2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

Date	8 October – 16 October 2016
Countries	Argentina XV Canada A Fiji Warriors Samoa A Uruguay A USA Selects

The 2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge will be the inaugural rugby union tournament created by World Rugby for national 'A' teams to develop home grown talent for their national test sides. The tournament will act as a replacement for the former format of the Americas Rugby Championship, which is now an annual Championship for the Americas elevated to test status. While for the Pacific nations, it is the chance to play outside of the newly formatted World Rugby Pacific Challenge, which has been reduced to just the Pacific nations. For Canada and the United States, the tournament will ensure competition resumes against Fiji and Samoa, with the 2016 World Rugby Pacific Nations Cup not involving the North Americans nations.

The inaugural tournament will be hosted by Uruguay, with the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo hosting all games.

Table

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Table Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against
1	Argentina XV	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Canada A	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Fiji Warriors	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Samoa A	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Uruguay A	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
6	USA Selects	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	0	0	0	0	0
Points breakdown: *4 points for a win *2 points for a draw *1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less *1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures

All times are local UYT (UTC-03)

The matches were announced on 7 September 2016.

Round 1

8 October 2016 12:30

Argentina XV	v	Canada A

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)

8 October 2016 14:30

USA Selects	v	Fiji Warriors

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Ricardo Sant'Anna (Brazil)

8 October 2016 16:30

Samoa A	v	Uruguay A

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Pali de Luca (Argentina)

Round 2

12 October 2016 12:30

Samoa A	v	Fiji Warriors

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Pali de Luca (Argentina)

12 October 2016 14:30

USA Selects	v	Canada A

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)

12 October 2016 16:30

Argentina XV	v	Uruguay A

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Tim Baker (Hong Kong)

Round 3

16 October 2016 12:30

Samoa A	v	Canada A

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

16 October 2016 14:30

USA Selects	v	Uruguay A

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

16 October 2016 16:00

Argentina XV	v	Fiji Warriors

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

See also

• 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals
• Americas Rugby Championship
• World Rugby Pacific Challenge