2019 Americas Rugby Championship Explained

2019 Americas Rugby Championship
Date:2 February – 9 March 2019
Countries:




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

NationStadiumHead coach Captain(s)
Home stadiumCapacityCity
Neuquén Rugby Club3,500Neuquén Ignacio Fernández LobbeLautaro Bavaro
Marabunta Rugby Club3,500Cipolletti
José Amalfitani Stadium49,540Buenos Aires
Estádio Martins Pereira15,317São José dos Campos Rodolfo AmbrosioFelipe Sancery
Estádio Jayme Cintra15,000Jundiaí
Westhills Stadium1,718Langford Kingsley JonesLucas Rumball
Estadio Santiago Bueras3,400Santiago Pablo LemoineMartín Sigren
Dell Diamond4,000Round Rock Gary GoldMarcel Brache
Starfire Sports4,500Tukwila
Estadio Charrúa14,000Montevideo Esteban MenesesJuan Manuel Gaminara

Table

PosNation (rank)GamesPointsTriesBonus pointsTable
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainst4 tries7 Pts loss
1550025860+198385025
2 (17)5401124102+22162018
3 (12)5302173148+25254117
4 (28)520384149–656019
5 (20)5104131107+2416127
6 (29)500533247–2144011
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

FB 15Tomás Ianiszewski
RW 14José Ignacio Larenas
OC 13Christian Huerta
IC 12Vicente Ayarza
LW 11Gonzalo Lara
FH 10Francisco 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 16Augusto Böhme
PR 17Javier Carrasco
PR 18Matías Dittus
LK 19Javier Eissmann
LK 20Thomas Orchard
SH 21Juan Pablo Larenas
FH 22Francisco Urroz
WG 23Julio Blanc
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
FB 15Will Magie
RW 14Gannon Moore
OC 13
IC 12
LW 11Marcel Brache (c)
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8 Cam Dolan
OF 7 Hanco Germishuys
BF 6
RL 5
LL 4 Greg Peterson
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
FB 23
Coach:
Gary Gold
Touch judges:
Frank Méndez (Chile)
Luis Díaz (Chile)
Television Match Official
Gabriel Pinter (Argentina)
Notes:

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FB 15
RW 14Matías Osadczuk
OC 13Agustín Segura
IC 12Lucas Mensa
LW 11Julián Domínguez
FH 10Martín 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 16Axel Zapata
PR 17Javier Corvalán
PR 18Martín Fernández Segurotti
N8 19Santiago Portillo
FL 20Benito Ortíz de Rosas
SH 21Gregorio del Prete
FH 22Martín Roger
FB 23Facundo Cordero
Coach:
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
FB 15Daniel Sancery
RW 14Lucas Tranquez
OC 13Felipe Sancery (c)
IC 12Moisés Duque
LW 11De Wet van Niekerk
FH 10Josh 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 16Walter Schildberg
PR 17Caíque Silva
PR 18Pedro Bengaló
LK 19Gabriel Paganini
N8 20André Arruda
SH 21Douglas Rauth
WG 22
WG 23Robert Tenório
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
Touch judges:
Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
Juan Manuel Martínez (Argentina)
Television Match Official
Martín González Deibe (Argentina)
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FB 15Rodrigo Silva
RW 14
OC 13Joaquín Prada
IC 12
LW 11
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto
OF 7
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL 5
LL 4 Ignacio Dotti
TP 3
HK 2 Germán Kessler
LP 1
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
FL 19Gonzalo Soto Mera
FL 20Leandro Segredo
SH 21
FH 22Andrés De León
CE 23
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB 15Theo Sauder
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12Ciaran Hearn
LW 11Kainoa Lloyd
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8 Luke Campbell
OF 7 Lucas Rumball (c)
BF 6 Kyle Baillie
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2 Eric Howard
LP 1
Replacements:
PR 16Noah Barker
PR 17Ryan Kotlewski
PR 18Cole Keith
LK 19
N8 20Dustin Dobravsky
FL 21Nakai Penny
SH 22Will Percillier
CE 23
Coach:
Kingsley Jones
Touch judges:
Francisco González (Uruguay)
Santiago Romero (Uruguay)
Television Match Official
Alejandro Longres (Uruguay)

Week 2

FB 15
RW 14
OC 13Joaquín Prada
IC 12
LW 11Nicolás Freitas
FH 10Juan Manuel Cat
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Juan Diego Ormaechea
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL 5 Diego Magno
LL 4 Juan Manuel Rodríguez
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
FL 19Gonzalo Soto Mera
N8 20
SH 21Joaquín Alonso
WG 22
FB 23
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB 15Christian Huerta
RW 14Pablo Metuaze
OC 13José Ignacio Larenas
IC 12Vicente Ayarza
LW 11Julio Blanc
FH 10Francisco 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 16Augusto Böhme
PR 17Nicolás Ovalle
PR 18Mauricio Gómez
PR 19Marcelo Huerta
N8 20Jaden Laing
LO 21Clemente Saavedra
N8 22Camilo Sánchez
SH 23Domingo Saavedra
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
Touch judges:
Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
Santiago Romero (Uruguay)
Television Match Official
Francisco Pesce (Uruguay)
Notes:

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FB 15Santiago Carreras
RW 14Matías Osadczuk
OC 13Agustín Segura
IC 12Lucas Mensa
LW 11Julián Domínguez
FH 10Martín 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 16Axel Zapata
PR 17Santiago García Botta
PR 18Marco Ciccioli
N8 19Santiago Portillo
FL 20Benito Ortíz de Rosas
SH 21Gregorio del Prete
CE 22Teo Castiglioni
FB 23Facundo Cordero
Coach:
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
FB 15Will Magie
RW 14
OC 13
IC 12
LW 11Marcel Brache (c)
FH 10AJ MacGinty
SH 9
N8 8 Cam Dolan
OF 7 Hanco Germishuys
BF 6
RL 5 Nick Civetta
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22Tadhg Leader
FB 23
Coach:
Gary Gold
Touch judges:
Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
Juan Manuel Martínez (Argentina)
Television Match Official
Marcelo Pilara (Argentina)
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FB 15Daniel Sancery
RW 14Lucas Tranquez
OC 13Felipe Sancery (c)
IC 12Moisés Duque
LW 11Robert Tenório
FH 10Josh 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 16Walter Schildberg
PR 17Caíque Silva
PR 18Pedro Bengaló
LK 19Michael Moraes
N8 20Alexandre Alves
SH 21Douglas Rauth
WG 22Lorenzo Massari
WG 23Ariel Rodrigues
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB 15Ciaran Hearn
RW 14Andrew Coe
OC 13
IC 12
LW 11Kainoa Lloyd
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Lucas Rumball (c)
BF 6 Kyle Baillie
RL 5
LL 4 Conor Keys
TP 3
HK 2 Eric Howard
LP 1
Replacements:
PR 16Noah Barker
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
CE 20
FL 21Nakai Penny
SH 22Will Percillier
CE 23Will Kelly
Coach:
Kingsley Jones
Touch judges:
Victor Hugo Barbosa (Brazil)
Braz Magaldi (Brazil)
Television Match Official
Diego Pazman (Argentina)
Notes:

Week 3

FB 15
RW 14Andrew Coe
OC 13Nick Blevins
IC 12
LW 11Kainoa Lloyd
FH 10Pat Parfrey
SH 9
N8 8 Dustin Dobravsky
OF 7 Lucas Rumball(c)
BF 6 Justin Blanchet
RL 5 Kyle Baillie
LL 4 Mike Sheppard
TP 3
HK 2 Eric Howard
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16Benoît Pifféro
PR 17Noah Barker
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21Will Percillier
FH 22
CE 23Doug Fraser
Coach:
Kingsley Jones
FB 15Christian Huerta
RW 14Julio Blanc
OC 13José Ignacio Larenas
IC 12Vicente Ayarza
LW 11Gonzalo Lara
FH 10Francisco 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 16Claudio Iturra
PR 17Mauricio Gómez
PR 18Maximiliano Hurtado
LK 19Nicolás Ovalle
FL 20Clemente Saavedra
SH 21Jaden Laing
FH 22Domingo Saavedra
FB 23Tomás Ianiszewski
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
Touch judges:
Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
Chris Assmus (Canada)
Television Match Official:
David Smortchevsky (Canada)
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FB 15Martín Elías
RW 14Matías Osadczuk
OC 13
IC 12Lucas Mensa
LW 11Julián Domínguez
FH 10
SH 9 Felipe Ezcurra
N8 8
OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF 6 Francisco Gorrissen
RL 5
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21
CE 22
FB 23
Coach:
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
FB 15Manuel Blengio
RW 14Federico Favaro
OC 13Joaquín Prada
IC 12Agustín Della Corte
LW 11
FH 10Juan Manuel Cat
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Leandro Segredo
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL 5 Juan Manuel Rodríguez
LL 4 Santiago Piñeyrúa
TP 3
HK 2 Germán Kessler
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19Gonzalo Soto Mera
FL 20
SH 21Ignacio Rodríguez
FH 22Ignacio García
CE 23Mateo Mari
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
Touch judges:
Pali Deluca (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Federico (Argentina)
Television Match Official
Santiago Borsani (Argentina)
Notes:

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FB 15Marcel Brache
RW 14Blaine Scully (c)
OC 13Bryce Campbell
IC 12Paul Lasike
LW 11Mike Te'o
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8 Cam Dolan
OF 7 Hanco Germishuys
BF 6
RL 5 Nick Civetta
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17David Ainu'u
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
HK 21
SH 22
FH 23
Coach:
Gary Gold
FB 15Daniel Sancery
RW 14Lucas Tranquez
OC 13Felipe Sancery (c)
IC 12Moisés Duque
LW 11Robert Tenório
FH 10Josh 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 16Yan Rosetti
PR 17Caíque Silva
PR 18Pedro Bengaló
LK 19Gabriel Paganini
FL 20Alexandre Alves
SH 21Douglas Rauth
CE 22Lorenzo Massari
FB 23Ariel Rodrigues
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
Touch judges:
Scott Green (United States)
Mike O'Brien (United States)

Week 4

FB 15Theo Sauder
RW 14
OC 13Nick Blevins
IC 12
LW 11Kainoa Lloyd
FH 10Gordon 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 16Jordan Olsen
PR 17Noah Barker
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20Nakai Penny
SH 21Will Percilier
FH 22
CE 23Doug Fraser
Coach:
Kingsley Jones
FB 15Facundo Cordero
RW 14Matías Osadczuk
OC 13Tomás Cubilla
IC 12Lucas Mensa
LW 11Julián Domínguez
FH 10Domingo 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 16José Luis González
PR 17Javier Corvalán
PR 18Joaquín Lerche
LK 19Lucas Santa Cruz
N8 20Nicolás Sbrocco
SH 21Gregorio del Prete
FH 22Martín Roger
CE 23Teo Castiglioni
Coach:
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
Touch judges:
Chris Assmus (Canada)
Harry Mason (Canada)
Television Match Official
Andrew Hosier (Canada)

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FB 15
RW 14Blaine Scully (c)
OC 13Bryce Campbell
IC 12
LW 11
FH 10Will Magie
SH 9 Ruben de Haas
N8 8 Cam Dolan
OF 7 Hanco Germishuys
BF 6
RL 5 Nick Civetta
LL 4
TP 3
HK 2 Joe Taufeteʻe
LP 1 David Ainu'u
Replacements:
HK 16Kapeli Pifeleti
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21Nick Boyer
FB 22
WG 23Gannon Moore
Coach:
Gary Gold
FB 15Gastón Mieres
RW 14Federico Favaro
OC 13Joaquín Prada
IC 12Andrés Vilaseca
LW 11Nicolás Freitas
FH 10Juan Manuel Cat
SH 9
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto
OF 7
BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL 5 Diego Magno
LL 4 Ignacio Dotti
TP 3
HK 2 Germán Kessler
LP 1
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
FL 19Franco Lamanna
FL 20Leonardo Segredo
SH 21
FB 22Manuel Blengio
CE 23Agustín Della Corte
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
Touch judges:
Phil Akroyd (United States)
Josh Houston (United States)
Television Match Official
Davey Ardey (United States)
Notes:

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FB 15Daniel Sancery
RW 14Lucas Tranquez
OC 13Lorenzo Massari
IC 12Moisés Duque
LW 11Robert Tenório
FH 10Josh 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 16Yan Rosetti
PR 17João Talamini
PR 18Pedro Bengaló
FL 19Michael Moraes
N8 20Alexandre Alves
SH 21Douglas Rauth
WG 22Stefano Giantorno
WG 23Ariel Rodrigues
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB 15
RW 14Tomás Ianiszewski
OC 13José Ignacio Larenas
IC 12Vicente Ayarza
LW 11Gonzalo Lara
FH 10Francisco 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 16Augusto Böhme
PR 17Santiago Garrido
HK 18Claudio Zamorano
PR 19Mauricio Gómez
LK 20Augusto Sarmiento
N8 21Camilo Sánchez
SH 22Juan Pablo Perrotta
SH 23Juan Pablo Larenas
Coach:
Touch judges:
Victor Hugo Barbosa (Brazil)
Renato Scalercio (Brazil)
Television Match Official
Diego Pasman (Argentina)

Week 5

FB 15Marcel Brache
RW 14Blaine Scully (c)
OC 13Bryce Campbell
IC 12Paul Lasike
LW 11Mike Te'o
FH 10
SH 9
N8 8
OF 7 Hanco Germishuys
BF 6 John Quill
RL 5
LL 4 Ben Landry
TP 3
HK 2
LP 1 David Ainu'u
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23Gannon Moore
Coach:
Gary Gold
FB 15Theo Sauder
RW 14Andrew Coe
OC 13Ben LeSage
IC 12Nick Blevins
LW 11Kainoa Lloyd
FH 10Gordon 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 16Jordan Olsen
PR 17Noah Barker
PR 18Ryan Kotlewski
LK 19
N8 20Dustin Dobravsky
SH 21
FH 22Pat Parfrey
CE 23Doug Fraser
Coach:
Kingsley Jones
Touch judges:
Scott Green (United States)
Denny Russell (United States)
Television Match Official
Davey Ardrey (United States)
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FB 15Christian Huerta
RW 14Beltrán Vergara
OC 13José Ignacio Larenas
IC 12Vicente Ayarza
LW 11Gonzalo Lara
FH 10Santiago 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 16Claudio Zamorano
PR 17Nicolás Ovalle
PR 18Mauricio Gómez
LK 19Augusto Sarmiento
N8 20Jaden Laing
FL 21Javier Richard
SH 22Juan Pablo Perrotta
CE 23Luca Strabucchi
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
FB 15Santiago Carreras
RW 14Matías Osadczuk
OC 13Agustín Segura
IC 12Lucas Mensa
LW 11Julián Domínguez
FH 10Martín 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 16José Luis González
PR 17Javier Corvalán
PR 18Lucas Favre
N8 19Santiago Portillo
N8 20Nicolás Sbrocco
SH 21Gregorio del Prete
FH 22Domingo Miotti
CE 23Tomás Cubilla
Coach:
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
Touch judges:
Frank Méndez (Chile)
Juan Ignacio Calle (Chile)
Television Match Official
Gabriel Pinter (Chile)
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Statistics

Most points

PosNameTeamPts
1Josh Reeves54
2Martin Elias38
3Ciaran Hearn34
4Joe Taufeteʻe30
Domingo Miotti
6Will Magie27
7Lucas Mensa25
AJ MacGinty
Gordon McRorie
10Federico Favaro22

Most tries

PosNameTeamTries
1Joe Taufeteʻe6
2Lucas Mensa5
3Lautaro Bavaro4
Julian Domínguez
5AJ MacGinty3
Kainoa Lloyd
Felipe Ezcurra
Andrew Coe
Federico Favaro
Santiago Carreras

Updated after Week 5.

Squads

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Schedule confirmed for Americas Rugby Championship 2019 | World Rugby.
  2. USA Rugby's National Teams Log Massive Weekend with Two Medals and Nine Individual Achievements . USA Rugby . 2019-02-05 . 2019-02-17.