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2016 Americas Rugby Championship

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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.

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2016 Americas Rugby Championship
Final positions
Date	6 February 2016 – 6 March 2016
Countries	Argentina XV Brazil Canada Chile United States Uruguay
Champions	Argentina XV (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Tries scored	109 (7.27 per match)
Attendance	63,221 (4,215 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Matías Nordenflycht (53)
Most tries	Juan Pablo Estellés (5) Joaquín Paz (5)
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Participants

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Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain(s)
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	City	Head coach	Captain(s)
Argentina XV	Estadio Gigante de Arroyito	41,654	Rosario	Pablo Bouza^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Rodrigo Báez Roberto Tejerizo Santiago Iglesias Valdez
Argentina XV	Estadio Bicentenario	25,286	San Juan	Pablo Bouza^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Rodrigo Báez Roberto Tejerizo Santiago Iglesias Valdez
Brazil	Arena Barueri	35,000	São Paulo	Rodolfo Ambrosio	Daniel Danielewicz João Luiz da Ros Nick Smith
Brazil	Estádio Martins Pereira	15,317	São José dos Campos	Rodolfo Ambrosio	Daniel Danielewicz João Luiz da Ros Nick Smith
Canada	Westhills Stadium	1,718	Langford	Francois Ratier (interim)	Hubert Buydens Ray Barkwill
Chile	Estadio Municipal de La Pintana	6,000	Santiago	Elías Santillán (interim)	Benjamín Soto
Chile	Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugby	1,500	Santiago	Elías Santillán (interim)	Benjamín Soto
United States	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
Uruguay	Estadio Domingo Burgueño	22,000	Maldonado	Esteban Meneses	Juan Manuel Gaminara Alejandro Nieto
Uruguay	Estadio Charrúa	14,000	Montevideo	Esteban Meneses	Juan Manuel Gaminara Alejandro Nieto

Table

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Pos	Nation (rank)	Games				Points			Tries	Bonus points		Table points
Pos	Nation (rank)	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Tries	4 tries	7 Pts loss	Table points
1	Argentina XV (n/a)	5	4	1	0	207	99	+108	30	4	0	22
2	United States (16)	5	2	1	2	177	110	+67	24	3	2	15
3	Canada (19)	5	3	0	2	192	139	+53	25	3	0	15
4	Uruguay (20)	5	3	0	2	123	131	–8	14	1	1	14
5	Brazil (42)	5	1	0	4	107	175	–68	11	0	2	6
6	Chile (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

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.^[4]^[5]

Week One

6 February 2016
18:00 CLT (UTC-03)

Chile	25–22	Brazil (1 BP)
Try: Zunino 23' c De La Fuente 39' c Larenas 54' m Con: Nordenflycht (2/3) 24', 40' Pen: Nordenflycht (2/3) 4', 17'	Report^[6]	Try: D. Sancery 7' c F. Sancery 45' m Tranquez 68' c Con: Harvey (2/3) 8', 69' Pen: Harvey (1/3) 58'

Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugby, Santiago
Attendance: 1,850
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)


FB	15	Leonardo Montoya
RW	14	José Ignacio Larenas
OC	13	Matías Nordenflycht
IC	12	Francisco de La Fuente
LW	11	Italo Zunino	71'
FH	10	Cristian Onetto
SH	9	Beltrán Vergara
N8	8	Benjamín Soto (c)
OF	7	Javier Richard
BF	6	Cristobál Niedmann	55'
RL	5	Matías Cabrera
LL	4	Nikola Bursic	65'
TP	3	Sergio de La Fuente	51'
HK	2	Rodrigo Moya	51'
LP	1	José Ramón Ayarza	77'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tomás Dussaillant
PR	17	Claudio Zamorano	77'
PR	18	Luis Sepúlveda	51'
LK	19	Raimundo Piwonka	65'
FL	20	Ignacio Silva	55'
SH	21	Juan Pablo Perrotta
FB	22	Pablo Casas	71'
WG	23	Matías Contreras
Coach:
Elías Santillán


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14	Stefano Giantorno
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque	56'
LW	11	Lucas Tranquez
FH	10	David Harvey
SH	9	Beukes Cremer	44'
N8	8	Nick Smith	41'
OF	7	João Luiz da Ros (c)
BF	6	Mark Jackson
RL	5	Luiz Gustavo Viera	56'
LL	4	Lucas Piero
TP	3	Jardel Vettorato	78'
HK	2	Daniel Danielewicz	45'
LP	1	Wilton Rebolo
Replacements:
HK	16	Yan Rosetti	45'
PR	17	Lucas Abud		60'
PR	18	Vitor Ancina	78'
LK	19	Felipe Tissot	56'
FL	20	Artur Bergo	41'	60'
CE	21	Martin Schaefer	56'
FH	22	Lucas Duque
FB	23	Laurent Bourda-Couhet	44'
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.

6 February 2016
16:00 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) Canada	33–17	Uruguay
Try: Mackenzie 7' m Blevins 19' c Moor (2) 27' c, 71' c Clark 64' c Con: McRorie (4/5) 20', 28', 35', 74'	Report^[7]	Try: Penalty try 33' c Nieto 68' m Leivas 76' m Con: Silva (1/3) 33'

Westhills Stadium, Langford
Attendance: 1,123
Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)


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	Clay Panga	75' to 80'
OF	7	Lucas Rumball		62'
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)		75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru		75'
PR	18	Rob Brouwer
LK	19	Kyle Baillie
FL	20	Alistair Clark\|		62'
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	Gastón Mieres		73'
FH	10	Rodrigo Silva
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein		73'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7	Matías Beer		70'	73'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5	Diego Magno		73'
LL	4	Franco Lamanna		77'
TP	3	Juan Echeverría
HK	2	Carlos Arboleya		77'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	62' to 72'
Replacements:
HK	16	Germán Kessler		77'
PR	17	Facundo Gattas		70'	73'
PR	18	Rafael Mones
PR	19	Rodolfo de Mula
LK	20	Mathias Palomeque		77'
LK	21	Gonzalo Soto		73'
SH	22	Santiago Arata		73'
CE	23	Pedro Deal		73'
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.

6 February 2016
19:00 CST (UTC-06)

(1 BP) United States	35–35	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: Ngwenya 12' Clever 50' m Dolan 66' c Fry 74' c Con: Bird (3/4) 13', 67', 75' Pen: Bird (3/4) 3', 6', 32'	Report^[8]	Try: Carrió (2) 17', 78' c Báez 25' c Paz 35' c Bertranou 65' c Con: Miotti (3/3) 18', 28', 36' Novillo (2/2) 65', 78'

BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston
Attendance: 10,241
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)


FB	15	Blaine Scully (c)
RW	14	Takudzwa Ngwenya
OC	13	Chad London
IC	12	LeMoto Filikitonga
LW	11	Kingsley McGowan	60'
FH	10	James Bird
SH	9	Niku Kruger	56'
N8	8	David Tameilau
OF	7	Todd Clever	67' to 69'
BF	6	Cam Dolan
RL	5	Greg Peterson
LL	4	Brodie Orth		69'
TP	3	Chris Baumann	60'
HK	2	Joe Taufete'e	67'
LP	1	Eric Fry
Replacements:
HK	16	Mike Sosene-Feagai	67'
PR	17	Olive Kilifi	60'
HK	18	James Hilterbrand
LK	19	Ben Landry
FL	20	Alec Gletzer	67'
FH	21	JP Eloff
SH	22	Mike Te'o	56'
FB	23	Jake Anderson	60'
Coach:
John Mitchell


FB	15	Ramiro Moyano
RW	14	Matías Orlando
OC	13	Juan Cappiello	73' to 80'
IC	12	Joaquín Paz		66'
LW	11	Tomás Carrió
FH	10	Domingo Miotti		51'
SH	9	Gonzalo Bertranou
N8	8	Santiago Montagner
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro		69'
BF	6	Rodrigo Báez (c)
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Marcos Kremer		51'
TP	3	Felipe Arregui		49'
HK	2	Santiago Iglesias Valdez		72'
LP	1	Roberto Tejerizo		49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Gaspar Baldunciel		72'
PR	17	Franco Brarda		49'
PR	18	Cristian Bartoloni		49'
LK	19	Pedro Ortega		51'
FL	20	José Deheza		69'
SH	21	Lautaro Bazán Vélez
FH	22	Juan Novillo		51'
CE	23	Juan Pablo Estellés		66'
Coach:
Pablo Bouza

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

Week Two

12 February 2016
20:00 BRST (UTC-02)

(1 BP) Brazil	29–33	Uruguay (1 BP)
Try: Viera 10' c D. Sancery 57' c Con: Harvey (2/2) 11', 58' Pen: Harvey (5/5) 2', 8', 19', 54', 69'	Report^[9]	Try: Penalty try 32' c Lamanna (2) 35' m, 74' m Arata 61' m Kessler 65' m Con: Silva (1/5) 33' Pen: Silva (2/3) 5', 49'

Arena Barueri, São Paulo
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14	Guilherme Coghetto
OC	13	Felipe Sancery		42'
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Lucas Muller		30'	40'
FH	10	David Harvey
SH	9	Lucas Duque
N8	8	João Luiz da Ros (c)
OF	7	Cleber Dias		61'
BF	6	Mark Jackson	72' to 80'
RL	5	Luiz Gustavo Viera		71'
LL	4	Lucas Piero
TP	3	Jardel Vettorato		66'
HK	2	Yan Rosetti
LP	1	Wilton Rebolo	30' to 40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Daniel Danielewicz		71'
PR	17	Caique Silva		30'	40'
PR	18	Vitor Ancina		66'
LK	19	Felipe Tissot		61'
N8	20	Nick Smith
CE	21	Mateus Estrela		42'
FB	22	Laurent Bourda-Couhet
WG	23	Yan Machado
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Santiago Martinez	78'
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Pedro Deal
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca
LW	11	Federico Favaro	59'
FH	10	Rodrigo Silva
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein	59'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF	7	Matías Beer	76'
BF	6	Gonzalo Soto
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4	Franco Lamanna	78'
TP	3	Juan Echeverría	57'
HK	2	Carlos Arboleya	59'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Germán Kessler	59'
PR	17	Facundo Gattas	62'
PR	18	Ignacio Secco	57'
LK	19	Ignacio Dotti	78'
FL	20	Lukas Lacoste	76'
SH	21	Santiago Arata	59'
FH	22	Martín Secco	78'
CE	23	Alberto Román	59'
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.

13 February 2016
18:00 ART (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Argentina XV	52–15	Chile
Try: Tuculet (2) 2' c, 24' m Paz (4) 16' c, 58' c, 71' c, 77' c Portillo 63' c Etchart 65' m Con: Mercerat (6/8) 3', 16', 59', 64', 72', 78'	Report^[10]	Pen: Nordenflycht (5/6) 10', 19', 40', 44', 68'

Estadio Bicentenario, San Juan
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)


FB	15	Pedro Mercerat
RW	14	Rodrigo Etchart
OC	13	Santiago Álvarez Fourcade
IC	12	Joaquín Paz
LW	11	Segundo Tuculet	65'
FH	10	Bautista Ezcurra	65'
SH	9	Lautaro Bazán Vélez	69'
N8	8	Miguel Urtubey	51'
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	José Deheza
RL	5	Marcos Kremer
LL	4	Pedro Ortega	53'
TP	3	Enrique Pieretto	45'
HK	2	Axel Zapata	67'
LP	1	Roberto Tejerizo (c)	64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ignacio Calles	67'
PR	17	Franco Brarda	64'
PR	18	Eduardo Bello	45'
LK	19	Ignacio Calas	53'
FL	20	Santiago Portillo	51'
SH	21	Mauro Perotti	69'
FH	22	Juan Novillo	65'
CE	23	Juan Cappiello	65'
Coach:
Pablo Bouza


FB	15	Leonardo Montoya
RW	14	José Ignacio Larenas	67'
OC	13	Matías Nordenflycht
IC	12	Francisco de La Fuente
LW	11	Italo Zunino	62'
FH	10	Cristian Onetto
SH	9	Beltrán Vergara	73'
N8	8	Benjamín Soto (c)
OF	7	Javier Richard
BF	6	Cristobál Niedmann	51'
RL	5	Raimundo Piwonka	49'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic
TP	3	Luis Sepúlveda	67'
HK	2	Rodrigo Moya	69'
LP	1	Claudio Zamorano	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tomás Dussaillant	69'
PR	17	Nicolás Venegas	53'
PR	18	José Tomás Munita	67'
LK	19	Felipe Bassaletti	49'
FL	20	Ignacio Silva	51'
SH	21	Matthieu Manas	73'
FB	22	Pablo Casas	62'
WG	23	Matías Contreras	67'
Coach:
Elías Santillán

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

13 February 2016
18:00 CST (UTC-06)

(1 BP) United States	30–22	Canada
Try: London 26' c Clever (3) 57' m, 61' m, 65' c Con: Bird (1/1) 27' Kruger (1/2) 66' Pen: Bird (1/1) 20' Kruger (1/2) 76'	Report^[11]	Try: Maguire 69' c Con: Ferguson (1/1) 70' Pen: McRorie (5/6) 9', 13', 22', 30', 45'

Dell Diamond, Round Rock
Attendance: 7,145
Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)


FB	15	Jake Anderson
RW	14	Luke Hume
OC	13	Chad London
IC	12	LeMoto Filikitonga	34'
LW	11	Kingsley McGowan
FH	10	James Bird	40'
SH	9	Mike Te'o	56'
N8	8	David Tameilau
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Nate Brakeley
RL	5	Ben Landry	71'
LL	4	Brodie Orth
TP	3	Chris Baumann	71'
HK	2	Mike Sosene-Feagai	46'
LP	1	Eric Fry	71'
Replacements:
PR	16	Joe Taufete'e	46'
PR	17	Olive Kilifi	71'
HK	18	James Hilterbrand	71'
FL	19	Pat Blair
FL	20	Alec Gletzer	71'
SH	21	Niku Kruger	56'
FH	22	JP Eloff	40'
CE	23	Mike Garrity	34'
Coach:
John Mitchell


FB	15	Pat Parfrey
RW	14	Phil Mackenzie
OC	13	Mozac Samson	49'
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Dan Moor
FH	10	Gradyn Bowd
SH	9	Gordon McRorie	66'
N8	8	Clay Panga
OF	7	Alistair Clark
BF	6	Lucas Rumball	66'
RL	5	Callum Morrison	59'
LL	4	Paul Ciulini
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki
HK	2	Ray Barkwill
LP	1	Hubert Buydens (c)	54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru	54'
PR	18	Rob Brouwer
LK	19	Kyle Baillie	66'
LK	20	Liam Chisholm	59'
N8	21	Michael Hamson
SH	22	Andrew Ferguson	66'
WG	23	Duncan Maguire	49'
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

20 February 2016
18:00 EST (UTC-05)

(1 BP) United States	64–0	Chile
Try: Baumann 11' m Eloff 17' m Edwards 22' c Taufete'e 35' c Thomas 52' c Anderson 56' c Te'o (2) 64' m, 77' c London 66' c Hume 73' c Con: Eloff (7/10) 23', 36', 53', 56', 67', 74', 77'	Report^[12]

Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale
Attendance: 5,101
Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)


FB	15	Mike Te'o		77'
RW	14	Luke Hume
OC	13	Lorenzo Thomas
IC	12	Chad London
LW	11	Nick Edwards		37'
FH	10	JP Eloff
SH	9	Tom Bliss		40'
N8	8	David Tameilau		69'
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Nate Brakeley
RL	5	Brodie Orth
LL	4	Ben Landry		58'
TP	3	Chris Baumann		27'
HK	2	Joe Taufete'e		69'
LP	1	Eric Fry
Replacements:
HK	16	Mike Sosene-Feagai		69'
PR	17	Olive Kilifi	37' to 47'	27'
PR	18	Demecus Beach			45'	47'
FL	19	Alec Gletzer		58'
FL	20	Pat Blair		69'
SH	21	Niku Kruger		40'
WG	22	Ryan Matyas		77'
FB	23	Jake Anderson		37'	45'	47'
Coach:
John Mitchell


FB	15	Pablo Casas
RW	14	Matías Contreras	45'
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	64'
BF	6	Ignacio Silva
RL	5	Raimundo Piwonka
LL	4	Felipe Bassaletti	54'
TP	3	Luis Sepúlveda	67'
HK	2	Tomás Dussaillant	45'
LP	1	Claudio Zamorano	68'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rodrigo Moya	45'
PR	17	Ińaki Gurruchaga	68'
PR	18	José Tomás Munita	67'
FL	19	Cristobál Niedmann	64'
N8	20	Nikola Bursic	54'
SH	21	Matthieu Manas
CE	22	José Ignacio Larenas	45'
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.

20 February 2016
20:15 UYT (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Uruguay	21–24	Argentina XV
Try: Ormaechea 12' m Favaro 37' c Con: M. Secco (1/2) 38' Pen: M. Secco (3/4) 9', 27', 46'	Report^[13]	Try: Bollini 6' c Cuaranta 42' c Cappiello 70' c Con: Novillo (2/2) 7', 43' Mercerat (1/1) 72' Pen: Mercerat (1/1) 77'

Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)


FB	15	Santiago Martinez		69'
RW	14	Federico Favaro		57'
OC	13	Andrés Vilaseca
IC	12	Facundo Klappenbach
LW	11	Andrés Rocco
FH	10	Martín Secco
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein		58'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto		62'
OF	7	Juan Diego Ormaechea	51' to 61'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)		72'
RL	5	Mathias Palomeque	60' to 70'
LL	4	Diego Magno		67'
TP	3	Juan Echeverría
HK	2	Germán Kessler		69'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti		69'
Replacements:
PR	16	Facundo Gattas		69'
PR	17	Rodolfo de Mula		69'
PR	18	Ignacio Secco		72'
LK	19	Ignacio Dotti		67'
FL	20	Fernando Bascou		62'
FH	21	Manuel Blengio		69'
SH	22	Santiago Arata		58'
CE	23	Pedro Deal		57'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Segundo Tuculet		68'
RW	14	Franco Cuaranta
OC	13	Juan Cappiello
IC	12	Bautista Ezcurra
LW	11	Axel Müller
FH	10	Juan Novillo		58'
SH	9	Marcos Bollini
N8	8	Santiago Portillo		63'
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	José Deheza		54'	61'	68'
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Pedro Ortega
TP	3	Cristian Bartoloni		47'
HK	2	Santiago Iglesias Valdez
LP	1	Roberto Tejerizo (c)	51' to 61'		61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Axel Zapata
PR	17	Facundo Gigena		54'
PR	18	Enrique Pieretto	55' to 65'	47'
FL	19	Gonzalo Paulín		63'
N8	20	Miguel Urtubey				68'
SH	21	Mauro Perotti
FH	22	Juan Cruz González		58'
FB	23	Pedro Mercerat		68'
Coach:
Pablo Bouza

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

20 February 2016
16:00 PST (UTC-08)

(1 BP) Canada	52–25	Brazil
Try: Rumball (2) 4' c, 40' c Panga (2) 12' c, 65' c Barkwill 30' c Ciulini 76' c Hamson 80' c Con: Ferguson (5/5) 4', 13', 31', 40', 66' Staller (2/2) 77', 80' Pen: Ferguson (1/2) 24'	Report^[14]	Try: Cremer 26' c D. Sancery 47' m Da Ros 71' c Con: M. Duque (2/3) 27', 72' Pen: M. Duque (2/2) 9', 21'

Westhills Stadium, Langford
Attendance: 1,865
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)


FB	15	Pat Parfrey		69'
RW	14	Dan Moor	40'
OC	13	Brock Staller	57' to 69'
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Duncan Maguire
FH	10	Gradyn Bowd
SH	9	Andrew Ferguson	73'
N8	8	Clay Panga	67'
OF	7	Alistair Clark
BF	6	Lucas Rumball
RL	5	Liam Chisholm	73'
LL	4	Paul Ciulini
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki	73'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill (c)	67'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru	73'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard	67'
PR	17	Hubert Buydens	73'
PR	18	Rob Brouwer	73'
LK	19	Kyle Baillie	73'
N8	20	Michael Hamson	67'
SH	21	Jake Robinson	73'
CE	22	Joe Dolesau	40'
FB	23	Brett Johnson	57'
Coach:
Francois Ratier


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14	Stefano Giantorno
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Moisés Duque
LW	11	Lucas Muller	39'
FH	10	Lucas Duque
SH	9	Beukes Cremer	40'
N8	8	Nick Smith
OF	7	Cleber Dias
BF	6	Mark Jackson	40'
RL	5	Luiz Gustavo Viera
LL	4	Lucas Piero	63'
TP	3	Vitor Ancina	38'
HK	2	Daniel Danielewicz (c)	38'
LP	1	Jonatas Paulo	38'
Replacements:
HK	16	Yan Rosetti	38'
PR	17	Wilton Rebolo	38'
PR	18	Lucas Abud	38'
FL	19	Matheus Wolf	63'
FL	20	João Luiz da Ros	40'
CE	21	Mateus Estrela
FB	22	Laurent Bourda-Couhet	40'
FB	23	Guilherme Coghetto	39'
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

27 February 2016
18:00 CLT (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Chile	20–23	Uruguay
Try: Nordenflycht 40' m Pen: Nordenflycht (5/5) 20', 27', 37', 52', 71'	Report^[15]	Try: Favaro 17' c Silva 66' c Con: Secco (2/2) 18', 67' Pen: Secco (3/4) 39', 49', 55'

Centro de Alto Rendimiento de Rugbt, Santiago
Attendance: 1,497
Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)


FB	15	Leonardo Montoya
RW	14	José Ignacio Larenas	65' to 75'				75'
OC	13	Matías Nordenflycht
IC	12	Francisco de La Fuente	57' to 67'
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		68'
RL	5	Raimundo Piwonka			61'
LL	4	Nikola Bursic		50' to 61'
TP	3	Luis Sepúlveda				70'	75'
HK	2	Rodrigo Moya		40'
LP	1	Nicolás Venegas		11' to 18'		40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Manuel Gurruchaga		40'
PR	17	Roberto Oyarzun	72' to 80'	11'	18'	70'
PR	18	José Tomás Munita				40'
FL	19	Ignacio Silva		68'
LK	20	Ignacio Alvárez		50'
SH	21	Matthieu Manas
FB	22	Pablo Casas
WG	23	Matías Contreras
Coach:
Elías Santillán


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Federico Favaro				57'
OC	13	Andrés Vilaseca		26' to 28'
IC	12	Alberto Román
LW	11	Leandro Leivas	26' to 36'
FH	10	Martín Secco
SH	9	Guillermo Lijtenstein		53'
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto
OF	7	Matías Beer		56'
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5	Mathias Palomeque		53'
LL	4	Diego Magno
TP	3	Juan Echeverría		56'
HK	2	Germán Kessler		50'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	69' to 79'			79'
Replacements:
PR	16	Carlos Arboleya		50'
PR	17	Facundo Gattas		56'
PR	18	Rafael Mones			75'
LK	19	Gonzalo Soto		53'
FL	20	Juan Diego Ormaechea		56'	75'	79'
FH	21	Manuel Blengio
SH	22	Santiago Arata		53'
CE	23	Pedro Deal		26'	28'	57'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

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

Notes:

Rafael Mones made his international debut for Uruguay.

27 February 2016
20:00 BRT (UTC-03)

Brazil	24–23	United States (1 BP)
Try: D. Sancery 13' c L. Duque 22' m Con: M. Duque (1/2) 14' Pen: M. Duque (4/5) 4', 7', 50', 80'	Report^[16]	Try: Taufete'e 35' m Schirmer 46' m Kruger 64' c Con: Bird (1/2) 65' Pen: Bird (1/2) 29' Kruger (1/1) 72'

Arena Barueri, Barueri
Attendance: 3,798
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14	Stefano Giantorno		52'
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)		40'
BF	6	André Arruda	39' to 49'
RL	5	Luiz Gustavo Viera
LL	4	Lucas Piero		50'
TP	3	Wilton Rebolo		68'
HK	2	Yan Rosetti		62'
LP	1	Lucas Abud		57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Daniel Danielewicz		62'
PR	17	Caique Silva		68'
PR	18	Jonatas Paulo		57'
LK	19	Diego López		50'
FL	20	Gabriel Paganini		40'
FB	21	Guilherme Coghetto		52'
SH	22	Beukes Cremer
FH	23	Robert Tenório
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Jake Anderson
RW	14	Kingsley McGowan	67'
OC	13	Mike Garrity	52'
IC	12	Andrew Suniula
LW	11	Ryan Matyas	52'
FH	10	James Bird	70'
SH	9	Niku Kruger
N8	8	David Tameilau
OF	7	Aladdin Schirmer
BF	6	James King	76'
RL	5	Ben Landry
LL	4	Brodie Orth
TP	3	Olive Kilifi (c)
HK	2	Joe Taufete'e	58'
LP	1	Demecus Beach	31'
Replacements:
HK	16	Cam Falcon
PR	17	Eric Fry	31'
HK	18	Mike Sosene-Feagai	58'
FL	19	Hanco Germishuys	76'
FH	20	Mike Te'o	67'
FH	21	JP Eloff	70'
WG	22	Tim Stanfill	52'
CE	23	Chad London	52'
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.

28 February 2016
17:00 ART (UTC-03)

(1 BP) Argentina XV	54–21	Canada
Try: Iglesias Valdez 2' m Estellés (2) 9' c, 78' m Leguizamón (2) 28' m, 76' c Cuaranta 40' c Penalty try 53' c Amorosino 58' m Con: Mercerat (4/8) 10', 40', 54', 76' Pen: Mercerat (2/3) 20', 43'	Report^[17]	Try: Moor 12' c Ferguson (2) 32' c, 38' c Con: Ferguson (3/3) 13', 33', 39'

Duendes Rugby Club, Rosario
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)


FB	15	Pedro Mercerat
RW	14	Juan Pablo Estellés
OC	13	Juan Cappiello
IC	12	Tomás Granella
LW	11	Franco Cuaranta	44'
FH	10	Juan Cruz González	69'
SH	9	Marcos Bollini	59'
N8	8	Santiago Portillo
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	Juan Manuel Leguizamón
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague	50'
LL	4	Pedro Ortega
TP	3	Enrique Pieretto	67'
HK	2	Santiago Iglesias Valdez (c)	69'
LP	1	Facundo Gigena	61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Axel Zapata	69'
PR	17	Roberto Tejerizo	61'
PR	18	Eduardo Bello	67'
LK	19	Marcos Kremer	50'
FL	20	José Deheza	56'
SH	21	Lautaro Bazán Vélez	59'
FH	22	Juan Novillo	69'
WG	23	Lucas González Amorosino	44'
Coach:
Pablo Bouza


FB	15	Brock Staller		40' to 50'		67'
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Phil Mackenzie
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Duncan Maguire				59'
FH	10	Pat Parfrey
SH	9	Andrew Ferguson		70'
N8	8	Clay Panga		44'
OF	7	Alistair Clark
BF	6	Lucas Rumball		56'	63'
RL	5	Cam Pierce
LL	4	Kyle Baillie
TP	3	Djustice Sears-Duru		40'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill		67'
LP	1	Hubert Buydens (c)	53' to 63'		63'
Replacements:
PR	16	Eric Howard		67'
PR	17	Ryan Kotlewski		40'
PR	18	Rob Brouwer		56'
HK	19	Alex Mascott
N8	20	Michael Hamson		44'
FB	21	Brett Johnson		40'	50'	59'
FH	22	Gradyn Bowd		67'
SH	23	Jake Robinson		70'
Coach:
Francois Ratier

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

Week Five

5 March 2016
17:15 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	29–25	United States (1 BP)
Try: Kessler 49' c Magno 78' c Con: Ormaechea (2/2) 50', 79' Pen: Ormaechea (5/7) 3', 21', 39', 59', 67'	Report^[18]	Try: Schirmer 14' c London 46' c Mikesell 72' m Con: Bird (2/2) 15', 47' Pen: Bird (2/3) 22', 29'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Juan Sylvestre (Argentina)


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Leandro Leivas
OC	13	Pedro Deal
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca	25'
LW	11	Gastón Mieres	73'
FH	10	Manuel Blengio
SH	9	Agustín Ormaechea
N8	8	Alejandro Nieto	70'
OF	7	Juan Diego Ormaechea
BF	6	Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL	5	Diego Magno
LL	4	Gonzalo Soto	56'
TP	3	Mario Sagario	70'
HK	2	Germán Kessler	56'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	70'
Replacements:
HK	16	Carlos Arboleya	56'
PR	17	Facundo Gattas	70'
PR	18	Juan Echeverría	70'
LK	19	Mathias Palomeque	56'
FL	20	Matías Beer	70'
CE	21	Alberto Román	25'
SH	22	Guillermo Lijtenstein
WG	23	Federico Favaro	73'
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	James Bird		65'
SH	9	Mike Te'o
N8	8	David Tameilau		47'
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Aladdin Schirmer
RL	5	Ben Landry	61' to 71' 77'
LL	4	Brodie Orth
TP	3	Titi Lamositele
HK	2	Mike Sosene-Feagai		22'
LP	1	Eric Fry		62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Joe Taufete'e		22'
PR	17	Olive Kilifi		62'
PR	18	Demecus Beach
FL	19	Nate Brakeley		47'
FL	20	Hanco Germishuys
SH	21	Niku Kruger		65'
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.

5 March 2016
19:00 CLT (UTC-03)

Chile	13–64	Canada (1 BP)
Try: Soto 40' c Con: Nordenflycht (1/1) 40' Pen: Nordenflycht (2/4) 1', 9'	Report^[19]	Try: Blevins (2) 3' c, 55' c Johnson 14' c McRorie 18' m Baillie 20' c Mackenzie 31' c Parfrey (2) 35' c, 75' c Moor 51' c Con: McRorie (7/8) 4', 15', 21', 32', 36', 52', 56' Ferguson (1/1) 76' Pen: McRorie (1/1) 12'

Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago
Attendance: 3,200
Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States)


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	Cristian Onetto	47'
SH	9	Juan Pablo Perrotta	57'
N8	8	Nikola Bursic	59'
OF	7	Javier Richard	67'
BF	6	Benjamín Soto (c)
RL	5	Raimundo Piwonka
LL	4	Ignacio Alvárez	45'
TP	3	José Tomás Munita	40'
HK	2	Manuel Gurruchaga
LP	1	José Ramón Ayarza	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rodrigo Moya
PR	17	Nicolás Venegas	57'
PR	18	Luis Sepúlveda	40'
FL	19	Cristobál Niedmann	45'
FL	20	Francisco Hurtado	59'
FL	21	Ignacio Silva	67'
SH	22	Beltrán Vergara	57'
FB	23	Pablo Casas	47'
Coach:
Elías Santillán


FB	15	Brock Staller	67'
RW	14	Dan Moor
OC	13	Phil Mackenzie
IC	12	Nick Blevins
LW	11	Brett Johnson	53'
FH	10	Pat Parfrey
SH	9	Gordon McRorie	57'
N8	8	Lucas Rumball	53'
OF	7	Alistair Clark	57'
BF	6	Kyle Baillie
RL	5	Cameron Pierce
LL	4	Paul Ciulini
TP	3	Djustice Sears-Duru	57'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill	53'
LP	1	Hubert Buydens (c)	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard	53'
PR	17	Rob Brouwer	57'
PR	18	Ryan Kotlewski	57'
FL	19	Clay Panga	53'
N8	20	Michael Hamson	57'
SH	21	Andrew Ferguson	57'
FH	22	Gradyn Bowd	67'
WG	23	Duncan Maguire	53'
Coach:
Francois Ratier

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

Notes:

Ryan Kotlewski made his international debut for Canada.

5 March 2016
20:00 BRT (UTC-03)

Brazil	7–42	Argentina XV (1 BP)
Try: L. Duque 80' c Con: M. Duque (1/1) 80'	Report^[20]	Try: Estellés (3) 8' c, 36' c, 77' c González 11' c Deheza 20' c Delguy 73' c Con: Mercerat (6/6) 9', 12', 22', 37', 74', 77'

Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos
Attendance: 3,401
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)


FB	15	Daniel Sancery
RW	14	Lucas Tranquez
OC	13	Felipe Sancery
IC	12	Matheus Cruz	50'
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	49'
RL	5	Luiz Gustavo Viera
LL	4	Lucas Piero	68'
TP	3	Wilton Rebolo	40'
HK	2	Yan Rosetti	68'
LP	1	Rafael Carnivalle	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Daniel Danielewicz	68'
PR	17	Caique Silva	57'
PR	18	Lucas Abud	40'
LK	19	Diego López	68'
FL	20	Mark Jackson	49'
CE	21	Mateus Estrela
SH	22	Beukes Cremer	50'
FH	23	Robert Tenório
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio


FB	15	Ramiro Moyano	68'
RW	14	Juan Pablo Estellés
OC	13	Juan Cappiello
IC	12	Tomás Granella	71'
LW	11	Pedro Mercerat
FH	10	Juan Cruz González
SH	9	Marcos Bollini	71'
N8	8	Santiago Portillo
OF	7	Lautaro Bavaro
BF	6	José Deheza	50'
RL	5	Ignacio Larrague
LL	4	Pedro Ortega	49'
TP	3	Enrique Pieretto	58'
HK	2	Santiago Iglesias Valdez (c)	65'
LP	1	Facundo Gigena	58'
Replacements:
HK	16	Axel Zapata	65'
PR	17	Franco Brarda	58'
PR	18	Eduardo Bello	58'
LK	19	Franco Molina	49'
N8	20	Miguel Urtubey	50'
SH	21	Patricio Baronio	71'
CE	22	Martín Elías	71'
FB	23	Bautista Delguy	68'
Coach:
Pablo Bouza

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

Statistics

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Points scorers

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

Try scorers

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

Notes

Pablo Bouza will be acting head coach for the XV team in place of normal head coach Daniel Hourcade.^[3]

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