2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge information
2016 Americas Pacific Challenge
Tournament details
Date
8–16 October 2016
Countries
Argentina XV Canada A Fiji Warriors Samoa A Uruguay A USA Selects
Teams
6
Final positions
Champions
Argentina XV
Runner-up
Fiji Warriors
Tournament statistics
Matches played
9
Tries scored
84 (9.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)
Juan Cruz González (37)
Most tries
Benjamín Macome (4)
2017 →
Uruguay vs United States, Montevideo 2016
The 2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the inaugural rugby union tournament created by World Rugby for national 'A' teams to develop home grown talent for their national test sides.
The Americas Pacific Challenge provides the Pacific nations a chance of further competition outside their own region, as the Pacific Challenge 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 Americas Rugby Championship, which is now an annual championship elevated to test status.
The tournament was hosted by Uruguay, with all matches played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo.[1] Argentina XV won the tournament undefeated, with Fiji Warriors as runner-up.
^"Uruguay to host inaugural Americas Pacific Challenge - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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Global Information
Argentina XV
Canada A
Fiji Warriors
Samoa A
Uruguay A
USA Selects