2018 Americas Rugby League Championship

The 2018 Americas Rugby League Championship was held in Jacksonville, Florida in November 2018. This tournament is the 3rd Americas Rugby League Championship. The tournament also acted as part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying. The winning team directly qualified for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, while the runner-up will progress to the intercontinental repechage in 2019.

2018 (2018) Americas Championship  ()
Number of teams4
Host country United States
Winner Jamaica

Matches played4
Points scored208 (52 per match)
Tries scored39 (9.75 per match)
Top scorer Ash Calvert (26)
Top try scorer Brandon Anderson
Ryan Burroughs
(4 tries each)
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The winner of the tournament was Jamaica, with the United States moving on to the intercontinental repechage to be hosted in 2019.

Fixtures

13 November 2018
17:30 EDT (UTC−04)
Canada  8 – 38  Jamaica
Try: Borggren, McGoff
Report Try: B. Jones-Bishop (2), A. Brown, Bryan, Golding, Magrin, Thomas
Goal: Coleman (5/7)

13 November 2018
20:00 EDT (UTC−04)
United States  62 – 0  Chile
Try: Anderson (4), Burroughs (3), Faraimo (2), Offerdahl (2), Donehue, Howard
Goal: Faraimo (5/13)
Report
Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville[1]
Referee: Geoffrey Poumes (France)

Third-place play-off

17 November 2018
13:30 EDT (UTC−04)
Canada  62 – 12  Chile
Try: Calvert (2), Mastroianni (2), McInroy (2), Hulett, Jacks, McKenzie, Miller, Schouten
Goal: Calvert (9/11)
Report Try: Garrido (2)
Goal: Horvat (2/2)
Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville[1]
Referee: Geoffrey Poumes (France)

Qualifying match

17 November 2018
16:00 EDT (UTC−04)
Jamaica  16 – 10  United States
Try: Ogden, Farrell
Goal: Coleman (4/6)
Report Try: Burroughs, Donehue
Goal: Faraimo (1/2)

References

  1. "Jacksonville to host Americas Qualifier Tournament for RLWC2021". RLIF.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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