# 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.
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:
Group A
* Argentina XV
* Samoa A
* USA Selects
Group B
* Canada A
* Fiji Warriors
* Uruguay A

## Table

Final standings for combined pools:
| Rank | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points |
| Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | Diff | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Table Points |
| 1 | Argentina XV | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 154 | 62 | +92 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Fiji Warriors | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127 | 65 | +62 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Samoa A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 97 | 103 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Uruguay A | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 96 | 130 | -34 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | USA Selects | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 74 | 106 | -72 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Canada A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 130 | -42 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Updated: 16 October 2016 Source: World Rugby 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 | 15 | Bautista Delguy |
| RW | 14 | Segundo Tuculet |
| OC | 13 | Santiago Álvarez |
| IC | 12 | Juan Cappiello |
| LW | 11 | Fernando Luna | | 24' | 34' |
| FH | 10 | Juan Cruz González | | 62' |
| SH | 9 | Felipe Ezcurra (c) | | 62' |
| N8 | 8 | Benjamín Macome |
| OF | 7 | Tomás Lezana | | 40' |
| BF | 6 | Rodrigo Báez |
| RL | 5 | Ignacio Larrague |
| LL | 4 | Juan Cruz Guillemaín | 24' to 34' | 56' |
| TP | 3 | Cristian Bartoloni | 23' to 33' | | | 62' |
| HK | 2 | Axel Zapata | | 56' |
| LP | 1 | Facundo Gigena |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Gaspar Baldunciel | | 56' |
| PR | 17 | Nicolás Solveyra |
| PR | 18 | Santiago Medrano | | 24' | 34' | 62' |
| LK | 19 | Pedro Ortega | | 56' |
| N8 | 20 | Santiago Montagner | | 40' |
| SH | 21 | Gonzalo Bertranou | | 62' |
| FH | 22 | Domingo Miotti | | 62' |
| CE | 23 | Julián Domínguez |
| Coach: ||
| Diego Ternavasio ||
| FB | 15 | Rory McDonell |
| RW | 14 | Kainoa Lloyd | | 65' | 70' |
| OC | 13 | Giuseppe du Toit | | 55' |
| IC | 12 | Ben LeSage |
| LW | 11 | Dan Moor | | 40' |
| FH | 10 | Pat Parfrey |
| SH | 9 | Gordon McRorie (c) | | 72' |
| N8 | 8 | Lucas Rumball | | 54' |
| OF | 7 | Matt Heaton |
| BF | 6 | Kyle Baillie |
| RL | 5 | Adrian Wadden |
| LL | 4 | Conor Keys | | 46' |
| TP | 3 | Ryan Kotlewski | | 68' |
| HK | 2 | Ray Barkwill | 55' to 65' |
| LP | 1 | Rob Brouwer | 58' to 68' | | 70' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Martial Lagain |
| PR | 17 | Peter Houlihan | | 65' |
| PR | 18 | Ryan Ackerman | | 68' |
| LK | 19 | Lucas Albornoz | | 46' |
| FL | 20 | Nanyak Dala | | 54' |
| SH | 21 | Andrew Ferguson | | 72' |
| CE | 22 | Robbie Povey | | 55' |
| WG | 23 | Anton Ngongo | | 40' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Anscombe ||
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Mike Te'o |
| RW | 14 | Brett Thompson |
| OC | 13 | Bryce Campbell |
| IC | 12 | Martin Iosefo | 37' to 47' |
| LW | 11 | Matai Leuta | | 61' |
| FH | 10 | JP Eloff | | 61' |
| SH | 9 | Stephen Tomasin | | 72' |
| N8 | 8 | Sione Tu'ihalamaka | | 48' | 55' |
| OF | 7 | Pat Blair |
| BF | 6 | Harry Higgins |
| RL | 5 | Matt Jensen | | 68' |
| LL | 4 | Siaosi Mahoni | | 55' |
| TP | 3 | Demecus Beach | 44' to 54' | | | 68' | 77' |
| HK | 2 | Joe Taufete'e (c) | | 63' |
| LP | 1 | Mason Pedersen | | 27' | 70' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Hanco Germishuys | | 63' |
| PR | 17 | Chance Wenglewski | | 27' | 70' |
| PR | 18 | Alex Maughan | | 48' | 55' | 68' | 77' |
| LK | 19 | Christian Ostberg | | 68' |
| FL | 20 | Malon Al-Jiboori | | 55' |
| SH | 21 | Nick Boyer | | 72' |
| FH | 22 | Ben Cima | | 61' |
| CE | 23 | Ahmad Harajly | | 61' |
| Coach: ||
| Ray Egan ||
| FB | 15 | Lepani Raiyala |
| RW | 14 | Apete Daveta | 69' |
| OC | 13 | Ifereimi Tovilevu | 56' |
| IC | 12 | Eroni Vasiteri |
| LW | 11 | Fred Hickes |
| FH | 10 | Alivereti Veitokani |
| SH | 9 | Henry Seniloli | 58' |
| N8 | 8 | Eremasi Radrodro | 65' |
| OF | 7 | Vasikali Mudu |
| BF | 6 | Nemani Nagusa |
| RL | 5 | Mesulame Kunavula |
| LL | 4 | Rupeni Nasiga (c) | 62' |
| TP | 3 | Mesake Doge | 68' |
| HK | 2 | Jerry Naureure | 56' |
| LP | 1 | Joeli Veitayaki Jr. | 68' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Iliesa Leca | 56' |
| PR | 17 | Mosese Ducivaki | 68' |
| PR | 18 | Kalivati Tawake | 68' |
| LK | 19 | Esikia Macu | 62' |
| FL | 20 | Sakiusa Nadruku | 65' |
| SH | 21 | Sakiusa Gavidi | 58' |
| WG | 22 | Ilimeleki Leiloma | 69' |
| CE | 23 | Sitiveni Kunaga | 56' |
| Coach: ||
| Senirusi Seruvakula ||
Team details :
| FB | 15 | Malu Falaniko | | 65' |
| RW | 14 | Jeff Makapelu | | 60' |
| OC | 13 | Ope Peleseuma |
| IC | 12 | Meki Magele |
| LW | 11 | La'aloi Leilua |
| FH | 10 | Patrick Fa'apale |
| SH | 9 | Danny Tusitala |
| N8 | 8 | Afa Aiono (c) |
| OF | 7 | Oneone Fa'afou |
| BF | 6 | Joshua Fuimaono | | 40' |
| RL | 5 | Mikaele Tapili | | 65' |
| LL | 4 | Talaga Alofipo |
| TP | 3 | Nephi Leatigaga | 40' to 50' |
| HK | 2 | Ropeti Lafo | | 5' |
| LP | 1 | Michael Tuiloma |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Malcolm Tanielu | | 5' |
| PR | 17 | Sylvester Taupau |
| PR | 18 | Nu'uuli Lene |
| LK | 19 | Callum Adams | | 65' |
| N8 | 20 | Suamalie Tuiletufuga | | 40' |
| SH | 21 | Melani Matavao |
| FH | 22 | Jack Saena | | 65' |
| WG | 23 | Johnny Va'ili | | 60' |
| Coach: ||
| Mailo Potumoe Leavasa ||
| FB | 15 | Rodrigo Silva | | 57' |
| RW | 14 | Santiago Arata |
| OC | 13 | Joaquín Prada | | 65' |
| IC | 12 | Nicolás Freitas |
| LW | 11 | Santiago Gibernau |
| FH | 10 | Jerónimo Etcheverry |
| SH | 9 | Guillermo Lijtenstein |
| N8 | 8 | Gonzalo Soto | | 48' |
| OF | 7 | Santiago Hernández | | 59' |
| BF | 6 | Joaquín Dell'Acqua |
| RL | 5 | Diego Ayala |
| LL | 4 | Diego Magno |
| TP | 3 | Mario Sagario (c) |
| HK | 2 | Juan Echeverría |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | 57' to 67' | 67' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Marcos Chamyán |
| PR | 17 | Ignacio Secco | | 59' |
| PR | 18 | Diego Arbelo |
| FL | 19 | Manuel Leindekar | | 48' |
| FL | 20 | Fernando Bascou | | 67' |
| SH | 21 | Facundo Klappenbach |
| FH | 22 | Manuel Blengio | | 57' |
| CE | 23 | Juan Manuel Cat | | 65' |
| Coach: ||
| Esteban Meneses ||