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[edit]

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	Lautaro Bavara
Argentina XV	Estadio Agustín Pichot	1,000	Ushuaia	Felipe Contepomi	Lautaro Bavara
Brazil	Pacaembu Stadium	37,730	São Paulo	Rodolfo Ambrosio	Yan Rosetti
Brazil	Estádio Martins Pereira	15,317	São José dos Campos	Rodolfo Ambrosio	Yan Rosetti
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	Mark Cross	José Ignacio Larenas
Chile	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana	6,000	Santiago	Mark Cross	José Ignacio Larenas
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[edit]

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[edit]

Fixtures[edit]

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[edit]

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	Admir Cejvanovic	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	Franco Lammana		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	Carlos Pombo		48'	57'	66'
PR	17	Matías Benítez		66'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría		64'
LK	19	Manuel Leindekar		57'	61'	63'
FL	20	Rodolfo Garese				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)
Derek Summers (United States)
Television match official:
Marc Nelson (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[edit]

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

(1 BP) Chile	12–16	Brazil
Try: Penalty Try 7' Garafulic 63' c Con: Ianiszewski (1/1) 64'	Report	Try: Vettorato 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: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)


FB	15	Tomás Ianiszewski
RW	14	Mauricio Urrutia	55'
OC	13	José Ignacio Larenas (c)	39'
IC	12	Francisco de la Fuente
LW	11	Ítalo Zunino
FH	10	Santiago Videla
SH	9	Juan Pablo Perrotta	54'
N8	8	Benjamín Soto	26' 36'
OF	7	Alfonso Escobar	57'
BF	6	Javier Richard
RL	5	Mario Mayol
LL	4	Nikola Bursic			65'
TP	3	José Tomás Munita	76'
HK	2	Tomás Dussaillant
LP	1	Vittorio Lastra	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ignacio Guajardo
PR	17	Sebastián Otero	60'
PR	18	Marco Díaz	76'
N8	19	Manuel Dagnino	26'	36'	65'
FL	20	Nicolás Garafulic	57'
SH	21	Beltrán Vergara	54'
FH	22	Benjamín Pizarro	55'
CE	23	Lucca Avelli	39'
Coach:
Mark Cross


FB	15	Lucas Tranquez	64'
RW	14	Lucas Muller	56'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk	66'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet
N8	8	André Arruda
OF	7	Cléber Dias
BF	6	Arthur Bergo
RL	5	Lucas Piero	60'
LL	4	Gabriel Paganini
TP	3	Jardel Vettorato	50'
HK	2	Yan Rosetti (c)
LP	1	Lucas Abud	64'
Replacements:
FL	16	Angelo Marcucci
PR	17	Michel Gomes	64'
HK	18	Wilton Rebolo	50'
LK	19	Diego López
FL	20	Matheus Daniel	60'
SH	21	Will Broderick	66'
WG	22	Robert Tenório	56'
WG	23	Ariel Rodrigues	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.
Lucca Avelli, Alfonso Escobar and Nicolás Garafulic (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: Chris Assmus (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	Gastón Arias
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	Luca Magnasco
N8	8	Santiago Montagner				68'
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro (c)		8'	16'
BF	6	Rodrigo Bruni
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Jerónimo Ureta		65'
TP	3	Benjamín Espinal		65'
HK	2	Gaspar Baldunciel		75'
LP	1	Francisco Ferronato		65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Fortuny		75'
PR	17	Javier Díaz		65'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano		65'
N8	19	Santiago Portillo		68'
FL	20	Francisco Gorrissen		8'	16'	68'
SH	21	Facundo Nogueira
FH	22	Tomás Granella		55'
WG	23	Tomás Malanos		71'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

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

Week 3[edit]

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

Brazil	18–27	Uruguay
Try: De Wet van Niekerk 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: Albanell (3/3) 47', 65', 70' Pen: Albanell (2/2) 30', 81'

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


FB	15	Lucas Tranquez
RW	14	Robert Tenório		62'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet
N8	8	André Arruda
OF	7	Cléber Dias
BF	6	Arthur Bergo		43' 49'
RL	5	Lucas Piero		53'
LL	4	Gabriel Paganini
TP	3	Jardel Vettorato	38' to 48'	49'
HK	2	Yan Rosetti (c)
LP	1	Lucas Abud		53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Endy Willian
PR	17	Michel Gomes		53'
PR	18	Wilton Rebolo		43'
FL	19	Michael Moraes
FL	20	Matheus Daniel		53' 76'
SH	21	Will Broderick
WG	22	Lucas Muller
WG	23	Ariel Rodrigues		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	Andrés de León	68'
SH	9	Germán Albanell
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto	53'
OF	7	Rodolfo Garese	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	Carlos Pombo	53'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría	53'
LK	19	Diego Ayala	68'
N8	20	Manuel Diana	53'
FL	21	Gonzalo Soto	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:

Andrés de León 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: Portillo 15' c Penalty try 34' Videla 35' c Resino 46' m Zapata 51' c Ferronato 56' c Granella 64' c Sbrocco 71' c Con: González (4/5) 15', 36', 52', 57' Granella (2/2) 65', 72' Pen: González (1/1) 11'	Report	Try: Ianiszewski 28' m Zunino 40' c Con: Ianiszewski (1/2) 41'

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


FB	15	Tomás Videla
RW	14	Tomás Malanos	63'
OC	13	Santiago Resino
IC	12	Lucas Mensa
LW	11	Julián Dominguez
FH	10	Juan Cruz González	56'
SH	9	Facundo Nogueira	47'
N8	8	Santiago Portillo	47'
OF	7	Tomás de la Vega (c)
BF	6	Mariano Romanini	62'
RL	5	Diego Galetto
LL	4	Jerónimo Ureta	47'
TP	3	Lucas Favre
HK	2	Diego Fortuny	56'
LP	1	Axel Zapata	56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaspar Baldunciel	62'
PR	17	Francisco Ferronato	56'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano	56'
LK	19	Franco Molina	47'
FL	20	Nicolás Sbrocco	47'
SH	21	Gregorio del Prete	47'
FH	22	Tomás Granella	56'
WG	23	Germán Schulz	63'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi


FB	15	Tomás Ianiszewski
RW	14	Matías Balbontín		56'
OC	13	Lucca Avelli	62' to 72'
IC	12	Francisco de la Fuente
LW	11	Ítalo Zunino
FH	10	Benjamín Pizarro		60'
SH	9	Beltrán Vergara		50'
N8	8	Benjamín Soto	54' to 64'
OF	7	Alfonso Escobar		50'
BF	6	Javier Richard (c)	33' to 43'
RL	5	Mario Mayol		65'
LL	4	Manuel Dagnino
TP	3	Marco Díaz		45'
HK	2	Tomás Dussaillant		61'
LP	1	Vittorio Lastra		56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ignacio Guajardo		61'
PR	17	Sebastián Otero		45'
PR	18	Claudio Iturra		56'
FL	19	Thomas Orchard		65'
FL	20	Nicolás Garafulic		50'
SH	21	Domingo Saavedra		50'
FH	22	José Tomás Baraona		60'
CE	23	Diego Ramírez		56'
Coach:
Mark Cross

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: Francisco González (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	Martial Lagain
PR	17	Anthony Luca	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[edit]

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: Dussaillant 48' m Zunino 73'm Pen: Ianiszewski (1/2) 27'

Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Chris Assmus (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	Tomás Ianiszewski
RW	14	Martín Raddatz
OC	13	Javier Lavanderos
IC	12	Francisco de la Fuente	46'
LW	11	Ítalo Zunino
FH	10	José Tomás Baraona	65'
SH	9	Beltrán Vergara	65'
N8	8	Benjamín Soto
OF	7	Alfonso Escobar	58'
BF	6	Javier Richard (c)
RL	5	Mario Mayol	70'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic
TP	3	Claudio Iturra	65'
HK	2	Tomás Dussaillant	70'
LP	1	Vittorio Lastra	68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rodrigo Moya	70'
PR	17	Basilio Díaz	65'
PR	18	Marco Díaz	68'
FL	19	Thomas Orchard	70'
FL	20	Iñaki de Urruticoechea	58'
SH	21	Domingo Saavedra	65'
FB	22	José Tomás Maturana	65'
CE	23	Diego Ramírez	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 Iñaki de Urruticoechea, Basilio Díaz, José Tomás Maturana and Martín Raddatz (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: Albanell (1/3) 8'	Report	Try: González 23' m Ferronato 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: Henrique Platais (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	Germán Albanell
SH	9	Tomás Inciarte
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto (c)		50' to 58'
OF	7	Manuel Diana		20'	30'	47'	63'
BF	6	Rodolfo Garese		74'
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti
TP	3	Juan Echeverría		47'	77'
HK	2	Carlos Pombo			77'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	30' to 40'	8'	19'			61'
Replacements:
PR	16	Matías Benítez		8'	19'	20'	30'	61'
HK	17	Diego de Pazos
PR	18	Mario Sagario		47'
N8	19	Juan Diego Ormaechea		50'	58'	63'
FL	21	Juan Manuel Gaminara				48'
FL	20	Gonzalo Soto		74'
CE	22	Joaquín Prada		61'
FH	23	Andrés de León		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	Luca Magnasco		40'
N8	8	Rodrigo Bruni		50'
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF	6	Francisco Gorrissen
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Diego Galetto	41' to 51'	49'
TP	3	Benjamín Espinal		24'
HK	2	Diego Fortuny		60'
LP	1	Francisco Ferronato		57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaspar Baldunciel		60'
PR	17	Axel Zapata		57'
PR	18	Santiago Medrano		24'
N8	19	Santiago Portillo		49'
FL	20	Santiago Montagner		50'
SH	21	Gregorio del Prete		40'
CE	22	Lucas Mensa		46'
CE	23	Tomás Videla		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: de Wet van Niekerk 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	Martial Lagain	68'
PR	17	Anthony Luca	68'
PR	18	Ryan Kotlewski	68'
LK	19	Conor Keys	71'
FL	20	Cameron Polson	75'
SH	21	Andrew Ferguson	62'
CE	22	Giuseppe du Toit	62'
FB	23	Brock Staller	18'	28'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones


FB	15	Lucas Tranquez
RW	14	Ariel Rodrigues
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Lucas Muller	39' to 49'	49'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet		62'
N8	8	André Arruda
OF	7	Cléber Dias
BF	6	Michael Moraes		40'
RL	5	Diego López		40'
LL	4	Gabriel Paganini	56'
TP	3	Matheus Rocha		62'
HK	2	Endy Willian		40'
LP	1	Jonatas Paulo		40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Wilton Rebolo		62'
PR	17	Lucas Abud		40'
PR	18	Caíque Silva		40'
LK	19	Lucas Piero		40'
FL	20	Arthur Bergo		40'
SH	21	Will Broderick		62'
FH	22	Leonardo Ceccarelli
CE	23	Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk		49'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

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

Notes:

Doug Fraser, Martial Lagain and Cameron Polson (all Canada) and Michael Moraes (Brazil) made their international debuts.

Week 5[edit]

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

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

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


FB	15	Tomás Ianiszewski
RW	14	Matías Balbontíns	21' 56'
OC	13	Javier Lavanderos		40'
IC	12	Francisco de la Fuente	64' to 74'
LW	11	Ítalo Zunino
FH	10	José Tomás Baraona		55'
SH	9	Domingo Saavedra		55'
N8	8	Benjamín Soto		55'
OF	7	Anton Petrowitsch
BF	6	Javier Richard (c)
RL	5	Mario Mayol		51'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic
TP	3	Claudio Iturra		51'
HK	2	Tomás Dussaillant		58'
LP	1	Vittorio Lastra		62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rodrigo Moya		58'
PR	17	Sebastián Otero		62'
PR	18	Basilio Díaz		51'
FL	19	Nicolás Garafulic		51'
FL	20	Alfonso Escobar		55'
SH	21	Beltrán Vergara		55'
FH	22	Benjamín Pizarro		55'
CE	23	Diego Ramírez		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	Germán Albanell	56'
SH	9	Tomás Inciarte
N8	8	Manuel Diana
OF	7	Juan Diego Ormaechea
BF	6	Rodolfo Garese
RL	5	Diego Ayala	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	Felipe Inciarte	60'
FL	19	Juan Manuel Etcheverry	40'
LK	20	Diego Magno	40'
FH	21	Andrés de León	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:

Juan Manuel Etcheverry (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: Francisco González (Uruguay)


FB	15	Lucas Tranquez		75'
RW	14	Stefano Giantorno	53' to 63'	68'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Robert Tenório		40'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Laurent Bourda-Couhet		75'
N8	8	André Arruda
OF	7	Matheus Daniel
BF	6	Arthur Bergo
RL	5	Cléber Dias		16'	20'
LL	4	Lucas Piero		27'
TP	3	Jardel Vettorato	68' to 78'
HK	2	Yan Rosetti (c)		77'
LP	1	Michel Gomes		40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Angelo Marcucci		77'
PR	17	Lucas Abud		40'
PR	18	Matheus Rocha		68'
LK	19	Diego López	66' to 76'	27'	77'
FL	20	Michael Moraes			77'
SH	21	Daniel Lima		75'
WG	22	Ariel Rodrigues		40'
CE	23	Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk		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	Matthew Jensen		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:

Daniel Lima and Angelo Marcucci (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 Arias 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	Mariano Romanini	61'
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Santiago Portillo
TP	3	Santiago Medrano	61'
HK	2	Gaspar Baldunciel	50'
LP	1	Franco Brarda	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Fortuny	50'
PR	17	Francisco Ferronato	49'
PR	18	Lucas Favre	61'
LK	19	Jerónimo Ureta	56'
FL	20	Nicolás Sbrocco	61'
SH	21	Gregorio del Prete	61'
FH	22	Juan Cruz González	61'
FB	23	Gastón Arias	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	Martial Lagain	66'
PR	17	Anthony Luca	70'
PR	18	Ryan Kotlewski	66'
LK	19	Noah Barker	78'
FL	20	Cameron Polson	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[edit]

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

Chile	17–33	Canada (1 BP)
Try: Urrutia 71' c Escobar 75' c Con: Ianiszewski (2/2) 72', 76' Pen: Ianiszewski (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: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)


FB	15	Tomás Ianiszewski
RW	14	Lucca Avelli
OC	13	José Ignacio Larenas (c)
IC	12	Francisco de la Fuente
LW	11	Ítalo Zunino	69'
FH	10	Benjamín Pizarro	59'
SH	9	Juan Pablo Perotta	59'
N8	8	Manuel Dagnino			47'
OF	7	Anton Petrowitsch
BF	6	Javier Richard
RL	5	Mario Mayol	34' to 40'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic	59'
TP	3	José Tomás Munita	63'
HK	2	Tomás Dussaillant	69'
LP	1	Vittoria Lastra	70'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rodrigo Moya	69'
PR	17	Sebastián Otero	63'
PR	18	Basilio Díaz	70'
N8	19	Benjamín Soto	34'	40'	47'
FL	20	Alfonso Escobar	59'
SH	21	Beltrán Vergara	59'
FB	22	José Tomás Maturana	59'
WG	23	Mauricio Urrutia	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	Martial Lagain		72'
PR	17	Noah Barker		63'
PR	18	Cole Keith		63'
LK	19	Conor Keys		69'
FL	20	Cameron Polson		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: Albanell (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	Germán Albanell
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	Rodolfo Garese		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	Carlos Pombo	64' to 74'	62'
PR	18	Felipe Inciarte		66'
LK	19	Diego Ayala		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	Matthew Jensen	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: Canterle 39' m Pen: Reeves (1/1) 22'		Try: Zapata 19' c Ezcurra 37' c Ureta 45' c Resino 51' c Con: González (4/4) 20', 38', 46', 52'

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


FB	15	Lucas Tranquez
RW	14	Ariel Rodrigues		68'
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk			77'
FH	10	Josh Reeves
SH	9	Will Broderick		46'
N8	8	André Arruda
OF	7	Matheus Claudio
BF	6	Arthur Bergo
RL	5	Cléber Dias
LL	4	Mauricio Canterle		61'
TP	3	Jardel Vettorato		70'	77'
HK	2	Yan Rosetti (c)
LP	1	Lucas Abud
Replacements:
HK	16	Endy Willian
PR	17	Michel Gomes
PR	18	Matheus Rocha	76' to 80'	68'
FL	19	Michael Moraes		61'
FL	20	Matheus Daniel
SH	21	Daniel Lima		46'
WG	22	Stefano Giantorno		68'
CE	23	Valentín Garcia
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	Santiago Portillo		52'
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF	6	Francisco Gorrissen
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague		52'
LL	4	Jerónimo Ureta
TP	3	Benjamín Espinal	35'
HK	2	Axel Zapata		46'
LP	1	Santiago García Botta		46'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Fortuny		46'
PR	17	Franco Brarda		46'
PR	18	Lucas Favre		36'
LK	19	Diego Galetto		52'
FL	20	Santiago Montagner		52'
SH	21	Gregorio del Prete		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[edit]

Most points[edit]

Pos	Name	Team	Pts
1	Will Magie	United States	38
2	Juan Cruz González	Argentina XV	34
3	Josh Reeves	Brazil	33
4	Germán Albanell	Uruguay	32
5	Tomás Ianiszewski	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[edit]

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
	Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk	Brazil
	Federico Favaro	Uruguay
	Francisco Ferronato	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
	Axel Zapata	Argentina XV
	Ítalo Zunino	Chile

Attendances[edit]

Top 5[edit]

	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[edit]

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[edit]

^ "2018 Americas Rugby Championship schedule". Americas Rugby News. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
^ Tercera, La (3 February 2018). "Los Cóndores sufren una dolorosa caída ante Brasil". La Tercera. Retrieved 2018-02-10.

External links[edit]

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

[2] Tercera, La (3 February 2018). "Los Cóndores sufren una dolorosa caída ante Brasil". La Tercera. Retrieved 2018-02-10.

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