The 2017 Americas Rugby Championship was the second series of the

Americas Rugby Championship The Americas Rugby Championship, often informally called the Americas' Six Nations, was an annual international rugby tournament between six North and South American nations: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States and Uruguay. Origin ...

(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 Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...

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Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

, and

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

. All matches were full international

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with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV.

Participants

Table

Squads

Fixtures

The tournament was played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 6 September 2016.

Week 1

Notes: * This was Brazil's first victory over Chile since 2014, and their largest margin of victory over Chile in their history. *

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and De Wet van Niekerk made their international debuts for Brazil. *

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Nicanor Machuca Nicanor or Nikanor is the name of: People Ancient history * Nicanor (father of Balacrus), 4th century BC * Nicanor (son of Parmenion) (4th-century–330 BC), 4th century BC; a Macedonian officer under Alexander * Nicanor of Stageira, 4th ce ...

, Gonzalo Martínez and Franco Velarde made their international debuts for Chile. ---- Notes: *

Ben Cima Benjamin Cima (born March 20, 1996) is an American rugby union player who plays fly-half for the United States men's national team. Cima also plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). Cima formerly played club rugby for ...

, Matthew Jensen,

Will Magie William Magie (born 23 February 1992) is an English-born American former rugby union player who last played fly-half for the Austin Gilgronis in Major League Rugby. He previously played for London Scottish F.C. in the RFU Championship. Early c ...

, Peter Malcolm, Alex Maughan and

Dino Waldren Dino Waldren (born July 11, 1991) is an American rugby union player who plays the prop position for NOLA Gold in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for the United States national rugby union team. He previously played for the London Sco ...

made their international debuts for the United States. *

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, Felipe Inciarte, Rodolfo Garese and

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made their international debuts for Uruguay. ----

Week 2

---- Notes: * Spike Davis and

Peter Tiberio Peter Tiberio (born April 26, 1989) is an American rugby union player who plays for the Seattle Seawolves in Major League Rugby (MLR). At 5'11", 180 lbs, he plays wing for the United States national rugby sevens team and has represented the U ...

made their international debuts for the United States. ---- Notes: * This was Canada's 100th test victory. * Martín Mendoza and

Arturo Seeman Arturo is a Spanish and Italian variant of the name Arthur. People *Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1985), American-born Salvadoran footballer * Arturo Álvarez (footballer, born 1959), Mexican footballer * Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt (b. 1982), B ...

made their international debuts for Chile. * George Barton,

Matt Beukeboom Matt Beukeboom (born April 3, 1997), is a Canadian rugby union player. His usual positions are in the second or back row. He currently plays for US Montauban US Montauban ( oc, Union Esportiva Montalban) is a French rugby union club that cur ...

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, Cole Keith, Conor Keys, Oliver Nott,

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and

Robbie Povey Robert Povey (born 21 September 1996) is an English-born Canadian rugby union player who plays as a flyhalf for the Utah Warriors in Major League Rugby (MLR). He played for the Prairie Wolf Pack in the Canadian Rugby Championship and Canada ...

made their international debuts for Canada.

Week 3

---- Notes: *

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and Endy Willian made their international debuts for Brazil. *

Manuel Diana Manuel Diana Olaso (born 7 March 1996) is a Uruguayan rugby union player who generally plays as a number eight for the Toronto Arrows in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also represents Uruguay internationally. Diana attended Stella Maris College ...

and

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made their international debuts for Uruguay. ---- Notes: *

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made his international debut for Canada. *

Siaosi Mahoni Siaosi "CC" Mahoni (born 29 January 1997) is an American international rugby union player for the Houston Sabercats in Major League Rugby (MLR). His preferred position is lock. He is of Tongan descent. Mahoni was part of the first professional r ...

made his international debut for the United States. * The 51 points scored by the United States are the most pointed conceded by Canada on home soil against the Eagles.

Week 4

Notes: * Andrew Turner and Calvin Whiting made their international debuts for the United States. ---- Notes: *First international test played in

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by an Argentinean national side. ---- Notes: *

Kainoa Lloyd Kainoa Lloyd (born 21 May 1994) is a Canadian rugby union player who plays as a winger for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby (MLR). He also plays for the Ontario Blues in the Canadian Rugby Championship and Canada internationally. He ...

made his international debut for Canada. * This was Uruguay' largest winning margin over Canada, surpassing their only ever other victory of Canada (25–23) set in 2002.

Week 5

Notes: * This was Brazil's first ever victory over Canada. ---- Notes: *

Diego Magno Diego Magno (born 27 April 1989) is a Uruguayan rugby union player who played flanker and 8 for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby (MLR). He was named in Uruguay's squad for the 2015 and 2019 Rugby World Cup. Honours ;Uruguay U20 * ...

surpassed Rodrigo Sánchez' record of 67 caps to become Uruguay's most capped player with 68 caps. ----

Statistics

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

Attendances (2016-2017)

Top 5

Average home attendances

Table (2016-2017)

References

External links

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