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2019 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship is the fourth series of the Americas Rugby Championship, the top level rugby union competition for Americas nations.
Date
Argentina XV Brazil Canada Chile United States Uruguay
Argentina (2nd title)
15
Josh Reeves (54)
Joe Taufeteʻe
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The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship is the fourth series of the Americas Rugby Championship, the top level rugby union competition for Americas nations.
Nation
Stadium
Head coach
Captain(s)
Argentina XV
Neuquén Rugby Club
3,500
Neuquén
Ignacio Fernández Lobbe
Lautaro Bavaro
Marabunta Rugby Club
3,500
Cipolletti
José Amalfitani Stadium
49,540
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Estádio Martins Pereira
15,317
São José dos Campos
Rodolfo Ambrosio
Felipe Sancery
Estádio Jayme Cintra
15,000
Jundiaí
Canada
Westhills Stadium
1,718
Langford
Kingsley Jones
Lucas Rumball
Starfire Sports
4,500
Tukwila
Chile
Estadio Santiago Bueras
3,400
Santiago
Pablo Lemoine
Martín Sigren
United States
Dell Diamond
4,000
Round Rock
Gary Gold
Marcel Brache
Starfire Sports
4,500
Tukwila
Uruguay
Estadio Charrúa
14,000
Montevideo
Esteban Meneses
Juan Manuel Gaminara
The tournament was played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 5 November 2018.
Column 1
Touch judges:
Frank Méndez (Chile)
Luis Díaz (Chile)
Television Match Official
Gabriel Pinter (Argentina)
Notes:
Francisco Pizarro, Matías Dittus, Nicolás Ovalle, Javier Carrasco, Javier Eissmann, Jaden Laing, Christian Huerta, Gonzalo Lara, Augusto Böhme and Julio Blanc (all Chile) and Tadhg Leader (United States) made their international debuts.
With his try in this match, the United States' Joe Taufeteʻe tied Ireland's Keith Wood for the most career Test tries by a player in the tight five with 15. Taufeteʻe reached the mark in his 20th international appearance, compared to 63 for Wood.
Column 1
Touch judges:
Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
Juan Manuel Martínez (Argentina)
Television Match Official
Martín González Deibe (Argentina)
Column 1
Touch judges:
Francisco González (Uruguay)
Santiago Romero (Uruguay)
Television Match Official
Alejandro Longres (Uruguay)
Column 1
Touch judges:
Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
Santiago Romero (Uruguay)
Television Match Official
Francisco Pesce (Uruguay)
Notes:
Marcelo Huerta, Camilo Sánchez and Mauricio Gómez (Chile) made their international debuts.
Column 1
Touch judges:
Esteban Filipanics (Argentina)
Juan Manuel Martínez (Argentina)
Television Match Official
Marcelo Pilara (Argentina)
Column 1
Touch judges:
Victor Hugo Barbosa (Brazil)
Braz Magaldi (Brazil)
Television Match Official
Diego Pazman (Argentina)
Notes:
Theo Sauder was originally named in the starting team but pulled out due to injury during the warm up. Nick Blevins replaced him in the starting line-up and Giuseppe du Toit came onto the bench.
Column 1
Touch judges:
Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
Chris Assmus (Canada)
Television Match Official:
David Smortchevsky (Canada)
Column 1
Touch judges:
Pali Deluca (Argentina)
Juan Pablo Federico (Argentina)
Television Match Official
Santiago Borsani (Argentina)
Notes:
Joaquín Jaunsolo, Santiago Civetta, Santiago Piñeyrúa, Mateo Mari, and Ignacio Rodríguez (all Uruguay) made their international debuts.
Column 1
Touch judges:
Scott Green (United States)
Mike O'Brien (United States)
Column 1
Touch judges:
Chris Assmus (Canada)
Harry Mason (Canada)
Television Match Official
Andrew Hosier (Canada)
Column 1
Touch judges:
Phil Akroyd (United States)
Josh Houston (United States)
Television Match Official
Davey Ardey (United States)
Notes:
The United States' Joe Taufeteʻe scored three tries to take sole possession of the record for most career Test tries by a player in the tight five. After this match, Taufeteʻe had 18 career Test tries.
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