2017 Americas Rugby Championship

2017 Americas Rugby Championship
Date4 February – 4 March 2017
Countries Argentina XV
 Brazil
 Canada
 Chile
 United States
 Uruguay
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Tries scored100 (6.67 per match)
Attendance54,216 (3,614 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ben Cima (43)
Moisés Duque (43)
Most tries Sebastián Cancelliere (5)
Taylor Paris (5)
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The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship was the second 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.

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain(s)
Home stadium Capacity City
 Argentina XV Estadio Municipal 10,000 Comodoro Rivadavia Felipe Contepomi Lautaro Bavaro
Juan Cappiello
Estadio Villa Mitre 6,000 Bahía Blanca
Estadio Agustín Pichot 1,000 Ushuaia
 Brazil Pacaembu Stadium 37,730 São Paulo Rodolfo Ambrosio Nick Smith
 Canada Swangard Stadium 5,288 Burnaby Mark Anscombe Gordon McRorie
Ray Barkwill
Westhills Stadium 1,718 Langford
 Chile Estadio CAP 10,500 Talcahuano Bernard Charreyre Claudio Zamorano
Benjamín Soto
José Ignacio Larenas
Manuel Gurruchaga
Pista Atlética San Carlos de Apoquindo 3,000 Santiago
 United States Dell Diamond 11,631 Round Rock John Mitchell Blaine Scully
James Hilterbrand
Todd Clever
Nate Augspurger
Toyota Field 8,296 San Antonio
 Uruguay Estadio Domingo Burgueño 22,000 Maldonado Esteban Meneses Alejandro Nieto
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 (17) 5 4 1 0 215 96 +119 29 4 0 22
2  Argentina XV (NA) 5 4 1 0 228 62 +166 32 3 0 21
3  Uruguay (21) 5 3 0 2 120 125 –5 16 2 1 15
4  Brazil (36) 5 2 0 3 63 179 –116 6 0 0 8
5  Canada (18) 5 1 0 4 112 127 –15 13 2 2 8
6  Chile (29) 5 0 0 5 51 200 –149 4 0 0 0
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: 2017 Americas Rugby Championship squads

Fixtures

The tournament was played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 6 September 2016.[1]

Week 1

3 February 2017
20:15 BRST (UTC-02)
Brazil 17–3 Chile
Try: Cruz 55' c
F. Sancery 60' c
Con: Duque (2/2) 56', 61'
Pen: Duque (1/2) 72'		Report[2]Pen: Nordenflycht (1/2) 3'
Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Claudio Cativelli (Uruguay)
FB 15 Daniel Sancery  64'
RW 14 De Wet van Niekerk  63'
OC 13 Felipe Sancery 9' to 19'
IC 12 Moisés Duque
LW 11 Stefano Giantorno
FH 10 Josh Reeves
SH 9 Beukes Cremer  51'
N8 8 Nick Smith (c)  41'
OF 7 André Arruda
BF 6 João Luiz da Ros
RL 5 Lucas Piero
LL 4 Diego López
TP 3 Wilton Rebolo
HK 2 Yan Rosetti  76'
LP 1 Alexandre Alves  51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Daniel Danielewicz  76'
PR 17 Jonatas Paulo
PR 18 Vitor Ancina  51'
LK 19 Felipe Tissot
FL 20 Matheus Daniel  41'
SH 21 Matheus Cruz  51'
CE 22 Luan Smanio  63'
FH 23 Guilherme Coghetto  64'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB 15 Rodrigo Fernández
RW 14 Martín Verschae  70'
OC 13 Franco Velarde
IC 12 Matías Nordenflycht  40'
LW 11 Pedro Verschae
FH 10 Francisco González Moller
SH 9 Beltrán Vergara  49'
N8 8 Manuel Dagnino  56'
OF 7 Anton Petrowitsch
BF 6 Cristóbal Niedmann 35' to 42'
RL 5 Nikola Bursic
LL 4 Mario Mayol  71'
TP 3 José Tomás Munita  67'
HK 2 Tomás Dussaillant  47'
LP 1 Claudio Zamorano (c) 31' to 41'  67'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rodrigo Moya  47'
PR 17 Vittorio Lastra  35' 42'  67'
PR 18 Gonzalo Martínez  67'
N8 19 Nicanor Machuca  71'
N8 20 Benjamín Soto  56'
SH 21 Jan Hasenlechner  49'
FH 22 Francisco Cruz  70'
WG 23 Tomás Ianiszewski  40'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre

Touch judges:
Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)
Murillo Bragotto (Brazil)

Notes:

  • This was Brazil's first victory over Chile since 2014, and their largest margin of victory over Chile in their history.
  • Josh Reeves and De Wet van Niekerk made their international debuts for Brazil.
  • Vittorio Lastra, Nicanor Machuca, Gonzalo Martínez and Franco Velarde made their international debuts for Chile.
4 February 2017
15:00 CST (UTC-06)
United States 29–23 Uruguay (1 BP)
Try: Campbell 36' c
Scully 62' c
Con: Cima (1/1) 37'
MacGinty (1/1) 62'
Pen: Cima (3/4) 6', 22', 31'
MacGinty (2/3) 55', 66'		Report[3][4]Try: Gattas 15' c
Nieto 46' c
Con: Albanell (2/2) 15', 45'
Pen: Albanell (2/3) 4', 40', 54'
Toyota Field, San Antonio
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
FB 15 Mike Te'o
RW 14 Blaine Scully (c)
OC 13 Bryce Campbell
IC 12 AJ MacGinty
LW 11 Zack Test  40'
FH 10 Ben Cima  52'
SH 9 Nate Augspurger  71'
N8 8 Alastair McFarland
OF 7 Todd Clever 12' to 22'  53'
BF 6 John Quill
RL 5 Nick Civetta
LL 4 Nate Brakeley  59'
TP 3 Chris Baumann  51'
HK 2 Peter Malcolm  51'
LP 1 Anthony Purpura  59'
Replacements:
HK 16 James Hilterbrand  51'
PR 17 Alex Maughan  59'
PR 18 Dino Waldren  51'
LK 19 Matthew Jensen  59'
FL 20 Tony Lamborn  53'
SH 21 Shaun Davies  71'
FH 22 Will Magie  52'
CE 23 JP Eloff  40'
Coach:
John Mitchell
FB 15 Rodrigo Silva
RW 14 Leandro Leivas
OC 13 Juan Manuel Cat 48' to 58'
IC 12 Juan de Freitas  59'
LW 11 Andrés Rocco  59'
FH 10 Germán Albanell
SH 9 Santiago Arata  69'
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF 7 Franco Lamanna
BF 6 Rodolfo Garese  65'
RL 5 Diego Ayala  65'
LL 4 Ignacio Dotti
TP 3 Juan Echeverría  77'
HK 2 Facundo Gattas  71'
LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Diego Pombo  71'
PR 17 Matías Benítez  71'
PR 18 Felipe Inciarte  77'
FL 19 Juan Diego Ormaechea  65'
LK 20 Diego Magno  65'
SH 21 Guillermo Lijtenstein  69'
FH 22 Francisco Berchesi  59'
WG 23 Gastón Gibernau  59'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

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

Notes:

4 February 2017
17:000 PST (UTC-08)
Canada 6–20 Argentina XV
Pen: McRorie (2/2) 12', 62'Report[5]Try: Medrano 50' c
Tuculet 66' c
Con: Miotti (2/2) 51', 67'
Pen: Miotti (2/2) 2', 75'
Westhills Stadium, Langford
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)
FB 15 Carl Pocock  57'
RW 14 Dan Moor
OC 13 Brock Staller  72'
IC 12 Nick Blevins
LW 11 Taylor Paris
FH 10 Robbie Povey  58'
SH 9 Gordon McRorie (c)
N8 8 Clay Panga  58'
OF 7 Lucas Rumball 2' to 12'
BF 6 Admir Cejvanovic
RL 5 Liam Chisholm  65'
LL 4 Conor Keys
TP 3 Matt Tierney  65'
HK 2 Eric Howard  58'
LP 1 Rob Brouwer  51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Benoît Piffero  58'
PR 17 Djustice Sears-Duru  51'
PR 18 Cole Keith  65'
LK 19 Reegan O'Gorman  65'
LK 20 Matt Beukeboom  58'
SH 21 Phil Mack  58'
FH 22 Giuseppe du Toit  72'
CE 23 George Barton  57'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe
FB 15 Bautista Delguy
RW 14 Fernando Luna
OC 13 Juan Cappiello  70'
IC 12 Bruno Devoto
LW 11 Santiago Álvarez  60'
FH 10 Domingo Miotti
SH 9 Sebastián Cancelliere  73'
N8 8 Tomás de la Vega
OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF 6 Francisco Gorrissen  70'
RL 5 Pedro Ortega
LL 4 Juan Cruz Guillemaín  68'
TP 3 Cristian Bartoloni  50'
HK 2 Gaspar Baldunciel  70'
LP 1 Franco Brarda  70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Marcelo Brandi  70'
PR 17 Nicolás Solveyra  70'
PR 18 Santiago Medrano  50'
LK 19 Franco Molina  68'
N8 20 Rodrigo Bruni  70'
SH 21 Juan Manuel Lescano 78' to 80'  73'
CE 22 Tomás Granella  70'
FB 23 Segundo Tuculet  60'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
Harry Mason (Canada)
Michael Jones (Canada)

Week 2

11 February 2017
19:00 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina XV  (1 BP)57–12 Uruguay
Try: Cancelliere (3) 16' c, 24' m, 48' c
Miotti 28' m
Brandi 35' c
Montagner (2) 55' m, 79' c
Álvarez 59' c
Luna 69' c
Con: Miotti (3/5) 17', 36', 49'
Granella (1/2) 60'
Luna (2/2) 70', 80'		Report[6]Try: Arata 13' c
J. de Freitas 46' m
Con: Albanell (1/2) 14'
Estadio Villa Mitre, Bahía Blanca
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)
FB 15 Bautista Delguy
RW 14 Segundo Tuculet  60'
OC 13 Santiago Álvarez
IC 12 Juan Cappiello
LW 11 Julián Domínguez
FH 10 Domingo Miotti  52'
SH 9 Sebastián Cancelliere  54'
N8 8 Tomás de la Vega  52'
OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF 6 Mariano Romanini
RL 5 Ignacio Larrague
LL 4 Pedro Ortega  54'
TP 3 Santiago Medrano  62'
HK 2 Marcelo Brandi  52'
LP 1 Francisco Ferronato  60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Axel Zapata  52'
PR 17 Eduardo Bello  60'
PR 18 Alejo Brem  62'
LK 19 Franco Molina  54'
N8 20 Santiago Montagner  52'
SH 21 Lautaro Bazán  54'
CE 22 Tomás Granella  52'
WG 23 Fernando Luna  60'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB 15 Rodrigo Silva
RW 14 Nicolás Freitas 53' to 63'
OC 13 Juan Manuel Cat
IC 12 Juan de Freitas
LW 11 Francisco Berchesi  27'
FH 10 Germán Albanell  60'
SH 9 Santiago Arata  52'
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF 7 Gonzalo Soto  23' 32'
BF 6 Rodolfo Garese
RL 5 Diego Magno
LL 4 Ignacio Dotti  62'
TP 3 Juan Echeverría 57' to 72'
HK 2 Martín Espiga  62'
LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti 22' to 32'  60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Facundo Gattas  23' 32'  60'
PR 17 Matías Benítez  62'
PR 18 Felipe Inciarte  57' 72'
LK 19 Diego Ayala  62'
N8 20 Manuel Diana  43'
SH 21 Guillermo Lijtenstein  52'
FH 22 Lucas Durán  60'
FB 23 Ignacio García  27'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Touch judges:
Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Santiago Altobelli (Argentina)

11 February 2017
18:00 CST (UTC-06)
United States  (1 BP)51–3 Brazil
Try: SP. Davis 3' m
Eloff 28' m
Lamborn (2) 44' m, 66' c
Dolan 57' m
Te'o 73' c
Campbell 76' c
Tiberio 80' c
Con: Cima (4/4) 66', 73', 76', 81'
Pen: Magie (1/2) 13'		Report[7]Pen: Duque (1/1) 50'
Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Attendance: 6,091
Referee: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)
FB 15 Mike Te'o
RW 14 Spike Davis  59'
OC 13 Bryce Campbell
IC 12 JP Eloff
LW 11 Nate Augspurger
FH 10 Will Magie  59'
SH 9 Shaun Davies  71'
N8 8 Alastair McFarland  52'
OF 7 Tony Lamborn
BF 6 John Quill  62'
RL 5 Nick Civetta
LL 4 Nate Brakeley
TP 3 Dino Waldren  40'
HK 2 James Hilterbrand (c)  59'
LP 1 Ben Tarr  40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Peter Malcolm  59'
PR 17 Anthony Purpura  40'
PR 18 Chris Baumann  40'
N8 19 Cameron Dolan  52'
FL 20 Todd Clever  62'
FH 21 Ben Cima  59'
CE 22 Peter Tiberio  59'
WG 23 Deion Mikesell  71'
Coach:
John Mitchell
FB 15 Daniel Sancery
RW 14 De Wet van Niekerk
OC 13 Felipe Sancery  69'
IC 12 Moisés Duque
LW 11 Stefano Giantorno  53'
FH 10 Josh Reeves
SH 9 Matheus Cruz  72'
N8 8 Nick Smith (c)
OF 7 André Arruda
BF 6 João Luiz da Ros  40'
RL 5 Lucas Piero  45'
LL 4 Luiz Vieira 15' to 25'
TP 3 Wilton Rebolo  59'
HK 2 Yan Rosetti  75'
LP 1 Jonatas Paulo  36'
Replacements:
HK 16 Daniel Danielewicz  70'
PR 17 Pedro Bengaló  36' 70' to 75'
PR 18 Caíque Silva  59'
LK 19 Diego López  45'
FL 20 Artur Bergo  40'
SH 21 Beukes Cremer  72'
CE 22 Luan Smanio  69'
FH 23 Guilherme Coghetto  53'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
Scott Green (USA)
Jim Rogers (USA)

Notes:

11 February 2017
17:00 PST (UTC-08)
Canada  (1 BP)36–15 Chile
Try: Paris (3) 26' c, 36' c, 52' m
Barton 66' c
Moor 80' c
Con: McRorie (2/3) 27', 37'
Povey (2/2) 67', 80'
Pen: McRorie (1/1) 29'		Report[8]Try: Orpis 60' c
Fernández 75' m
Con: Ianiszewski (1/2) 61'
Pen: Ianiszewski (1/1) 7'
Westhills Stadium, Langford
Attendance: 1,509
Referee: Derek Summers (United States)
FB 15 Brock Staller
RW 14 Dan Moor
OC 13 Nick Blevins
IC 12 Giuseppe du Toit  65'
LW 11 Taylor Paris
FH 10 Gradyn Bowd  51'
SH 9 Gordon McRorie (c)  62'
N8 8 Admir Cejvanovic
OF 7 Ollie Nott  53'  77'
BF 6 Lucas Rumball
RL 5 Liam Chisholm  57'
LL 4 Conor Keys
TP 3 Matt Tierney  62'
HK 2 Benoît Piffero  62'
LP 1 Djustice Sears-Duru  62'
Replacements:
HK 16 Eric Howard  62'
PR 17 Rob Brouwer  62'
PR 18 Cole Keith  62'
LK 19 Reegan O'Gorman  57'
LK 20 Matt Beukeboom  53'  77'
SH 21 Phil Mack  62'
FH 22 Robbie Povey  51'
CE 23 George Barton  65'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe
FB 15 Pedro Verschae
RW 14 Franco Velarde
OC 13 José Ignacio Larenas 78' to 80'
IC 12 Simón Pardakhty  69'
LW 11 Tomás Ianiszewski
FH 10 Francisco Cruz 25' to 35'  51'
SH 9 Jan Hasenlechner  55'
N8 8 Benjamín Soto (c) 39' to 49'
OF 7 Anton Petrowitsch
BF 6 Arturo Seeman  57'
RL 5 Mario Mayol
LL 4 Nikola Bursic  40'
TP 3 José Tomás Munita  69'
HK 2 Rodrigo Moya  69'
LP 1 Vittorio Lastra  48'
Replacements:
HK 16 Martín Mendoza  69'
PR 17 Claudio Zamorano  48'
PR 18 Gonzalo Martínez  69'
FL 19 Manuel Dagnino  40'
FL 20 Eduardo Orpis  57'
WG 21 Juan Pablo Larenas  55'
FH 22 Jorge Castillo  51'
FB 23 Rodrigo Fernández  69'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre

Touch judges:
Doug Hamre (Canada)
Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)

Notes:

Week 3

18 February 2017
18:00 CLST (UTC-03)
Chile 10–45 Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: R. Fernández 68' c
Con: Moller (1/1) 69'
Pen: Castillo (1/1) 7'		Report[9]Try: Cappiello 15' c
Luna 40' c
Solveyra 46' c
Delguy 52' c
Devoto (2) 61' c, 77' c
Con: González (3/3) 16', 40', 47'
Luna (3/3) 53', 62', 78'
Pen: González (1/1) 24'
Estadio CAP, Talcahuano
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)
FB 15 Rodrigo Fernández
RW 14 Martín Fernández  34'  42'
OC 13 José Ignacio Larenas (c)  62'
IC 12 Ricardo Sifri  54'
LW 11 Martín Verschae
FH 10 Jorge Castillo  48'
SH 9 Juan Pablo Larenas  74'
N8 8 Benjamín Soto
OF 7 Anton Petrowitsch
BF 6 Cristóbal Niedmann 25' to 29'  70'
RL 5 Nelson Calderón
LL 4 Mario Mayol  59'
TP 3 Gonzalo Martínez  19'
HK 2 Manuel Garruchaga  55'
LP 1 Claudio Zamorano  72'  5' to 6' 62' to 70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Martín Mendoza  55'
PR 17 Sebastián Valech  5'  6'  34'  42'  62'  70'  74'
PE 18 José Tomás Munita  19'
FL 19 Manuel Dagnino  59'
FL 20 Eduardo Orpis  25'  29'  70'
SH 21 Sergio Bascuñán  62'
FH 22 Francisco González Moller  48'
CE 23 Mauricio Urrutia  54'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre
FB 15 Fernando Luna
RW 14 Santiago Álvarez  48'
OC 13 Juan Cappiello (c)
IC 12 Bruno Devoto
LW 11 Germán Schulz
FH 10 Juan Cruz González  48'
SH 9 Lautaro Bazán  64'
N8 8 Rodrigo Bruni  58'
OF 7 Santiago Montagner
BF 6 Francisco Gorrissen
RL 5 Ignacio Larrague
LL 4 Franco Molina  48'
TP 3 Eduardo Bello  55'
HK 2 Axel Zapata  62'
LP 1 Nicolás Solveyra  55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Marcelo Brandi  62'
PR 17 Francisco Ferronato  55'
PR 18 Alejo Brem  55'
LK 19 Pedro Ortega  48'
FL 20 Lautaro Bavaro  58'
SH 21 Sebastián Cancelliere  64'
CE 22 Tomás Granella  48'
FB 23 Bautista Delguy  48'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi

Touch judges:
Francisco Saavedra (Chile)
Luis Díaz (Chile)

18 February 2017
20:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  (1 BP)23–12 Brazil
Try: Ayala 7' m
Dotti 16' m
Nieto 40' m
Arata 45' m
Pen: Albanell (1/3) 50'		Report[10]Pen: Duque (4/4) 2', 12', 43', 64'
Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)
FB 15 Rodrigo Silva
RW 14 Leandro Leivas
OC 13 Juan Manuel Cat
IC 12 Andrés Vilaseca  51'
LW 11 Nicolás Freitas
FH 10 Germán Albanell
SH 9 Santiago Arata  61'
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto
OF 7 Gonzalo Soto  61'
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)  51'
RL 5 Diego Ayala  61'
LL 4 Ignacio Dotti
TP 3 Mario Sagario  51'
HK 2 Martín Espiga  65'
LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  74'
Replacements:
HK 16 Facundo Gattas  65'
PR 17 Matías Benítez  74'
PR 18 Juan Echeverría  51'
LK 19 Lorenzo Surraco  61'
FL 20 Juan Diego Ormaechea  51'
SH 21 Guillermo Lijtenstein  61'
WG 22 Gastón Gibernau  51'
N8 23 Manuel Diana  61'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB 15 Daniel Sancery
RW 14 Robert Tenório  79'
OC 13 Felipe Sancery  79'
IC 12 Moisés Duque
LW 11 De Wet van Niekerk
FH 10 Josh Reeves
SH 9 Matheus Cruz  79'
N8 8 Nick Smith  61'
OF 7 Cléber Dias  36'
BF 6 Matheus Daniel  69' 79'
RL 5 Diego López
LL 4 Lucas Piero
TP 3 Pedro Bengaló  56'
HK 2 Daniel Danielewicz 40' to 51' 68' to 78'
LP 1 Wilton Rebolo
Replacements:
HK 16 Endy Willian  40' 51'
PR 17 Vitor Ancina  56'
PR 18 Matheus Rocha  69' 79'
FL 19 André Arruda  36'
FL 20 João Luiz da Ros  61'
SH 21 Beukes Cremer  79'
CE 22 Luan Smanio  79'
WG 23 Ariel Rodrigues  79'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
Francisco González (Uruguay)

Notes:

  • Matheus Rocha, Ariel Rodrigues and Endy Willian made their international debuts for Brazil.
  • Manuel Diana and Lorenzo Surraco made their international debuts for Uruguay.
18 February 2017
17:00 PST (UTC-08)
Canada  (1 BP)34–51 United States (1 BP)
Try: Paris (2) 14' m, 56' m
Mack 20' c
Barton 68' c
Cejvanovic 77' c
Con: Povey (1/2) 21'
McRorie (2/3) 69', 78'
Pen: Povey (1/2) 36'		Report[11]Try: Matyas 2' c
Te'o (3) 4' m, 45' m, 71' c
Purpura 39' c
Clever 53' c
Quill 64' c
Con: Davies (5/7) 3', 40', 54', 65', 72'
Pen: Magie (1/1) 11'
Davies (1/1) 31'
Swangard Stadium, Burnaby
Attendance: 3,416
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
FB 15 Brock Staller
RW 14 Dan Moor
OC 13 Nick Blevins  40'
IC 12 Giuseppe du Toit
LW 11 Taylor Paris 40' to 44'  66'
FH 10 Robbie Povey
SH 9 Phil Mack  55'
N8 8 Admir Cejvanovic
OF 7 Ollie Nott  44' 47'  58'
BF 6 Lucas Rumball
RL 5 Reegan O'Gorman
LL 4 Conor Keys
TP 3 Matt Tierney  66'
HK 2 Ray Barkwill (c) 38' to 48'  58'
LP 1 Rob Brouwer  50'
Replacements:
HK 16 Benoît Piffero  44' 47'  58'
PR 17 Djustice Sears-Duru  50'
PR 18 Cole Keith  66'
LK 19 Liam Chisholm
FL 20 Lucas Albornoz  58'
SH 21 Gordon McRorie  55'
FH 22 Gradyn Bowd  40'
CE 23 George Barton  40' 44'  66'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe
FB 15 Mike Te'o
RW 14 Ryan Matyas  50'
OC 13 Bryce Campbell
IC 12 JP Eloff
LW 11 Nate Augspurger
FH 10 Will Magie
SH 9 Shaun Davies  72'
N8 8 Cam Dolan
OF 7 Tony Lamborn  61'
BF 6 Todd Clever (c)  56'
RL 5 Nick Civetta  66'
LL 4 Nate Brakeley
TP 3 Chris Baumann  50'
HK 2 Peter Malcolm  50'
LP 1 Anthony Purpura  56'
Replacements:
HK 16 James Hilterbrand  50'
PR 17 Dino Waldren  50'
PR 18 Ben Tarr  56'
LK 19 Siaosi Mahoni  66'
FL 20 John Quill  61'
N8 21 David Tameilau  56'
FH 22 Ben Cima  50'
WG 23 Spike Davis  72'
Coach:
John Mitchell

Touch judges:
David Smortchevsky (Canada)
David Crisp (Canada)

Notes:

  • Lucas Albornoz made his international debut for Canada.
  • Siaosi Mahoni made his international debut for the United States.
  • The 51 points scored by the United States are the most pointed conceded by Canada on home soil against the Eagles.

Week 4

25 February 2017
15:40 CLT (UTC-03)
Chile 9–57 United States (1 BP)
Pen: Moller (3/3) 17', 34', 48'Report[12]Try: Dolan 24' c
Lamborn (2) 36' c, 76' c
Tameilau 50' c
Jensen 52' m
Clever 66' c
Malcolm (2) 78' c, 80' c
Con: Cima (7/8) 25', 37', 51', 67', 77', 79', 80'
Pen: Cima (1/1) 5'
Pista Atlética San Carlos de Apoquindo, Santiago
Attendance: 900
Referee: Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)
FB 15 Pedro Verschae
RW 14 Matías Contreras  40'
OC 13 Franco Velarde
IC 12 Simón Pardakhty 58' to 68'
LW 11 Tomás Ianiszewski
FH 10 Francisco González Moller  67'
SH 9 Sergio Bascuñán 22' to 32'  62'
N8 8 Manuel Dagnino  65'
OF 7 Anton Petrowitsch
BF 6 Arturo Seeman 26' to 35'  62'
RL 5 Nikola Bursic
LL 4 Mario Mayol
TP 3 José Tomás Munita  54'
HK 2 Manuel Garruchaga (c)  67'
LP 1 Vittorio Lastra  54'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rodrigo Moya  67'
PR 17 Sebastián Valech  54'
PR 18 Ernesto Ugarte  54'
LK 19 Nelson Calderón  62'
FL 20 Eduardo Orpis  26' 35'  65'
SH 21 Beltrán Vergara  62'
FH 22 Jorge Castillo  67'
CE 23 Mauricio Urrutia  40'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre
FB 15 Mike Te'o
RW 14 Spike Davis  65'
OC 13 Bryce Campbell 43' to 53'
IC 12 JP Eloff  62'
LW 11 Nate Augspurger (c)
FH 10 Ben Cima
SH 9 Shaun Davies  67'
N8 8 Cam Dolan
OF 7 Tony Lamborn
BF 6 Todd Clever  67'
RL 5 Siaosi Mahoni  49'
LL 4 Matthew Jensen
TP 3 Chris Baumann  58'
HK 2 James Hilterbrand  51'
LP 1 Ben Tarr  49'
Replacements:
HK 16 Peter Malcolm  51'
PR 17 Anthony Purpura  49'
PR 18 Olive Kilifi  58'
FL 19 Hanco Germishuys  67'
N8 20 David Tameilau  49'
FH 21 Will Magie  65'
CE 22 Calvin Whiting  62'
WG 23 Andrew Turner  67'
Coach:
John Mitchell

Touch judges:
Frank Méndez (Chile)
Tomás Fernández (Chile)

Notes:

25 February 2017
17:40 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina XV  (1 BP)79–7 Brazil
Try: Cancelliere (2) 3' m, 55' c
Brarda 18' c
De la Vega (2) 36' c, 49' c
Brandi 43' m
Schulz 52' c
Larrague 61' m
Boffelli 66' c
Cappiello 69' c
Bazán (2) 73' c, 79' m
Con: Miotti (3/5) 19', 37', 50'
Granella (4/4) 53', 56', 67', 70'
Boffelli (1/2) 74'
Pen: Miotti (1/1) 11'		Report[13]Try: Duque 5' c
Con: Duque (1/1) 6'
Estadio Agustín Pichot, Ushuaia
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Claudio Cativelli (Uruguay)
FB 15 Juan Cruz González  40'
RW 14 Germán Schulz
OC 13 Segundo Tuculet
IC 12 Tomás Granella
LW 11 Franco Cuaranta
FH 10 Domingo Miotti  51'
SH 9 Sebastián Cancelliere  60'
N8 8 Tomás de la Vega  60'
OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF 6 Mariano Romanini
RL 5 Ignacio Larrague
LL 4 Pedro Ortega  60'
TP 3 Alejo Brem  45'
HK 2 Marcelo Brandi  51'
LP 1 Franco Brarda  51'
Replacements:
HK 16 Gaspar Baldunciel  51'
PR 17 Facundo Gigena  51'
PR 18 Santiago Medrano 58' to 68'  45'
LK 19 Franco Molina  60'
N8 20 Rodrigo Bruni  60'
SH 21 Lauaro Bazán  60'
CE 22 Juan Cappiello  51'
WG 23 Emiliano Boffelli  40'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB 15 Daniel Sancery
RW 14 Ariel Rodrigues
OC 13 Felipe Sancery  71'
IC 12 Moisés Duque
LW 11 De Wet van Niekerk  20'
FH 10 Josh Reeves
SH 9 Matheus Cruz
N8 8 Nick Smith (c) 13' to 23'  48'
OF 7 André Arruda
BF 6 João Luiz da Ros 77' to 80'
RL 5 Diego López  48'
LL 4 Gabriel Paganini 42' to 52'
TP 3 Caíque Silva  28'
HK 2 Yan Rosetti  75'
LP 1 Wilton Rebolo  78'
Replacements:
HK 16 Daniel Danielewicz  75'
PR 17 Vitor Ancina  28'
PR 18 Pedro Bengaló  78'
LK 19 Lucas Piero  48'
FL 20 Matheus Daniel  48'
SH 21 Beukes Cremer
CE 22 Luan Smanio  71'
WG 23 Robert Tenório  20'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio

Touch judges:
Damián Schneider (Argentina)
Pablo de Luca (Argentina)

Notes:

  • First international test played in Tierra del Fuego by an Argentinean national side.
25 February 2017
20:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay 17–13 Canada (1 BP)
Try: Leivas 19' c
Penalty try 26' c
Con: Albanell (2/2) 20', 27'
Pen: Albanell (1/3) 11'		Report[14]Try: Trainor 75' c
Con: Staller (1/1) 76'
Pen: McRorie (2/2) 4', 50'
Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Derek Summers (United States)
FB 15 Rodrigo Silva
RW 14 Leandro Leivas
OC 13 Juan Manuel Cat  61'
IC 12 Andrés Vilaseca
LW 11 Nicolás Freitas
FH 10 Germán Albanell 49' to 59'
SH 9 Santiago Arata  56'
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto
OF 7 Franco Lammana 73' to 80'
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)  65'
RL 5 Diego Ayala  66'
LL 4 Ignacio Dotti
TP 3 Juan Echeverría  51'
HK 2 Martín Espiga
LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  59'
Replacements:
HK 16 Facundo Gattas  59'
PR 17 Matías Benítez
PR 18 Mario Sagario  51'
FL 19 Juan Diego Ormaechea  65'
LK 20 Diego Magno  66'
SH 21 Guillermo Lijtenstein  56'
WG 22 Gastón Gibernau
FB 23 Gastón Mieres  61'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB 15 Brock Staller 25' to 35'
RW 14 Dan Moor
OC 13 Conor Trainor 25' to 28'
IC 12 Nick Blevins
LW 11 Kainoa Lloyd  69'
FH 10 Robbie Povey  40'
SH 9 Gordon McRorie (c)  59'
N8 8 Admir Cejvanovic
OF 7 Lucas Rumball
BF 6 Clay Panga  61'
RL 5 Reegan O'Gorman  56'
LL 4 Brett Beukeboom
TP 3 Matt Tierney
HK 2 Ray Barkwill
LP 1 Rob Brouwer  69'
Replacements:
HK 16 Eric Howard
PR 17 Djustice Sears-Duru  69'
PR 18 Cole Keith
LK 19 Liam Chisholm  56'
LK 20 Matt Beukeboom  61'
SH 21 Phil Mack  59'
FH 22 Gradyn Bowd  40'
FH 23 Giuseppe du Toit  25' 28'  69'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe

Touch judges:
Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
Rodrigo Goyret (Uruguay)

Notes:

  • Kainoa Lloyd made his international debut for Canada.
  • This was Uruguay' largest winning margin over Canada, surpassing their only ever other victory of Canada (25–23) set in 2002.

Week 5

3 March 2017
19:15 BRST (UTC-02)
Brazil 24–23 Canada (1 BP)
Try: D. Sancery 10' c
M. Duque 37' c
Tranquez 78'
Con: M. Duque (3/3) 11', 38', 79'
Pen: M. Duque (1/1) 16'		Report[15]Try: Blevins 13' c
McRorie 26' c
Con: McRorie (2/2) 14', 27'
Pen: McRorie (2/3) 48', 55'
Drop: McRorie (1/1) 66'
Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo
Attendance: 900
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)
FB 15 Daniel Sancery
RW 14 Ariel Rodrigues
OC 13 Felipe Sancery
IC 12 Moisés Duque
LW 11 Luca Tranquez
FH 10 Josh Reeves
SH 9 Lucas Duque
N8 8 Nick Smith (c)
OF 7 Arthur Bergo
BF 6 André Arruda
RL 5 Luis Vieira  74'
LL 4 Lucas Piero  45'
TP 3 Pedro Bengaló  45'
HK 2 Yan Rosetti
LP 1 Jonatas Paulo  38'
Replacements:
HK 16 Luan Almeida
PR 17 Wilton Rebolo  38'
PR 18 Matheu Rocha  45'
LK 19 Diego López 72' to 80'  45'
FL 20 João Luiz da Ros  74'
SH 21 Matheus Cruz
CE 22 Matheus Cláudio
WG 23 Stefano Giantorno
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB 15 Giuseppe du Toit
RW 14 Dan Moor
OC 13 Conor Trainor
IC 12 Nick Blevins
LW 11 Rory McDonell
FH 10 Gradyn Bowd  49'
SH 9 Gordon McRorie (c)
N8 8 Admir Cejvanovic
OF 7 Lucas Rumball
BF 6 Matt Beukeboom
RL 5 Liam Chisholm  64'
LL 4 Brett Beukeboom 72' to 80'
TP 3 Matt Tierney
HK 2 Eric Howard  49'
LP 1 Rob Brouwer  53'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ray Barkwill  49'
PR 17 Djustice Sears-Duru  53'
PR 18 Cole Keith
LK 19 Reegan O'Gorman  64'
N8 20 Clay Panga
SH 21 Phil Mack  49'
CE 22 George Barton
FB 23 Brock Staller
Coach:
Mark Anscombe

Touch judges:
Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)
Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)

Notes:

  • This was Brazil's first ever victory over Canada.
4 March 2017
16:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  (1 BP)45–14 Chile
Try: Echeverría 27' c
Leivas (2) 32' c, 36' c
N. Freitas (2) 53' c, 67' c
Magno 63' c
Con: Albanell (4/4) 28', 33', 37', 54'
Silva (2/2) 64', 68'
Pen: Albanell (1/1) 22'		Report[16]Try: Bursic 79' m
Pen: Moller (2/3) 20', 39'
Ianiszewski (1/1) 31'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 5,300
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)
FB 15 Rodrigo Silva  69'
RW 14 Leandro Leivas
OC 13 Juan Manuel Cat
IC 12 Andrés Vilaseca  64'
LW 11 Nicolás Freitas
FH 10 Germán Albanell  57'
SH 9 Guillermo Lijtenstein
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto  57'
OF 7 Rodolfo Garese
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL 5 Diego Magno
LL 4 Ignacio Dotti  64'
TP 3 Juan Echeverría  52'
HK 2 Martín Espiga  69'
LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti  64'
Replacements:
HK 16 Facundo Gattas  64'
PR 17 Matías Benítez  69'
PR 18 Mario Sagario  79'  52'
LK 19 Diego Ayala  64'
FL 20 Gonzalo Soto  57'
FH 21 Lucas Durán  69'
FB 22 Gastón Mieres  57'
CE 23 Juan de Freitas 76' to 80'  57'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB 15 Rodrigo Fernández  61'
RW 14 Mauricio Urrutia
OC 13 José Ignacio Larenas
IC 12 Ricardo Sifri  64'
LW 11 Tomás Ianiszewski 62' to 72'
FH 10 Francisco González Moller 21' to 31'
SH 9 Juan Pablo Larenas  55'
N8 8 Benjamín Soto  59'
OF 7 Anton Petrowitsch
BF 6 Cristobál Niedmann  52'
RL 5 Nikola Bursic
LL 4 Mario Mayol
TP 3 José Tomás Munita  64'
HK 2 Manuel Garruchaga (c)
LP 1 Claudio Zamorano  47'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rodrigo Moya
PR 17 Vittorio Lastra  47'
PR 18 Lucas Bordigoni  64'
FL 19 Manuel Dagnino  59'
FL 20 Arturo Seeman  52'
SH 21 Sergio Bascuñán  55'
FH 22 Jorge Castillo  64'
WG 23 Martín Fernández  61'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre

Touch judges:
Claudio Cattivelli (Uruguay)
Martín Bangueses (Uruguay)

Notes:

4 March 2017
17:40 ART (UTC-03)
Argentina XV 27–27 United States (1 BP)
Try: Penalty try (2) 40' c, 53' c
Ascárate 63' c
Con: Miotti (3/3) 40', 54', 64'
Pen: Miotti (2/2) 7', 56'		Report[17]Try: Magie 29' m
Tameilau (2) 37' c, 80' c
Dolan 74' m
Con: Cima (2/4) 38', 80'
Pen: Cima (1/2) 15'
Estadio Municipal, Comodoro Rivadavia
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
FB 15 Gabriel Ascárate  71'
RW 14 Germán Schulz
OC 13 Santiago Álvarez  54'
IC 12 Bruno Devoto
LW 11 Julian Dominguez
FH 10 Domingo Miotti
SH 9 Sebastián Cancelliere 45' to 55'  57'
N8 8 Tomás de la Vega
OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF 6 Francisco Gorrissen  73'
RL 5 Ignacio Larrague
LL 4 Pedro Ortega  66'
TP 3 Santiago Medrano  69'
HK 2 Gaspar Baldunciel  46'
LP 1 Francisco Ferronato  60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Marcelo Brandi  46'
PR 17 Eduardo Bello  60'
PR 18 Nicolás Solveyra  69'
LK 19 Franco Molina  66'
N8 20 Santiago Montagner  73'
SH 21 Lauaro Bazán  57'
FH 22 Juan Cruz González  54'
WG 23 Franco Cuaranta  71'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB 15 Ben Cima
RW 14 Mike Te'o 40' to 50'
OC 13 Bryce Campbell
IC 12 JP Eloff  66'
LW 11 Nate Augspurger (c)
FH 10 Will Magie
SH 9 Shaun Davies  71'
N8 8 Cam Dolan
OF 7 Tony Lamborn
BF 6 John Quill  64'
RL 5 Siaosi Mahoni  25'
LL 4 Matthew Jensen
TP 3 Chris Baumann  57'
HK 2 James Hilterbrand  46'
LP 1 Anthony Purpura  57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Peter Malcolm  46'
PR 17 Ben Tarr  57'
PR 18 Olive Kilifi  57'
FL 19 Hanco Germishuys  64'
N8 20 David Tameilau 44' to 54'  25'
CE 21 Calvin Whiting  66'
CE 22 Ryan Matyas  64'
WG 23 Spike Davis  71'
Coach:
John Mitchell

Touch judges:
Santiago Altobelli (Argentina)
José Covassi (Argentina)

Statistics

Attendances (2016-2017)

Top 5

Season Game Home team Visitor Attendance Sources
1 2016 1  United States  Argentina 10,241 [2]
2 2017 5  Argentina  United States 9,000 [3]
3 2016 2  Argentina  Chile 8,500 [4]
4 2016 2  United States  Canada 7,145 [5]
5 2017 2  United States  Brazil 6,091 [6]

Average home attendances

Pos Team GP Total High Low Average
1  United States 5 31,578 10,241 3,000 6,316
2  Argentina 5 30,000 9,000 3,000 6,000
3  Uruguay 5 18,400 6,000 1,800 3,680
4  Brazil 5 15,099 3,798 900 3,020
5  Chile 5 12,447 5,000 900 2,489
6  Canada 5 9,913 3,416 1,123 1,983

Table (2016-2017)

Pos Nation Games Points Tries Bonus points Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff 4 tries 7 Pts loss
1  Argentina XV 10 8 2 0 422 195 +227 59 8 0 44
2  United States 10 6 2 2 405 172 +233 56 6 2 36
3  Uruguay 10 6 0 4 243 256 –13 30 3 2 29
4  Canada 10 4 0 6 304 266 +38 38 5 2 23
5  Brazil 10 3 0 7 170 354 –184 17 0 2 14
6  Chile 10 1 0 9 124 425 –301 9 0 1 5

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