2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

The 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the third tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Samoa A won the tournament for the first time, winning all three of their matches.^[1]

2018 Americas Pacific Challenge

Tournament details
Date	6–14 October 2018
Countries	Argentina XV  Canada A  Samoa A  Tonga A  Uruguay A  USA Selects
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Samoa A
Runner-up	Argentina XV
Tournament statistics
Matches played	9
Tries scored	69 (7.67 per match)
Attendance	5,500 (611 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Federico Favaro (35) Saia Fililava (35) D’Angelo Leuila (35)
Most tries	Johnny Vaili (4)
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Format

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

Pool A

•  Argentina XV
•  Tonga A
•  Uruguay A

Pool B

•  Canada A
•  Samoa A
•  USA Selects

Table

Final standings for combined pools:

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

Fixtures

All times are local UYT (UTC-03)

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

Round 1

	6 October 2018	Argentina XV	31–36	Samoa A	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	11:00	Try: Daireaux Herrera Zapata Carreras Portillo Con: Bonilla (2/2) Miotti (1/3)	Report[4]	Try: Tapili Vaili Samuelu Tapu Con: Leuila (1/3) Fa’apale (1/1) Pen: Leuila (4/4)	Attendance: 300 Referee: Shuhei Kubo (JRFU)

	6 October 2018	Tonga A	39–30	USA Selects	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	13:30	Try: Ika (2) Finau Lave Hafoka Con: Fililava (4/5) Pen: Fililava (2/3)	Report[5]	Try: Daly Maupin Toluta’u Con: Audsley (3/3) Pen: Audsley (3/4)	Attendance: 500[6] Referee: Pali Deluca (ARU)

	6 October 2018	Uruguay A	35–21	Canada A	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	16:00	Try: Penalty try Diana Leivas Con: Favaro (2/3) Pen: Favaro (3/3)	Report	Try: Fraser Parfrey McRorie Con: du Toit (3/3) Pen: du Toit (0/2)	Attendance: 1,200[7] Referee: Derek Summers (USAR)

Round 2

	10 October 2018	Tonga A	15–23	Samoa A	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	11:00	Try: Kioa Hafoka Con: Fililava (1/2) Pen: Fililava (1/2)	Report[8]	Try: Matamu Matamu (2) Con: Leuila (1/2) Fa’apale (0/1) Pen: Leuila (2/2)	Attendance: 200[9] Referee: Pali Deluca (UAR)

	10 October 2018	Uruguay A	33–18	USA Selects	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	13:30	Try: Arata (2) Favaro Vilaseca Con: Favaro (2/4) Pen: Favaro (3/3)	Report[10]	Try: Matyas Audsley Con: Audsley (1/2) Pen: Audsley (2/2) Drop: Kearns (0/1)	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Shuhei Kubo (JRFU)

	10 October 2018	Argentina XV	45–5	Canada A	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	16:00	Try: Cordero (2) Segura (2) Penalty try Osadczuk del Prete Con: Miotti (3/4) Bonilla (1/2)	Report[11]	Try: Sauder Con: McRorie (0/1)	Attendance: 400 Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU)

Round 3

	14 October 2018	Tonga A	31–32	Canada A	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	11:00	Try: Folau Finau (2) Con: Fililava (2/3) Pen: Fililava (3/5) Drop: Fililava (1/1)	Report[12]	Try: Barkwill Lloyd (3) Penalty try Con: McRorie (1/4) Pen: McRorie (1/1)	Attendance: 150 Referee: Derek Summers (USAR)

	14 October 2018	Argentina XV	55–15	USA Selects	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	13:30	Try: Bonilla Favre Herrera Brarda Osadczuk Grondona Mensa Bruni Con: Bonilla (4/5) Miotti (2/3) Pen: Bonilla (1/1)	Report[13]	Try: Matyas (2) Con: Audsley (1/2) Pen: Audsley (1/1)	Attendance: 250[14] Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU)

	14 October 2018	Uruguay A	26–38	Samoa A	Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
	16:00	Try: Kessler (2) Penalty try Ardao Con: Favaro (2/3) Pen: Favaro (0/1)	Report[15]	Try: Tino Vaili Samuelu Tusitala Mapu Con: Leuila (5/5) Pen: Leuila (1/1) Drop: Fa’apale (0/1)	Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Pali Deluca (UAR)

See also

• 2018 end-of-year rugby union internationals
• Americas Rugby Championship
• World Rugby Pacific Challenge