2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

The 2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the inaugural rugby union tournament created by World Rugby for national 'A' teams to develop home grown talent for their national test sides.

2016 Americas Pacific Challenge
Tournament details
Date8–16 October 2016
Countries Argentina XV
 Canada A
 Fiji Warriors
 Samoa A
 Uruguay A
 USA Selects
No. of nations6
Final positions
Champions Argentina XV
Runner-up Fiji Warriors
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Tries scored84 (9.33 per match)
Top scorer(s) Juan Cruz González (37)
Most tries Benjamín Macome (4)
2017
Uruguay vs United States, Montevideo 2016

The Americas Pacific Challenge provides the Pacific nations a chance of further competition outside their own region, as the Pacific Challenge is reduced to just the Pacific nations when Rugby World Cup qualifiers are played.

For national 'A' teams from the Americas, this new tournament replaced the pre-2015 format of the Americas Rugby Championship, which is now an annual championship elevated to test status.

The tournament was hosted by Uruguay, with all matches played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.[1] Argentina XV won the tournament undefeated, with Fiji Warriors as runner-up.

Format

With six teams in the tournament and a limitation of three matches per team, a "split pool" format was used. The field was split into two pools, with teams in one pool only playing the teams in the other. The competing teams were:[2]

Table

Final standings for combined pools:

Rank Team Games Points Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
P W D L PF PA Diff
1 Argentina XV330015462+922014
2 Fiji Warriors320112765+624012
3 Samoa A320197103-6109
4 Uruguay A310296130-34307
5 USA Selects310274106-72105
6 Canada A300388130-42303
Updated: 16 October 2016
Source: World Rugby
Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye.
One bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match.
One bonus point for losing by seven or less.
The tie-break mechanism for teams finishing on the same table points has not been sourced.

Fixtures

The matches were announced on 7 September 2016.[3]

All times are local UYT (UTC-03)

Round 1




Round 2

Round 3

See also

References

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  2. Americas Pacific Challenge Standings. World Rugby 2016.
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  5. "Sloppy Selects crushed by Fiji Warriors - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. "Samoa edges Uruguay in Pacific Challenge - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. "World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge 2016 Results". Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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  12. "Uruguay celebrate record win over USA". americas rugby news. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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