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
Date27 January – 3 March 2018
Countries Argentina XV
 Brazil
 Canada
 Chile
 United States
 Uruguay
Final positions
Champions United States (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Tries scored109 (7.27 per match)
Attendance51,793 (3,453 per match)
Top scorer(s) Will Magie (38)
Most tries
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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 550019768+129284024
2 Argentina XV 540116969+100244121
3 Uruguay 5302168157+11232014
4 Canada 5203132129+3183011
5 Brazil 510463159–966004
6 Chile 500571218–14710011
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)
FB15Taylor Paris
RW14Jeff Hassler 20' 28'
OC13Ben LeSage
IC12Nick Blevins
LW11D. T. H. van der Merwe
FH10Connor Braid 32'
SH9Phil Mack (c) 72'
N88Tyler Ardron
OF7Matt Heaton 75'
BF6Evan Olmstead
RL5Josh Larsen 63'
LL4Brett Beukeboom
TP3Jake Ilnicki
HK2Ray Barkwill 52'
LP1Hubert Buydens 52'
Replacements:
HK16Benoît Piffero 52'
PR17Djustice Sears-Duru 52'
PR18Cole Keith
N819Admir Cejvanovic 75'
FL20Lucas Rumball 63'
SH21Gordon McRorie 72'
FH22Pat Parfrey 32'
FB23Brock Staller 20' 28'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Leandro Leivas 61'
OC13Juan Manuel Cat 64'
IC12Andrés Vilaseca
LW11Nicolás Freitas
FH10Felipe Berchesi
SH9Santiago Arata 61'
N88Alejandro Nieto
OF7Franco Lammana 48' 57' 61' 67' 71'
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) 67' to 71'
RL5Rodrigo Capó Ortega 57' 61' 63'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Mario Sagario 64'
HK2Germán Kessler 46' to 56' 66'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 66'
Replacements:
HK16Carlos Pombo 48' 57' 66'
PR17Matías Benítez 66'
PR18Juan Echeverría 64'
LK19Manuel Leindekar 57' 61' 63'
FL20Rodolfo Garese 61'
SH21Agustín Ormaechea 61'
FB22Gastón Mieres 61'
CE23Joaquín 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)
FB15Tomás Ianiszewski
RW14Mauricio Urrutia 55'
OC13José Ignacio Larenas (c) 39'
IC12Francisco de la Fuente
LW11Ítalo Zunino
FH10Santiago Videla
SH9Juan Pablo Perrotta 54'
N88Benjamín Soto 26'  36'
OF7Alfonso Escobar 57'
BF6Javier Richard
RL5Mario Mayol
LL4Nikola Bursic 65'
TP3José Tomás Munita 76'
HK2Tomás Dussaillant
LP1Vittorio Lastra 60'
Replacements:
HK16Ignacio Guajardo
PR17Sebastián Otero 60'
PR18Marco Díaz 76'
N819Manuel Dagnino 26' 36' 65'
FL20Nicolás Garafulic 57'
SH21Beltrán Vergara 54'
FH22Benjamín Pizarro 55'
CE23Lucca Avelli 39'
Coach:
Mark Cross
FB15Lucas Tranquez 64'
RW14Lucas Muller 56'
OC13Felipe Sancery
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk 66'
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Laurent Bourda-Couhet
N88André Arruda
OF7Cléber Dias
BF6Arthur Bergo
RL5Lucas Piero 60'
LL4Gabriel Paganini
TP3Jardel Vettorato 50'
HK2Yan Rosetti (c)
LP1Lucas Abud 64'
Replacements:
FL16Angelo Marcucci
PR17Michel Gomes 64'
HK18Wilton Rebolo 50'
LK19Diego López
FL20Matheus Daniel 60'
SH21Will Broderick 66'
WG22Robert Tenório 56'
WG23Ariel 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)
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Blaine Scully (c)
OC13Marcel Brache 8'
IC12Bryce Campbell
LW11Ryan Matyas 21' 32'
FH10Will Magie 68'
SH9Nate Augspurger 55'
N88Cam Dolan 37' to 47'
OF7Tony Lamborn 72'
BF6Hanco Germishuys
RL5Nick Civetta
LL4Nate Brakeley 68'
TP3Dino Waldren 80'
HK2Joe Taufete'e 65'
LP1Titi Lamositele 19' to 29' 80'
Replacements:
HK16James Hilterbrand 65'
PR17Huluholo Moungaloa 21' 32' 80'
PR18Angus MacLellan 80'
LK19Ben Landry 68'
FL20Andrew Durutalo 72'
SH21Shaun Davies 55'
FH22Will Hooley 68'
CE23Dylan Audsley 8'
Coach:
Gary Gold
FB15Gastón Arias
RW14Germán Schulz 71'
OC13Juan Cruz Mallía
IC12Juan Cappiello 8' to 18'
LW11Rodrigo Etchart
FH10Juan Cruz González 55'
SH9Luca Magnasco
N88Santiago Montagner 68'
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c) 8' 16'
BF6Rodrigo Bruni
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Jerónimo Ureta 65'
TP3Benjamín Espinal 65'
HK2Gaspar Baldunciel 75'
LP1Francisco Ferronato 65'
Replacements:
HK16Diego Fortuny 75'
PR17Javier Díaz 65'
PR18Santiago Medrano 65'
N819Santiago Portillo 68'
FL20Francisco Gorrissen 8' 16' 68'
SH21Facundo Nogueira
FH22Tomás Granella 55'
WG23Tomás 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'
FB15Lucas Tranquez
RW14Robert Tenório 62'
OC13Felipe Sancery
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Laurent Bourda-Couhet
N88André Arruda
OF7Cléber Dias
BF6Arthur Bergo 43'  49'
RL5Lucas Piero 53'
LL4Gabriel Paganini
TP3Jardel Vettorato 38' to 48' 49'
HK2Yan Rosetti (c)
LP1Lucas Abud 53'
Replacements:
HK16Endy Willian
PR17Michel Gomes 53'
PR18Wilton Rebolo 43'
FL19Michael Moraes
FL20Matheus Daniel 53'  76'
SH21Will Broderick
WG22Lucas Muller
WG23Ariel Rodrigues 62'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Joaquín Prada
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Agustín Della Corte
LW11Gastón Mieres
FH10Andrés de León 68'
SH9Germán Albanell
N88Alejandro Nieto 53'
OF7Rodolfo Garese 57'
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL5Diego Magno 68'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Mario Sagario 53'
HK2Germán Kessler 53'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 68'
Replacements:
PR16Matías Benítez 68'
HK17Carlos Pombo 53'
PR18Juan Echeverría 53'
LK19Diego Ayala 68'
N820Manuel Diana 53'
FL21Gonzalo Soto 57'
WG22Tomás Inciarte 68'
FH23Manuel Blengio
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Touch judges:
Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)
Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)
Television match official:
Xavier Vouga (Brazil)

Notes:

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)
FB15Tomás Videla
RW14Tomás Malanos 63'
OC13Santiago Resino
IC12Lucas Mensa
LW11Julián Dominguez
FH10Juan Cruz González 56'
SH9Facundo Nogueira 47'
N88Santiago Portillo 47'
OF7Tomás de la Vega (c)
BF6Mariano Romanini 62'
RL5Diego Galetto
LL4Jerónimo Ureta 47'
TP3Lucas Favre
HK2Diego Fortuny 56'
LP1Axel Zapata 56'
Replacements:
HK16Gaspar Baldunciel 62'
PR17Francisco Ferronato 56'
PR18Santiago Medrano 56'
LK19Franco Molina 47'
FL20Nicolás Sbrocco 47'
SH21Gregorio del Prete 47'
FH22Tomás Granella 56'
WG23Germán Schulz 63'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Tomás Ianiszewski
RW14Matías Balbontín 56'
OC13Lucca Avelli 62' to 72'
IC12Francisco de la Fuente
LW11Ítalo Zunino
FH10Benjamín Pizarro 60'
SH9Beltrán Vergara 50'
N88Benjamín Soto 54' to 64'
OF7Alfonso Escobar 50'
BF6Javier Richard (c) 33' to 43'
RL5Mario Mayol 65'
LL4Manuel Dagnino
TP3Marco Díaz 45'
HK2Tomás Dussaillant 61'
LP1Vittorio Lastra 56'
Replacements:
HK16Ignacio Guajardo 61'
PR17Sebastián Otero 45'
PR18Claudio Iturra 56'
FL19Thomas Orchard 65'
FL20Nicolás Garafulic 50'
SH21Domingo Saavedra 50'
FH22José Tomás Baraona 60'
CE23Diego 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)
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Blaine Scully (c)
OC13Dylan Audsley
IC12Bryce Campbell
LW11Ryan Matyas 76'
FH10Will Magie 55'
SH9Nate Augspurger 55'
N88Cam Dolan 63' to 73'
OF7Tony Lamborn
BF6Hanco Germishuys 53'
RL5Nick Civetta
LL4Nate Brakeley 48'
TP3Dino Waldren 75'
HK2Joe Taufete'e 59'
LP1Titi Lamositele 75'
Replacements:
HK16James Hilterbrand 59'
PR17Huluholo Moungaloa 75'
PR18Angus MacLellan 75'
LK19Ben Landry 48'
FL20Andrew Durutalo 53'
SH21Shaun Davies 55'
FH22Will Hooley 55'
WG23Josh Whippy 76'
Coach:
Gary Gold
FB15Pat Parfrey
RW14Brock Staller
OC13Guiseppe du Toit 72'
IC12Nick Blevins
LW11D. T. H. van der Merwe
FH10Shane O'Leary 72'
SH9Phil Mack (c) 72'
N88Luke Campbell
OF7Matt Heaton 72'
BF6Lucas Rumball
RL5Kyle Baillie 61'
LL4Josh Larsen
TP3Jake Ilnicki 64'
HK2Ray Barkwill
LP1Djustice Sears-Duru 64'
Replacements:
HK16Martial Lagain
PR17Anthony Luca 64'
PR18Cole Keith 64'
LK19Conor Keys 61'
FL20Dustin Dobravsky 72'
SH21Gordon McRorie 72'
FH22Robbie Povey 72'
WG23Cole Davis 72'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
Derek Summers (United States)
Phil Akroyd (United States)
Television match official:
Marc Nelson (United States)

Notes:

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)
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Josh Whippy 77'
OC13Dylan Audsley
IC12Bryce Campbell
LW11Ryan Matyas
FH10Will Magie 67'
SH9Nate Augspurger (c) 65'
N88Cam Dolan
OF7Tony Lamborn 62'
BF6Psalm Wooching
RL5Ben Landry 57'
LL4Nate Brakeley
TP3Dino Waldren 55'
HK2James Hilterbrand 65'
LP1Huluholo Moungaloa 70'
Replacements:
HK16Dylan Fawsitt 65'
PR17Tony Purpura 70'
PR18Angus MacLellan 55'
LK19Brendan Daly 57'
FL20Malon Al-Jiboori 62'
SH21Ruben de Haas 65'
FH22Ben Cima 67'
CE23Paul Lasike 77'
Coach:
Gary Gold
FB15Tomás Ianiszewski
RW14Martín Raddatz
OC13Javier Lavanderos
IC12Francisco de la Fuente 46'
LW11Ítalo Zunino
FH10José Tomás Baraona 65'
SH9Beltrán Vergara 65'
N88Benjamín Soto
OF7Alfonso Escobar 58'
BF6Javier Richard (c)
RL5Mario Mayol 70'
LL4Nikola Bursic
TP3Claudio Iturra 65'
HK2Tomás Dussaillant 70'
LP1Vittorio Lastra 68'
Replacements:
HK16Rodrigo Moya 70'
PR17Basilio Díaz 65'
PR18Marco Díaz 68'
FL19Thomas Orchard 70'
FL20Iñaki de Urruticoechea 58'
SH21Domingo Saavedra 65'
FB22José Tomás Maturana 65'
CE23Diego Ramírez 46'
Coach:
Mark Cross

Touch judges:
USAR Appt (United States)
USAR Appt (United States)
Television match official:
USAR Appt (United States)

Notes:

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)
FB15Rodrigo Silva 74'
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat 61'
IC12Andrés Vilaseca 41' to 51'
LW11Nicolás Freitas 74'
FH10Germán Albanell
SH9Tomás Inciarte
N88Alejandro Nieto (c) 50' to 58'
OF7Manuel Diana 20' 30' 47' 63'
BF6Rodolfo Garese 74'
RL5Diego Magno
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Juan Echeverría 47' 77'
HK2Carlos Pombo 77'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 30' to 40' 8' 19' 61'
Replacements:
PR16Matías Benítez 8' 19' 20' 30' 61'
HK17Diego de Pazos
PR18Mario Sagario 47'
N819Juan Diego Ormaechea 50' 58' 63'
FL21Juan Manuel Gaminara 48'
FL20Gonzalo Soto 74'
CE22Joaquín Prada 61'
FH23Andrés de León 74'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Juan Cruz Mallía
RW14Germán Schulz
OC13Santiago Álvarez 74'
IC12Juan Cappiello
LW11Rodrigo Etchart
FH10Juan Cruz González 46'
SH9Luca Magnasco 40'
N88Rodrigo Bruni 50'
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF6Francisco Gorrissen
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Diego Galetto 41' to 51' 49'
TP3Benjamín Espinal 24'
HK2Diego Fortuny 60'
LP1Francisco Ferronato 57'
Replacements:
HK16Gaspar Baldunciel 60'
PR17Axel Zapata 57'
PR18Santiago Medrano 24'
N819Santiago Portillo 49'
FL20Santiago Montagner 50'
SH21Gregorio del Prete 40'
CE22Lucas Mensa 46'
CE23Tomás 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
FB15Pat Parfrey
RW14Cole Davis
OC13Doug Fraser
IC12Nick Blevins 62'
LW11D. T. H. van der Merwe 18' 28'
FH10Shane O'Leary
SH9Phil Mack (c) 62'
N88Luke Campbell
OF7Lucas Rumball
BF6Dustin Dobravsky 75'
RL5Kyle Baillie 71'
LL4Josh Larsen
TP3Jake Ilnicki 68'
HK2Ray Barkwill 68'
LP1Djustice Sears-Duru 68'
Replacements:
HK16Martial Lagain 68'
PR17Anthony Luca 68'
PR18Ryan Kotlewski 68'
LK19Conor Keys 71'
FL20Cameron Polson 75'
SH21Andrew Ferguson 62'
CE22Giuseppe du Toit 62'
FB23Brock Staller 18' 28'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones
FB15Lucas Tranquez
RW14Ariel Rodrigues
OC13Felipe Sancery
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Lucas Muller 39' to 49' 49'
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Laurent Bourda-Couhet 62'
N88André Arruda
OF7Cléber Dias
BF6Michael Moraes 40'
RL5Diego López 40'
LL4Gabriel Paganini 56'
TP3Matheus Rocha 62'
HK2Endy Willian 40'
LP1Jonatas Paulo 40'
Replacements:
HK16Wilton Rebolo 62'
PR17Lucas Abud 40'
PR18Caíque Silva 40'
LK19Lucas Piero 40'
FL20Arthur Bergo 40'
SH21Will Broderick 62'
FH22Leonardo Ceccarelli
CE23Jacobus 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)
FB15Tomás Ianiszewski
RW14Matías Balbontíns 21'  56'
OC13Javier Lavanderos 40'
IC12Francisco de la Fuente 64' to 74'
LW11Ítalo Zunino
FH10José Tomás Baraona 55'
SH9Domingo Saavedra 55'
N88Benjamín Soto 55'
OF7Anton Petrowitsch
BF6Javier Richard (c)
RL5Mario Mayol 51'
LL4Nikola Bursic
TP3Claudio Iturra 51'
HK2Tomás Dussaillant 58'
LP1Vittorio Lastra 62'
Replacements:
HK16Rodrigo Moya 58'
PR17Sebastián Otero 62'
PR18Basilio Díaz 51'
FL19Nicolás Garafulic 51'
FL20Alfonso Escobar 55'
SH21Beltrán Vergara 55'
FH22Benjamín Pizarro 55'
CE23Diego Ramírez 40'
Coach:
Mark Cross
FB15Rodrigo Silva 40'
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Joaquín Prada
IC12Andrés Vilaseca (c)
LW11Federico Favaro 60'
FH10Germán Albanell 56'
SH9Tomás Inciarte
N88Manuel Diana
OF7Juan Diego Ormaechea
BF6Rodolfo Garese
RL5Diego Ayala 66'
LL4Ignacio Dotti 40'
TP3Juan Echeverría 60'
HK2Germán Kessler 66'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 46'
Replacements:
PR16Matías Benítez 46'
HK17Carlos Arboleya 66'
PR18Felipe Inciarte 60'
FL19Juan Manuel Etcheverry 40'
LK20Diego Magno 40'
FH21Andrés de León 56'
FB22Gastón Mieres 40'
FH23Manuel 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)
FB15Lucas Tranquez 75'
RW14Stefano Giantorno 53' to 63' 68'
OC13Felipe Sancery
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Robert Tenório 40'
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Laurent Bourda-Couhet 75'
N88André Arruda
OF7Matheus Daniel
BF6Arthur Bergo
RL5Cléber Dias 16' 20'
LL4Lucas Piero 27'
TP3Jardel Vettorato 68' to 78'
HK2Yan Rosetti (c) 77'
LP1Michel Gomes 40'
Replacements:
HK16Angelo Marcucci 77'
PR17Lucas Abud 40'
PR18Matheus Rocha 68'
LK19Diego López 66' to 76' 27' 77'
FL20Michael Moraes 77'
SH21Daniel Lima 75'
WG22Ariel Rodrigues 40'
CE23Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk 75'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Nate Augspurger (c)
OC13Dylan Audsley 53'
IC12Bryce Campbell
LW11Josh Whippy
FH10Will Magie 61'
SH9Shaun Davies 75'
N88Cam Dolan 50'
OF7Hanco Germishuys
BF6Psalm Wooching
RL5Nick Civetta 58' to 68'
LL4Ben Landry 69'
TP3Chris Baumann 75'
HK2Dylan Fawsitt 59'
LP1Huluholo Moungaloa 69'
Replacements:
HK16Peter Malcolm 59'
PR17Tony Purpura 69'
PR18Angus MacLellan 75'
LK19Matthew Jensen 69'
FL20Tony Lamborn 50'
SH21Ruben de Haas 75'
FH22Ben Cima 61'
CE23Paul 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'
FB15Juan Cruz Mallía
RW14Santiago Álvarez 61'
OC13Santiago Resino
IC12Juan Cappiello
LW11Rodrigo Etchart
FH10Lucas Mensa 61'
SH9Felipe Ezcurra 61'
N88Santiago Montagner
OF7Tomás de la Vega (c) 56'
BF6Mariano Romanini 61'
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Santiago Portillo
TP3Santiago Medrano 61'
HK2Gaspar Baldunciel 50'
LP1Franco Brarda 49'
Replacements:
HK16Diego Fortuny 50'
PR17Francisco Ferronato 49'
PR18Lucas Favre 61'
LK19Jerónimo Ureta 56'
FL20Nicolás Sbrocco 61'
SH21Gregorio del Prete 61'
FH22Juan Cruz González 61'
FB23Gastón Arias 61'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Pat Parfrey
RW14Cole Davis
OC13Doug Fraser
IC12Nick Blevins 78'
LW11Brock Staller
FH10Robbie Povey 49'
SH9Phil Mack (c) 78'
N88Dustin Dobravsky 66'
OF7Lucas Rumball
BF6Kyle Baillie 61'
RL5Conor Keys
LL4Josh Larsen
TP3Jake Ilnicki 66'
HK2Ray Barkwill 78'
LP1Djustice Sears-Duru 70'
Replacements:
HK16Martial Lagain 66'
PR17Anthony Luca 70'
PR18Ryan Kotlewski 66'
LK19Noah Barker 78'
FL20Cameron Polson 61'
SH21Andrew Ferguson 78'
CE22Giuseppe du Toit 78'
WG23Kainoa 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)
FB15Tomás Ianiszewski
RW14Lucca Avelli
OC13José Ignacio Larenas (c)
IC12Francisco de la Fuente
LW11Ítalo Zunino 69'
FH10Benjamín Pizarro 59'
SH9Juan Pablo Perotta 59'
N88Manuel Dagnino 47'
OF7Anton Petrowitsch
BF6Javier Richard
RL5Mario Mayol 34' to 40'
LL4Nikola Bursic 59'
TP3José Tomás Munita 63'
HK2Tomás Dussaillant 69'
LP1Vittoria Lastra 70'
Replacements:
HK16Rodrigo Moya 69'
PR17Sebastián Otero 63'
PR18Basilio Díaz 70'
N819Benjamín Soto 34' 40' 47'
FL20Alfonso Escobar 59'
SH21Beltrán Vergara 59'
FB22José Tomás Maturana 59'
WG23Mauricio Urrutia 69'
Coach:
Mark Cross
FB15Josh Thiel
RW14Cole Davis
OC13Doug Fraser 78'
IC12Nick Blevins 44' to 54' 55'
LW11Kainoa Lloyd
FH10Gordon McRorie
SH9Phil Mack (c) 63'
N88Luke Campbell 60' to 70'
OF7Lucas Rumball
BF6Dustin Dobravsky 72'
RL5Kyle Baillie 69'
LL4Josh Larsen
TP3Jake Ilnicki 63'
HK2Ray Barkwill 72'
LP1Djustice Sears-Duru 63'
Replacements:
HK16Martial Lagain 72'
PR17Noah Barker 63'
PR18Cole Keith 63'
LK19Conor Keys 69'
FL20Cameron Polson 72'
SH21Andrew Ferguson 63'
FH22Pat Parfrey 78'
CE23Giuseppe du Toit 55'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
FRC Appt. (Chile)
FRC Appt. (Chile)
Television match official:
FRC Appt. (Chile)

Notes:

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'
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Andrés Vilaseca 62'
LW11Nicolás Freitas 52'
FH10Germán Albanell
SH9Santiago Arata 26' to 36' 60'
N88Manuel Diana
OF7Juan Diego Ormaechea 75'
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL5Rodolfo Garese 40'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Juan Echeverría 66'
HK2Germán Kessler 62'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 60'
Replacements:
PR16Matías Benítez 60'
HK17Carlos Pombo 64' to 74' 62'
PR18Felipe Inciarte 66'
LK19Diego Ayala 75'
LK20Diego Magno 40'
CE21Joaquín Prada 62'
WG22Tomás Inciarte 60'
FB23Gastón Mieres 52'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Dylan Audsley
RW14Mike Te'o 46'
OC13Bryce Campbell
IC12Paul Lasike 49'
LW11Nate Augspurger (c)
FH10Will Magie 64'
SH9Shaun Davies
N88Cam Dolan 62'
OF7Tony Lamborn
BF6Hanco Germishuys
RL5Ben Landry 25'
LL4Brendan Daly
TP3Chris Baumann 40'
HK2Dylan Fawsitt 52'
LP1Huluholo Moungaloa 62'
Replacements:
HK16Peter Malcolm 52'
PR17Tony Purpura 62'
PR18Dino Waldren 40'
LK19Matthew Jensen 25'
FL20Psalm Wooching 62'
SH21Ruben de Haas 64'
FH22Ben Cima 49'
WG23Josh 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)
FB15Lucas Tranquez
RW14Ariel Rodrigues 68'
OC13Felipe Sancery
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk 77'
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Will Broderick 46'
N88André Arruda
OF7Matheus Claudio
BF6Arthur Bergo
RL5Cléber Dias
LL4Mauricio Canterle 61'
TP3Jardel Vettorato 70' 77'
HK2Yan Rosetti (c)
LP1Lucas Abud
Replacements:
HK16Endy Willian
PR17Michel Gomes
PR18Matheus Rocha 76' to 80' 68'
FL19Michael Moraes 61'
FL20Matheus Daniel
SH21Daniel Lima 46'
WG22Stefano Giantorno 68'
CE23Valentín Garcia
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB15Juan Cruz Mallía
RW14Julián Dominguez 36'
OC13Santiago Resino 68'
IC12Lucas Mensa
LW11Germán Schulz 68'
FH10Juan Cruz González
SH9Felipe Ezcurra 68'
N88Santiago Portillo 52'
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF6Francisco Gorrissen
RL5Ignacio Larrague 52'
LL4Jerónimo Ureta
TP3Benjamín Espinal 35'
HK2Axel Zapata 46'
LP1Santiago García Botta 46'
Replacements:
HK16Diego Fortuny 46'
PR17Franco Brarda 46'
PR18Lucas Favre 36'
LK19Diego Galetto 52'
FL20Santiago Montagner 52'
SH21Gregorio del Prete 68'
WG22Santiago Álvarez 68'
WG23Rodrigo Etchart 68'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Touch judges:
Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)
Victor Barboza (Brazil)
Television match official:
CBRU Appt (Brazil)

Statistics

Attendances

Top 5
GameHome teamVisitorAttendanceSources
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
PosTeamGP Total High Low Average
1  Canada 2 17,63216,1321,500 8,816
2  Argentina 2 8,4007,500900 4,200
4  United States 3 11,0006,5002,000 3,666
3  Uruguay 2 6,5004,0002,500 3,250
5  Brazil 3 5,7543,5001,061 1,918
6  Chile 3 3,7001,5001,000 1,233

References
  1. News, Americas Rugby. "2018 Americas Rugby Championship schedule". Americas Rugby News. Retrieved 2017-12-10.
  2. Tercera, La. "Los Cóndores sufren una dolorosa caída ante Brasil". La Tercera. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
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