There were Americas Rugby Championship victories for Argentina XV, Uruguay and the USA as they beat Chile, Brazil and Canada respectively over the weekend.
Argentina XV 45-10 Chile
Argentina scored six tries past Chile to claim a 45-10 victory at Talcahuano.
The home side scored first in the clash when fly-half Jorge Castillo slotted a penalty in the opening seven minutes of the game.
Argentina would score moments later though when outside centre Juan Cappiello was given an offload by Lautaro Bazán to nab the first try of the match.
The first-half was a fairly quiet affair as most of the tries came in the second-half when five tries would be scored after the teams came back out of the change rooms, including a double from inside centre Bruno Devoto.
The scorers:
For Chile:
Tries: Fernández
Cons: González Moller
Pen: Castillo
Yellow: Zamorano
Red: Zamorano
For Argentina XV:
Tries: Cappiello, Luna, Solveyra, Delguy, Devoto 2
Cons: González 3, Luna 3
Pen: González
Chile: 15 Rodrigo Fernández 14 Martín Fernández, 13 José Ignacio Larenas, 12 Ricardo Sifri, 11 Martín Verschae, 10 Jorge Castillo, 9 Juan Pablo Larenas, 8 Benjamín Soto, 7 Anton Petrowitsch, 6 Cristóbal Niedmann, 5 Nelson Calderón, 4 Mario Mayol, 3 Gonzalo Martínez, 2 Manuel Gurruchaga, 1 Claudio Zamorano
Replacements: 16 Martín Mendoza, 17 Sebastián Valech, 18 José Tomás Munita, 19 Manuel Dagnino, 20 Eduardo Orpis, 21 Sergio Bascuñan, 22 Francisco González Moller, 23 Mauricio Urrutia
Argentina XV: 15 Fernando Luna, 14 Santiago Álvarez, 13 Juan Cappiello, 12 Bruno Devoto, 11 Germán Schulz, 10 Juan Cruz González, 9 Lautaro Bazán, 8 Rodrigo Bruni, 7 Santiago Montagner, 6 Francisco Gorrissen, 5 Ignacio Larrague, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Axel Zapata, 1 Nicolás Solveyra
Replacements: 16 Marcelo Brandi, 17 Francisco Ferronato, 18 Alejo Brem, 19 Pedro Ortega, 20 Lautaro Bavaro, 21 Sebastián Cancelliere, 22 Tomás Granella, 23 Bautista Delguy
Referee: Ricardo Sant’Anna
Assistants: Francisco Saavedra
Uruguay 23-12 Brazil
Uruguay were able to breeze past Brazil 23-12 in Uruguay on Saturday.
Brazil started off the scoring when inside centre Moisés Duque slotted a penalty in the first two minutes of the game. Uruguay replied quickly though as second-row Ignacio Dotti would score five minutes later.
It was all Uruguay after that as the home side would score three more tries and keep their defence well structured enough to keep the Brazilians from scoring a single five-pointer the whole game.
Duque’s boot would keep them in the game though as the centre scored four penalties while Brazil’s kickers could only manage one penalty in the 50th minute.
The scorers:
For Uruguay:
Tries: Ayala, Dotti, Nieto, Arata
Pen: Albanell
For Brazil:
Pens: Duque 4
Yellow: Danielewicz
Uruguay: 15 Rodrigo Silva 14 Leandro Leivas, 13 Juan Manuel Cat, 12 Andrés Vilaseca, 11 Nicolás Freitas, 10 Germán Albanell, 9 Santiago Arata, 8 Alejandro Nieto, 7 Gonzalo Soto, 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c), 5 Diego Ayala, 4 Ignacio Dotti, 3 Mario Sagario, 2 Martín Espiga, 1 Mateo Sanguinetti
Replacements: 16 Facundo Gattas, 17 Matías Benítez, 18 Juan Echeverría, 19 Lorenzo Surraco, 20 Juan Diego Ormaechea, 21 Guillermo Lijtenstein, 22 Gastón Gibernau, 23 Manuel Diana
Brazil: 15 Daniel Sancery 14 Robert Tenório, 13 Felipe Sancery, 12 Moisés Duque, 11 De Wet van Niekerk, 10 Josh Reeves, 9 Matheus Cruz, 8 Nick Smith (c), 7 Cléber Dias, 6 Matheus Daniel, 5 Diego López, 4 Lucas Piero, 3 Pedro Bengaló, 2 Daniel Danielewicz, 1 Wilton Rebolo
Replacements: 16 Endy Willian, 17 Vitor Ancina, 18 Matheus Rocha, 19 André Arruda, 20 João Luiz da Ros, 21 Beukes Cremer, 22 Luan Smanio, 23 Ariel Rodrigues
Referee: Pablo De Luca
Assistants: Joaquín Montes, Francisco González
USA 51-34 Canada
USA recorded a 51-34 win over Canada in a try-fest at Swangard Stadium on Saturday.
12 tries were scored in the clash with the USA getting the better of their rivals as they crossed the whitewash seven times.
USA full-back Mike Te’o starred in the game after scoring a hat-trick, one of which was in the first four minutes of the game after some quick hands from the backline which allowed Te’o some space to run with ball in hand.
His second try was one to marvel at when States’ fly-half Will Magie gave a cross kick which was tapped back by winger Nate Augspurger to his full-back to get over the line and score.
It was a record win for the States as they reached new heights in tries and points scored against their Canadian rivals.
The scorers:
For Canada:
Tries: Paris 2, Mack, Barton, Cejvanovic
Cons: Povey, McRorie 2
Pens: Povey
Yellow: Barkwill
For USA:
Tries: Matyas, Te’o 3, Purpura, Clever, Quill
Cons: Davies 5
Pens: Magie, Davies
Canada: 15 Brock Staller 14 Dan Moor, 13 Nick Blevins, 12 Guiseppe du Toit, 11 Taylor Paris, 10 Robbie Povey, 9 Phil Mack, 8 Admir Cejvanovic, 7 Ollie Nott, 6 Lucas Rumball, 5 Reegan O’Gorman, 4 Conor Keys, 3 Matt Tierney, 2 Ray Barkwill (c), 1 Rob Brouwer
Replacements: 16 Benoît Pifféro, 17 Djustice Sears-Duru, 18 Cole Keith, 19 Liam Chisholm, 20 Lucas Albornoz, 21 Gordon McRorie, 22 Gradyn Bowd, 23 George Barton
USA: 15 Mike Te’o, 14 Ryan Matyas, 13 Bryce Campbell, 12 JP Eloff, 11 Nate Augspurger, 10 Will Magie, 9 Shaun Davies, 8 Cam Dolan, 7 Tony Lamborn, 6 Todd Clever (c), 5 Nick Civetta, 4 Nate Brakeley, 3 Chris Baumann, 2 Peter Malcolm, 1 Anthony Purpura
Replacements: 16 James Hilterbrand, 17 Dino Waldren, 18 Ben Tarr, 19 Siaosi Mahoni, 20 John Quill, 21 David Tameilau, 22 Ben Cima, 23 Spike Davis
Referee: Damián Schneider
Assistants: David Smortchevsky, David Crisp
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