2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

The 2017 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the second tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.

2017 Americas Pacific Challenge
Tournament details
Date7–15 October 2017
Countries Argentina XV
 Canada A
 Samoa A
 Tonga A
 USA Selects
 Uruguay A
No. of nations6
Final positions
Champions Argentina XV
Runner-up USA Selects
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Tries scored87 (9.67 per match)
Top scorer(s) Juan Cruz González (46)
Most tries Sebastián Cancelliere (5)
2016
2018

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:[1]

Pool B

Table

Final standings for combined pools:

Rank Team Games Points Tries Try Bonus Losing Bonus Table Points
P W D L PF PA Diff TF TA
1 Argentina XV330023838+2002453015
2 USA Selects3201120110+1018163011
3 Tonga A32018777+1013102010
4 Samoa A310290142-521322217
5 Uruguay A310277156-791022206
6 Canada A300258147-98923101
Updated: 15 October 2017
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

All times are local UYT (UTC-03)

The matches were announced on 14 September 2017.[2]

Round 1




Round 2




Round 3

See also

References

  1. Americas Pacific Challenge Standings. World Rugby 2017.
  2. "Fixtures Confirmed for 2017 Americas Pacific Challenge - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. "Samoa overwhelm 14-man USA". americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  4. "Results". world rugby. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  5. "Canada no match for Argentina in Montevideo". americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  6. "Uruguay use scrum to tame Tonga". americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  7. "Tonga bash Canada aside at Pacific Challenge". americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  8. "Argentina fly past outclassed Samoa". americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  9. "USA defeat Uruguay in back-and-forth thriller". americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  10. "Results". world rugby. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  11. "Tonga defeat Samoa at Americas Pacific Challenge". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  12. "USA fend off Canada in Montevideo". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  13. "Argentina smash Uruguay to win Americas Pacific Challenge". Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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