The 2019 Americas Rugby Championship is the fourth series of the

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, the top level

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competition for Americas nations.

Participants

Table

Fixtures

The tournament was played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 5 November 2018.

Week 1

Notes: * Francisco Pizarro, Matías Dittus, Nicolás Ovalle, Javier Carrasco, Javier Eissmann, Jaden Laing, Christian Huerta, Gonzalo Lara, Augusto Böhme and Julio Blanc (all Chile) and Tadhg Leader (USA) made their international debuts. * With his try in this match, the USA's

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tied

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for the most career Test tries by a player in the tight five with 15. Taufete'e reached the mark in his 20th international appearance, compared to 63 for Wood. ---- Notes: ---- Notes:

Week 2

Notes: * Marcelo Huerta, Camilo Sánchez and Mauricio Gómez (Chile) made their international debuts. ---- Notes: ---- Notes:

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was originally named in the starting team m pulling out due to injury during the warm up.

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coming into the starting team &

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coming onto the bench.

Week 3

Notes: ---- Notes: Joaquín Jaunsolo, Santiago Civetta, Santiago Piñeyrúa, Mateo Mari, and Ignacio Rodríguez (all Uruguay) made their international debuts. ---- Notes:

Week 4

Notes: ---- Notes: * The USA's

scored three tries to take sole possession of the record for most career Test tries by a player in the tight five. After this match, Taufete'e had 18 career Test tries. ---- Notes:

Week 5

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Statistics

Most points

Most tries

''Updated after Week 5.''

Squads

References

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