2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge - Uruguay vs United States 07

The 2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the inaugural

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tournament created by

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for national 'A' teams to develop home grown talent for their national test sides. The

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provides the Pacific nations a chance of further competition outside their own region, as the

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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

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, which is now an annual championship elevated to test status. The tournament was hosted by

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, with all matches played at the 14,000 capacity stadium

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. 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 * * * Group B * * *

Table

Final standings for combined pools:

Fixtures

The matches were announced on 7 September 2016. All times are local UYT ( UTC-03)

Round 1

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Round 2

Round 3

References

External links

Americas Pacific Challenge 2016
official webpage at worldrugby.org *

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