2017 Americas Rugby Championship

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.

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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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) 541021596+119294022
2 Argentina XV (NA) 541022862+166323021
3 Uruguay (21) 5302120125–5162115
4 Brazil (36) 520363179–1166008
5 Canada (18) 5104112127–1513228
6 Chile (29) 500551200–1494000
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)
FB15Daniel Sancery 64'
RW14De Wet van Niekerk 63'
OC13Felipe Sancery 9' to 19'
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Stefano Giantorno
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Beukes Cremer 51'
N88Nick Smith (c) 41'
OF7André Arruda
BF6João Luiz da Ros
RL5Lucas Piero
LL4Diego López
TP3Wilton Rebolo
HK2Yan Rosetti 76'
LP1Alexandre Alves 51'
Replacements:
HK16Daniel Danielewicz 76'
PR17Jonatas Paulo
PR18Vitor Ancina 51'
LK19Felipe Tissot
FL20Matheus Daniel 41'
SH21Matheus Cruz 51'
CE22Luan Smanio 63'
FH23Guilherme Coghetto 64'
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB15Rodrigo Fernández
RW14Martín Verschae 70'
OC13Franco Velarde
IC12Matías Nordenflycht 40'
LW11Pedro Verschae
FH10Francisco González Moller
SH9Beltrán Vergara 49'
N88Manuel Dagnino 56'
OF7Anton Petrowitsch
BF6Cristóbal Niedmann 35' to 42'
RL5Nikola Bursic
LL4Mario Mayol 71'
TP3José Tomás Munita 67'
HK2Tomás Dussaillant 47'
LP1Claudio Zamorano (c) 31' to 41' 67'
Replacements:
HK16Rodrigo Moya 47'
PR17Vittorio Lastra 35' 42' 67'
PR18Gonzalo Martínez 67'
N819Nicanor Machuca 71'
N820Benjamín Soto 56'
SH21Jan Hasenlechner 49'
FH22Francisco Cruz 70'
WG23Tomás 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)
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Blaine Scully (c)
OC13Bryce Campbell
IC12AJ MacGinty
LW11Zack Test 40'
FH10Ben Cima 52'
SH9Nate Augspurger 71'
N88Alastair McFarland
OF7Todd Clever 12' to 22' 53'
BF6John Quill
RL5Nick Civetta
LL4Nate Brakeley 59'
TP3Chris Baumann 51'
HK2Peter Malcolm 51'
LP1Anthony Purpura 59'
Replacements:
HK16James Hilterbrand 51'
PR17Alex Maughan 59'
PR18Dino Waldren 51'
LK19Matthew Jensen 59'
FL20Tony Lamborn 53'
SH21Shaun Davies 71'
FH22Will Magie 52'
CE23JP Eloff 40'
Coach:
John Mitchell
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat 48' to 58'
IC12Juan de Freitas 59'
LW11Andrés Rocco 59'
FH10Germán Albanell
SH9Santiago Arata 69'
N88Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF7Franco Lamanna
BF6Rodolfo Garese 65'
RL5Diego Ayala 65'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Juan Echeverría 77'
HK2Facundo Gattas 71'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 71'
Replacements:
HK16Diego Pombo 71'
PR17Matías Benítez 71'
PR18Felipe Inciarte 77'
FL19Juan Diego Ormaechea 65'
LK20Diego Magno 65'
SH21Guillermo Lijtenstein 69'
FH22Francisco Berchesi 59'
WG23Gastón 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'
FB15Carl Pocock 57'
RW14Dan Moor
OC13Brock Staller 72'
IC12Nick Blevins
LW11Taylor Paris
FH10Robbie Povey 58'
SH9Gordon McRorie (c)
N88Clay Panga 58'
OF7Lucas Rumball 2' to 12'
BF6Admir Cejvanovic
RL5Liam Chisholm 65'
LL4Conor Keys
TP3Matt Tierney 65'
HK2Eric Howard 58'
LP1Rob Brouwer 51'
Replacements:
HK16Benoît Pifféro 58'
PR17Djustice Sears-Duru 51'
PR18Cole Keith 65'
LK19Reegan O'Gorman 65'
LK20Matt Beukeboom 58'
SH21Phil Mack 58'
FH22Giuseppe du Toit 72'
CE23George Barton 57'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe
FB15Bautista Delguy
RW14Fernando Luna
OC13Juan Cappiello 70'
IC12Bruno Devoto
LW11Santiago Álvarez 60'
FH10Domingo Miotti
SH9Sebastián Cancelliere 73'
N88Tomás de la Vega
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF6Francisco Gorrissen 70'
RL5Pedro Ortega
LL4Juan Cruz Guillemaín 68'
TP3Cristian Bartoloni 50'
HK2Gaspar Baldunciel 70'
LP1Franco Brarda 70'
Replacements:
HK16Marcelo Brandi 70'
PR17Nicolás Solveyra 70'
PR18Santiago Medrano 50'
LK19Franco Molina 68'
N820Rodrigo Bruni 70'
SH21Juan Manuel Lescano 78' to 80' 73'
CE22Tomás Granella 70'
FB23Segundo 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)
FB15Bautista Delguy
RW14Segundo Tuculet 60'
OC13Santiago Álvarez
IC12Juan Cappiello
LW11Julián Domínguez
FH10Domingo Miotti 52'
SH9Sebastián Cancelliere 54'
N88Tomás de la Vega 52'
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF6Mariano Romanini
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Pedro Ortega 54'
TP3Santiago Medrano 62'
HK2Marcelo Brandi 52'
LP1Francisco Ferronato 60'
Replacements:
HK16Axel Zapata 52'
PR17Eduardo Bello 60'
PR18Alejo Brem 62'
LK19Franco Molina 54'
N820Santiago Montagner 52'
SH21Lautaro Bazán 54'
CE22Tomás Granella 52'
WG23Fernando Luna 60'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Nicolás Freitas 53' to 63'
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Juan de Freitas
LW11Francisco Berchesi 27'
FH10Germán Albanell 60'
SH9Santiago Arata 52'
N88Alejandro Nieto (c)
OF7Gonzalo Soto 23' 32'
BF6Rodolfo Garese
RL5Diego Magno
LL4Ignacio Dotti 62'
TP3Juan Echeverría 57' to 72'
HK2Martín Espiga 62'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 22' to 32' 60'
Replacements:
HK16Facundo Gattas 23' 32' 60'
PR17Matías Benítez 62'
PR18Felipe Inciarte 57' 72'
LK19Diego Ayala 62'
N820Manuel Diana 43'
SH21Guillermo Lijtenstein 52'
FH22Lucas Durán 60'
FB23Ignacio 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)
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Spike Davis 59'
OC13Bryce Campbell
IC12JP Eloff
LW11Nate Augspurger
FH10Will Magie 59'
SH9Shaun Davies 71'
N88Alastair McFarland 52'
OF7Tony Lamborn
BF6John Quill 62'
RL5Nick Civetta
LL4Nate Brakeley
TP3Dino Waldren 40'
HK2James Hilterbrand (c) 59'
LP1Ben Tarr 40'
Replacements:
HK16Peter Malcolm 59'
PR17Anthony Purpura 40'
PR18Chris Baumann 40'
N819Cameron Dolan 52'
FL20Todd Clever 62'
FH21Ben Cima 59'
CE22Peter Tiberio 59'
WG23Deion Mikesell 71'
Coach:
John Mitchell
FB15Daniel Sancery
RW14De Wet van Niekerk
OC13Felipe Sancery 69'
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Stefano Giantorno 53'
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Matheus Cruz 72'
N88Nick Smith (c)
OF7André Arruda
BF6João Luiz da Ros 40'
RL5Lucas Piero 45'
LL4Luiz Vieira 15' to 25'
TP3Wilton Rebolo 59'
HK2Yan Rosetti 75'
LP1Jonatas Paulo 36'
Replacements:
HK16Daniel Danielewicz 70'
PR17Pedro Bengaló 36' 70' to 75'
PR18Caíque Silva 59'
LK19Diego López 45'
FL20Artur Bergo 40'
SH21Beukes Cremer 72'
CE22Luan Smanio 69'
FH23Guilherme 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)
FB15Brock Staller
RW14Dan Moor
OC13Nick Blevins
IC12Giuseppe du Toit 65'
LW11Taylor Paris
FH10Gradyn Bowd 51'
SH9Gordon McRorie (c) 62'
N88Admir Cejvanovic
OF7Ollie Nott 53' 77'
BF6Lucas Rumball
RL5Liam Chisholm 57'
LL4Conor Keys
TP3Matt Tierney 62'
HK2Benoît Pifféro 62'
LP1Djustice Sears-Duru 62'
Replacements:
HK16Eric Howard 62'
PR17Rob Brouwer 62'
PR18Cole Keith 62'
LK19Reegan O'Gorman 57'
LK20Matt Beukeboom 53' 77'
SH21Phil Mack 62'
FH22Robbie Povey 51'
CE23George Barton 65'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe
FB15Pedro Verschae
RW14Franco Velarde
OC13José Ignacio Larenas 78' to 80'
IC12Simón Pardakhty 69'
LW11Tomás Ianiszewski
FH10Francisco Cruz 25' to 35' 51'
SH9Jan Hasenlechner 55'
N88Benjamín Soto (c) 39' to 49'
OF7Anton Petrowitsch
BF6Arturo Seeman 57'
RL5Mario Mayol
LL4Nikola Bursic 40'
TP3José Tomás Munita 69'
HK2Rodrigo Moya 69'
LP1Vittorio Lastra 48'
Replacements:
HK16Martín Mendoza 69'
PR17Claudio Zamorano 48'
PR18Gonzalo Martínez 69'
FL19Manuel Dagnino 40'
FL20Eduardo Orpis 57'
WG21Juan Pablo Larenas 55'
FH22Jorge Castillo 51'
FB23Rodrigo Fernández 69'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre

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

Notes:

  • This was Canada's 100th test victory.
  • Martín Mendoza and Arturo Seeman made their international debuts for Chile.
  • George Barton, Matt Beukeboom, Giuseppe Du Toit, Cole Keith, Conor Keys, Oliver Nott, Reegan O'Gorman and Robbie Povey made their international debuts for Canada.

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)
FB15Rodrigo Fernández
RW14Martín Fernández 34' 42'
OC13José Ignacio Larenas (c) 62'
IC12Ricardo Sifri 54'
LW11Martín Verschae
FH10Jorge Castillo 48'
SH9Juan Pablo Larenas 74'
N88Benjamín Soto
OF7Anton Petrowitsch
BF6Cristóbal Niedmann 25' to 29' 70'
RL5Nelson Calderón
LL4Mario Mayol 59'
TP3Gonzalo Martínez 19'
HK2Manuel Garruchaga 55'
LP1Claudio Zamorano 72'  5' to 6' 62' to 70'
Replacements:
HK16Martín Mendoza 55'
PR17Sebastián Valech 5' 6' 34' 42' 62' 70' 74'
PE18José Tomás Munita 19'
FL19Manuel Dagnino 59'
FL20Eduardo Orpis 25' 29' 70'
SH21Sergio Bascuñán 62'
FH22Francisco González Moller 48'
CE23Mauricio Urrutia 54'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre
FB15Fernando Luna
RW14Santiago Álvarez 48'
OC13Juan Cappiello (c)
IC12Bruno Devoto
LW11Germán Schulz
FH10Juan Cruz González 48'
SH9Lautaro Bazán 64'
N88Rodrigo Bruni 58'
OF7Santiago Montagner
BF6Francisco Gorrissen
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Franco Molina 48'
TP3Eduardo Bello 55'
HK2Axel Zapata 62'
LP1Nicolás Solveyra 55'
Replacements:
HK16Marcelo Brandi 62'
PR17Francisco Ferronato 55'
PR18Alejo Brem 55'
LK19Pedro Ortega 48'
FL20Lautaro Bavaro 58'
SH21Sebastián Cancelliere 64'
CE22Tomás Granella 48'
FB23Bautista 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)
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Andrés Vilaseca 51'
LW11Nicolás Freitas
FH10Germán Albanell
SH9Santiago Arata 61'
N88Alejandro Nieto
OF7Gonzalo Soto 61'
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) 51'
RL5Diego Ayala 61'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Mario Sagario 51'
HK2Martín Espiga 65'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 74'
Replacements:
HK16Facundo Gattas 65'
PR17Matías Benítez 74'
PR18Juan Echeverría 51'
LK19Lorenzo Surraco 61'
FL20Juan Diego Ormaechea 51'
SH21Guillermo Lijtenstein 61'
WG22Gastón Gibernau 51'
N823Manuel Diana 61'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Daniel Sancery
RW14Robert Tenório 79'
OC13Felipe Sancery 79'
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11De Wet van Niekerk
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Matheus Cruz 79'
N88Nick Smith 61'
OF7Cléber Dias 36'
BF6Matheus Daniel 69' 79'
RL5Diego López
LL4Lucas Piero
TP3Pedro Bengaló 56'
HK2Daniel Danielewicz 40' to 51' 68' to 78'
LP1Wilton Rebolo
Replacements:
HK16Endy Willian 40' 51'
PR17Vitor Ancina 56'
PR18Matheus Rocha 69' 79'
FL19André Arruda 36'
FL20João Luiz da Ros 61'
SH21Beukes Cremer 79'
CE22Luan Smanio 79'
WG23Ariel 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)
FB15Brock Staller
RW14Dan Moor
OC13Nick Blevins 40'
IC12Giuseppe du Toit
LW11Taylor Paris 40' to 44' 66'
FH10Robbie Povey
SH9Phil Mack 55'
N88Admir Cejvanovic
OF7Ollie Nott 44' 47' 58'
BF6Lucas Rumball
RL5Reegan O'Gorman
LL4Conor Keys
TP3Matt Tierney 66'
HK2Ray Barkwill (c) 38' to 48' 58'
LP1Rob Brouwer 50'
Replacements:
HK16Benoît Pifféro 44' 47' 58'
PR17Djustice Sears-Duru 50'
PR18Cole Keith 66'
LK19Liam Chisholm
FL20Lucas Albornoz 58'
SH21Gordon McRorie 55'
FH22Gradyn Bowd 40'
CE23George Barton 40' 44' 66'
Coach:
Mark Anscombe
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Ryan Matyas 50'
OC13Bryce Campbell
IC12JP Eloff
LW11Nate Augspurger
FH10Will Magie
SH9Shaun Davies 72'
N88Cam Dolan
OF7Tony Lamborn 61'
BF6Todd Clever (c) 56'
RL5Nick Civetta 66'
LL4Nate Brakeley
TP3Chris Baumann 50'
HK2Peter Malcolm 50'
LP1Anthony Purpura 56'
Replacements:
HK16James Hilterbrand 50'
PR17Dino Waldren 50'
PR18Ben Tarr 56'
LK19Siaosi Mahoni 66'
FL20John Quill 61'
N821David Tameilau 56'
FH22Ben Cima 50'
WG23Spike 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)
FB15Pedro Verschae
RW14Matías Contreras 40'
OC13Franco Velarde
IC12Simón Pardakhty 58' to 68'
LW11Tomás Ianiszewski
FH10Francisco González Moller 67'
SH9Sergio Bascuñán 22' to 32' 62'
N88Manuel Dagnino 65'
OF7Anton Petrowitsch
BF6Arturo Seeman 26' to 35' 62'
RL5Nikola Bursic
LL4Mario Mayol
TP3José Tomás Munita 54'
HK2Manuel Garruchaga (c) 67'
LP1Vittorio Lastra 54'
Replacements:
HK16Rodrigo Moya 67'
PR17Sebastián Valech 54'
PR18Ernesto Ugarte 54'
LK19Nelson Calderón 62'
FL20Eduardo Orpis 26' 35' 65'
SH21Beltrán Vergara 62'
FH22Jorge Castillo 67'
CE23Mauricio Urrutia 40'
Coach:
Bernard Charreyre
FB15Mike Te'o
RW14Spike Davis 65'
OC13Bryce Campbell 43' to 53'
IC12JP Eloff 62'
LW11Nate Augspurger (c)
FH10Ben Cima
SH9Shaun Davies 67'
N88Cam Dolan
OF7Tony Lamborn
BF6Todd Clever 67'
RL5Siaosi Mahoni 49'
LL4Matthew Jensen
TP3Chris Baumann 58'
HK2James Hilterbrand 51'
LP1Ben Tarr 49'
Replacements:
HK16Peter Malcolm 51'
PR17Anthony Purpura 49'
PR18Olive Kilifi 58'
FL19Hanco Germishuys 67'
N820David Tameilau 49'
FH21Will Magie 65'
CE22Calvin Whiting 62'
WG23Andrew 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)
FB15Juan Cruz González 40'
RW14Germán Schulz
OC13Segundo Tuculet
IC12Tomás Granella
LW11Franco Cuaranta
FH10Domingo Miotti 51'
SH9Sebastián Cancelliere 60'
N88Tomás de la Vega 60'
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF6Mariano Romanini
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Pedro Ortega 60'
TP3Alejo Brem 45'
HK2Marcelo Brandi 51'
LP1Franco Brarda 51'
Replacements:
HK16Gaspar Baldunciel 51'
PR17Facundo Gigena 51'
PR18Santiago Medrano 58' to 68' 45'
LK19Franco Molina 60'
N820Rodrigo Bruni 60'
SH21Lauaro Bazán 60'
CE22Juan Cappiello 51'
WG23Emiliano Boffelli 40'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Daniel Sancery
RW14Ariel Rodrigues
OC13Felipe Sancery 71'
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11De Wet van Niekerk 20'
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Matheus Cruz
N88Nick Smith (c) 13' to 23' 48'
OF7André Arruda
BF6João Luiz da Ros 77' to 80'
RL5Diego López 48'
LL4Gabriel Paganini 42' to 52'
TP3Caíque Silva 28'
HK2Yan Rosetti 75'
LP1Wilton Rebolo 78'
Replacements:
HK16Daniel Danielewicz 75'
PR17Vitor Ancina 28'
PR18Pedro Bengaló 78'
LK19Lucas Piero 48'
FL20Matheus Daniel 48'
SH21Beukes Cremer
CE22Luan Smanio 71'
WG23Robert 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)
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat 61'
IC12Andrés Vilaseca
LW11Nicolás Freitas
FH10Germán Albanell 49' to 59'
SH9Santiago Arata 56'
N88Alejandro Nieto
OF7Franco Lammana 73' to 80'
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) 65'
RL5Diego Ayala 66'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Juan Echeverría 51'
HK2Martín Espiga
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 59'
Replacements:
HK16Facundo Gattas 59'
PR17Matías Benítez
PR18Mario Sagario 51'
FL19Juan Diego Ormaechea 65'
LK20Diego Magno 66'
SH21Guillermo Lijtenstein 56'
WG22Gastón Gibernau
FB23Gastón Mieres 61'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Brock Staller 25' to 35'
RW14Dan Moor
OC13Conor Trainor 25' to 28'
IC12Nick Blevins
LW11Kainoa Lloyd 69'
FH10Robbie Povey 40'
SH9Gordon McRorie (c) 59'
N88Admir Cejvanovic
OF7Lucas Rumball
BF6Clay Panga 61'
RL5Reegan O'Gorman 56'
LL4Brett Beukeboom
TP3Matt Tierney
HK2Ray Barkwill
LP1Rob Brouwer 69'
Replacements:
HK16Eric Howard
PR17Djustice Sears-Duru 69'
PR18Cole Keith
LK19Liam Chisholm 56'
LK20Matt Beukeboom 61'
SH21Phil Mack 59'
FH22Gradyn Bowd 40'
FH23Giuseppe 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)
FB15Daniel Sancery
RW14Ariel Rodrigues
OC13Felipe Sancery
IC12Moisés Duque
LW11Luca Tranquez
FH10Josh Reeves
SH9Lucas Duque
N88Nick Smith (c)
OF7Arthur Bergo
BF6André Arruda
RL5Luis Vieira 74'
LL4Lucas Piero 45'
TP3Pedro Bengaló 45'
HK2Yan Rosetti
LP1Jonatas Paulo 38'
Replacements:
HK16Luan Almeida
PR17Wilton Rebolo 38'
PR18Matheu Rocha 45'
LK19Diego López 72' to 80' 45'
FL20João Luiz da Ros 74'
SH21Matheus Cruz
CE22Matheus Cláudio
WG23Stefano Giantorno
Coach:
Rodolfo Ambrosio
FB15Guiseppe du Toit
RW14Dan Moor
OC13Conor Trainor
IC12Nick Blevins
LW11Rory McDonell
FH10Gradyn Bowd 49'
SH9Gordon McRorie (c)
N88Admir Cejvanovic
OF7Lucas Rumball
BF6Matt Beukeboom
RL5Liam Chisholm 64'
LL4Brett Beukeboom 72' to 80'
TP3Matt Tierney
HK2Eric Howard 49'
LP1Rob Brouwer 53'
Replacements:
HK16Ray Barkwill 49'
PR17Djustice Sears-Duru 53'
PR18Cole Keith
LK19Reegan O'Gorman 64'
N820Clay Panga
SH21Phil Mack 49'
CE22George Barton
FB23Brock 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'
FB15Rodrigo Silva 69'
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Andrés Vilaseca 64'
LW11Nicolás Freitas
FH10Germán Albanell 57'
SH9Guillermo Lijtenstein
N88Alejandro Nieto 57'
OF7Rodolfo Garese
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL5Diego Magno
LL4Ignacio Dotti 64'
TP3Juan Echeverría 52'
HK2Martín Espiga 69'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 64'
Replacements:
HK16Facundo Gattas 64'
PR17Matías Benítez 69'
PR18Mario Sagario 79' 52'
LK19Diego Ayala 64'
FL20Gonzalo Soto 57'
FH21Lucas Durán 69'
FB22Gastón Mieres 57'
CE23Juan de Freitas 76' to 80' 57'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Rodrigo Fernández 61'
RW14Mauricio Urrutia
OC13José Ignacio Larenas
IC12Ricardo Sifri 64'
LW11Tomás Ianiszewski 62' to 72'
FH10Francisco González Moller 21' to 31'
SH9Juan Pablo Larenas 55'
N88Benjamín Soto 59'
OF7Anton Petrowitsch
BF6Cristobál Niedmann 52'
RL5Nikola Bursic
LL4Mario Mayol
TP3José Tomás Munita 64'
HK2Manuel Garruchaga (c)
LP1Claudio Zamorano 47'
Replacements:
HK16Rodrigo Moya
PR17Vittorio Lastra 47'
PR18Lucas Bordigoni 64'
FL19Manuel Dagnino 59'
FL20Arturo Seeman 52'
SH21Sergio Bascuñán 55'
FH22Jorge Castillo 64'
WG23Martín 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'
FB15Gabriel Ascárate 71'
RW14Germán Schulz
OC13Santiago Álvarez 54'
IC12Bruno Devoto
LW11Julian Dominguez
FH10Domingo Miotti
SH9Sebastián Cancelliere 45' to 55' 57'
N88Tomás de la Vega
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c)
BF6Francisco Gorrissen 73'
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Pedro Ortega 66'
TP3Santiago Medrano 69'
HK2Gaspar Baldunciel 46'
LP1Francisco Ferronato 60'
Replacements:
HK16Marcelo Brandi 46'
PR17Eduardo Bello 60'
PR18Nicolás Solveyra 69'
LK19Franco Molina 66'
N820Santiago Montagner 73'
SH21Lauaro Bazán 57'
FH22Juan Cruz González 54'
WG23Franco Cuaranta 71'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Ben Cima
RW14Mike Te'o 40' to 50'
OC13Bryce Campbell
IC12JP Eloff 66'
LW11Nate Augspurger (c)
FH10Will Magie
SH9Shaun Davies 71'
N88Cam Dolan
OF7Tony Lamborn
BF6John Quill 64'
RL5Siaosi Mahoni 25'
LL4Matthew Jensen
TP3Chris Baumann 57'
HK2James Hilterbrand 46'
LP1Anthony Purpura 57'
Replacements:
HK16Peter Malcolm 46'
PR17Ben Tarr 57'
PR18Olive Kilifi 57'
FL19Hanco Germishuys 64'
N820David Tameilau 44' to 54' 25'
CE21Calvin Whiting 66'
CE22Ryan Matyas 64'
WG23Spike Davis 71'
Coach:
John Mitchell

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

Statistics

Attendances (2016-2017)

Top 5
SeasonGameHome teamVisitorAttendanceSources
1 2016 1  United States  Argentina 10,241
2 2017 5  Argentina  United States 9,000
3 2016 2  Argentina  Chile 8,500
4 2016 2  United States  Canada 7,145
5 2017 2  United States  Brazil 6,091

Average home attendances
PosTeamGP Total High Low Average
1  United States 5 31,57810,2413,000 6,316
2  Argentina 5 30,0009,0003,000 6,000
3  Uruguay 5 18,4006,0001,800 3,680
4  Brazil 5 15,0993,798900 3,020
5  Chile 5 12,4475,000900 2,489
6  Canada 5 9,9133,4161,123 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 10820422195+227598044
2 United States 10622405172+233566236
3 Uruguay 10604243256–13303229
4 Canada 10406304266+38385223
5 Brazil 10307170354–184170214
6 Chile 10109124425–3019015
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