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.
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| Date | 8–16 October 2016 |
| Countries |  Argentina XV.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada A Fiji Warriors Samoa A Uruguay A USA Selects |
| No. of nations | 6 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Argentina XV |
| Runner-up | Fiji Warriors |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Tries scored | 84 (9.33 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Juan Cruz González (37) |
| Most tries | Benjamín Macome (4) |
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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]
Group A
Group B
Table
Final standings for combined pools:
| Rank | Team | Games | Points | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points | |||||
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| 1 | Argentina XV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 62 | +92 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Fiji Warriors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 65 | +62 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Samoa A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 103 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Uruguay A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 130 | -34 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | USA Selects | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 106 | -72 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Canada A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 130 | -42 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 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
| 8 October 2016 | Argentina XV |
56–29 | Canada A |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 12:30 | Try: Tuculet 11' c Delguy 14' c Macome (4) 27' c, 36' c, 45' c, 68' c Gigena 56' c Báez 75' c Con: González (6/6) 12', 15', 28', 37', 46', 57' Miotti (2/2) 69', 76' |
Report[4] | Try: McRorie 62' c, Con: McRorie (1/2) 63' Povey (2/2) 78', 80' Pen: McRorie (1/1) 18' |
Attendance: 500 Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong) |
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| 8 October 2016 | USA Selects |
12–62 | Fiji Warriors |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 14:30 | Try: Leuta 5' Tomasin 47' c Con: Eloff (1/2) 48' |
Report[5] | Try: Tovilevu 7' m Hickes 15' c Radrodro (2) 28' m, 51' c Doge 39' c Veitokani 52' m Penalty try 59' c Mudu 65' c Nadruku 68' c Daveta 73' m Con: Veitokani (6/10) 16', 40', 51', 60', 66', 69' |
Attendance: 600 Referee: Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil) |
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| 8 October 2016 | Samoa A |
44–42 | Uruguay A |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 16:30 | Try: Fa'afou 31' m Magele 34' c Peleseuma (2) 42' m, 65' c Tuiletufuga 47' c Leilua 58' c Con: Fa'apale (4/6) 35', 48', 59', 66' Pen: Fa'apale (2/2) 21', 80' |
Report[6] | Try: Penalty try (2) 40' c, 45' c Freitas (2) 53' m, 68' c Arata 61' c Con: Etcheverry (4/5) 40', 46', 62', 69' Pen: Etcheverry (3/3) 20', 30', 78' |
Attendance: 1,200[7] Referee: Pali de Luca (Argentina) |
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Round 2
| 12 October 2016 | Samoa A |
26–39 | Fiji Warriors |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 12:30 | Try: Tanielu Peleseuma Con: Fa’apale (2/2) Pen: Fa’apale (4/4) |
Report[8] | Try: Radrodro Gavidi Leca Daveta Hickes Con: Veitokani (4/5) Pen: Veitokani |
Attendance: 200 Referee: Pali de Luca (Argentina) |
| 12 October 2016 | USA Selects |
47–37 | Canada A |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 14:30 | Try: Boyer Iosefo (2) Te'o Harajly Con: Cima (5/5) Pen: Cima (4/4) |
Report[9] | Try: Fraser LeSage (2) Rumball Albornoz Con: McRorie (2/4) Albornoz (1/1) Pen: McRorie (2/2) |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Ricardo Sant’Anna (CBRu) |
| 12 October 2016 | Argentina XV |
71–7 | Uruguay A |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 16:30 | Try: S. Montagner (10) C. Bartoloni (13) B. Delguy 2 (21, 65) G. Bertranou (25) F. Bosch (32) J. Guillemaín (36) J. Domínguez (39) F. Luna 2 (75, 80) J. Cappiello (78) Con: D. Miotti 4/6 (11, 22, 26, 40) J. González 4/4 (66, 76, 79, 80) |
Report[10] | Try: A. Rocco (45) Con: J. Etcheverry (46) |
Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong) |
Round 3
| 16 October 2016 | Samoa A |
27–22 | Canada A |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 12:30 | Try: O. Fa’afou (11) O. Peleseuma (18) J. Saena (35) Con: J. Saena 3/3 (12, 19, 36) Pen: J. Saena (74) Drop: P. Fa’apale (80) |
Report[11] | Try: Penalty try (30) B. LeSage (50) G. McRorie (70) Con: A. Ferguson 2 (31, 51) G. McRorie (0/1) Pen: A. Ferguson (13) |
Referee: Tim Baker (HKRFU) |
| 16 October 2016 | USA Selects |
15–47 | Uruguay A |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 14:30 | Try: J. Turnbull (37) M. Al-Jiboori (45) Con: B. Cima 1/2 (37) Pen: B. Cima (3) |
Report[12] | Try: S. Hernández (18) S. Gibernau (39) D. Magno (64), F. Klappenbach (74) R. Silva (78) Con: J. Etcheverry 5/5 (19, 40, 65, 75, 79) Pen: J. Etcheverry 4 (6, 14, 27, 33) |
Referee: Ricardo Sant’Anna (CBRu) |
| 16 October 2016 | Argentina XV |
27–26 | Fiji Warriors |
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo | ||
| 16:00 | Try: J. González (30) J. Domínguez (36) P. Ortega (80) Con: J. González 3/3 (31, 37, 80) Pen: J. González 2 (14, 66) |
Report[13] | Try: L. Raiyala 3 (48, 62, 69) S. Kunaga (52) Con: A. Veitokani 2/4 (53, 70) |
Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU) |
See also
References
- "Uruguay to host inaugural Americas Pacific Challenge - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- Americas Pacific Challenge Standings. World Rugby 2016.
- "World Rugby confirms Americas Pacific Challenge - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "Canada 'A' blasted by Argentina XV - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "Sloppy Selects crushed by Fiji Warriors - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "Samoa edges Uruguay in Pacific Challenge - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- "World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge 2016 Results". Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "Fiji push past Samoa in Pacific Challenge". americas rugby news. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "Canada crumble against USA Selects". americas rugby news. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- "Argentina throttle Uruguay in Montevideo". americas rugby news. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "Canada fall short against Samoa". americas rugby news. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "Uruguay celebrate record win over USA". americas rugby news. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- "Argentina edge Fiji to win Pacific Challenge". americas rugby news. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
External links
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- Americas Pacific Challenge 2016 official webpage at worldrugby.org
- News: Americas Pacific Challenge at the Wayback Machine (archived 2017-10-17)
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