# 2018 Americas Rugby Championship

The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship was the third series of the Americas Rugby Championship (sometimes informally called the "Americas' Six Nations", a reference to Europe's Six Nations Championship), which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It was contested by Argentina XV (Argentina's secondary national team), Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches were full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV.
The Championship was retained by the United States, who became the first nation to win the Grand Slam ARC title, winning all five games.

## Participants

| Nation | Stadium | Stadium | Stadium | Head coach | Captain(s) |
| Nation | Home stadium | Capacity | City | Head coach | Captain(s) |
| Argentina XV | Estadio 23 de Agosto | 23,200 | Jujuy | Felipe Contepomi | Lautaro Bavara |
| Argentina XV | Estadio Agustín Pichot | 1,000 | Ushuaia | Felipe Contepomi | Lautaro Bavara |
| Brazil | Pacaembu Stadium | 37,730 | São Paulo | Rodolfo Ambrosio | Yan Rosetti |
| Brazil | Estádio Martins Pereira | 15,317 | São José dos Campos | Rodolfo Ambrosio | Yan Rosetti |
| Canada | BC Place | 54,500 | Vancouver | Kingsley Jones | Phil Mack |
| Canada | Westhills Stadium | 1,718 | Langford, British Columbia | Kingsley Jones | Phil Mack |
| Chile | Estadio La Portada | 18,243 | La Serena | Mark Cross | José Ignacio Larenas |
| Chile | Estadio Municipal de La Pintana | 6,000 | Santiago | Mark Cross | José Ignacio Larenas |
| United States | StubHub Center | 27,000 | Carson, California | Gary Gold | Blaine Scully |
| United States | Papa Murphy's Park | 11,569 | Sacramento, California | Gary Gold | Blaine Scully |
| United States | Titan Stadium | 10,000 | Fullerton, California | Gary Gold | Blaine Scully |
| Uruguay | Estadio Domingo Burgueño | 22,000 | Maldonado | Esteban Meneses | Juan Manuel Gaminara |
| Uruguay | Estadio Charrúa | 14,000 | Montevideo | Esteban Meneses | Juan Manuel Gaminara |

## Table

| Pos | Nation (rank) | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Bonus points | Bonus points | Table points |
| Pos | Nation (rank) | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | Tries | 4 tries | 7 Pts loss | Table points |
| 1 | United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 197 | 68 | +129 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Argentina XV | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 169 | 69 | +100 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 157 | +11 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 4 | Canada | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 132 | 129 | +3 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Brazil | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 159 | –96 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Chile | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 71 | 218 | –147 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Points are awarded to the teams as follows: Win - 4 points Draw - 2 points 4 or more tries - 1 point Loss within 7 points - 1 point Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points Rank refers to World Rugby Rankings before the start of the tournament |

## Fixtures

The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 10 December 2017. The opening fixture will take place a week early to the following two games of the same round, with it doubling up as a 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas qualifier match for Canada and Uruguay.

### Week 1

* 27 January 2018 17:00 PST (UTC-08)
| (1 BP) Canada | 29–38 | Uruguay (1 BP) |
| Try: Olmstead 17' c Van der Merwe 24' c Penalty try 46' Blevins 71' m Con: Braid (2/2) 19', 25' Pen: Braid (1/1) 22' | | Try: Silva 1' c Leivas 30' c Arata 40' c Dotti 51' c Capó Ortega 56' c Con: Berchesi (5/5) 2', 31', 40', 52', 57' Pen: Berchesi (1/5) 75' |
* BC Place, Vancouver Attendance: 16,132 Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
| FB | 15 | Taylor Paris |
| RW | 14 | Jeff Hassler | 20' | 28' |
| OC | 13 | Ben LeSage |
| IC | 12 | Nick Blevins |
| LW | 11 | D. T. H. van der Merwe |
| FH | 10 | Connor Braid | 32' |
| SH | 9 | Phil Mack (c) | 72' |
| N8 | 8 | Tyler Ardron |
| OF | 7 | Matt Heaton | 75' |
| BF | 6 | Evan Olmstead |
| RL | 5 | Josh Larsen | 63' |
| LL | 4 | Brett Beukeboom |
| TP | 3 | Jake Ilnicki |
| HK | 2 | Ray Barkwill | 52' |
| LP | 1 | Hubert Buydens | 52' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Benoît Piffero | 52' |
| PR | 17 | Djustice Sears-Duru | 52' |
| PR | 18 | Cole Keith |
| N8 | 19 | Admir Cejvanovic | 75' |
| FL | 20 | Lucas Rumball | 63' |
| SH | 21 | Gordon McRorie | 72' |
| FH | 22 | Pat Parfrey | 32' |
| FB | 23 | Brock Staller | 20' | 28' |
| Coach: ||
| Kingsley Jones ||
| FB | 15 | Rodrigo Silva |
| RW | 14 | Leandro Leivas | | 61' |
| OC | 13 | Juan Manuel Cat | | 64' |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca |
| LW | 11 | Nicolás Freitas |
| FH | 10 | Felipe Berchesi |
| SH | 9 | Santiago Arata | | 61' |
| N8 | 8 | Alejandro Nieto |
| OF | 7 | Franco Lammana | | 48' | 57' | 61' | 67' | 71' |
| BF | 6 | Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) | | | | | 67' to 71' | 67' to 71' |
| RL | 5 | Rodrigo Capó Ortega | | 57' | 61' | 63' |
| LL | 4 | Ignacio Dotti |
| TP | 3 | Mario Sagario | | 64' |
| HK | 2 | Germán Kessler | 46' to 56' | | | 66' |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | | 66' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Carlos Pombo | | 48' | 57' | 66' |
| PR | 17 | Matías Benítez | | 66' |
| PR | 18 | Juan Echeverría | | 64' |
| LK | 19 | Manuel Leindekar | | 57' | 61' | 63' |
| FL | 20 | Rodolfo Garese | | | | 61' |
| SH | 21 | Agustín Ormaechea | | 61' |
| FB | 22 | Gastón Mieres | | 61' |
| CE | 23 | Joaquín Prada | | 64' |
| Coach: ||
| Esteban Meneses ||
* Man of the Match:
* Nicolás Freitas (Uruguay)
* Touch judges:
* Kurt Weaver (United States)
* Derek Summers (United States)
* Television match official:
* Marc Nelson (United States)
Notes:
* This is the first time that Uruguay has beaten Canada in Canada.
* This was the first leg of the 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas 2 qualification

### Week 2

* 3 February 2018 15:00 CLST (UTC-03)
| (1 BP) Chile | 12–16 | Brazil |
| Try: Penalty Try 7' Garafulic 63' c Con: Ianiszewski (1/1) 64' | Report | Try: Vettorato 31' c Con: Reeves (1/1) 32' Pen: Reeves (3/5) 16', 45', 61' |
* Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)
| FB | 15 | Tomás Ianiszewski |
| RW | 14 | Mauricio Urrutia | 55' |
| OC | 13 | José Ignacio Larenas (c) | 39' |
| IC | 12 | Francisco de la Fuente |
| LW | 11 | Ítalo Zunino |
| FH | 10 | Santiago Videla |
| SH | 9 | Juan Pablo Perrotta | 54' |
| N8 | 8 | Benjamín Soto | 26' 36' |
| OF | 7 | Alfonso Escobar | 57' |
| BF | 6 | Javier Richard |
| RL | 5 | Mario Mayol |
| LL | 4 | Nikola Bursic | | | 65' |
| TP | 3 | José Tomás Munita | 76' |
| HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant |
| LP | 1 | Vittorio Lastra | 60' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Ignacio Guajardo |
| PR | 17 | Sebastián Otero | 60' |
| PR | 18 | Marco Díaz | 76' |
| N8 | 19 | Manuel Dagnino | 26' | 36' | 65' |
| FL | 20 | Nicolás Garafulic | 57' |
| SH | 21 | Beltrán Vergara | 54' |
| FH | 22 | Benjamín Pizarro | 55' |
| CE | 23 | Lucca Avelli | 39' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Cross ||
| FB | 15 | Lucas Tranquez | 64' |
| RW | 14 | Lucas Muller | 56' |
| OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery |
| IC | 12 | Moisés Duque |
| LW | 11 | Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk | 66' |
| FH | 10 | Josh Reeves |
| SH | 9 | Laurent Bourda-Couhet |
| N8 | 8 | André Arruda |
| OF | 7 | Cléber Dias |
| BF | 6 | Arthur Bergo |
| RL | 5 | Lucas Piero | 60' |
| LL | 4 | Gabriel Paganini |
| TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | 50' |
| HK | 2 | Yan Rosetti (c) |
| LP | 1 | Lucas Abud | 64' |
| Replacements: ||
| FL | 16 | Angelo Marcucci |
| PR | 17 | Michel Gomes | 64' |
| HK | 18 | Wilton Rebolo | 50' |
| LK | 19 | Diego López |
| FL | 20 | Matheus Daniel | 60' |
| SH | 21 | Will Broderick | 66' |
| WG | 22 | Robert Tenório | 56' |
| WG | 23 | Ariel Rodrigues | 64' |
| Coach: ||
| Rodolfo Ambrosio ||
* Touch judges:
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
* Television match official:
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
Notes:
* This is the first time that Brazil has beaten Chile in Chile.
* Lucca Avelli, Alfonso Escobar and Nicolás Garafulic (all Chile) made their international debuts.
* 3 February 2018 17:00 PST (UTC-08)
| United States | 17–10 | Argentina XV (1 BP) |
| Try: Lamborn 57' m Pen: Magie (2/4) 16', 42' Hooley (2/2) 70', 77' | Report | Try: Montagner 38' c Con: González (1/1) 39' Pen: González (1/2) 23' |
* StubHub Center, Carson, California Attendance: 6,500 Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
| FB | 15 | Mike Te'o |
| RW | 14 | Blaine Scully (c) |
| OC | 13 | Marcel Brache | | 8' |
| IC | 12 | Bryce Campbell |
| LW | 11 | Ryan Matyas | | 21' | 32' |
| FH | 10 | Will Magie | | 68' |
| SH | 9 | Nate Augspurger | | 55' |
| N8 | 8 | Cam Dolan | 37' to 47' |
| OF | 7 | Tony Lamborn | | 72' |
| BF | 6 | Hanco Germishuys |
| RL | 5 | Nick Civetta |
| LL | 4 | Nate Brakeley | | 68' |
| TP | 3 | Dino Waldren | | 80' |
| HK | 2 | Joe Taufete'e | | 65' |
| LP | 1 | Titi Lamositele | 19' to 29' | | | 80' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | James Hilterbrand | | 65' |
| PR | 17 | Huluholo Moungaloa | | 21' | 32' | 80' |
| PR | 18 | Angus MacLellan | | 80' |
| LK | 19 | Ben Landry | | 68' |
| FL | 20 | Andrew Durutalo | | 72' |
| SH | 21 | Shaun Davies | | 55' |
| FH | 22 | Will Hooley | | 68' |
| CE | 23 | Dylan Audsley | | 8' |
| Coach: ||
| Gary Gold ||
| FB | 15 | Gastón Arias |
| RW | 14 | Germán Schulz | | 71' |
| OC | 13 | Juan Cruz Mallía |
| IC | 12 | Juan Cappiello | 8' to 18' |
| LW | 11 | Rodrigo Etchart |
| FH | 10 | Juan Cruz González | | 55' |
| SH | 9 | Luca Magnasco |
| N8 | 8 | Santiago Montagner | | | | 68' |
| OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) | | 8' | 16' |
| BF | 6 | Rodrigo Bruni |
| RL | 5 | Ignacio Larrague |
| LL | 4 | Jerónimo Ureta | | 65' |
| TP | 3 | Benjamín Espinal | | 65' |
| HK | 2 | Gaspar Baldunciel | | 75' |
| LP | 1 | Francisco Ferronato | | 65' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Diego Fortuny | | 75' |
| PR | 17 | Javier Díaz | | 65' |
| PR | 18 | Santiago Medrano | | 65' |
| N8 | 19 | Santiago Portillo | | 68' |
| FL | 20 | Francisco Gorrissen | | 8' | 16' | 68' |
| SH | 21 | Facundo Nogueira |
| FH | 22 | Tomás Granella | | 55' |
| WG | 23 | Tomás Malanos | | 71' |
| Coach: ||
| Felipe Contepomi ||
* Touch judges:
* Mike O'Brien (United States)
* Lee Bryant (United States)
* Television match official:
* USA Appt. (United States)

### Week 3

* 9 February 2018 20:30 BRST (UTC-02)
| Brazil | 18–27 | Uruguay |
| Try: De Wet van Niekerk 10' c Sancery 35' m Con: Reeves (1/2) 11' Pen: Reeves (2/2) 23', 27' | Report | Try: Kessler 46'c Magno 62' c Inciarte 70' c Con: Albanell (3/3) 47', 65', 70' Pen: Albanell (2/2) 30', 81' |
* Pacaembu Stadium, São Paulo Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
| FB | 15 | Lucas Tranquez |
| RW | 14 | Robert Tenório | | 62' |
| OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery |
| IC | 12 | Moisés Duque |
| LW | 11 | Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk |
| FH | 10 | Josh Reeves |
| SH | 9 | Laurent Bourda-Couhet |
| N8 | 8 | André Arruda |
| OF | 7 | Cléber Dias |
| BF | 6 | Arthur Bergo | | 43' 49' |
| RL | 5 | Lucas Piero | | 53' |
| LL | 4 | Gabriel Paganini |
| TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | 38' to 48' | 49' |
| HK | 2 | Yan Rosetti (c) |
| LP | 1 | Lucas Abud | | 53' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Endy Willian |
| PR | 17 | Michel Gomes | | 53' |
| PR | 18 | Wilton Rebolo | | 43' |
| FL | 19 | Michael Moraes |
| FL | 20 | Matheus Daniel | | 53' 76' |
| SH | 21 | Will Broderick |
| WG | 22 | Lucas Muller |
| WG | 23 | Ariel Rodrigues | | 62' |
| Coach: ||
| Rodolfo Ambrosio ||
| FB | 15 | Rodrigo Silva |
| RW | 14 | Joaquín Prada |
| OC | 13 | Juan Manuel Cat |
| IC | 12 | Agustín Della Corte |
| LW | 11 | Gastón Mieres |
| FH | 10 | Andrés de León | 68' |
| SH | 9 | Germán Albanell |
| N8 | 8 | Alejandro Nieto | 53' |
| OF | 7 | Rodolfo Garese | 57' |
| BF | 6 | Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) |
| RL | 5 | Diego Magno | 68' |
| LL | 4 | Ignacio Dotti |
| TP | 3 | Mario Sagario | 53' |
| HK | 2 | Germán Kessler | 53' |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | 68' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Matías Benítez | 68' |
| HK | 17 | Carlos Pombo | 53' |
| PR | 18 | Juan Echeverría | 53' |
| LK | 19 | Diego Ayala | 68' |
| N8 | 20 | Manuel Diana | 53' |
| FL | 21 | Gonzalo Soto | 57' |
| WG | 22 | Tomás Inciarte | 68' |
| FH | 23 | Manuel Blengio |
| Coach: ||
| Esteban Meneses ||
* Touch judges:
* Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)
* Cauã Ricardo (Brazil)
* Television match official:
* Xavier Vouga (Brazil)
Notes:
* Andrés de León and Tomás Inciarte (both Uruguay) made their international debuts.
* Juan Manuel Gaminara (Uruguay) earned his 50th test cap.
* 10 February 2018 17:30 ART (UTC-03)
| (1 BP) Argentina XV | 57–12 | Chile |
| Try: Portillo 15' c Penalty try 34' Videla 35' c Resino 46' m Zapata 51' c Ferronato 56' c Granella 64' c Sbrocco 71' c Con: González (4/5) 15', 36', 52', 57' Granella (2/2) 65', 72' Pen: González (1/1) 11' | Report | Try: Ianiszewski 28' m Zunino 40' c Con: Ianiszewski (1/2) 41' |
* Estadio Agustín Pichot, Ushuaia Attendance: 900 Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
| FB | 15 | Tomás Videla |
| RW | 14 | Tomás Malanos | 63' |
| OC | 13 | Santiago Resino |
| IC | 12 | Lucas Mensa |
| LW | 11 | Julián Dominguez |
| FH | 10 | Juan Cruz González | 56' |
| SH | 9 | Facundo Nogueira | 47' |
| N8 | 8 | Santiago Portillo | 47' |
| OF | 7 | Tomás de la Vega (c) |
| BF | 6 | Mariano Romanini | 62' |
| RL | 5 | Diego Galetto |
| LL | 4 | Jerónimo Ureta | 47' |
| TP | 3 | Lucas Favre |
| HK | 2 | Diego Fortuny | 56' |
| LP | 1 | Axel Zapata | 56' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Gaspar Baldunciel | 62' |
| PR | 17 | Francisco Ferronato | 56' |
| PR | 18 | Santiago Medrano | 56' |
| LK | 19 | Franco Molina | 47' |
| FL | 20 | Nicolás Sbrocco | 47' |
| SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | 47' |
| FH | 22 | Tomás Granella | 56' |
| WG | 23 | Germán Schulz | 63' |
| Coach: ||
| Felipe Contepomi ||
| FB | 15 | Tomás Ianiszewski |
| RW | 14 | Matías Balbontín | | 56' |
| OC | 13 | Lucca Avelli | 62' to 72' |
| IC | 12 | Francisco de la Fuente |
| LW | 11 | Ítalo Zunino |
| FH | 10 | Benjamín Pizarro | | 60' |
| SH | 9 | Beltrán Vergara | | 50' |
| N8 | 8 | Benjamín Soto | 54' to 64' |
| OF | 7 | Alfonso Escobar | | 50' |
| BF | 6 | Javier Richard (c) | 33' to 43' |
| RL | 5 | Mario Mayol | | 65' |
| LL | 4 | Manuel Dagnino |
| TP | 3 | Marco Díaz | | 45' |
| HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant | | 61' |
| LP | 1 | Vittorio Lastra | | 56' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Ignacio Guajardo | | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Sebastián Otero | | 45' |
| PR | 18 | Claudio Iturra | | 56' |
| FL | 19 | Thomas Orchard | | 65' |
| FL | 20 | Nicolás Garafulic | | 50' |
| SH | 21 | Domingo Saavedra | | 50' |
| FH | 22 | José Tomás Baraona | | 60' |
| CE | 23 | Diego Ramírez | | 56' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Cross ||
* Touch judges:
* Damián Schneider (Argentina)
* Juan Pablo Federico (Argentina)
* Television match official:
* UAR Appt. (Argentina)
* 10 February 2018 15:00 PST (UTC-08)
| (1 BP) United States | 29–10 | Canada |
| Try: Augspurger 7' c Matyas (2) 17' c, 72' m Germishuys 52' c Con: Magie (3/3) 8', 18', 53' Pen: Hooley (1/3) 64' | Report | Try: Parfrey 22' c Con: Staller (1/1) 23' Pen: Staller (1/2) 43' |
* Papa Murphy's Park, Sacramento, California Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
| FB | 15 | Mike Te'o |
| RW | 14 | Blaine Scully (c) |
| OC | 13 | Dylan Audsley | | |
| IC | 12 | Bryce Campbell |
| LW | 11 | Ryan Matyas | | 76' |
| FH | 10 | Will Magie | | 55' |
| SH | 9 | Nate Augspurger | | 55' |
| N8 | 8 | Cam Dolan | 63' to 73' |
| OF | 7 | Tony Lamborn | | |
| BF | 6 | Hanco Germishuys | | 53' |
| RL | 5 | Nick Civetta |
| LL | 4 | Nate Brakeley | | 48' |
| TP | 3 | Dino Waldren | | 75' |
| HK | 2 | Joe Taufete'e | | 59' |
| LP | 1 | Titi Lamositele | | 75' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | James Hilterbrand | | 59' |
| PR | 17 | Huluholo Moungaloa | | 75' |
| PR | 18 | Angus MacLellan | | 75' |
| LK | 19 | Ben Landry | | 48' |
| FL | 20 | Andrew Durutalo | | 53' |
| SH | 21 | Shaun Davies | | 55' |
| FH | 22 | Will Hooley | | 55' |
| WG | 23 | Josh Whippy | | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Gary Gold ||
| FB | 15 | Pat Parfrey |
| RW | 14 | Brock Staller |
| OC | 13 | Giuseppe du Toit | 72' |
| IC | 12 | Nick Blevins |
| LW | 11 | D. T. H. van der Merwe |
| FH | 10 | Shane O'Leary | 72' |
| SH | 9 | Phil Mack (c) | 72' |
| N8 | 8 | Luke Campbell |
| OF | 7 | Matt Heaton | 72' |
| BF | 6 | Lucas Rumball |
| RL | 5 | Kyle Baillie | 61' |
| LL | 4 | Josh Larsen |
| TP | 3 | Jake Ilnicki | 64' |
| HK | 2 | Ray Barkwill |
| LP | 1 | Djustice Sears-Duru | 64' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Martial Lagain |
| PR | 17 | Anthony Luca | 64' |
| PR | 18 | Cole Keith | 64' |
| LK | 19 | Conor Keys | 61' |
| FL | 20 | Dustin Dobravsky | 72' |
| SH | 21 | Gordon McRorie | 72' |
| FH | 22 | Robbie Povey | 72' |
| WG | 23 | Cole Davis | 72' |
| Coach: ||
| Kingsley Jones ||
* Touch judges:
* Derek Summers (United States)
* Phil Akroyd (United States)
* Television match official:
* Marc Nelson (United States)
Notes:
* Josh Whippy (United States) and Luke Campbell, Cole Davis and Dustin Dobravsky (all Canada) made their international debuts.
* D. T. H. van der Merwe (Canada) earned his 50th test cap.

### Week 4

* 17 February 2018 15:00 PST (UTC-08)
| (1 BP) United States | 45–13 | Chile |
| Try: Augspurger 3' m Audsley (2) 20' m, 43' c Campbell 45' c Te'o 51' c Al-Jiboori 63' c Lasike 78' c Con: Magie (4/6) 43', 45', 52', 64' Cima (1/1) 79' | Report | Try: Dussaillant 48' m Zunino 73'm Pen: Ianiszewski (1/2) 27' |
* Titan Stadium, Fullerton, California Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
| FB | 15 | Mike Te'o |
| RW | 14 | Josh Whippy | 77' |
| OC | 13 | Dylan Audsley |
| IC | 12 | Bryce Campbell |
| LW | 11 | Ryan Matyas |
| FH | 10 | Will Magie | 67' |
| SH | 9 | Nate Augspurger (c) | 65' |
| N8 | 8 | Cam Dolan |
| OF | 7 | Tony Lamborn | 62' |
| BF | 6 | Psalm Wooching |
| RL | 5 | Ben Landry | 57' |
| LL | 4 | Nate Brakeley |
| TP | 3 | Dino Waldren | 55' |
| HK | 2 | James Hilterbrand | 65' |
| LP | 1 | Huluholo Moungaloa | 70' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dylan Fawsitt | 65' |
| PR | 17 | Tony Purpura | 70' |
| PR | 18 | Angus MacLellan | 55' |
| LK | 19 | Brendan Daly | 57' |
| FL | 20 | Malon Al-Jiboori | 62' |
| SH | 21 | Ruben de Haas | 65' |
| FH | 22 | Ben Cima | 67' |
| CE | 23 | Paul Lasike | 77' |
| Coach: ||
| Gary Gold ||
| FB | 15 | Tomás Ianiszewski |
| RW | 14 | Martín Raddatz |
| OC | 13 | Javier Lavanderos |
| IC | 12 | Francisco de la Fuente | 46' |
| LW | 11 | Ítalo Zunino |
| FH | 10 | José Tomás Baraona | 65' |
| SH | 9 | Beltrán Vergara | 65' |
| N8 | 8 | Benjamín Soto |
| OF | 7 | Alfonso Escobar | 58' |
| BF | 6 | Javier Richard (c) |
| RL | 5 | Mario Mayol | 70' |
| LL | 4 | Nikola Bursic |
| TP | 3 | Claudio Iturra | 65' |
| HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant | 70' |
| LP | 1 | Vittorio Lastra | 68' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Rodrigo Moya | 70' |
| PR | 17 | Basilio Díaz | 65' |
| PR | 18 | Marco Díaz | 68' |
| FL | 19 | Thomas Orchard | 70' |
| FL | 20 | Iñaki de Urruticoechea | 58' |
| SH | 21 | Domingo Saavedra | 65' |
| FB | 22 | José Tomás Maturana | 65' |
| CE | 23 | Diego Ramírez | 46' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Cross ||
* Touch judges:
* USAR Appt (United States)
* USAR Appt (United States)
* Television match official:
* USAR Appt (United States)
Notes:
* Malon Al-Jiboori, Brendan Daly, Ruben de Haas, Dylan Fawsitt, Paul Lasike and Psalm Wooching (all United States) and Iñaki de Urruticoechea, Basilio Díaz, José Tomás Maturana and Martín Raddatz (all Chile) made their international debuts.
* 17 February 2018 20:00 UYT (UTC-03)
| Uruguay | 17–34 | Argentina XV (1 BP) |
| Try: Cat (2) 7' c, 14' m Freitas 47' m Con: Albanell (1/3) 8' | Report | Try: González 23' m Ferronato 32' c Schulz 51' m Etchart 62' c Mensa 72' c Con: González (1/2) 33' Mensa (2/3) 63', 73' Pen: González (1/2) 36' |
* Estadio Domingo Burgueño, Maldonado Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Henrique Platais (Brazil)
| FB | 15 | Rodrigo Silva | | 74' |
| RW | 14 | Leandro Leivas |
| OC | 13 | Juan Manuel Cat | | 61' |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca | 41' to 51' |
| LW | 11 | Nicolás Freitas | | 74' |
| FH | 10 | Germán Albanell |
| SH | 9 | Tomás Inciarte |
| N8 | 8 | Alejandro Nieto (c) | | 50' to 58' | 50' to 58' |
| OF | 7 | Manuel Diana | | 20' | 30' | 47' | 63' |
| BF | 6 | Rodolfo Garese | | 74' |
| RL | 5 | Diego Magno |
| LL | 4 | Ignacio Dotti |
| TP | 3 | Juan Echeverría | | 47' | 77' |
| HK | 2 | Carlos Pombo | | | 77' |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | 30' to 40' | 8' | 19' | | | 61' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Matías Benítez | | 8' | 19' | 20' | 30' | 61' |
| HK | 17 | Diego de Pazos |
| PR | 18 | Mario Sagario | | 47' |
| N8 | 19 | Juan Diego Ormaechea | | 50' | 58' | 63' |
| FL | 21 | Juan Manuel Gaminara | | | | 48' |
| FL | 20 | Gonzalo Soto | | 74' |
| CE | 22 | Joaquín Prada | | 61' |
| FH | 23 | Andrés de León | | 74' |
| Coach: ||
| Esteban Meneses ||
| FB | 15 | Juan Cruz Mallía |
| RW | 14 | Germán Schulz |
| OC | 13 | Santiago Álvarez | | 74' |
| IC | 12 | Juan Cappiello |
| LW | 11 | Rodrigo Etchart |
| FH | 10 | Juan Cruz González | | 46' |
| SH | 9 | Luca Magnasco | | 40' |
| N8 | 8 | Rodrigo Bruni | | 50' |
| OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) |
| BF | 6 | Francisco Gorrissen |
| RL | 5 | Ignacio Larrague |
| LL | 4 | Diego Galetto | 41' to 51' | 49' |
| TP | 3 | Benjamín Espinal | | 24' |
| HK | 2 | Diego Fortuny | | 60' |
| LP | 1 | Francisco Ferronato | | 57' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Gaspar Baldunciel | | 60' |
| PR | 17 | Axel Zapata | | 57' |
| PR | 18 | Santiago Medrano | | 24' |
| N8 | 19 | Santiago Portillo | | 49' |
| FL | 20 | Santiago Montagner | | 50' |
| SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | | 40' |
| CE | 22 | Lucas Mensa | | 46' |
| CE | 23 | Tomás Videla | | 74' |
| Coach: ||
| Felipe Contepomi ||
* Touch judges:
* Rodrigo Goyret (Uruguay)
* Gonzalo Ventoso (Uruguay)
* Television match official:
* URU Appt (Uruguay)
* 17 February 2018 18:30 PST (UTC-08)
| (1 BP) Canada | 45–5 | Brazil |
| Try: Campbell 2' c Davis 9' c Sears-Duru 29' c van der Merwe 39' m Barkwill 46' m Fraser 60' c du Toit 76' c Con: O'Leary (5/7) 4', 9', 30', 61', 77' | Report | Try: de Wet van Niekerk 80' m |
* Westhills Stadium, Langford, British Columbia Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kurt Weaver (United States
| FB | 15 | Pat Parfrey |
| RW | 14 | Cole Davis |
| OC | 13 | Doug Fraser |
| IC | 12 | Nick Blevins | 62' |
| LW | 11 | D. T. H. van der Merwe | 18' | 28' |
| FH | 10 | Shane O'Leary |
| SH | 9 | Phil Mack (c) | 62' |
| N8 | 8 | Luke Campbell |
| OF | 7 | Lucas Rumball |
| BF | 6 | Dustin Dobravsky | 75' |
| RL | 5 | Kyle Baillie | 71' |
| LL | 4 | Josh Larsen |
| TP | 3 | Jake Ilnicki | 68' |
| HK | 2 | Ray Barkwill | 68' |
| LP | 1 | Djustice Sears-Duru | 68' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Martial Lagain | 68' |
| PR | 17 | Anthony Luca | 68' |
| PR | 18 | Ryan Kotlewski | 68' |
| LK | 19 | Conor Keys | 71' |
| FL | 20 | Cameron Polson | 75' |
| SH | 21 | Andrew Ferguson | 62' |
| CE | 22 | Giuseppe du Toit | 62' |
| FB | 23 | Brock Staller | 18' | 28' |
| Coach: ||
| Kingsley Jones ||
| FB | 15 | Lucas Tranquez |
| RW | 14 | Ariel Rodrigues |
| OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery |
| IC | 12 | Moisés Duque |
| LW | 11 | Lucas Muller | 39' to 49' | 49' |
| FH | 10 | Josh Reeves |
| SH | 9 | Laurent Bourda-Couhet | | 62' |
| N8 | 8 | André Arruda |
| OF | 7 | Cléber Dias |
| BF | 6 | Michael Moraes | | 40' |
| RL | 5 | Diego López | | 40' |
| LL | 4 | Gabriel Paganini | 56' |
| TP | 3 | Matheus Rocha | | 62' |
| HK | 2 | Endy Willian | | 40' |
| LP | 1 | Jonatas Paulo | | 40' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Wilton Rebolo | | 62' |
| PR | 17 | Lucas Abud | | 40' |
| PR | 18 | Caíque Silva | | 40' |
| LK | 19 | Lucas Piero | | 40' |
| FL | 20 | Arthur Bergo | | 40' |
| SH | 21 | Will Broderick | | 62' |
| FH | 22 | Leonardo Ceccarelli |
| CE | 23 | Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk | | 49' |
| Coach: ||
| Rodolfo Ambrosio ||
* Touch judges:
* Harry Mason (Canada)
* Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
* Television match official:
* RC Appt (Canada)
Notes:
* Doug Fraser, Martial Lagain and Cameron Polson (all Canada) and Michael Moraes (Brazil) made their international debuts.

### Week 5

* 24 February 2018 15:00 CLST (UTC-03)
| Chile | 15–67 | Uruguay (1 BP) |
| Try: Bursic 40' m Balbontíns 45' c Con: Ianiszewski (1/2) 46' Pen: Ianiszewski (1/2) 10' | Report | Try: Diana (3) 19' c, 52' c, 69' c Leivas 25' c Favaro (2) 31' c, 47' m de León 48' c Mieres 64' c Blengio 73' c Con: Albanell (4/5) 20', 26', 32', 53' Favaro (1/1) 59' de León (3/3) 65', 70', 74' Pen: Albanell (2/2) 14', 21' |
* Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Henrique Platais (Brazil)
| FB | 15 | Tomás Ianiszewski |
| RW | 14 | Matías Balbontíns | 21' 56' |
| OC | 13 | Javier Lavanderos | | 40' |
| IC | 12 | Francisco de la Fuente | 64' to 74' |
| LW | 11 | Ítalo Zunino |
| FH | 10 | José Tomás Baraona | | 55' |
| SH | 9 | Domingo Saavedra | | 55' |
| N8 | 8 | Benjamín Soto | | 55' |
| OF | 7 | Anton Petrowitsch |
| BF | 6 | Javier Richard (c) |
| RL | 5 | Mario Mayol | | 51' |
| LL | 4 | Nikola Bursic |
| TP | 3 | Claudio Iturra | | 51' |
| HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant | | 58' |
| LP | 1 | Vittorio Lastra | | 62' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Rodrigo Moya | | 58' |
| PR | 17 | Sebastián Otero | | 62' |
| PR | 18 | Basilio Díaz | | 51' |
| FL | 19 | Nicolás Garafulic | | 51' |
| FL | 20 | Alfonso Escobar | | 55' |
| SH | 21 | Beltrán Vergara | | 55' |
| FH | 22 | Benjamín Pizarro | | 55' |
| CE | 23 | Diego Ramírez | | 40' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Cross ||
| FB | 15 | Rodrigo Silva | 40' |
| RW | 14 | Leandro Leivas |
| OC | 13 | Joaquín Prada |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca (c) |
| LW | 11 | Federico Favaro | 60' |
| FH | 10 | Germán Albanell | 56' |
| SH | 9 | Tomás Inciarte |
| N8 | 8 | Manuel Diana |
| OF | 7 | Juan Diego Ormaechea |
| BF | 6 | Rodolfo Garese |
| RL | 5 | Diego Ayala | 66' |
| LL | 4 | Ignacio Dotti | 40' |
| TP | 3 | Juan Echeverría | 60' |
| HK | 2 | Germán Kessler | 66' |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | 46' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Matías Benítez | 46' |
| HK | 17 | Carlos Arboleya | 66' |
| PR | 18 | Felipe Inciarte | 60' |
| FL | 19 | Juan Manuel Etcheverry | 40' |
| LK | 20 | Diego Magno | 40' |
| FH | 21 | Andrés de León | 56' |
| FB | 22 | Gastón Mieres | 40' |
| FH | 23 | Manuel Blengio | 60' |
| Coach: ||
| Esteban Meneses ||
* Touch judges:
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
* Television match official:
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
Notes:
* Juan Manuel Etcheverry (Uruguay) made his international debut.
* 24 February 2018 18:00 BRST (UTC-02)
| Brazil | 16–45 | United States (1 BP) |
| Try: Duque 34'c Con: Reeves (1/1) 35' Pen: Reeves (3/4) 8', 59', 63' | Report | Try: Te'o 4' m Moungaloa 11' c Campbell 19'c Germishuys (2) 28' c, 73' c Lamborn 67' c Lasike 71' m Con: Magie (3/4) 12', 20', 29' Cima (2/3) 68', 74' |
* Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos Attendance: 1,061 Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
| FB | 15 | Lucas Tranquez | | 75' |
| RW | 14 | Stefano Giantorno | 53' to 63' | 68' |
| OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery |
| IC | 12 | Moisés Duque |
| LW | 11 | Robert Tenório | | 40' |
| FH | 10 | Josh Reeves |
| SH | 9 | Laurent Bourda-Couhet | | 75' |
| N8 | 8 | André Arruda |
| OF | 7 | Matheus Daniel |
| BF | 6 | Arthur Bergo |
| RL | 5 | Cléber Dias | | 16' | 20' |
| LL | 4 | Lucas Piero | | 27' |
| TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | 68' to 78' |
| HK | 2 | Yan Rosetti (c) | | 77' |
| LP | 1 | Michel Gomes | | 40' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Angelo Marcucci | | 77' |
| PR | 17 | Lucas Abud | | 40' |
| PR | 18 | Matheus Rocha | | 68' |
| LK | 19 | Diego López | 66' to 76' | 27' | 77' |
| FL | 20 | Michael Moraes | | | 77' |
| SH | 21 | Daniel Lima | | 75' |
| WG | 22 | Ariel Rodrigues | | 40' |
| CE | 23 | Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk | | 75' |
| Coach: ||
| Rodolfo Ambrosio ||
| FB | 15 | Mike Te'o |
| RW | 14 | Nate Augspurger (c) |
| OC | 13 | Dylan Audsley | | 53' |
| IC | 12 | Bryce Campbell |
| LW | 11 | Josh Whippy |
| FH | 10 | Will Magie | | 61' |
| SH | 9 | Shaun Davies | | 75' |
| N8 | 8 | Cam Dolan | | 50' |
| OF | 7 | Hanco Germishuys |
| BF | 6 | Psalm Wooching |
| RL | 5 | Nick Civetta | 58' to 68' |
| LL | 4 | Ben Landry | | 69' |
| TP | 3 | Chris Baumann | | 75' |
| HK | 2 | Dylan Fawsitt | | 59' |
| LP | 1 | Huluholo Moungaloa | | 69' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Peter Malcolm | | 59' |
| PR | 17 | Tony Purpura | | 69' |
| PR | 18 | Angus MacLellan | | 75' |
| LK | 19 | Matthew Jensen | | 69' |
| FL | 20 | Tony Lamborn | | 50' |
| SH | 21 | Ruben de Haas | | 75' |
| FH | 22 | Ben Cima | | 61' |
| CE | 23 | Paul Lasike | | 53' |
| Coach: ||
| Gary Gold ||
* Touch judges:
* CBRU Appt (Brazil)
* CBRU Appt (Brazil)
* Television match official:
* CBRU Appt (Brazil)
Notes:
* Daniel Lima and Angelo Marcucci (both Brazil) made their international debuts.
* 24 February 2018 20:00 ART (UTC-03)
| (1 BP) Argentina XV | 40–15 | Canada |
| Try: Mensa 14' m Álvarez 24' c Resino (2) 27' c, 45' c Montagner 48' c Arias 76' c Con: Mallía (4/5) 25', 28', 46', 49' González (1/1) 77' | | Try: Barkwill 31'm Mack 56' c Con: Staller (1/2) 57' Pen: Staller (1/2) 11' |
* Estadio 23 de Agosto, Jujuy Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Joaquín Montes (Uruguay)
| FB | 15 | Juan Cruz Mallía |
| RW | 14 | Santiago Álvarez | 61' |
| OC | 13 | Santiago Resino |
| IC | 12 | Juan Cappiello |
| LW | 11 | Rodrigo Etchart |
| FH | 10 | Lucas Mensa | 61' |
| SH | 9 | Felipe Ezcurra | 61' |
| N8 | 8 | Santiago Montagner |
| OF | 7 | Tomás de la Vega (c) | 56' |
| BF | 6 | Mariano Romanini | 61' |
| RL | 5 | Ignacio Larrague |
| LL | 4 | Santiago Portillo |
| TP | 3 | Santiago Medrano | 61' |
| HK | 2 | Gaspar Baldunciel | 50' |
| LP | 1 | Franco Brarda | 49' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Diego Fortuny | 50' |
| PR | 17 | Francisco Ferronato | 49' |
| PR | 18 | Lucas Favre | 61' |
| LK | 19 | Jerónimo Ureta | 56' |
| FL | 20 | Nicolás Sbrocco | 61' |
| SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | 61' |
| FH | 22 | Juan Cruz González | 61' |
| FB | 23 | Gastón Arias | 61' |
| Coach: ||
| Felipe Contepomi ||
| FB | 15 | Pat Parfrey |
| RW | 14 | Cole Davis |
| OC | 13 | Doug Fraser |
| IC | 12 | Nick Blevins | 78' |
| LW | 11 | Brock Staller |
| FH | 10 | Robbie Povey | 49' |
| SH | 9 | Phil Mack (c) | 78' |
| N8 | 8 | Dustin Dobravsky | 66' |
| OF | 7 | Lucas Rumball |
| BF | 6 | Kyle Baillie | 61' |
| RL | 5 | Conor Keys |
| LL | 4 | Josh Larsen |
| TP | 3 | Jake Ilnicki | 66' |
| HK | 2 | Ray Barkwill | 78' |
| LP | 1 | Djustice Sears-Duru | 70' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Martial Lagain | 66' |
| PR | 17 | Anthony Luca | 70' |
| PR | 18 | Ryan Kotlewski | 66' |
| LK | 19 | Noah Barker | 78' |
| FL | 20 | Cameron Polson | 61' |
| SH | 21 | Andrew Ferguson | 78' |
| CE | 22 | Giuseppe du Toit | 78' |
| WG | 23 | Kainoa Lloyd | 49' |
| Coach: ||
| Kingsley Jones ||
* Touch judges:
* UAR Appt (Argentina)
* UAR Appt (Argentina)
* Television match official:
* UAR Appt (Argentina)

### Week 6

* 3 March 2018 16:00 CLST (UTC-03)
| Chile | 17–33 | Canada (1 BP) |
| Try: Urrutia 71' c Escobar 75' c Con: Ianiszewski (2/2) 72', 76' Pen: Ianiszewski (1/1) 13' | Report | Try: Lloyd 9' m Rumball 25' c Baillie 39' c Davis 67' m Con: McRorie (2/4) 26', 40' Pen: McRorie (3/3) 2', 44', 77' |
* Estadio Municipal de La Pintana, Santiago Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Pablo de Luca (Argentina)
| FB | 15 | Tomás Ianiszewski |
| RW | 14 | Lucca Avelli |
| OC | 13 | José Ignacio Larenas (c) |
| IC | 12 | Francisco de la Fuente |
| LW | 11 | Ítalo Zunino | 69' |
| FH | 10 | Benjamín Pizarro | 59' |
| SH | 9 | Juan Pablo Perotta | 59' |
| N8 | 8 | Manuel Dagnino | | | 47' |
| OF | 7 | Anton Petrowitsch |
| BF | 6 | Javier Richard |
| RL | 5 | Mario Mayol | 34' to 40' | 34' to 40' |
| LL | 4 | Nikola Bursic | 59' |
| TP | 3 | José Tomás Munita | 63' |
| HK | 2 | Tomás Dussaillant | 69' |
| LP | 1 | Vittoria Lastra | 70' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Rodrigo Moya | 69' |
| PR | 17 | Sebastián Otero | 63' |
| PR | 18 | Basilio Díaz | 70' |
| N8 | 19 | Benjamín Soto | 34' | 40' | 47' |
| FL | 20 | Alfonso Escobar | 59' |
| SH | 21 | Beltrán Vergara | 59' |
| FB | 22 | José Tomás Maturana | 59' |
| WG | 23 | Mauricio Urrutia | 69' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark Cross ||
| FB | 15 | Josh Thiel |
| RW | 14 | Cole Davis |
| OC | 13 | Doug Fraser | | 78' |
| IC | 12 | Nick Blevins | 44' to 54' | 55' |
| LW | 11 | Kainoa Lloyd |
| FH | 10 | Gordon McRorie |
| SH | 9 | Phil Mack (c) | | 63' |
| N8 | 8 | Luke Campbell | 60' to 70' |
| OF | 7 | Lucas Rumball |
| BF | 6 | Dustin Dobravsky | | 72' |
| RL | 5 | Kyle Baillie | | 69' |
| LL | 4 | Josh Larsen |
| TP | 3 | Jake Ilnicki | | 63' |
| HK | 2 | Ray Barkwill | | 72' |
| LP | 1 | Djustice Sears-Duru | | 63' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Martial Lagain | | 72' |
| PR | 17 | Noah Barker | | 63' |
| PR | 18 | Cole Keith | | 63' |
| LK | 19 | Conor Keys | | 69' |
| FL | 20 | Cameron Polson | | 72' |
| SH | 21 | Andrew Ferguson | | 63' |
| FH | 22 | Pat Parfrey | | 78' |
| CE | 23 | Giuseppe du Toit | | 55' |
| Coach: ||
| Kingsley Jones ||
* Touch judges:
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
* Television match official:
* FRC Appt. (Chile)
Notes:
* Noah Barker and Josh Thiel (both Canada) made their international debuts.
* 3 March 2018 15:30 UYT (UTC-03)
| Uruguay | 19–61 | United States (1 BP) |
| Try: Arata 44' c Cat 51' c Mieres 70' m Con: Albanell (2/3) 45', 52' | Report | Try: Lamborn 5' c Te'o (2) 7' c, 42' c Fawsitt 22' c Penalty try 26' Augspurger 29' c Germishuys 37' m Whippy 55' c Wooching 74' c Con: Magie (6/7) 6', 8', 23', 30', 43', 56' Cima (1/1) 75' |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
| FB | 15 | Rodrigo Silva |
| RW | 14 | Leandro Leivas |
| OC | 13 | Juan Manuel Cat |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca | | 62' |
| LW | 11 | Nicolás Freitas | | 52' |
| FH | 10 | Germán Albanell |
| SH | 9 | Santiago Arata | 26' to 36' | 60' |
| N8 | 8 | Manuel Diana |
| OF | 7 | Juan Diego Ormaechea | | 75' |
| BF | 6 | Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) |
| RL | 5 | Rodolfo Garese | | 40' |
| LL | 4 | Ignacio Dotti |
| TP | 3 | Juan Echeverría | | 66' |
| HK | 2 | Germán Kessler | | 62' |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | | 60' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Matías Benítez | | 60' |
| HK | 17 | Carlos Pombo | 64' to 74' | 62' |
| PR | 18 | Felipe Inciarte | | 66' |
| LK | 19 | Diego Ayala | | 75' |
| LK | 20 | Diego Magno | | 40' |
| CE | 21 | Joaquín Prada | | 62' |
| WG | 22 | Tomás Inciarte | | 60' |
| FB | 23 | Gastón Mieres | | 52' |
| Coach: ||
| Esteban Meneses ||
| FB | 15 | Dylan Audsley |
| RW | 14 | Mike Te'o | 46' |
| OC | 13 | Bryce Campbell |
| IC | 12 | Paul Lasike | 49' |
| LW | 11 | Nate Augspurger (c) |
| FH | 10 | Will Magie | 64' |
| SH | 9 | Shaun Davies |
| N8 | 8 | Cam Dolan | 62' |
| OF | 7 | Tony Lamborn |
| BF | 6 | Hanco Germishuys |
| RL | 5 | Ben Landry | 25' |
| LL | 4 | Brendan Daly |
| TP | 3 | Chris Baumann | 40' |
| HK | 2 | Dylan Fawsitt | 52' |
| LP | 1 | Huluholo Moungaloa | 62' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Peter Malcolm | 52' |
| PR | 17 | Tony Purpura | 62' |
| PR | 18 | Dino Waldren | 40' |
| LK | 19 | Matthew Jensen | 25' |
| FL | 20 | Psalm Wooching | 62' |
| SH | 21 | Ruben de Haas | 64' |
| FH | 22 | Ben Cima | 49' |
| WG | 23 | Josh Whippy | 46' |
| Coach: ||
| Gary Gold ||
* Touch judges:
* URU Appt (Uruguay)
* URU Appt (Uruguay)
* Television match official:
* URU Appt (Uruguay)
* 3 March 2018 18:00 BRST (UTC-02)
| Brazil | 8–28 | Argentina XV (1 BP) |
| Try: Canterle 39' m Pen: Reeves (1/1) 22' | | Try: Zapata 19' c Ezcurra 37' c Ureta 45' c Resino 51' c Con: González (4/4) 20', 38', 46', 52' |
* Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos Attendance: 1,193 Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)
| FB | 15 | Lucas Tranquez |
| RW | 14 | Ariel Rodrigues | | 68' |
| OC | 13 | Felipe Sancery |
| IC | 12 | Moisés Duque |
| LW | 11 | Jacobus de Wet van Niekerk | | | 77' |
| FH | 10 | Josh Reeves |
| SH | 9 | Will Broderick | | 46' |
| N8 | 8 | André Arruda |
| OF | 7 | Matheus Claudio |
| BF | 6 | Arthur Bergo |
| RL | 5 | Cléber Dias |
| LL | 4 | Mauricio Canterle | | 61' |
| TP | 3 | Jardel Vettorato | | 70' | 77' |
| HK | 2 | Yan Rosetti (c) |
| LP | 1 | Lucas Abud |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Endy Willian |
| PR | 17 | Michel Gomes |
| PR | 18 | Matheus Rocha | 76' to 80' | 68' |
| FL | 19 | Michael Moraes | | 61' |
| FL | 20 | Matheus Daniel |
| SH | 21 | Daniel Lima | | 46' |
| WG | 22 | Stefano Giantorno | | 68' |
| CE | 23 | Valentín Garcia |
| Coach: ||
| Rodolfo Ambrosio ||
| FB | 15 | Juan Cruz Mallía |
| RW | 14 | Julián Dominguez | | 36' |
| OC | 13 | Santiago Resino | | 68' |
| IC | 12 | Lucas Mensa |
| LW | 11 | Germán Schulz | | 68' |
| FH | 10 | Juan Cruz González |
| SH | 9 | Felipe Ezcurra | | 68' |
| N8 | 8 | Santiago Portillo | | 52' |
| OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) |
| BF | 6 | Francisco Gorrissen |
| RL | 5 | Ignacio Larrague | | 52' |
| LL | 4 | Jerónimo Ureta |
| TP | 3 | Benjamín Espinal | 35' |
| HK | 2 | Axel Zapata | | 46' |
| LP | 1 | Santiago García Botta | | 46' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Diego Fortuny | | 46' |
| PR | 17 | Franco Brarda | | 46' |
| PR | 18 | Lucas Favre | | 36' |
| LK | 19 | Diego Galetto | | 52' |
| FL | 20 | Santiago Montagner | | 52' |
| SH | 21 | Gregorio del Prete | | 68' |
| WG | 22 | Santiago Álvarez | | 68' |
| WG | 23 | Rodrigo Etchart | | 68' |
| Coach: ||
| Felipe Contepomi ||
* Touch judges:
* Murilo Bragotto (Brazil)
* Victor Barboza (Brazil)
* Television match official:
* CBRU Appt (Brazil)

## Attendances
### Top 5

| | Game | Home team | Visitor | Attendance |
| 1 | 1 | Canada | Uruguay | 16,132 |
| 2 | 4 | Argentina | Canada | 7,500 |
| 3 | 1 | United States | Argentina | 6,500 |
| 4 | 3 | Uruguay | Argentina | 4,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Brazil | Uruguay | 3,500 |

### Average home attendances

| Pos | Team | GP | Total | High | Low | Average |
| 1 | Canada | 2 | 17,632 | 16,132 | 1,500 | 8,816 |
| 2 | Argentina | 2 | 8,400 | 7,500 | 900 | 4,200 |
| 4 | United States | 3 | 11,000 | 6,500 | 2,000 | 3,666 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 2 | 6,500 | 4,000 | 2,500 | 3,250 |
| 5 | Brazil | 3 | 5,754 | 3,500 | 1,061 | 1,918 |
| 6 | Chile | 3 | 3,700 | 1,500 | 1,000 | 1,233 |