2019 Americas Rugby Championship Explained
2019 Americas Rugby Championship |
Date: | 2 February – 9 March 2019 |
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Champion: | ARG |
Count: | 2 |
Matches: | 15 |
Top Scorer: | Josh Reeves (54) |
Most Tries: | Joe Taufeteʻe |
Preceded By: | 2018 |
Succeeded By: | 2020 |
The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship is the fourth series of the Americas Rugby Championship, the top level rugby union competition for Americas nations.[1]
Participants
Nation | Stadium | Head coach | Captain(s) |
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Home stadium | Capacity | City |
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| Neuquén Rugby Club | 3,500 | Neuquén | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | Lautaro Bavaro |
Marabunta Rugby Club | 3,500 | Cipolletti |
José Amalfitani Stadium | 49,540 | Buenos Aires |
| Estádio Martins Pereira | 15,317 | São José dos Campos | Rodolfo Ambrosio | Felipe Sancery |
Estádio Jayme Cintra | 15,000 | Jundiaí |
| Westhills Stadium | 1,718 | Langford | Kingsley Jones | Lucas Rumball |
| Estadio Santiago Bueras | 3,400 | Santiago | Pablo Lemoine | Martín Sigren |
| Dell Diamond | 4,000 | Round Rock | Gary Gold | Marcel Brache |
Starfire Sports | 4,500 | Tukwila |
| Estadio Charrúa | 14,000 | Montevideo | Esteban Meneses | Juan Manuel Gaminara | |
Table
Pos | Nation (rank) | Games | Points | Tries | Bonus points | Table points |
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Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | | 4 tries | 7 Pts loss |
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1 | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 258 | 60 | +198 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 25 |
2 | (17) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 102 | +22 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
3 | (12) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 148 | +25 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
4 | (28) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 84 | 149 | –65 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
5 | (20) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 131 | 107 | +24 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
6 | (29) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 33 | 247 | –214 | 4 | 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 | |
Fixtures
The tournament was played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 5 November 2018.
Week 1
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FB | 15 | Tomás Ianiszewski | | | RW | 14 | José Ignacio Larenas | OC | 13 | Christian Huerta | IC | 12 | Vicente Ayarza | LW | 11 | Gonzalo Lara | FH | 10 | Francisco González Moller | | | SH | 9 | Domingo Saavedra | | | N8 | 8 | Jaden Laing | | | OF | 7 | Ignacio Silva | BF | 6 | Martín Sigren (c) | RL | 5 | Clemente Saavedra | | | LL | 4 | Bastián Burguener | | | TP | 3 | Nicolás Ovalle | | | HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant | LP | 1 | Francisco Pizarro | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Augusto Böhme | | | PR | 17 | Javier Carrasco | | | PR | 18 | Matías Dittus | | | | LK | 19 | Javier Eissmann | | | LK | 20 | Thomas Orchard | | | SH | 21 | Juan Pablo Larenas | | | FH | 22 | Francisco Urroz | | | WG | 23 | Julio Blanc | | | | Coach: | Pablo Lemoine | |
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Touch judges: Frank Méndez (Chile) Luis Díaz (Chile) Television Match Official Gabriel Pinter (Argentina) | |
Notes:- Francisco Pizarro, Matías Dittus, Nicolás Ovalle, Javier Carrasco, Javier Eissmann, Jaden Laing, Christian Huerta, Gonzalo Lara, Augusto Böhme and Julio Blanc (all Chile) and Tadhg Leader (United States) made their international debuts.
- With his try in this match, the United States' Joe Taufeteʻe tied Ireland's Keith Wood for the most career Test tries by a player in the tight five with 15. Taufeteʻe reached the mark in his 20th international appearance, compared to 63 for Wood.[2]
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FB | 15 | | | | RW | 14 | Matías Osadczuk | OC | 13 | Agustín Segura | IC | 12 | Lucas Mensa | LW | 11 | Julián Domínguez | FH | 10 | Martín Elías | | | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Nicolás Sbrocco | | | OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) | BF | 6 | Francisco Gorrissen | RL | 5 | Franco Molina | | | LL | 4 | Jerónimo Ureta | TP | 3 | Lucas Favre | | | HK | 2 | Gaspar Baldunciel | | | LP | 1 | Nicolás Solveyra | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Axel Zapata | | | PR | 17 | Javier Corvalán | | | PR | 18 | Martín Fernández Segurotti | | | N8 | 19 | Santiago Portillo | | | FL | 20 | Benito Ortíz de Rosas | | | SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | | | FH | 22 | Martín Roger | | | FB | 23 | Facundo Cordero | | | Coach: | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | |
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FB | 15 | Daniel Sancery | RW | 14 | Lucas Tranquez | | | OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery (c) | IC | 12 | Moisés Duque | LW | 11 | De Wet van Niekerk | | | FH | 10 | Josh Reeves | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Arthur Bergo | OF | 7 | Cléber Dias | BF | 6 | Michael Moraes | | | RL | 5 | Luiz Vieira | LL | 4 | Lucas Piero | | | TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | | | HK | 2 | Endy Willian | | | LP | 1 | Lucas Abud | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Walter Schildberg | | | PR | 17 | Caíque Silva | | | PR | 18 | Pedro Bengaló | | | LK | 19 | Gabriel Paganini | | | N8 | 20 | André Arruda | | | SH | 21 | Douglas Rauth | | | WG | 22 | | | | WG | 23 | Robert Tenório | | | Coach: | Rodolfo Ambrosio | |
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Touch judges: Esteban Filipanics (Argentina) Juan Manuel Martínez (Argentina) Television Match Official Martín González Deibe (Argentina) | |
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Touch judges: Francisco González (Uruguay) Santiago Romero (Uruguay) Television Match Official Alejandro Longres (Uruguay) | |
Week 2
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FB | 15 | Christian Huerta | RW | 14 | Pablo Metuaze | OC | 13 | José Ignacio Larenas | | IC | 12 | Vicente Ayarza | LW | 11 | Julio Blanc | | FH | 10 | Francisco González Moller | SH | 9 | Juan Pablo Larenas | | | N8 | 8 | Ignacio Silva | | | OF | 7 | Thomas Orchard | | | BF | 6 | Martín Sigren (c) | RL | 5 | Javier Eissmann | | | LL | 4 | Bastián Burguener | | | TP | 3 | Matías Dittus | | | HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant | | | LP | 1 | Javier Carrasco | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Augusto Böhme | | | PR | 17 | Nicolás Ovalle | | | PR | 18 | Mauricio Gómez | | | PR | 19 | Marcelo Huerta | | | N8 | 20 | Jaden Laing | | | LO | 21 | Clemente Saavedra | | | N8 | 22 | Camilo Sánchez | | | SH | 23 | Domingo Saavedra | | | Coach: | Pablo Lemoine | |
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Touch judges: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay) Santiago Romero (Uruguay) Television Match Official Francisco Pesce (Uruguay) | |
Notes:- Marcelo Huerta, Camilo Sánchez and Mauricio Gómez (Chile) made their international debuts.
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FB | 15 | Santiago Carreras | RW | 14 | Matías Osadczuk | OC | 13 | Agustín Segura | | | IC | 12 | Lucas Mensa | | LW | 11 | Julián Domínguez | | | FH | 10 | Martín Elías | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Nicolás Sbrocco | | | OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) | BF | 6 | Francisco Gorrissen | RL | 5 | Franco Molina | | | LL | 4 | Jerónimo Ureta | | TP | 3 | Lucas Favre | | | HK | 2 | Gaspar Baldunciel | | | LP | 1 | Nicolás Solveyra | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Axel Zapata | | | PR | 17 | Santiago García Botta | | | PR | 18 | Marco Ciccioli | | | N8 | 19 | Santiago Portillo | | | FL | 20 | Benito Ortíz de Rosas | | | SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | | | CE | 22 | Teo Castiglioni | | | FB | 23 | Facundo Cordero | | | Coach: | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | |
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FB | 15 | Daniel Sancery | RW | 14 | Lucas Tranquez | OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery (c) | IC | 12 | Moisés Duque | LW | 11 | Robert Tenório | | | FH | 10 | Josh Reeves | SH | 9 | Lucas Duque | N8 | 8 | André Arruda | OF | 7 | Arthur Bergo | BF | 6 | Cléber Dias | RL | 5 | Luiz Vieira | LL | 4 | Gabriel Paganini | TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | | | HK | 2 | Wilton Rebolo | LP | 1 | Lucas Abud | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Walter Schildberg | PR | 17 | Caíque Silva | PR | 18 | Pedro Bengaló | | | LK | 19 | Michael Moraes | N8 | 20 | Alexandre Alves | SH | 21 | Douglas Rauth | WG | 22 | Lorenzo Massari | | | WG | 23 | Ariel Rodrigues | Coach: | Rodolfo Ambrosio | |
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Touch judges: Victor Hugo Barbosa (Brazil) Braz Magaldi (Brazil) Television Match Official Diego Pazman (Argentina) | |
Notes:
Week 3
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FB | 15 | Christian Huerta | RW | 14 | Julio Blanc | OC | 13 | José Ignacio Larenas | IC | 12 | Vicente Ayarza | LW | 11 | Gonzalo Lara | FH | 10 | Francisco González Moller | | | SH | 9 | Juan Pablo Larenas | N8 | 8 | Martín Sigren (c) | OF | 7 | Thomas Orchard | BF | 6 | Eduardo Orpis | | | RL | 5 | Bastián Burguener | | | LL | 4 | Javier Eissmann | | | TP | 3 | Matías Dittus | | | HK | 2 | Augusto Böhme | | | LP | 1 | Marcelo Huerta | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Claudio Iturra | | | PR | 17 | Mauricio Gómez | | | PR | 18 | Maximiliano Hurtado | | | LK | 19 | Nicolás Ovalle | | | FL | 20 | Clemente Saavedra | | | | SH | 21 | Jaden Laing | | | FH | 22 | Domingo Saavedra | | | FB | 23 | Tomás Ianiszewski | | | Coach: | Pablo Lemoine | |
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Touch judges: Robin Kaluzniak (Canada) Chris Assmus (Canada) Television Match Official: David Smortchevsky (Canada) | |
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Notes:- Joaquín Jaunsolo, Santiago Civetta, Santiago Piñeyrúa, Mateo Mari, and Ignacio Rodríguez (all Uruguay) made their international debuts.
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FB | 15 | Daniel Sancery | RW | 14 | Lucas Tranquez | OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery (c) | | | IC | 12 | Moisés Duque | LW | 11 | Robert Tenório | | | FH | 10 | Josh Reeves | SH | 9 | Lucas Duque | N8 | 8 | André Arruda | OF | 7 | Arthur Bergo | BF | 6 | Cléber Dias | RL | 5 | Luiz Vieira | | | LL | 4 | Matteo Dell’Acqua | TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | | | HK | 2 | Wilton Rebolo | LP | 1 | Lucas Abud | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Yan Rosetti | | | PR | 17 | Caíque Silva | | | PR | 18 | Pedro Bengaló | LK | 19 | Gabriel Paganini | | | FL | 20 | Alexandre Alves | SH | 21 | Douglas Rauth | CE | 22 | Lorenzo Massari | | | FB | 23 | Ariel Rodrigues | Coach: | Rodolfo Ambrosio | |
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Week 4
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FB | 15 | Theo Sauder | RW | 14 | | | | OC | 13 | Nick Blevins | IC | 12 | | | | LW | 11 | Kainoa Lloyd | FH | 10 | Gordon McRorie | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Dustin Dobravsky | | | OF | 7 | Lucas Rumball (c) | BF | 6 | Justin Blanchet | RL | 5 | Kyle Baillie | LL | 4 | | | | TP | 3 | | | | HK | 2 | Benoît Pifféro | | | LP | 1 | | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Jordan Olsen | | | PR | 17 | Noah Barker | | | PR | 18 | | | | LK | 19 | | | | FL | 20 | Nakai Penny | | | | SH | 21 | Will Percilier | | | FH | 22 | | | | CE | 23 | Doug Fraser | | | Coach: | Kingsley Jones | |
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FB | 15 | Facundo Cordero | RW | 14 | Matías Osadczuk | OC | 13 | Tomás Cubilla | | | IC | 12 | Lucas Mensa | LW | 11 | Julián Domínguez | FH | 10 | Domingo Miotti | | | SH | 9 | Felipe Ezcurra | | | N8 | 8 | Santiago Portillo | | | OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) | BF | 6 | Francisco Gorrissen | RL | 5 | Jerónimo Ureta | LL | 4 | Carlos Repetto | | | TP | 3 | Martín Fernández Segurotti | | | HK | 2 | Diego Fortuny | | | LP | 1 | Nicolás Solveyra | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | José Luis González | | | PR | 17 | Javier Corvalán | | | PR | 18 | Joaquín Lerche | | | LK | 19 | Lucas Santa Cruz | | | N8 | 20 | Nicolás Sbrocco | | | SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | | | FH | 22 | Martín Roger | | | CE | 23 | Teo Castiglioni | | | Coach: | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | |
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Touch judges: Chris Assmus (Canada) Harry Mason (Canada) Television Match Official Andrew Hosier (Canada) | |
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Notes:- The United States' Joe Taufeteʻe scored three tries to take sole possession of the record for most career Test tries by a player in the tight five. After this match, Taufeteʻe had 18 career Test tries.
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FB | 15 | Daniel Sancery | RW | 14 | Lucas Tranquez | OC | 13 | Lorenzo Massari | | | IC | 12 | Moisés Duque | LW | 11 | Robert Tenório | FH | 10 | Josh Reeves | SH | 9 | Lucas Duque | N8 | 8 | André Arruda | OF | 7 | Arthur Bergo (c) | BF | 6 | Cléber Dias | RL | 5 | Luiz Vieira | LL | 4 | Matteo Del’Acqua | TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | HK | 2 | | | | LP | 1 | Caíque Silva | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Yan Rosetti | | | PR | 17 | João Talamini | | | PR | 18 | Pedro Bengaló | FL | 19 | Michael Moraes | N8 | 20 | Alexandre Alves | SH | 21 | Douglas Rauth | WG | 22 | Stefano Giantorno | WG | 23 | Ariel Rodrigues | | | Coach: | Rodolfo Ambrosio | |
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FB | 15 | | RW | 14 | Tomás Ianiszewski | | | OC | 13 | José Ignacio Larenas | IC | 12 | Vicente Ayarza | LW | 11 | Gonzalo Lara | FH | 10 | Francisco González Moller | SH | 9 | Domingo Saavedra | N8 | 8 | Martín Sigren (c) | OF | 7 | Thomas Orchard | | | BF | 6 | Eduardo Orpis | | | RL | 5 | Francisco Garrido | | | LL | 4 | Javier Eissmann | TP | 3 | Nicolás Ovalle | | | HK | 2 | Claudio Iturra | | | LP | 1 | Vittorio Lastra | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Augusto Böhme | | | PR | 17 | Santiago Garrido | | | HK | 18 | Claudio Zamorano | | | PR | 19 | Mauricio Gómez | | | LK | 20 | Augusto Sarmiento | | | N8 | 21 | Camilo Sánchez | | | SH | 22 | Juan Pablo Perrotta | | | SH | 23 | Juan Pablo Larenas | Coach: | | |
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Touch judges: Victor Hugo Barbosa (Brazil) Renato Scalercio (Brazil) Television Match Official Diego Pasman (Argentina) | |
Week 5
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FB | 15 | Theo Sauder | RW | 14 | Andrew Coe | OC | 13 | Ben LeSage | IC | 12 | Nick Blevins | LW | 11 | Kainoa Lloyd | FH | 10 | Gordon McRorie | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Luke Campbell | | OF | 7 | Lucas Rumball (c) | BF | 6 | Justin Blanchet | | | RL | 5 | Kyle Baillie | | LL | 4 | Conor Keys | TP | 3 | Cole Keith | HK | 2 | Benoît Pifféro | LP | 1 | Hubert Buydens | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Jordan Olsen | PR | 17 | Noah Barker | PR | 18 | Ryan Kotlewski | LK | 19 | | | | N8 | 20 | Dustin Dobravsky | | | SH | 21 | | | | FH | 22 | Pat Parfrey | CE | 23 | Doug Fraser | Coach: | Kingsley Jones | |
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FB | 15 | Christian Huerta | RW | 14 | Beltrán Vergara | OC | 13 | José Ignacio Larenas | | | IC | 12 | Vicente Ayarza | LW | 11 | Gonzalo Lara | | | FH | 10 | Santiago Videla | SH | 9 | Domingo Saavedra | N8 | 8 | Martín Sigren (c) | OF | 7 | Thomas Orchard | BF | 6 | Eduardo Orpis | | | RL | 5 | Javier Eissmann | LL | 4 | Francisco Garrido | | | TP | 3 | Matías Dittus | | | HK | 2 | Augusto Böhme | | | LP | 1 | Santiago Garrido | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | Claudio Zamorano | | | PR | 17 | Nicolás Ovalle | | | PR | 18 | Mauricio Gómez | | | LK | 19 | Augusto Sarmiento | | | N8 | 20 | Jaden Laing | | | FL | 21 | Javier Richard | | | SH | 22 | Juan Pablo Perrotta | | | CE | 23 | Luca Strabucchi | | | Coach: | Pablo Lemoine | |
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FB | 15 | Santiago Carreras | RW | 14 | Matías Osadczuk | OC | 13 | Agustín Segura | | | IC | 12 | Lucas Mensa | LW | 11 | Julián Domínguez | FH | 10 | Martín Elías | | | SH | 9 | | | | N8 | 8 | Benito Ortíz de Rosas | OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) | | | BF | 6 | Francisco Gorrissen | | | RL | 5 | Lucas Santa Cruz | LL | 4 | Carlos Repetto | TP | 3 | Martín Fernández Segurotti | | | HK | 2 | Diego Fortuny | | | LP | 1 | Nicolás Solveyra | | | Replacements: | HK | 16 | José Luis González | | | PR | 17 | Javier Corvalán | | | PR | 18 | Lucas Favre | | | N8 | 19 | Santiago Portillo | | | N8 | 20 | Nicolás Sbrocco | | | SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | | | FH | 22 | Domingo Miotti | | | CE | 23 | Tomás Cubilla | | | Coach: | Ignacio Fernández Lobbe | |
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Touch judges: Frank Méndez (Chile) Juan Ignacio Calle (Chile) Television Match Official Gabriel Pinter (Chile) | |
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Statistics
Most points
Most tries
Updated after Week 5.
Squads
Notes and References
- Web site: Schedule confirmed for Americas Rugby Championship 2019 | World Rugby.
- USA Rugby's National Teams Log Massive Weekend with Two Medals and Nine Individual Achievements . USA Rugby . 2019-02-05 . 2019-02-17.