2016 Americas Rugby Championship

The 2016 Americas Rugby Championship was the first series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), a new annual western hemisphere rugby union championship. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile.^[1] All matches will be full international test matches with caps awarded, including for Argentina XV players and their opponents,^[2] but Argentina XV matches will not count to World Rankings for either team.

2016 Americas Rugby Championship

Date	6 February 2016 – 6 March 2016
Countries	Argentina XV  Brazil  Canada  Chile  United States  Uruguay
Final positions
Champions	Argentina XV (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Tries scored	109 (7.27 per match)
Attendance	63,221 (4,215 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matías Nordenflycht (53)
Most tries	Juan Pablo Estellés (5) Joaquín Paz (5)
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Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain(s)
	Home stadium	Capacity	City
Argentina XV	Estadio Gigante de Arroyito	41,654	Rosario	Pablo Bouza[a]	Rodrigo Báez Roberto Tejerizo Santiago Iglesias Valdez
	Estadio Bicentenario	25,286	San Juan
Brazil	Arena Barueri	35,000	São Paulo	Rodolfo Ambrosio	Daniel Danielewicz João Luiz da Ros Nick Smith
	Estádio Martins Pereira	15,317	São José dos Campos
Canada	Westhills Stadium	1,718	Langford	Francois Ratier, Jamie Cudmore,Graham Moffat (interim)	Hubert Buydens Ray Barkwill
Chile	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana	6,000	Santiago	Elías Santillán (interim)	Benjamín Soto
	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugby	1,500	Santiago
United States	BBVA Compass Stadium	22,039	Houston	John Mitchell	Todd Clever Olive Kilifi Blaine Scully
	Lockhart Stadium	20,450	Fort Lauderdale
	Dell Diamond	11,631	Round Rock
Uruguay	Estadio Domingo Burgueño	22,000	Maldonado	Esteban Meneses	Juan Manuel Gaminara Alejandro Nieto
	Estadio Charrúa	14,000	Montevideo

Table

Pos	Nation (rank)	Games				Points			Tries	Bonus points		Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff		4 tries	7 Pts loss
1	Argentina XV (n/a)	5	4	1	0	207	99	+108	30	4	0	22
2	United States (16)	5	2	1	2	177	110	+67	24	3	2	15
3	Canada (19)	5	3	0	2	192	139	+53	25	3	0	15
4	Uruguay (20)	5	3	0	2	123	131	–8	14	1	1	14
5	Brazil (42)	5	1	0	4	107	175	–68	11	0	2	6
6	Chile (24)	5	1	0	4	73	225	–152	5	0	1	5
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 point Rank refers to World Rugby Rankings before the start of the tournament

Squads

Main article: 2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads

Fixtures

The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once.^[4][5]

Week One

6 February 2016 18:00 CLT (UTC-03)

Chile	25–22	Brazil (1 BP)
Try: Zunino 23' c De La Fuente 39' c Larenas 54' m Con: Nordenflycht (2/3) 24', 40' Pen: Nordenflycht (2/3) 4', 17'	Report[6]	Try: D. Sancery 7' c F. Sancery 45' m Tranquez 68' c Con: Harvey (2/3) 8', 69' Pen: Harvey (1/3) 58'

Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugby, Santiago Attendance: 1,850 Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)

FB 15 Leonardo Montoya RW 14 José Ignacio Larenas OC 13 Matías Nordenflycht IC 12 Francisco de La Fuente LW 11 Italo Zunino  71' FH 10 Cristian Onetto SH 9 Beltrán Vergara N8 8 Benjamín Soto (c) OF 7 Javier Richard BF 6 Cristobál Niedmann  55' RL 5 Matías Cabrera LL 4 Nikola Bursic  65' TP 3 Sergio de La Fuente  51' HK 2 Rodrigo Moya  51' LP 1 José Ramón Ayarza  77' Replacements: HK 16 Tomás Dussaillant PR 17 Claudio Zamorano  77' PR 18 Luis Sepúlveda  51' LK 19 Raimundo Piwonka  65' FL 20 Ignacio Silva  55' SH 21 Juan Pablo Perrotta FB 22 Pablo Casas  71' WG 23 Matías Contreras Coach: Elías Santillán

FB 15 Daniel Sancery RW 14 Stefano Giantorno OC 13 Felipe Sancery IC 12 Moisés Duque  56' LW 11 Lucas Tranquez FH 10 David Harvey SH 9 Beukes Cremer  44' N8 8 Nick Smith  41' OF 7 João Luiz da Ros (c) BF 6 Mark Jackson RL 5 Luiz Gustavo Viera  56' LL 4 Lucas Piero TP 3 Jardel Vettorato  78' HK 2 Daniel Danielewicz  45' LP 1 Wilton Rebolo Replacements: HK 16 Yan Rosetti  45' PR 17 Lucas Abud  60' PR 18 Vitor Ancina  78' LK 19 Felipe Tissot  56' FL 20 Artur Bergo  41'  60' CE 21 Martin Schaefer  56' FH 22 Lucas Duque FB 23 Laurent Bourda-Couhet  44' Coach: Rodolfo Ambrosio

Man of the Match: Beltrán Vergara (Chile) Touch judges: Francisco Saavedra (Chile) Frank Méndez (Chile)

Notes:

• Daniel Sancery and Felipe Sancery made their international debuts for Brazil.
• Rodrigo Moya and Beltrán Vergara made their international debuts for Chile.

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6 February 2016 16:00 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) Canada	33–17	Uruguay
Try: Mackenzie 7' m Blevins 19' c Moor (2) 27' c, 71' c Clark 64' c Con: McRorie (4/5) 20', 28', 35', 74'	Report[7]	Try: Penalty try 33' c Nieto 68' m Leivas 76' m Con: Silva (1/3) 33'

Westhills Stadium, Langford Attendance: 1,123 Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)

FB 15 Pat Parfrey RW 14 Phil Mackenzie OC 13 Mozac Samson IC 12 Nick Blevins LW 11 Dan Moor FH 10 Gradyn Bowd SH 9 Gordon McRorie N8 8 Clay Panga 75' to 80' OF 7 Lucas Rumball  62' BF 6 Kyle Gilmour RL 5 Callum Morrison LL 4 Paul Ciulini TP 3 Jake Ilnicki HK 2 Ray Barkwill LP 1 Hubert Buydens (c)  75' Replacements: HK 16 Eric Howard PR 17 Djustice Sears-Duru  75' PR 18 Rob Brouwer LK 19 Kyle Baillie FL 20 Alistair Clark|  62' N8 21 Michael Hamson SH 22 Andrew Ferguson WG 23 Duncan Maguire Coach: Francois Ratier

FB 15 Santiago Martinez RW 14 Leandro Leivas OC 13 Andrés Vilaseca IC 12 Alberto Román LW 11 Gastón Mieres  73' FH 10 Rodrigo Silva SH 9 Guillermo Lijtenstein  73' N8 8 Alejandro Nieto OF 7 Matías Beer  70'  73' BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) RL 5 Diego Magno  73' LL 4 Franco Lamanna  77' TP 3 Juan Echeverría HK 2 Carlos Arboleya  77' LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti 62' to 72' Replacements: HK 16 Germán Kessler  77' PR 17 Facundo Gattas  70'  73' PR 18 Rafael Mones PR 19 Rodolfo de Mula LK 20 Mathias Palomeque  77' LK 21 Gonzalo Soto  73' SH 22 Santiago Arata  73' CE 23 Pedro Deal  73' Coach: Esteban Meneses

Man of the Match: Dan Moor (Canada) Touch judges: David Smortchevsky (Canada) Harry Mason (Canada)

Notes:

• Gradyn Bowd, Paul Ciulini, Alistair Clark, Dan Moor, Clay Panga, Lucas Rumball and Mozac Samson made their international debuts for Canada.
• Santiago Arata, Facundo Gattas and Gonzalo Soto made their international debuts for Uruguay.

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6 February 2016 19:00 CST (UTC-06)

(1 BP) United States	35–35	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: Ngwenya 12' Clever 50' m Dolan 66' c Fry 74' c Con: Bird (3/4) 13', 67', 75' Pen: Bird (3/4) 3', 6', 32'	Report[8]	Try: Carrió (2) 17', 78' c Báez 25' c Paz 35' c Bertranou 65' c Con: Miotti (3/3) 18', 28', 36' Novillo (2/2) 65', 78'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston Attendance: 10,241 Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)

FB 15 Blaine Scully (c) RW 14 Takudzwa Ngwenya OC 13 Chad London IC 12 LeMoto Filikitonga LW 11 Kingsley McGowan  60' FH 10 James Bird SH 9 Niku Kruger  56' N8 8 David Tameilau OF 7 Todd Clever 67' to 69' BF 6 Cam Dolan RL 5 Greg Peterson LL 4 Brodie Orth  69' TP 3 Chris Baumann  60' HK 2 Joe Taufete'e  67' LP 1 Eric Fry Replacements: HK 16 Mike Sosene-Feagai  67' PR 17 Olive Kilifi  60' HK 18 James Hilterbrand LK 19 Ben Landry FL 20 Alec Gletzer  67' FH 21 JP Eloff SH 22 Mike Te'o  56' FB 23 Jake Anderson  60' Coach: John Mitchell

FB 15 Ramiro Moyano RW 14 Matías Orlando OC 13 Juan Cappiello 73' to 80' IC 12 Joaquín Paz  66' LW 11 Tomás Carrió FH 10 Domingo Miotti  51' SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou N8 8 Santiago Montagner OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro  69' BF 6 Rodrigo Báez (c) RL 5 Ignacio Larrague LL 4 Marcos Kremer  51' TP 3 Felipe Arregui  49' HK 2 Santiago Iglesias Valdez  72' LP 1 Roberto Tejerizo  49' Replacements: HK 16 Gaspar Baldunciel  72' PR 17 Franco Brarda  49' PR 18 Cristian Bartoloni  49' LK 19 Pedro Ortega  51' FL 20 José Deheza  69' SH 21 Lautaro Bazán Vélez FH 22 Juan Novillo  51' CE 23 Juan Pablo Estellés  66' Coach: Pablo Bouza

Touch judges: Kurt Weaver (United States) Phil Akroyd (United States)

Week Two

12 February 2016 20:00 BRST (UTC-02)

(1 BP) Brazil	29–33	Uruguay (1 BP)
Try: Viera 10' c D. Sancery 57' c Con: Harvey (2/2) 11', 58' Pen: Harvey (5/5) 2', 8', 19', 54', 69'	Report[9]	Try: Penalty try 32' c Lamanna (2) 35' m, 74' m Arata 61' m Kessler 65' m Con: Silva (1/5) 33' Pen: Silva (2/3) 5', 49'

Arena Barueri, São Paulo Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)

FB 15 Daniel Sancery RW 14 Guilherme Coghetto OC 13 Felipe Sancery  42' IC 12 Moisés Duque LW 11 Lucas Muller  30'  40' FH 10 David Harvey SH 9 Lucas Duque N8 8 João Luiz da Ros (c) OF 7 Cleber Dias  61' BF 6 Mark Jackson 72' to 80' RL 5 Luiz Gustavo Viera  71' LL 4 Lucas Piero TP 3 Jardel Vettorato  66' HK 2 Yan Rosetti LP 1 Wilton Rebolo 30' to 40' Replacements: HK 16 Daniel Danielewicz  71' PR 17 Caique Silva  30'  40' PR 18 Vitor Ancina  66' LK 19 Felipe Tissot  61' N8 20 Nick Smith CE 21 Mateus Estrela  42' FB 22 Laurent Bourda-Couhet WG 23 Yan Machado Coach: Rodolfo Ambrosio

FB 15 Santiago Martinez  78' RW 14 Leandro Leivas OC 13 Pedro Deal IC 12 Andrés Vilaseca LW 11 Federico Favaro  59' FH 10 Rodrigo Silva SH 9 Guillermo Lijtenstein  59' N8 8 Alejandro Nieto (c) OF 7 Matías Beer  76' BF 6 Gonzalo Soto RL 5 Diego Magno LL 4 Franco Lamanna  78' TP 3 Juan Echeverría  57' HK 2 Carlos Arboleya  59' LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  62' Replacements: HK 16 Germán Kessler  59' PR 17 Facundo Gattas  62' PR 18 Ignacio Secco  57' LK 19 Ignacio Dotti  78' FL 20 Lukas Lacoste  76' SH 21 Santiago Arata  59' FH 22 Martín Secco  78' CE 23 Alberto Román  59' Coach: Esteban Meneses

Touch judges: Henrique Platais (Brazil) Xavier Vouga (Brazil)

Notes:

• Lukas Lacoste, Ignacio Secco and Martín Secco made their international debuts for Uruguay.

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13 February 2016 18:00 ART (UTC-03)

(1 BP)  Argentina XV	52–15	Chile
Try: Tuculet (2) 2' c, 24' m Paz (4) 16' c, 58' c, 71' c, 77' c Portillo 63' c Etchart 65' m Con: Mercerat (6/8) 3', 16', 59', 64', 72', 78'	Report[10]	Pen: Nordenflycht (5/6) 10', 19', 40', 44', 68'

Estadio Bicentenario, San Juan Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)

FB 15 Pedro Mercerat RW 14 Rodrigo Etchart OC 13 Santiago Álvarez Fourcade IC 12 Joaquín Paz LW 11 Segundo Tuculet  65' FH 10 Bautista Ezcurra  65' SH 9 Lautaro Bazán Vélez  69' N8 8 Miguel Urtubey  51' OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro BF 6 José Deheza RL 5 Marcos Kremer LL 4 Pedro Ortega  53' TP 3 Enrique Pieretto  45' HK 2 Axel Zapata  67' LP 1 Roberto Tejerizo (c)  64' Replacements: HK 16 Ignacio Calles  67' PR 17 Franco Brarda  64' PR 18 Eduardo Bello  45' LK 19 Ignacio Calas  53' FL 20 Santiago Portillo  51' SH 21 Mauro Perotti  69' FH 22 Juan Novillo  65' CE 23 Juan Cappiello  65' Coach: Pablo Bouza

FB 15 Leonardo Montoya RW 14 José Ignacio Larenas  67' OC 13 Matías Nordenflycht IC 12 Francisco de La Fuente LW 11 Italo Zunino  62' FH 10 Cristian Onetto SH 9 Beltrán Vergara  73' N8 8 Benjamín Soto (c) OF 7 Javier Richard BF 6 Cristobál Niedmann  51' RL 5 Raimundo Piwonka  49' LL 4 Nikola Bursic TP 3 Luis Sepúlveda  67' HK 2 Rodrigo Moya  69' LP 1 Claudio Zamorano  53' Replacements: HK 16 Tomás Dussaillant  69' PR 17 Nicolás Venegas  53' PR 18 José Tomás Munita  67' LK 19 Felipe Bassaletti  49' FL 20 Ignacio Silva  51' SH 21 Matthieu Manas  73' FB 22 Pablo Casas  62' WG 23 Matías Contreras  67' Coach: Elías Santillán

Touch judges: Claudio Antonio (Argentina) Jason Mola (Argentina)

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13 February 2016 18:00 CST (UTC-06)

(1 BP) United States	30–22	Canada
Try: London 26' c Clever (3) 57' m, 61' m, 65' c Con: Bird (1/1) 27' Kruger (1/2) 66' Pen: Bird (1/1) 20' Kruger (1/2) 76'	Report[11]	Try: Maguire 69' c Con: Ferguson (1/1) 70' Pen: McRorie (5/6) 9', 13', 22', 30', 45'

Dell Diamond, Round Rock Attendance: 7,145 Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)

FB 15 Jake Anderson RW 14 Luke Hume OC 13 Chad London IC 12 LeMoto Filikitonga  34' LW 11 Kingsley McGowan FH 10 James Bird  40' SH 9 Mike Te'o  56' N8 8 David Tameilau OF 7 Todd Clever (c) BF 6 Nate Brakeley RL 5 Ben Landry  71' LL 4 Brodie Orth TP 3 Chris Baumann  71' HK 2 Mike Sosene-Feagai  46' LP 1 Eric Fry  71' Replacements: PR 16 Joe Taufete'e  46' PR 17 Olive Kilifi  71' HK 18 James Hilterbrand  71' FL 19 Pat Blair FL 20 Alec Gletzer  71' SH 21 Niku Kruger  56' FH 22 JP Eloff  40' CE 23 Mike Garrity  34' Coach: John Mitchell

FB 15 Pat Parfrey RW 14 Phil Mackenzie OC 13 Mozac Samson  49' IC 12 Nick Blevins LW 11 Dan Moor FH 10 Gradyn Bowd SH 9 Gordon McRorie  66' N8 8 Clay Panga OF 7 Alistair Clark BF 6 Lucas Rumball  66' RL 5 Callum Morrison  59' LL 4 Paul Ciulini TP 3 Jake Ilnicki HK 2 Ray Barkwill LP 1 Hubert Buydens (c)  54' Replacements: HK 16 Eric Howard PR 17 Djustice Sears-Duru  54' PR 18 Rob Brouwer LK 19 Kyle Baillie  66' LK 20 Liam Chisholm  59' N8 21 Michael Hamson SH 22 Andrew Ferguson  66' WG 23 Duncan Maguire  49' Coach: Francois Ratier

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

Notes:

• Nate Brakeley, James Hilterbrand, Mike Sosene-Feagai, Ben Landry, Brodie Orth, David Tameilau, Alec Gletzer, James Bird, JP Eloff, Mike Te'o, Lemoto Filikitonga, Mike Garrity, Kingsley McGowan and Jake Anderson all made their international debuts for the United States.
• Kyle Baillie, Liam Chisholm, Andrew Ferguson and Duncan Maguire made their international debuts for Canada.

Week Three

20 February 2016 18:00 EST (UTC-05)

(1 BP) United States	64–0	Chile
Try: Baumann 11' m Eloff 17' m Edwards 22' c Taufete'e 35' c Thomas 52' c Anderson 56' c Te'o (2) 64' m, 77' c London 66' c Hume 73' c Con: Eloff (7/10) 23', 36', 53', 56', 67', 74', 77'	Report[12]

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale Attendance: 5,101 Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)

FB 15 Mike Te'o  77' RW 14 Luke Hume OC 13 Lorenzo Thomas IC 12 Chad London LW 11 Nick Edwards  37' FH 10 JP Eloff SH 9 Tom Bliss  40' N8 8 David Tameilau  69' OF 7 Todd Clever (c) BF 6 Nate Brakeley RL 5 Brodie Orth LL 4 Ben Landry  58' TP 3 Chris Baumann  27' HK 2 Joe Taufete'e  69' LP 1 Eric Fry Replacements: HK 16 Mike Sosene-Feagai  69' PR 17 Olive Kilifi 37' to 47'  27' PR 18 Demecus Beach  45'  47' FL 19 Alec Gletzer  58' FL 20 Pat Blair  69' SH 21 Niku Kruger  40' WG 22 Ryan Matyas  77' FB 23 Jake Anderson  37'  45'  47' Coach: John Mitchell

FB 15 Pablo Casas RW 14 Matías Contreras  45' OC 13 Matías Nordenflycht IC 12 Francisco de La Fuente LW 11 Humberto Chacaltana FH 10 Cristian Onetto SH 9 Beltrán Vergara N8 8 Benjamín Soto (c) OF 7 Javier Richard  64' BF 6 Ignacio Silva RL 5 Raimundo Piwonka LL 4 Felipe Bassaletti  54' TP 3 Luis Sepúlveda  67' HK 2 Tomás Dussaillant  45' LP 1 Claudio Zamorano  68' Replacements: HK 16 Rodrigo Moya  45' PR 17 Ińaki Gurruchaga  68' PR 18 José Tomás Munita  67' FL 19 Cristobál Niedmann  64' N8 20 Nikola Bursic  54' SH 21 Matthieu Manas CE 22 José Ignacio Larenas  45' WG 23 Leonardo Montoya Coach: Elías Santillán

Touch judges: Mike Kelly (United States) Cisco Lopez (United States)

Notes:

• Demecus Beach, Pat Blair, Tom Bliss, Nick Edwards, Ryan Matyas and Lorenzo Thomas made their international debuts for the United States.
• Tomás Dussaillant, Humberto Chacaltana and Ińaki Gurruchaga made their international debuts for Chile.

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20 February 2016 20:15 UYT (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Uruguay	21–24	Argentina XV
Try: Ormaechea 12' m Favaro 37' c Con: M. Secco (1/2) 38' Pen: M. Secco (3/4) 9', 27', 46'	Report[13]	Try: Bollini 6' c Cuaranta 42' c Cappiello 70' c Con: Novillo (2/2) 7', 43' Mercerat (1/1) 72' Pen: Mercerat (1/1) 77'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)

FB 15 Santiago Martinez  69' RW 14 Federico Favaro  57' OC 13 Andrés Vilaseca IC 12 Facundo Klappenbach LW 11 Andrés Rocco FH 10 Martín Secco SH 9 Guillermo Lijtenstein  58' N8 8 Alejandro Nieto  62' OF 7 Juan Diego Ormaechea 51' to 61' BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)  72' RL 5 Mathias Palomeque 60' to 70' LL 4 Diego Magno  67' TP 3 Juan Echeverría HK 2 Germán Kessler  69' LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  69' Replacements: PR 16 Facundo Gattas  69' PR 17 Rodolfo de Mula  69' PR 18 Ignacio Secco  72' LK 19 Ignacio Dotti  67' FL 20 Fernando Bascou  62' FH 21 Manuel Blengio  69' SH 22 Santiago Arata  58' CE 23 Pedro Deal  57' Coach: Esteban Meneses

FB 15 Segundo Tuculet  68' RW 14 Franco Cuaranta OC 13 Juan Cappiello IC 12 Bautista Ezcurra LW 11 Axel Müller FH 10 Juan Novillo  58' SH 9 Marcos Bollini N8 8 Santiago Portillo  63' OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro BF 6 José Deheza  54'  61'  68' RL 5 Ignacio Larrague LL 4 Pedro Ortega TP 3 Cristian Bartoloni  47' HK 2 Santiago Iglesias Valdez LP 1 Roberto Tejerizo (c) 51' to 61'  61' Replacements: HK 16 Axel Zapata PR 17 Facundo Gigena  54' PR 18 Enrique Pieretto 55' to 65'  47' FL 19 Gonzalo Paulín  63' N8 20 Miguel Urtubey  68' SH 21 Mauro Perotti FH 22 Juan Cruz González  58' FB 23 Pedro Mercerat  68' Coach: Pablo Bouza

Touch judges: Claudio Cativelli (Uruguay) Alejandro Longres (Uruguay)

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20 February 2016 16:00 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) Canada	52–25	Brazil
Try: Rumball (2) 4' c, 40' c Panga (2) 12' c, 65' c Barkwill 30' c Ciulini 76' c Hamson 80' c Con: Ferguson (5/5) 4', 13', 31', 40', 66' Staller (2/2) 77', 80' Pen: Ferguson (1/2) 24'	Report[14]	Try: Cremer 26' c D. Sancery 47' m Da Ros 71' c Con: M. Duque (2/3) 27', 72' Pen: M. Duque (2/2) 9', 21'

Westhills Stadium, Langford Attendance: 1,865 Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)

FB 15 Pat Parfrey  69' RW 14 Dan Moor  40' OC 13 Brock Staller 57' to 69' IC 12 Nick Blevins LW 11 Duncan Maguire FH 10 Gradyn Bowd SH 9 Andrew Ferguson  73' N8 8 Clay Panga  67' OF 7 Alistair Clark BF 6 Lucas Rumball RL 5 Liam Chisholm  73' LL 4 Paul Ciulini TP 3 Jake Ilnicki  73' HK 2 Ray Barkwill (c)  67' LP 1 Djustice Sears-Duru  73' Replacements: HK 16 Eric Howard  67' PR 17 Hubert Buydens  73' PR 18 Rob Brouwer  73' LK 19 Kyle Baillie  73' N8 20 Michael Hamson  67' SH 21 Jake Robinson  73' CE 22 Joe Dolesau  40' FB 23 Brett Johnson  57' Coach: Francois Ratier

FB 15 Daniel Sancery RW 14 Stefano Giantorno OC 13 Felipe Sancery IC 12 Moisés Duque LW 11 Lucas Muller  39' FH 10 Lucas Duque SH 9 Beukes Cremer  40' N8 8 Nick Smith OF 7 Cleber Dias BF 6 Mark Jackson  40' RL 5 Luiz Gustavo Viera LL 4 Lucas Piero  63' TP 3 Vitor Ancina  38' HK 2 Daniel Danielewicz (c)  38' LP 1 Jonatas Paulo  38' Replacements: HK 16 Yan Rosetti  38' PR 17 Wilton Rebolo  38' PR 18 Lucas Abud  38' FL 19 Matheus Wolf  63' FL 20 João Luiz da Ros  40' CE 21 Mateus Estrela FB 22 Laurent Bourda-Couhet  40' FB 23 Guilherme Coghetto  39' Coach: Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges: Harry Mason (Canada) Doug Hamre (Canada)

Notes:

• This was the first time that these two teams played each other.
• Rob Brouwer, Brock Staller, Michael Hamson, Joe Dolesau, Eric Howard, Brett Johnson and Jake Robinson made their international debuts for Canada.

Week Four

27 February 2016 18:00 CLT (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Chile	20–23	Uruguay
Try: Nordenflycht 40' m Pen: Nordenflycht (5/5) 20', 27', 37', 52', 71'	Report[15]	Try: Favaro 17' c Silva 66' c Con: Secco (2/2) 18', 67' Pen: Secco (3/4) 39', 49', 55'

Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugbt, Santiago Attendance: 1,497 Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)

FB 15 Leonardo Montoya RW 14 José Ignacio Larenas 65' to 75'  75' OC 13 Matías Nordenflycht IC 12 Francisco de La Fuente 57' to 67' LW 11 Italo Zunino FH 10 Cristian Onetto SH 9 Beltrán Vergara N8 8 Benjamín Soto (c) OF 7 Javier Richard BF 6 Cristobál Niedmann  68' RL 5 Raimundo Piwonka  61' LL 4 Nikola Bursic 50' to 61' TP 3 Luis Sepúlveda  70'  75' HK 2 Rodrigo Moya  40' LP 1 Nicolás Venegas 11' to 18'  40' Replacements: HK 16 Manuel Gurruchaga  40' PR 17 Roberto Oyarzun 72' to 80'  11'  18'  70' PR 18 José Tomás Munita  40' FL 19 Ignacio Silva  68' LK 20 Ignacio Alvárez  50' SH 21 Matthieu Manas FB 22 Pablo Casas WG 23 Matías Contreras Coach: Elías Santillán

FB 15 Rodrigo Silva RW 14 Federico Favaro  57' OC 13 Andrés Vilaseca 26' to 28' IC 12 Alberto Román LW 11 Leandro Leivas 26' to 36' FH 10 Martín Secco SH 9 Guillermo Lijtenstein  53' N8 8 Alejandro Nieto OF 7 Matías Beer  56' BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) RL 5 Mathias Palomeque  53' LL 4 Diego Magno TP 3 Juan Echeverría  56' HK 2 Germán Kessler  50' LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti 69' to 79'  79' Replacements: PR 16 Carlos Arboleya  50' PR 17 Facundo Gattas  56' PR 18 Rafael Mones  75' LK 19 Gonzalo Soto  53' FL 20 Juan Diego Ormaechea  56'  75'  79' FH 21 Manuel Blengio SH 22 Santiago Arata  53' CE 23 Pedro Deal  26'  28'  57' Coach: Esteban Meneses

Touch judges: Claudio Ruz (Chile) Luis Díaz (Chile)

Notes:

• Rafael Mones made his international debut for Uruguay.

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27 February 2016 20:00 BRT (UTC-03)

Brazil	24–23	United States (1 BP)
Try: D. Sancery 13' c L. Duque 22' m Con: M. Duque (1/2) 14' Pen: M. Duque (4/5) 4', 7', 50', 80'	Report[16]	Try: Taufete'e 35' m Schirmer 46' m Kruger 64' c Con: Bird (1/2) 65' Pen: Bird (1/2) 29' Kruger (1/1) 72'

Arena Barueri, Barueri Attendance: 3,798 Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)

FB 15 Daniel Sancery RW 14 Stefano Giantorno  52' OC 13 Felipe Sancery IC 12 Martin Schaefer LW 11 Laurent Bourda-Couhet FH 10 Moisés Duque SH 9 Lucas Duque N8 8 Nick Smith OF 7 João Luiz da Ros (c)  40' BF 6 André Arruda 39' to 49' RL 5 Luiz Gustavo Viera LL 4 Lucas Piero  50' TP 3 Wilton Rebolo  68' HK 2 Yan Rosetti  62' LP 1 Lucas Abud  57' Replacements: HK 16 Daniel Danielewicz  62' PR 17 Caique Silva  68' PR 18 Jonatas Paulo  57' LK 19 Diego López  50' FL 20 Gabriel Paganini  40' FB 21 Guilherme Coghetto  52' SH 22 Beukes Cremer FH 23 Robert Tenório Coach: Rodolfo Ambrosio

FB 15 Jake Anderson RW 14 Kingsley McGowan  67' OC 13 Mike Garrity  52' IC 12 Andrew Suniula LW 11 Ryan Matyas  52' FH 10 James Bird  70' SH 9 Niku Kruger N8 8 David Tameilau OF 7 Aladdin Schirmer BF 6 James King  76' RL 5 Ben Landry LL 4 Brodie Orth TP 3 Olive Kilifi (c) HK 2 Joe Taufete'e  58' LP 1 Demecus Beach  31' Replacements: HK 16 Cam Falcon PR 17 Eric Fry  31' HK 18 Mike Sosene-Feagai  58' FL 19 Hanco Germishuys  76' FH 20 Mike Te'o  67' FH 21 JP Eloff  70' WG 22 Tim Stanfill  52' CE 23 Chad London  52' Coach: John Mitchell

Touch judges: Henrique Platais (Brazil) Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)

Notes:

• This was the first meeting between these two teams.
• This was Brazil's first ever victory over a Tier 2 nation.
• André Arruda made his international debut for Brazil.
• Hanco Germishuys, James King and Aladdin Schirmer made their international debuts for the United States.

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28 February 2016 17:00 ART (UTC-03)

(1 BP)  Argentina XV	54–21	Canada
Try: Iglesias Valdez 2' m Estellés (2) 9' c, 78' m Leguizamón (2) 28' m, 76' c Cuaranta 40' c Penalty try 53' c Amorosino 58' m Con: Mercerat (4/8) 10', 40', 54', 76' Pen: Mercerat (2/3) 20', 43'	Report[17]	Try: Moor 12' c Ferguson (2) 32' c, 38' c Con: Ferguson (3/3) 13', 33', 39'

Duendes Rugby Club, Rosario Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)

FB 15 Pedro Mercerat RW 14 Juan Pablo Estellés OC 13 Juan Cappiello IC 12 Tomás Granella LW 11 Franco Cuaranta  44' FH 10 Juan Cruz González  69' SH 9 Marcos Bollini  59' N8 8 Santiago Portillo OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro BF 6 Juan Manuel Leguizamón RL 5 Ignacio Larrague  50' LL 4 Pedro Ortega TP 3 Enrique Pieretto  67' HK 2 Santiago Iglesias Valdez (c)  69' LP 1 Facundo Gigena  61' Replacements: HK 16 Axel Zapata  69' PR 17 Roberto Tejerizo  61' PR 18 Eduardo Bello  67' LK 19 Marcos Kremer  50' FL 20 José Deheza  56' SH 21 Lautaro Bazán Vélez  59' FH 22 Juan Novillo  69' WG 23 Lucas González Amorosino  44' Coach: Pablo Bouza

FB 15 Brock Staller 40' to 50'  67' RW 14 Dan Moor OC 13 Phil Mackenzie IC 12 Nick Blevins LW 11 Duncan Maguire  59' FH 10 Pat Parfrey SH 9 Andrew Ferguson  70' N8 8 Clay Panga  44' OF 7 Alistair Clark BF 6 Lucas Rumball  56'  63' RL 5 Cam Pierce LL 4 Kyle Baillie TP 3 Djustice Sears-Duru  40' HK 2 Ray Barkwill  67' LP 1 Hubert Buydens (c) 53' to 63'  63' Replacements: PR 16 Eric Howard  67' PR 17 Ryan Kotlewski  40' PR 18 Rob Brouwer  56' HK 19 Alex Mascott N8 20 Michael Hamson  44' FB 21 Brett Johnson  40'  50'  59' FH 22 Gradyn Bowd  67' SH 23 Jake Robinson  70' Coach: Francois Ratier

Touch judges: Mauro Rivera (Argentina) Andres Sutton (Argentina)

Week Five

5 March 2016 17:15 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	29–25	United States (1 BP)
Try: Kessler 49' c Magno 78' c Con: Ormaechea (2/2) 50', 79' Pen: Ormaechea (5/7) 3', 21', 39', 59', 67'	Report[18]	Try: Schirmer 14' c London 46' c Mikesell 72' m Con: Bird (2/2) 15', 47' Pen: Bird (2/3) 22', 29'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)

FB 15 Rodrigo Silva RW 14 Leandro Leivas OC 13 Pedro Deal IC 12 Andrés Vilaseca  25' LW 11 Gastón Mieres  73' FH 10 Manuel Blengio SH 9 Agustín Ormaechea N8 8 Alejandro Nieto  70' OF 7 Juan Diego Ormaechea BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) RL 5 Diego Magno LL 4 Gonzalo Soto  56' TP 3 Mario Sagario  70' HK 2 Germán Kessler  56' LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  70' Replacements: HK 16 Carlos Arboleya  56' PR 17 Facundo Gattas  70' PR 18 Juan Echeverría  70' LK 19 Mathias Palomeque  56' FL 20 Matías Beer  70' CE 21 Alberto Román  25' SH 22 Guillermo Lijtenstein WG 23 Federico Favaro  73' Coach: Esteban Meneses

FB 15 JP Eloff RW 14 Deion Mikesell OC 13 Lorenzo Thomas IC 12 Chad London LW 11 Tim Stanfill FH 10 James Bird  65' SH 9 Mike Te'o N8 8 David Tameilau  47' OF 7 Todd Clever (c) BF 6 Aladdin Schirmer RL 5 Ben Landry 61' to 71'  77' LL 4 Brodie Orth TP 3 Titi Lamositele HK 2 Mike Sosene-Feagai  22' LP 1 Eric Fry  62' Replacements: HK 16 Joe Taufete'e  22' PR 17 Olive Kilifi  62' PR 18 Demecus Beach FL 19 Nate Brakeley  47' FL 20 Hanco Germishuys SH 21 Niku Kruger  65' WG 22 Ryan Matyas FB 23 Jake Anderson Coach: John Mitchell

Touch judges: Alejandro Longres (Uruguay) Francisco González (Uruguay)

Notes:

• Deion Mikesell made his international debut for the United States.
• This was Uruguay's first victory over the United States since their 10–9 victory in 2002.

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5 March 2016 19:00 CLT (UTC-03)

Chile	13–64	Canada (1 BP)
Try: Soto 40' c Con: Nordenflycht (1/1) 40' Pen: Nordenflycht (2/4) 1', 9'	Report[19]	Try: Blevins (2) 3' c, 55' c Johnson 14' c McRorie 18' m Baillie 20' c Mackenzie 31' c Parfrey (2) 35' c, 75' c Moor 51' c Con: McRorie (7/8) 4', 15', 21', 32', 36', 52', 56' Ferguson (1/1) 76' Pen: McRorie (1/1) 12'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)

FB 15 Humberto Chacaltana RW 14 José Ignacio Larenas OC 13 Matías Nordenflycht IC 12 Francisco de La Fuente LW 11 Italo Zunino FH 10 Cristian Onetto  47' SH 9 Juan Pablo Perrotta  57' N8 8 Nikola Bursic  59' OF 7 Javier Richard  67' BF 6 Benjamín Soto (c) RL 5 Raimundo Piwonka LL 4 Ignacio Alvárez  45' TP 3 José Tomás Munita  40' HK 2 Manuel Gurruchaga LP 1 José Ramón Ayarza  57' Replacements: HK 16 Rodrigo Moya PR 17 Nicolás Venegas  57' PR 18 Luis Sepúlveda  40' FL 19 Cristobál Niedmann  45' FL 20 Francisco Hurtado  59' FL 21 Ignacio Silva  67' SH 22 Beltrán Vergara  57' FB 23 Pablo Casas  47' Coach: Elías Santillán

FB 15 Brock Staller  67' RW 14 Dan Moor OC 13 Phil Mackenzie IC 12 Nick Blevins LW 11 Brett Johnson  53' FH 10 Pat Parfrey SH 9 Gordon McRorie  57' N8 8 Lucas Rumball  53' OF 7 Alistair Clark  57' BF 6 Kyle Baillie RL 5 Cameron Pierce LL 4 Paul Ciulini TP 3 Djustice Sears-Duru  57' HK 2 Ray Barkwill  53' LP 1 Hubert Buydens (c)  57' Replacements: HK 16 Eric Howard  53' PR 17 Rob Brouwer  57' PR 18 Ryan Kotlewski  57' FL 19 Clay Panga  53' N8 20 Michael Hamson  57' SH 21 Andrew Ferguson  57' FH 22 Gradyn Bowd  67' WG 23 Duncan Maguire  53' Coach: Francois Ratier

Touch judges: Ignacio Calle (Chile) Francisco Saavedra (Chile)

Notes:

• Ryan Kotlewski made his international debut for Canada.

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5 March 2016 20:00 BRT (UTC-03)

Brazil	7–42	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: L. Duque 80' c Con: M. Duque (1/1) 80'	Report[20]	Try: Estellés (3) 8' c, 36' c, 77' c González 11' c Deheza 20' c Delguy 73' c Con: Mercerat (6/6) 9', 12', 22', 37', 74', 77'

Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos Attendance: 3,401 Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)

FB 15 Daniel Sancery RW 14 Lucas Tranquez OC 13 Felipe Sancery IC 12 Matheus Cruz  50' LW 11 Laurent Bourda-Couhet FH 10 Moisés Duque SH 9 Lucas Duque N8 8 Nick Smith (c) OF 7 Cleber Dias BF 6 André Arruda  49' RL 5 Luiz Gustavo Viera LL 4 Lucas Piero  68' TP 3 Wilton Rebolo  40' HK 2 Yan Rosetti  68' LP 1 Rafael Carnivalle  57' Replacements: HK 16 Daniel Danielewicz  68' PR 17 Caique Silva  57' PR 18 Lucas Abud  40' LK 19 Diego López  68' FL 20 Mark Jackson  49' CE 21 Mateus Estrela SH 22 Beukes Cremer  50' FH 23 Robert Tenório Coach: Rodolfo Ambrosio

FB 15 Ramiro Moyano  68' RW 14 Juan Pablo Estellés OC 13 Juan Cappiello IC 12 Tomás Granella  71' LW 11 Pedro Mercerat FH 10 Juan Cruz González SH 9 Marcos Bollini  71' N8 8 Santiago Portillo OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro BF 6 José Deheza  50' RL 5 Ignacio Larrague LL 4 Pedro Ortega  49' TP 3 Enrique Pieretto  58' HK 2 Santiago Iglesias Valdez (c)  65' LP 1 Facundo Gigena  58' Replacements: HK 16 Axel Zapata  65' PR 17 Franco Brarda  58' PR 18 Eduardo Bello  58' LK 19 Franco Molina  49' N8 20 Miguel Urtubey  50' SH 21 Patricio Baronio  71' CE 22 Martín Elías  71' FB 23 Bautista Delguy  68' Coach: Pablo Bouza

Touch judges: Xavier Vouga (Brazil) Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)

Statistics

Points scorers Pos Name Team Pts 1 Matías Nordenflycht  Chile 53 2 Gordon McRorie  Canada 45 3 Pedro Mercerat  Argentina XV 43 4 James Bird  United States 35 5 Andrew Ferguson  Canada 33 6 Moisés Duque  Brazil 26 David Harvey  Brazil 8 Juan Pablo Estellés  Argentina XV 25 Joaquín Paz  Argentina XV 10 Martin Secco  Uruguay 24

Try scorers Pos Name Team Tries 1 Juan Pablo Estellés  Argentina XV 5 Joaquín Paz  Argentina XV 3 Todd Clever  United States 4 Dan Moor  Canada Daniel Sancery  Brazil 6 Nick Blevins  Canada 3 Chad London  United States 8 17 players on 2 tries

Notes

1. Pablo Bouza will be acting head coach for the XV team in place of normal head coach Daniel Hourcade.^[3]