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.
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:. World Rugby 2016.
Group A
Group B
Table Final standings for combined pools: RankTeamGamesPointsTry BonusLosing BonusTable Points 1 3 3 0 0 154 62 +92 2 0 14 2 3 2 0 1 127 65 +62 4 0 12 3 3 2 0 1 97 103 -6 1 0 9 4 3 1 0 2 96 130 -34 3 0 7 5 3 1 0 2 74 106 -72 1 0 5 6 3 0 0 3 88 130 -42 3 0 3Updated: 16 October 2016Source: 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 The matches were announced on 7 September 2016.
All times are local UYT (UTC-03)
Round 1
Team details FB 15Bautista DelguyRW 14Segundo TuculetOC 13Santiago ÁlvarezIC 12Juan CappielloLW 11Fernando Luna FH 10Juan Cruz González SH 9 Felipe Ezcurra (c) N8 8 Benjamín MacomeOF 7 Tomás Lezana BF 6 Rodrigo BáezRL 5 Ignacio LarragueLL 4 Juan Cruz Guillemaín TP 3 Cristian Bartoloni HK 2 Axel Zapata LP 1 Facundo GigenaReplacements:HK 16Gaspar Baldunciel PR 17Nicolás SolveyraPR 18Santiago Medrano LK 19Pedro Ortega N8 20Santiago Montagner SH 21Gonzalo Bertranou FH 22Domingo Miotti CE 23Julián DomínguezCoach: Diego Ternavasio FB 15Rory McDonellRW 14Kainoa Lloyd OC 13Giuseppe du Toit IC 12Ben LeSageLW 11Dan Moor FH 10Pat ParfreySH 9 Gordon McRorie (c) N8 8 Lucas Rumball OF 7 Matt HeatonBF 6 Kyle BaillieRL 5 Adrian WaddenLL 4 Conor Keys TP 3 Ryan Kotlewski HK 2 Ray Barkwill LP 1 Rob Brouwer Replacements:HK 16Martial LagainPR 17Peter Houlihan PR 18Ryan Ackerman LK 19Lucas Albornoz FL 20Nanyak Dala SH 21Andrew Ferguson CE 22Robbie Povey WG 23Anton Ngongo Coach: Mark Anscombe
Team details FB 15Mike Te'oRW 14Brett ThompsonOC 13Bryce CampbellIC 12Martin Iosefo LW 11Matai Leuta FH 10JP Eloff SH 9 Stephen Tomasin N8 8 Sione Tu'ihalamaka OF 7 Pat BlairBF 6 Harry HigginsRL 5 Matt Jensen LL 4 Siaosi Mahoni TP 3 Demecus Beach HK 2 Joe Taufete'e (c) LP 1 Mason Pedersen Replacements:HK 16Hanco Germishuys PR 17Chance Wenglewski PR 18Alex Maughan LK 19Christian Ostberg FL 20Malon Al-Jiboori SH 21Nick Boyer FH 22Ben Cima CE 23Ahmad Harajly Coach: Ray Egan FB 15Lepani RaiyalaRW 14Apete Daveta OC 13Ifereimi Tovilevu IC 12Eroni VasiteriLW 11Fred HickesFH 10Alivereti VeitokaniSH 9 Henry Seniloli N8 8 Eremasi Radrodro OF 7 Vasikali MuduBF 6 Nemani NagusaRL 5 Mesulame KunavulaLL 4 Rupeni Nasiga (c) TP 3 Mesake Doge HK 2 Jerry Naureure LP 1 Joeli Veitayaki Jr. Replacements:HK 16Iliesa Leca PR 17Mosese Ducivaki PR 18Kalivati Tawake LK 19Esikia Macu FL 20Sakiusa Nadruku SH 21Sakiusa Gavidi WG 22Ilimeleki Leiloma CE 23Sitiveni Kunaga Coach: Senirusi Seruvakula
Team details FB 15Malu Falaniko RW 14Jeff Makapelu OC 13Ope PeleseumaIC 12Meki MageleLW 11La'aloi LeiluaFH 10Patrick Fa'apaleSH 9 Danny TusitalaN8 8 Afa Aiono (c)OF 7 Oneone Fa'afouBF 6 Joshua Fuimaono RL 5 Mikaele Tapili LL 4 Talaga AlofipoTP 3 Nephi Leatigaga HK 2 Ropeti Lafo LP 1 Michael TuilomaReplacements:HK 16Malcolm Tanielu PR 17Sylvester TaupauPR 18Nu'uuli LeneLK 19Callum Adams N8 20Suamalie Tuiletufuga SH 21Melani MatavaoFH 22Jack Saena WG 23Johnny Va'ili Coach: Mailo Potumoe Leavasa FB 15Rodrigo Silva RW 14Santiago ArataOC 13Joaquín Prada IC 12Nicolás FreitasLW 11Santiago GibernauFH 10Jerónimo EtcheverrySH 9 Guillermo LijtensteinN8 8 Gonzalo Soto OF 7 Santiago Hernández BF 6 Joaquín Dell'AcquaRL 5 Diego AyalaLL 4 Diego MagnoTP 3 Mario Sagario (c)HK 2 Juan EcheverríaLP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti Replacements:HK 16Marcos ChamyánPR 17Ignacio Secco PR 18Diego ArbeloFL 19Manuel Leindekar FL 20Fernando Bascou SH 21Facundo KlappenbachFH 22Manuel Blengio CE 23Juan Manuel Cat Coach: Esteban Meneses
Round 2
Round 3
See also 2016 end-of-year rugby union internationals Americas Rugby Championship World Rugby Pacific Challenge
References
External links
Americas Pacific Challenge 2016 official webpage at worldrugby.org