2016 Americas Rugby Championship Explained

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2016 Americas Rugby Championship
Date:	6 February 2016 – 6 March 2016
Countries:
Count:	1
Matches:	15
Tries:	109
Attendance:	63221
Top Scorer:	Matías Nordenflycht (53)
Most Tries:	Juan Pablo Estellés (5) Joaquín Paz (5)
Preceded By:	2014
Succeeded By:	2017

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

Participants

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

Table

Pos	Nation (rank)	Games				Points			Tries	Bonus points		Table points
Pos	Nation (rank)	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against		Tries	4 tries	7 Pts loss	Table points
1	(n/a)	5	4	1	0	207	99	+108	30	4	0	22
2	(16)	5	2	1	2	177	110	+67	24	3	2	15
3	(19)	5	3	0	2	192	139	+53	25	3	0	15
4	(20)	5	3	0	2	123	131	–8	14	1	1	14
5	(42)	5	1	0	4	107	175	–68	11	0	2	6
6	(24)	5	1	0	4	73	225	–152	5	0	1	5
Points are awarded to the teams as follows: Win - 4 points Draw - 2 points 4 or more tries - 1 point Loss within 7 points - 1 point Loss greater than 7 points - 0 point Rank refers to World Rugby Rankings before the start of the tournament

Squads

See main article: 2016 Americas Rugby Championship squads.

Fixtures

The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once.^[3] ^[4]

Week One


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


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

Man of the Match:
Beltrán Vergara (Chile)

Touch judges:
Francisco Saavedra (Chile)
Frank Méndez (Chile)

Notes:

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

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


FB	15	Santiago Martinez
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Andrés Vilaseca
IC	12	Alberto Román
LW	11
FH	10	Rodrigo Silva
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3	Juan Echeverría
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18	Rafael Mones
PR	19	Rodolfo de Mula
LK	20
LK	21
SH	22
CE	23	Pedro Deal
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Man of the Match:
Dan Moor (Canada)

Touch judges:
David Smortchevsky (Canada)
Harry Mason (Canada)

Notes:

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

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FB	15	Blaine Scully (c)
RW	14	Takudzwa Ngwenya
OC	13	Chad London
IC	12	LeMoto Filikitonga
LW	11
FH	10	James Bird
SH	9
N8	8	David Tameilau
OF	7
BF	6	Cam Dolan
RL	5	Greg Peterson
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Eric Fry
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
HK	18	James Hilterbrand
LK	19	Ben Landry
FL	20
FH	21	JP Eloff
SH	22
FB	23
Coach:
John Mitchell


FB	15	Ramiro Moyano
RW	14	Matías Orlando
OC	13
IC	12
LW	11	Tomás Carrió
FH	10
SH	9	Gonzalo Bertranou
N8	8	Santiago Montagner
OF	7
BF	6	Rodrigo Báez (c)
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19	Pedro Ortega
FL	20	José Deheza
SH	21	Lautaro Bazán Vélez
FH	22	Juan Novillo
CE	23	Juan Pablo Estellés
Coach:
Pablo Bouza

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

Week Two


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


FB	15	Santiago Martinez
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Pedro Deal
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca
LW	11
FH	10	Rodrigo Silva
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF	7
BF	6	Gonzalo Soto
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18	Ignacio Secco
LK	19
FL	20	Lukas Lacoste
SH	21
FH	22	Martín Secco
CE	23
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

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

Notes:

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

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FB	15	Pedro Mercerat
RW	14	Rodrigo Etchart
OC	13	Santiago Álvarez Fourcade
IC	12	Joaquín Paz
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9	Lautaro Bazán Vélez
N8	8	Miguel Urtubey
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	José Deheza
RL	5	Marcos Kremer
LL	4	Pedro Ortega
TP	3
HK	2	Axel Zapata
LP	1	Roberto Tejerizo (c)
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20	Santiago Portillo
SH	21	Mauro Perotti
FH	22	Juan Novillo
CE	23
Coach:
Pablo Bouza


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

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

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FB	15	Jake Anderson
RW	14	Luke Hume
OC	13	Chad London
IC	12
LW	11	Kingsley McGowan
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	David Tameilau
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Nate Brakeley
RL	5
LL	4	Brodie Orth
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17
HK	18
FL	19	Pat Blair
FL	20
SH	21
FH	22
CE	23
Coach:
John Mitchell


FB	15	Pat Parfrey
RW	14	Phil Mackenzie
OC	13
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Dan Moor
FH	10	Gradyn Bowd
SH	9
N8	8	Clay Panga
OF	7	Alistair Clark
BF	6
RL	5
LL	4	Paul Ciulini
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki
HK	2	Ray Barkwill
LP	1	Hubert Buydens (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard
PR	17
PR	18	Rob Brouwer
LK	19
LK	20
N8	21	Michael Hamson
SH	22
WG	23
Coach:
Francois Ratier

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

Notes:

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

Week Three


FB	15
RW	14	Luke Hume
OC	13	Lorenzo Thomas
IC	12	Chad London
LW	11
FH	10	JP Eloff
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Nate Brakeley
RL	5	Brodie Orth
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Eric Fry
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
FL	19
FL	20
SH	21
WG	22
FB	23
Coach:
John Mitchell


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

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

Notes:

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

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FB	15	Santiago Martinez
RW	14
OC	13	Andrés Vilaseca
IC	12	Facundo Klappenbach
LW	11	Andrés Rocco
FH	10	Martín Secco
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5
LL	4
TP	3	Juan Echeverría
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17	Rodolfo de Mula
PR	18	Ignacio Secco
LK	19
FL	20
FH	21
SH	22
CE	23	Pedro Deal
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15
RW	14	Franco Cuaranta
OC	13	Juan Cappiello
IC	12	Bautista Ezcurra
LW	11	Axel Müller
FH	10	Juan Novillo
SH	9	Marcos Bollini
N8	8	Santiago Portillo
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	José Deheza
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Pedro Ortega
TP	3
HK	2	Santiago Iglesias Valdez
LP	1	Roberto Tejerizo (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Axel Zapata
PR	17
PR	18
FL	19	Gonzalo Paulín
N8	20	Miguel Urtubey
SH	21	Mauro Perotti
FH	22
FB	23
Coach:
Pablo Bouza

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

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FB	15
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Duncan Maguire
FH	10	Gradyn Bowd
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Alistair Clark
BF	6	Lucas Rumball
RL	5
LL	4	Paul Ciulini
TP	3
HK	2	Ray Barkwill (c)
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
N8	20	Michael Hamson
SH	21
CE	22
FB	23	Brett Johnson
Coach:
Francois Ratier


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

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

Notes:

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

Week Four


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


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12	Alberto Román
LW	11
FH	10	Martín Secco
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5
LL	4	Diego Magno
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17
PR	18	Rafael Mones
LK	19
FL	20
FH	21	Manuel Blengio
SH	22
CE	23	Pedro Deal
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

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

Notes:

Rafael Mones made his international debut for Uruguay.

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


FB	15	Jake Anderson
RW	14
OC	13
IC	12	Andrew Suniula
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9	Niku Kruger
N8	8	David Tameilau
OF	7	Aladdin Schirmer
BF	6
RL	5	Ben Landry
LL	4	Brodie Orth
TP	3	Olive Kilifi (c)
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16	Cam Falcon
PR	17
HK	18
FL	19
FH	20
FH	21
WG	22
CE	23
Coach:
John Mitchell

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

Notes:

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

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FB	15	Pedro Mercerat
RW	14	Juan Pablo Estellés
OC	13	Juan Cappiello
IC	12	Tomás Granella
LW	11
FH	10
SH	9
N8	8	Santiago Portillo
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	Juan Manuel Leguizamón
RL	5
LL	4	Pedro Ortega
TP	3
HK	2	Santiago Iglesias Valdez (c)
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16	Axel Zapata
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20	José Deheza
SH	21	Lautaro Bazán Vélez
FH	22	Juan Novillo
WG	23
Coach:
Pablo Bouza


FB	15
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Phil Mackenzie
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11
FH	10	Pat Parfrey
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7	Alistair Clark
BF	6
RL	5	Cam Pierce
LL	4	Kyle Baillie
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Hubert Buydens (c)
Replacements:
PR	16
PR	17
PR	18
HK	19	Alex Mascott
N8	20	Michael Hamson
FB	21
FH	22
SH	23
Coach:
Francois Ratier

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

Week Five


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Pedro Deal
IC	12
LW	11
FH	10	Manuel Blengio
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea
N8	8
OF	7	Juan Diego Ormaechea
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
FL	20
CE	21
SH	22	Guillermo Lijtenstein
WG	23
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	JP Eloff
RW	14	Deion Mikesell
OC	13	Lorenzo Thomas
IC	12	Chad London
LW	11	Tim Stanfill
FH	10
SH	9	Mike Te'o
N8	8
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Aladdin Schirmer
RL	5
LL	4	Brodie Orth
TP	3	Titi Lamositele
HK	2
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18	Demecus Beach
FL	19
FL	20	Hanco Germishuys
SH	21
WG	22	Ryan Matyas
FB	23	Jake Anderson
Coach:
John Mitchell

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

Notes:

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

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


FB	15
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Phil Mackenzie
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11
FH	10	Pat Parfrey
SH	9
N8	8
OF	7
BF	6	Kyle Baillie
RL	5	Cameron Pierce
LL	4	Paul Ciulini
TP	3
HK	2
LP	1	Hubert Buydens (c)
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
FL	19
N8	20	Michael Hamson
SH	21
FH	22
WG	23
Coach:
Francois Ratier

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

Notes:

Ryan Kotlewski made his international debut for Canada.

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


FB	15
RW	14	Juan Pablo Estellés
OC	13	Juan Cappiello
IC	12	Tomás Granella
LW	11	Pedro Mercerat
FH	10	Juan Cruz González
SH	9
N8	8	Santiago Portillo
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	José Deheza
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Pedro Ortega
TP	3
HK	2	Santiago Iglesias Valdez (c)
LP	1
Replacements:
HK	16	Axel Zapata
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19	Franco Molina
N8	20	Miguel Urtubey
SH	21	Patricio Baronio
CE	22
FB	23
Coach:
Pablo Bouza

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

Statistics

Points scorers

Pos	Name	Pts
1	Matías Nordenflycht	53
2	Gordon McRorie	45
3	Pedro Mercerat	43
4	James Bird	35
5	Andrew Ferguson	33
6	Moisés Duque	26
6	David Harvey	26
8	Juan Pablo Estellés	25
8	Joaquín Paz	25
10	Martin Secco	24

Try scorers

Pos	Name	Tries
1	Juan Pablo Estellés	5
1	Joaquín Paz	5
3	Todd Clever	4
	Dan Moor
	Daniel Sancery
6	Nick Blevins	3
6	Chad London	3
8	17 players on 2 tries

Notes and References

Web site: Americas Six Nations to Start in February. Americas Rugby News. 2015-11-30. 4 September 2015 .
Web site: Argentina Roster for Americas Rugby Championship Named - Americas Rugby News. www.americasrugbynews.com. 22 January 2016 . 14 September 2017.
Web site: ARC Kickoff Times Announced. Americas Rugby News. 2015-12-16. 15 December 2015 .
Web site: Seis naciones, quince partidos, un trofeo: Americas Rugby Championship - Sudamérica Rugby. Frankie. Deges. www.sudamericarugby.org. 14 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204015007/http://www.sudamericarugby.org/2016/02/01/seis-naciones-quince-partidos-un-trofeo-americas-rugby-championship/. 4 February 2016. dead.