Magie (2/4) 16', 42' Hooley (2/2) 70', 77'	Report	Try: Montagner 38' c Con: González (1/1) 39' Pen: González (1/2) 23'

StubHub Center, Carson, California
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: (Canada)


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Blaine Scully (c)
OC	13	Marcel Brache		8'
IC	12	Bryce Campbell
LW	11	Ryan Matyas		21'	32'
FH	10	Will Magie		68'
SH	9	Nate Augspurger		55'
N8	8	Cam Dolan	37' to 47'
OF	7	Tony Lamborn		72'
BF	6	Hanco Germishuys
RL	5	Nick Civetta
LL	4	Nate Brakeley		68'
TP	3	Dino Waldren		80'
HK	2	Joe Taufete'e		65'
LP	1	Titi Lamositele	19' to 29'			80'
Replacements:
HK	16	James Hilterbrand		65'
PR	17	Huluholo Moungaloa		21'	32'	80'
PR	18	Angus MacLellan		80'
LK	19	Ben Landry		68'
FL	20	Andrew Durutalo		72'
SH	21	Shaun Davies		55'
FH	22	Will Hooley		68'
CE	23	Dylan Audsley		8'
Coach:
Gary Gold


FB	15
RW	14	Germán Schulz		71'
OC	13	Juan Cruz Mallía
IC	12	Juan Cappiello	8' to 18'
LW	11	Rodrigo Etchart
FH	10	Juan Cruz González		55'
SH	9
N8	8	Santiago Montagner				68'
OF	7	(c)		8'	16'
BF	6	Rodrigo Bruni
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4			65'
TP	3			65'
HK	2	Gaspar Baldunciel		75'
LP	1			65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Fortuny		75'
PR	17	Javier Díaz		65'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano		65'
N8	19			68'
FL	20	Francisco Gorrissen		8'	16'	68'
SH	21
FH	22			55'
WG	23			71'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Touch judges:
Mike O'Brien (United States)
Lee Bryant (United States)
Television match official:
USA Appt. (United States)

Week 3[]

9 February 2018
20:30 BRST (UTC-02)

Brazil	18–27	Uruguay
Try: 10' c Sancery 35' m Con: Reeves (1/2) 11' Pen: Reeves (2/2) 23', 27'	Report	Try: Kessler 46'c Magno 62' c Inciarte 70' c Con: (3/3) 47', 65', 70' Pen: (2/2) 30', 81'

Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)


FB	15
RW	14			62'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Arthur Bergo		43' 49'
RL	5			53'
LL	4
TP	3		38' to 48'	49'
HK	2	(c)
LP	1			53'
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17			53'
PR	18			43'
FL	19
FL	20			53' 76'
SH	21
WG	22
WG	23			62'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Joaquín Prada
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat
IC	12	Agustín Della Corte
LW	11	Gastón Mieres
FH	10		68'
SH	9
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto	53'
OF	7		57'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5	Diego Magno	68'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Mario Sagario	53'
HK	2	Germán Kessler	53'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	68'
Replacements:
PR	16	Matías Benítez	68'
HK	17		53'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría	53'
LK	19		68'
N8	20	Manuel Diana	53'
FL	21		57'
WG	22	Tomás Inciarte	68'
FH	23	Manuel Blengio
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Touch judges:
Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)
Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)
Television match official:
Xavier Vouga (Brazil)

Notes:

and Tomás Inciarte (both Uruguay) made their international debuts.
Juan Manuel Gaminara (Uruguay) earned his 50th test cap.

10 February 2018
17:30 ART (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Argentina XV	57–12	Chile
Try: 15' c Penalty try 34' 35' c Resino 46' m 51' c 56' c 64' c 71' c Con: González (4/5) 15', 36', 52', 57' (2/2) 65', 72' Pen: González (1/1) 11'	Report	Try: 28' m 40' c Con: (1/2) 41'

Estadio Agustín Pichot, Ushuaia
Attendance: 900
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)


FB	15
RW	14		63'
OC	13	Santiago Resino
IC	12	Lucas Mensa
LW	11	Julián Dominguez
FH	10	Juan Cruz González	56'
SH	9		47'
N8	8		47'
OF	7	Tomás de la Vega (c)
BF	6		62'
RL	5
LL	4		47'
TP	3
HK	2	Diego Fortuny	56'
LP	1		56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaspar Baldunciel	62'
PR	17		56'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano	56'
LK	19		47'
FL	20		47'
SH	21		47'
FH	22		56'
WG	23	Germán Schulz	63'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15
RW	14			56'
OC	13		62' to 72'
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10			60'
SH	9			50'
N8	8		54' to 64'
OF	7	Alfonso Escobar		50'
BF	6	(c)	33' to 43'
RL	5			65'
LL	4
TP	3			45'
HK	2			61'
LP	1			56'
Replacements:
HK	16			61'
PR	17			45'
PR	18			56'
FL	19			65'
FL	20			50'
SH	21			50'
FH	22			60'
CE	23			56'
Coach:

Touch judges:
Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Federico (Argentina)
Television match official:
UAR Appt. (Argentina)

10 February 2018
15:00 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) United States	29–10	Canada
Try: Augspurger 7' c Matyas (2) 17' c, 72' m Germishuys 52' c Con: Magie (3/3) 8', 18', 53' Pen: Hooley (1/3) 64'	Report	Try: Parfrey 22' c Con: Staller (1/1) 23' Pen: Staller (1/2) 43'

Papa Murphy's Park, Sacramento, California
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: (Uruguay)


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Blaine Scully (c)
OC	13	Dylan Audsley
IC	12	Bryce Campbell
LW	11	Ryan Matyas		76'
FH	10	Will Magie		55'
SH	9	Nate Augspurger		55'
N8	8	Cam Dolan	63' to 73'
OF	7	Tony Lamborn
BF	6	Hanco Germishuys		53'
RL	5	Nick Civetta
LL	4	Nate Brakeley		48'
TP	3	Dino Waldren		75'
HK	2	Joe Taufete'e		59'
LP	1	Titi Lamositele		75'
Replacements:
HK	16	James Hilterbrand		59'
PR	17	Huluholo Moungaloa		75'
PR	18	Angus MacLellan		75'
LK	19	Ben Landry		48'
FL	20	Andrew Durutalo		53'
SH	21	Shaun Davies		55'
FH	22	Will Hooley		55'
WG	23	Josh Whippy		76'
Coach:
Gary Gold


FB	15	Pat Parfrey
RW	14	Brock Staller
OC	13	Giuseppe du Toit	72'
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	D. T. H. van der Merwe
FH	10	Shane O'Leary	72'
SH	9	Phil Mack (c)	72'
N8	8	Luke Campbell
OF	7	Matt Heaton	72'
BF	6	Lucas Rumball
RL	5	Kyle Baillie	61'
LL	4	Josh Larsen
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki	64'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru	64'
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17		64'
PR	18	Cole Keith	64'
LK	19	Conor Keys	61'
FL	20	Dustin Dobravsky	72'
SH	21	Gordon McRorie	72'
FH	22	Robbie Povey	72'
WG	23	Cole Davis	72'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
Derek Summers (United States)
Phil Akroyd (United States)
Television match official:
Marc Nelson (United States)

Notes:

Josh Whippy (United States) and Luke Campbell, Cole Davis and Dustin Dobravsky (all Canada) made their international debuts.
D. T. H. van der Merwe (Canada) earned his 50th test cap.

Week 4[]

17 February 2018
15:00 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) United States	45–13	Chile
Try: Augspurger 3' m Audsley (2) 20' m, 43' c Campbell 45' c Te'o 51' c Al-Jiboori 63' c Lasike 78' c Con: Magie (4/6) 43', 45', 52', 64' Cima (1/1) 79'	Report	Try: 48' m 73'm Pen: (1/2) 27'

Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: (Canada)


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Josh Whippy	77'
OC	13	Dylan Audsley
IC	12	Bryce Campbell
LW	11	Ryan Matyas
FH	10	Will Magie	67'
SH	9	Nate Augspurger (c)	65'
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Tony Lamborn	62'
BF	6	Psalm Wooching
RL	5	Ben Landry	57'
LL	4	Nate Brakeley
TP	3	Dino Waldren	55'
HK	2	James Hilterbrand	65'
LP	1	Huluholo Moungaloa	70'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dylan Fawsitt	65'
PR	17	Tony Purpura	70'
PR	18	Angus MacLellan	55'
LK	19	Brendan Daly	57'
FL	20	Malon Al-Jiboori	62'
SH	21	Ruben de Haas	65'
FH	22	Ben Cima	67'
CE	23	Paul Lasike	77'
Coach:
Gary Gold


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12		46'
LW	11
FH	10		65'
SH	9		65'
N8	8
OF	7	Alfonso Escobar	58'
BF	6	(c)
RL	5		70'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic
TP	3		65'
HK	2		70'
LP	1		68'
Replacements:
HK	16		70'
PR	17		65'
PR	18		68'
FL	19		70'
FL	20		58'
SH	21		65'
FB	22		65'
CE	23		46'
Coach:
Mark Cross

Touch judges:
USAR Appt (United States)
USAR Appt (United States)
Television match official:
USAR Appt (United States)

Notes:

Malon Al-Jiboori, Brendan Daly, Ruben de Haas, Dylan Fawsitt, Paul Lasike and Psalm Wooching (all United States) and , , and (all Chile) made their international debuts.

17 February 2018
20:00 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	17–34	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: Cat (2) 7' c, 14' m Freitas 47' m Con: (1/3) 8'	Report	Try: González 23' m 32' c Schulz 51' m Etchart 62' c Mensa 72' c Con: González (1/2) 33' Mensa (2/3) 63', 73' Pen: González (1/2) 36'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: (Brazil)


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva		74'
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat		61'
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca	41' to 51'
LW	11	Nicolás Freitas		74'
FH	10
SH	9	Tomás Inciarte
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto (c)		50' to 58'
OF	7	Manuel Diana		20'	30'	47'	63'
BF	6			74'
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Juan Echeverría		47'	77'
HK	2				77'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	30' to 40'	8'	19'			61'
Replacements:
PR	16	Matías Benítez		8'	19'	20'	30'	61'
HK	17
PR	18	Mario Sagario		47'
N8	19	Juan Diego Ormaechea		50'	58'	63'
FL	21	Juan Manuel Gaminara				48'
FL	20			74'
CE	22	Joaquín Prada		61'
FH	23			74'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Germán Schulz
OC	13	Santiago Álvarez		74'
IC	12	Juan Cappiello
LW	11	Rodrigo Etchart
FH	10	Juan Cruz González		46'
SH	9			40'
N8	8	Rodrigo Bruni		50'
OF	7	(c)
BF	6	Francisco Gorrissen
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4		41' to 51'	49'
TP	3			24'
HK	2	Diego Fortuny		60'
LP	1			57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaspar Baldunciel		60'
PR	17			57'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano		24'
N8	19			49'
FL	20	Santiago Montagner		50'
SH	21			40'
CE	22	Lucas Mensa		46'
CE	23			74'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Touch judges:
Rodrigo Goyret (Uruguay)
Gonzalo Ventoso (Uruguay)
Television match official:
URU Appt (Uruguay)

17 February 2018
18:30 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) Canada	45–5	Brazil
Try: Campbell 2' c Davis 9' c Sears-Duru 29' c van der Merwe 39' m Barkwill 46' m Fraser 60' c du Toit 76' c Con: O'Leary (5/7) 4', 9', 30', 61', 77'	Report	Try: 80' m

Westhills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States


FB	15	Pat Parfrey
RW	14	Cole Davis
OC	13	Doug Fraser
IC	12	Nick Blevins	62'
LW	11	D. T. H. van der Merwe	18'	28'
FH	10	Shane O'Leary
SH	9	Phil Mack (c)	62'
N8	8	Luke Campbell
OF	7	Lucas Rumball
BF	6	Dustin Dobravsky	75'
RL	5	Kyle Baillie	71'
LL	4	Josh Larsen
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki	68'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill	68'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru	68'
Replacements:
HK	16		68'
PR	17		68'
PR	18		68'
LK	19	Conor Keys	71'
FL	20		75'
SH	21	Andrew Ferguson	62'
CE	22	Giuseppe du Toit	62'
FB	23	Brock Staller	18'	28'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11		39' to 49'	49'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet		62'
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6			40'
RL	5			40'
LL	4		56'
TP	3	Matheus Rocha		62'
HK	2			40'
LP	1			40'
Replacements:
HK	16			62'
PR	17			40'
PR	18	Caíque Silva		40'
LK	19			40'
FL	20	Arthur Bergo		40'
SH	21			62'
FH	22
CE	23			49'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
Harry Mason (Canada)
Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
Television match official:
RC Appt (Canada)

Notes:

Doug Fraser, and (all Canada) and (Brazil) made their international debuts.

Week 5[]

24 February 2018
15:00 CLST (UTC-03)

Chile	15–67	Uruguay (1 BP)
Try: Bursic 40' m 45' c Con: (1/2) 46' Pen: (1/2) 10'	Report	Try: Diana (3) 19' c, 52' c, 69' c Leivas 25' c Favaro (2) 31' c, 47' m 48' c Mieres 64' c Blengio 73' c Con: (4/5) 20', 26', 32', 53' Favaro (1/1) 59' (3/3) 65', 70', 74' Pen: (2/2) 14', 21'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: (Brazil)


FB	15
RW	14		21' 56'
OC	13			40'
IC	12		64' to 74'
LW	11
FH	10			55'
SH	9			55'
N8	8			55'
OF	7
BF	6	(c)
RL	5			51'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic
TP	3			51'
HK	2			58'
LP	1			62'
Replacements:
HK	16			58'
PR	17			62'
PR	18			51'
FL	19			51'
FL	20	Alfonso Escobar		55'
SH	21			55'
FH	22			55'
CE	23			40'
Coach:
Mark Cross


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva	40'
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Joaquín Prada
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca (c)
LW	11	Federico Favaro	60'
FH	10		56'
SH	9	Tomás Inciarte
N8	8	Manuel Diana
OF	7	Juan Diego Ormaechea
BF	6
RL	5		66'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti	40'
TP	3	Juan Echeverría	60'
HK	2	Germán Kessler	66'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	46'
Replacements:
PR	16	Matías Benítez	46'
HK	17	Carlos Arboleya	66'
PR	18		60'
FL	19		40'
LK	20	Diego Magno	40'
FH	21		56'
FB	22	Gastón Mieres	40'
FH	23	Manuel Blengio	60'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Touch judges:
FRC Appt. (Chile)
FRC Appt. (Chile)
Television match official:
FRC Appt. (Chile)

Notes:

(Uruguay) made his international debut.

24 February 2018
18:00 BRST (UTC-02)

Brazil	16–45	United States (1 BP)
Try: Duque 34'c Con: Reeves (1/1) 35' Pen: Reeves (3/4) 8', 59', 63'	Report	Try: Te'o 4' m Moungaloa 11' c Campbell 19'c Germishuys (2) 28' c, 73' c Lamborn 67' c Lasike 71' m Con: Magie (3/4) 12', 20', 29' Cima (2/3) 68', 74'

Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos
Attendance: 1,061
Referee: (Uruguay)


FB	15			75'
RW	14	Stefano Giantorno	53' to 63'	68'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11			40'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet		75'
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Arthur Bergo
RL	5			16'	20'
LL	4			27'
TP	3		68' to 78'
HK	2	(c)		77'
LP	1			40'
Replacements:
HK	16			77'
PR	17			40'
PR	18	Matheus Rocha		68'
LK	19		66' to 76'	27'	77'
FL	20				77'
SH	21			75'
WG	22			40'
CE	23			75'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Mike Te'o
RW	14	Nate Augspurger (c)
OC	13	Dylan Audsley		53'
IC	12	Bryce Campbell
LW	11	Josh Whippy
FH	10	Will Magie		61'
SH	9	Shaun Davies		75'
N8	8	Cam Dolan		50'
OF	7	Hanco Germishuys
BF	6	Psalm Wooching
RL	5	Nick Civetta	58' to 68'
LL	4	Ben Landry		69'
TP	3	Chris Baumann		75'
HK	2	Dylan Fawsitt		59'
LP	1	Huluholo Moungaloa		69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peter Malcolm		59'
PR	17	Tony Purpura		69'
PR	18	Angus MacLellan		75'
LK	19			69'
FL	20	Tony Lamborn		50'
SH	21	Ruben de Haas		75'
FH	22	Ben Cima		61'
CE	23	Paul Lasike		53'
Coach:
Gary Gold

Touch judges:
CBRU Appt (Brazil)
CBRU Appt (Brazil)
Television match official:
CBRU Appt (Brazil)

Notes:

and (both Brazil) made their international debuts.

24 February 2018
20:00 ART (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Argentina XV	40–15	Canada
Try: Mensa 14' m Álvarez 24' c Resino (2) 27' c, 45' c Montagner 48' c 76' c Con: Mallía (4/5) 25', 28', 46', 49' González (1/1) 77'		Try: Barkwill 31'm Mack 56' c Con: Staller (1/2) 57' Pen: Staller (1/2) 11'

Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Santiago Álvarez	61'
OC	13	Santiago Resino
IC	12	Juan Cappiello
LW	11	Rodrigo Etchart
FH	10	Lucas Mensa	61'
SH	9	Felipe Ezcurra	61'
N8	8	Santiago Montagner
OF	7	Tomás de la Vega (c)	56'
BF	6		61'
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4
TP	3	Santiago Medrano	61'
HK	2	Gaspar Baldunciel	50'
LP	1	Franco Brarda	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Fortuny	50'
PR	17		49'
PR	18		61'
LK	19		56'
FL	20		61'
SH	21		61'
FH	22	Juan Cruz González	61'
FB	23		61'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Pat Parfrey
RW	14	Cole Davis
OC	13	Doug Fraser
IC	12	Nick Blevins	78'
LW	11	Brock Staller
FH	10	Robbie Povey	49'
SH	9	Phil Mack (c)	78'
N8	8	Dustin Dobravsky	66'
OF	7	Lucas Rumball
BF	6	Kyle Baillie	61'
RL	5	Conor Keys
LL	4	Josh Larsen
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki	66'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill	78'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru	70'
Replacements:
HK	16		66'
PR	17		70'
PR	18		66'
LK	19	Noah Barker	78'
FL	20		61'
SH	21	Andrew Ferguson	78'
CE	22	Giuseppe du Toit	78'
WG	23	Kainoa Lloyd	49'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
UAR Appt (Argentina)
UAR Appt (Argentina)
Television match official:
UAR Appt (Argentina)

Week 6[]

3 March 2018
16:00 CLST (UTC-03)

Chile	17–33	Canada (1 BP)
Try: 71' c Escobar 75' c Con: (2/2) 72', 76' Pen: (1/1) 13'	Report	Try: Lloyd 9' m Rumball 25' c Baillie 39' c Davis 67' m Con: McRorie (2/4) 26', 40' Pen: McRorie (3/3) 2', 44', 77'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: (Argentina)


FB	15
RW	14
OC	13	(c)
IC	12
LW	11		69'
FH	10		59'
SH	9		59'
N8	8				47'
OF	7
BF	6
RL	5		34' to 40'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic	59'
TP	3		63'
HK	2		69'
LP	1		70'
Replacements:
HK	16		69'
PR	17		63'
PR	18		70'
N8	19		34'	40'	47'
FL	20	Alfonso Escobar	59'
SH	21		59'
FB	22		59'
WG	23		69'
Coach:
Mark Cross


FB	15	Josh Thiel
RW	14	Cole Davis
OC	13	Doug Fraser		78'
IC	12	Nick Blevins	44' to 54'	55'
LW	11	Kainoa Lloyd
FH	10	Gordon McRorie
SH	9	Phil Mack (c)		63'
N8	8	Luke Campbell	60' to 70'
OF	7	Lucas Rumball
BF	6	Dustin Dobravsky		72'
RL	5	Kyle Baillie		69'
LL	4	Josh Larsen
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki		63'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill		72'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru		63'
Replacements:
HK	16			72'
PR	17	Noah Barker		63'
PR	18	Cole Keith		63'
LK	19	Conor Keys		69'
FL	20			72'
SH	21	Andrew Ferguson		63'
FH	22	Pat Parfrey		78'
CE	23	Giuseppe du Toit		55'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
FRC Appt. (Chile)
FRC Appt. (Chile)
Television match official:
FRC Appt. (Chile)

Notes:

Noah Barker and Josh Thiel (both Canada) made their international debuts.

3 March 2018
15:30 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	19–61	United States (1 BP)
Try: Arata 44' c Cat 51' c Mieres 70' m Con: (2/3) 45', 52'	Report	Try: Lamborn 5' c Te'o (2) 7' c, 42' c Fawsitt 22' c Penalty try 26' Augspurger 29' c Germishuys 37' m Whippy 55' c Wooching 74' c Con: Magie (6/7) 6', 8', 23', 30', 43', 56' Cima (1/1) 75'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Juan Manuel Cat
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca		62'
LW	11	Nicolás Freitas		52'
FH	10
SH	9	Santiago Arata	26' to 36'	60'
N8	8	Manuel Diana
OF	7	Juan Diego Ormaechea		75'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5			40'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Juan Echeverría		66'
HK	2	Germán Kessler		62'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti		60'
Replacements:
PR	16	Matías Benítez		60'
HK	17		64' to 74'	62'
PR	18			66'
LK	19			75'
LK	20	Diego Magno		40'
CE	21	Joaquín Prada		62'
WG	22	Tomás Inciarte		60'
FB	23	Gastón Mieres		52'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Dylan Audsley
RW	14	Mike Te'o	46'
OC	13	Bryce Campbell
IC	12	Paul Lasike	49'
LW	11	Nate Augspurger (c)
FH	10	Will Magie	64'
SH	9	Shaun Davies
N8	8	Cam Dolan	62'
OF	7	Tony Lamborn
BF	6	Hanco Germishuys
RL	5	Ben Landry	25'
LL	4	Brendan Daly
TP	3	Chris Baumann	40'
HK	2	Dylan Fawsitt	52'
LP	1	Huluholo Moungaloa	62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Peter Malcolm	52'
PR	17	Tony Purpura	62'
PR	18	Dino Waldren	40'
LK	19		25'
FL	20	Psalm Wooching	62'
SH	21	Ruben de Haas	64'
FH	22	Ben Cima	49'
WG	23	Josh Whippy	46'
Coach:
Gary Gold

Touch judges:
URU Appt (Uruguay)
URU Appt (Uruguay)
Television match official:
URU Appt (Uruguay)

3 March 2018
18:00 BRST (UTC-02)

Brazil	8–28	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: 39' m Pen: Reeves (1/1) 22'		Try: 19' c Ezcurra 37' c 45' c Resino 51' c Con: González (4/4) 20', 38', 46', 52'

Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos
Attendance: 1,193
Referee: (Uruguay)


FB	15
RW	14			68'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11				77'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9			46'
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Arthur Bergo
RL	5
LL	4			61'
TP	3			70'	77'
HK	2	(c)
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18	Matheus Rocha	76' to 80'	68'
FL	19			61'
FL	20
SH	21			46'
WG	22	Stefano Giantorno		68'
CE	23
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Juan Cruz Mallía
RW	14	Julián Dominguez		36'
OC	13	Santiago Resino		68'
IC	12	Lucas Mensa
LW	11	Germán Schulz		68'
FH	10	Juan Cruz González
SH	9	Felipe Ezcurra		68'
N8	8			52'
OF	7	(c)
BF	6	Francisco Gorrissen
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague		52'
LL	4
TP	3		35'
HK	2			46'
LP	1	Santiago García Botta		46'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Fortuny		46'
PR	17	Franco Brarda		46'
PR	18			36'
LK	19			52'
FL	20	Santiago Montagner		52'
SH	21			68'
WG	22	Santiago Álvarez		68'
WG	23	Rodrigo Etchart		68'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Touch judges:
Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)
Victor Barboza (Brazil)
Television match official:
CBRU Appt (Brazil)

Statistics[]

Most points[]

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Will Magie	United States	38
2	Juan Cruz González	Argentina XV	34
3	Josh Reeves	Brazil	33
4		Uruguay	32
5		Chile	24
6	Hanco Germishuys	United States	20
	Santiago Resino	Argentina XV
	Mike Te'o	United States
9	Juan Manuel Cat	Uruguay	15
	Manuel Diana	Uruguay
	Tony Lamborn	United States

Most tries[]

Pos	Name	Team	Tries
1	Hanco Germishuys	United States	4
	Santiago Resino	Argentina XV
	Mike Te'o	United States
4	Juan Manuel Cat	Uruguay	3
	Manuel Diana	Uruguay
	Tony Lamborn	United States
7	Santiago Arata	Uruguay	2
	Dylan Audsley	United States
	Nate Augspurger	United States
	Ray Barkwill	Canada
	Bryce Campbell	United States
	Cole Davis	Canada
		Brazil
	Federico Favaro	Uruguay
		Argentina XV
	Paul Lasike	United States
	Leandro Leivas	Uruguay
	Ryan Matyas	United States
	Lucas Mensa	Argentina XV
	Gastón Mieres	Uruguay
	Santiago Montagner	Argentina XV
	D. T. H. van der Merwe	Canada
		Argentina XV
		Chile

Attendances[]

Top 5[]

	Game	Home team	Visitor	Attendance	Sources
1	1	Canada	Uruguay	16,132	[1]
2	4	Argentina	Canada	7,500	[2]
3	1	United States	Argentina	6,500	[3]
4	3	Uruguay	Argentina	4,000	[4]
5	2	Brazil	Uruguay	3,500	[5]

Average home attendances[]

Pos	Team	GP	Total	High	Low	Average
1	Canada	2	17,632	16,132	1,500	8,816
2	Argentina	2	8,400	7,500	900	4,200
4	United States	3	11,000	6,500	2,000	3,666
3	Uruguay	2	6,500	4,000	2,500	3,250
5	Brazil	3	5,754	3,500	1,061	1,918
6	Chile	3	3,700	1,500	1,000	1,233

References[]

^ News, Americas Rugby. "2018 Americas Rugby Championship schedule". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
^ Tercera, La. "Los Cóndores sufren una dolorosa caída ante Brasil". La Tercera. Retrieved 2018-02-10.

External links[]

[1] News, Americas Rugby. "2018 Americas Rugby Championship schedule". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2017-12-10.

[2] Tercera, La. "Los Cóndores sufren una dolorosa caída ante Brasil". La Tercera. Retrieved 2018-02-10.

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