2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

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2018 Americas Pacific Challenge
Tournament details
Date6–14 October 2018
Countries Argentina XV
 Canada A
 Samoa A
 Tonga A
 Uruguay A
 USA Selects
No. of nations6
Final positions
Champions Samoa A
Runner-up Argentina XV
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Tries scored69 (7.67 per match)
Attendance5,500 (611 per match)
Top scorer(s)Uruguay Federico Favaro (35)
Tonga (35)
Samoa (35)
Most triesSamoa (4)
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The 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the third tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Samoa A won the tournament for the first time, winning all three of their matches.[1]

Format[]

With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were:[2]

Pool A

Pool B

Table[]

Final standings for combined pools:

Rank Team Games Points Tries Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA
1  Samoa A 3 3 0 0 97 72 +25 12 11 2 0 14
2  Argentina XV 3 2 0 1 131 56 +75 20 7 3 1 12
3  Uruguay A 3 2 0 1 94 77 +17 11 10 3 0 11
4  Tonga A 3 1 0 2 85 85 0 10 11 1 1 6
5  Canada A 3 1 0 2 58 111 -53 9 13 1 0 5
6  USA Selects 3 0 0 3 63 127 -64 7 17 0 0 0
Updated: 21 January 2021
Source: [1]
Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye.
One bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match.
One bonus point for losing by seven or less.
The tie-break mechanism for teams finishing on the same table points has not been sourced.

Fixtures[]

All times are local UYT (UTC-03)

The matches were announced on 22 August 2018.[3]

Round 1[]

6 October 2018 Argentina XV  31–36  Samoa A Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
11:00 Try:


Carreras

Con: Bonilla (2/2)
Miotti (1/3)
 Report[4] Try:



Con: (1/3)
Fa’apale (1/1)
Pen: (4/4)
 Attendance: 300
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (JRFU)
6 October 2018 Tonga A  39–30 USA Selects  Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
13:30 Try: (2)



Con: (4/5)
Pen: (2/3)
 Report[5] Try: Daly
Maupin
Toluta’u
Con: Audsley (3/3)
Pen: Audsley (3/4)
 Attendance: 500[6]
Referee: Pali Deluca (ARU)
6 October 2018  Uruguay A 35–21  Canada A Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
16:00 Try: Penalty try
Diana
Leivas
Con: Favaro (2/3)
Pen: Favaro (3/3)
 Report Try: Fraser
Parfrey
McRorie
Con: du Toit (3/3)
Pen: du Toit (0/2)
 Attendance: 1,200[7]
Referee: Derek Summers (USAR)

Round 2[]

10 October 2018 Tonga A  15–23  Samoa A Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
11:00 Try:

Con: (1/2)
Pen: (1/2)
 Report[8] Try:
(2)
Con: (1/2)
Fa’apale (0/1)
Pen: (2/2)
 Attendance: 200[9]
Referee: Pali Deluca (UAR)
10 October 2018  Uruguay A 33–18 USA Selects  Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
13:30 Try: Arata (2)
Favaro
Vilaseca
Con: Favaro (2/4)
Pen: Favaro (3/3)
 Report[10] Try: Matyas
Audsley
Con: Audsley (1/2)
Pen: Audsley (2/2)
Drop: Kearns (0/1)
 Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Shuhei Kubo (JRFU)
10 October 2018 Argentina XV  45–5  Canada A Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
16:00 Try: Cordero (2)
Segura (2)
Penalty try
Osadczuk

Con: Miotti (3/4)
Bonilla (1/2)
 Report[11] Try: Sauder
Con: McRorie (0/1)
 Attendance: 400
Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU)

Round 3[]

14 October 2018 Tonga A  31–32  Canada A Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
11:00 Try:
(2)
Con: (2/3)
Pen: (3/5)
Drop: (1/1)
 Report[12] Try: Barkwill
Lloyd (3)
Penalty try
Con: McRorie (1/4)
Pen: McRorie (1/1)
 Attendance: 150
Referee: Derek Summers (USAR)
14 October 2018 Argentina XV  55–15 USA Selects  Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
13:30 Try: Bonilla


Brarda
Osadczuk
Grondona
Mensa
Bruni
Con: Bonilla (4/5)
Miotti (2/3)
Pen: Bonilla (1/1)
 Report[13] Try: Matyas (2)
Con: Audsley (1/2)
Pen: Audsley (1/1)
 Attendance: 250[14]
Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU)
14 October 2018  Uruguay A 26–38 Samoa A  Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo  
16:00 Try: Kessler (2)
Penalty try
Ardao
Con: Favaro (2/3)
Pen: Favaro (0/1)
 Report[15] Try: Tino


Tusitala

Con: (5/5)
Pen: (1/1)
Drop: Fa’apale (0/1)
 Attendance: 1,300
Referee: Pali Deluca (UAR)

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "Americas Pacific Challenge Set For October". rugby redefined.
  3. ^ "World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge 2018 schedule announced". world rugby. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Samoa upset Argentina in APC opener". americas rugby news. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Late surge lifts Tonga over USA". americas rugby news. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  6. ^ "Results". world rugby. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Results". world rugby. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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  9. ^ "Results". world rugby. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Uruguay back in front with win over USA". americas rugby news. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
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  12. ^ "Canada come from behind to beat Tonga". americas rugby news. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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