The 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge or ARCh 2019 was the second edition of the

Americas Rugby Challenge The Americas Rugby Challenge is an annual international rugby union tournament between the four best nations below the Americas Rugby Championship. It was created by Rugby Americas and features two teams from Sudamérica Rugby and two from Rugby ...

, a men's rugby union international tournament for tier 2 teams in North and South America. The second edition was confirmed in June 2019, to be played at the Estadio Cincuentenario in Medellín, Colombia from August 25 to 31. The competition brings together

Rugby Americas North Rugby Americas North, abbreviated as RAN, is the governing body for rugby union in the North American continental region. Rugby Americas North operates under the authority of World Rugby, and is one of six regional unions represented within it. ...

(RAN) and Sudamérica Rugby, following the example 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 ...

(ARC). The Americas Rugby Challenge is officially the ‘B’ competition for the ARC. For the 2019 edition, the host nation, Colombia, was joined by Sudamérica Rugby rivals Paraguay while the Cayman Islands and Mexico represented Rugby Americas North. The Cayman Islands joined the competition after winning a playoff against Guyana, 58–14 in George Town in February 2019. Columbia won the tournament achieving bonus point victories in all three of their matches.

Format

All four nations play each other once in a single-round robin.

Teams

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Table

Fixtures

Match day 1

Match day 2

Match day 3

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References

Americas Rugby Challenge Rugby union competitions in South America Rugby union competitions in North America 2019 establishments in South America