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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.
| Tournament details |
|---|
| 8–16 October 2016 |
| Argentina XV Canada A Fiji Warriors Samoa A Uruguay A USA Selects |
| 6 |
| Argentina XV |
| Fiji Warriors |
| 9 |
| 84 (9.33 per match) |
| Juan Cruz González (37) |
| Benjamín Macome (4) |
| 2017 → |
Uruguay vs United States, Montevideo 2016
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.
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. Argentina XV won the tournament undefeated, with Fiji Warriors as runner-up.
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:
Final standings for combined pools:
The matches were announced on 7 September 2016.
All times are local UYT (UTC-03)
| 12:30 | Try: Tuculet 11' cDelguy 14' cMacome (4) 27' c, 36' c, 45' c, 68' cGigena 56' cBáez 75' cCon: González (6/6) 12', 15', 28', 37', 46', 57'Miotti (2/2) 69', 76' | Report | Try: McRorie 62' c,Con: McRorie (1/2) 63'Povey (2/2) 78', 80'Pen: McRorie (1/1) 18' | Attendance: 500Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong) |
| 14:30 | Try: Leuta 5' Tomasin 47' cCon: Eloff (1/2) 48' | Report | Try: Tovilevu 7' mHickes 15' cRadrodro (2) 28' m, 51' cDoge 39' cVeitokani 52' mPenalty try 59' cMudu 65' cNadruku 68' cDaveta 73' mCon: Veitokani (6/10) 16', 40', 51', 60', 66', 69' | Attendance: 600Referee: Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil) |
| 16:30 | Try: Fa'afou 31' mMagele 34' cPeleseuma (2) 42' m, 65' cTuiletufuga 47' cLeilua 58' cCon: Fa'apale (4/6) 35', 48', 59', 66'Pen: Fa'apale (2/2) 21', 80' | Report | Try: Penalty try (2) 40' c, 45' cFreitas (2) 53' m, 68' cArata 61' cCon: Etcheverry (4/5) 40', 46', 62', 69'Pen: Etcheverry (3/3) 20', 30', 78' | Attendance: 1,200Referee: Pali de Luca (Argentina) |
| 12:30 | Try: Tanielu PeleseumaCon: Fa’apale (2/2)Pen: Fa’apale (4/4) | Report | Try: Radrodro Gavidi Leca Daveta HickesCon: Veitokani (4/5)Pen: Veitokani | Attendance: 200Referee: Pali de Luca (Argentina) |
| 14:30 | Try: Boyer Iosefo (2) Te'o HarajlyCon: Cima (5/5)Pen: Cima (4/4) | Report | Try: Fraser LeSage (2) Rumball AlbornozCon: McRorie (2/4) Albornoz (1/1)Pen: McRorie (2/2) | Attendance: 300Referee: Ricardo Sant’Anna (CBRu) |
| 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 | Try: A. Rocco (45)Con: J. Etcheverry (46) | Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong) |
| 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 | 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) |
| 14:30 | Try: J. Turnbull (37) M. Al-Jiboori (45)Con: B. Cima 1/2 (37)Pen: B. Cima (3) | Report | 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) |
| 16:00 | 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 | Try: L. Raiyala 3 (48, 62, 69) S. Kunaga (52)Con: A. Veitokani 2/4 (53, 70) | Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU) |
- 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals
- Americas Rugby Championship
- World Rugby Pacific Challenge
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