2018 Americas Rugby Championship

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.

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)
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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)
	Home stadium	Capacity	City
Argentina XV	Estadio 23 de Agosto	23,200	Jujuy	Felipe Contepomi	Lautaro Bavara
	Estadio Agustín Pichot	1,000	Ushuaia
Brazil	Pacaembu Stadium	37,730	São Paulo	Rodolfo Ambrosio	Yan Rosetti
	Estádio Martins Pereira	15,317	São José dos Campos
Canada	BC Place	54,500	Vancouver	Kingsley Jones	Phil Mack
	Westhills Stadium	1,718	Langford, British Columbia
Chile	Estadio La Portada	18,243	La Serena	Mark Cross	José Ignacio Larenas
	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
	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	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

Main article: 2018 Americas Rugby Championship 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 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

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.

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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

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.

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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)

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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

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.

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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)

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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

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.

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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.

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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

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.

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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)

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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

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 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 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

Top 5

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

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