2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

{{Infobox rugby tournament

|type = other

|name = 2018 Americas Pacific Challenge

|date = 6–14 October 2018

|countries = {{ruA|ARG|noflag=1}}
{{ruA|CAN|noflag=1}}
{{ruA|SAM|noflag=1}}
{{ruA|TON|noflag=1}}
{{ruA|URU|noflag=1}}
{{ruA|USA|noflag=1}}

|champion = {{ruA|SAM}}

|runnerup = {{ruA|ARG}}

|nations = 6

|count =

|matches = 9

|tries = 69

|attendance = 5500

|top scorer = {{flagicon|Uruguay}} Federico Favaro (35)
{{flagicon|Tonga}} Saia Fililava (35)
{{flagicon|Samoa}} D’Angelo Leuila (35)

|most tries = {{flagicon|Samoa}} Johnny Vaili (4)

|preceded by = 2017

|succeeded by = 2021

|American =

|champdest =

}}

The 2018 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge was the third tournament of the Americas Pacific Challenge, which is a development competition for the Americas and Pacific island nations. The competition was hosted by Uruguay with all games played at the 14,000 capacity stadium Estadio Charrúa in Montevideo. Samoa A won the tournament for the first time, winning all three of their matches.{{cite web |title=Samoa A win Americas Pacific Challenge |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/372212/samoa-a-win-americas-pacific-challenge |website=world rugby |access-date=22 January 2021}}

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:{{cite web |title=Americas Pacific Challenge Set For October |url=https://rugbyredefined.com/wp/tonga-a/2018/08/americas-pacific-challenge-set-for-october/ |website=rugby redefined}}

Pool A

{{ruA|ARG}}
{{ruA|TGA}}
{{ruA|URU}}

Pool B

{{ruA|CAN}}
{{ruA|SAM}}
{{ruA|USA}}

Table

Final standings for combined pools:

rowspan="2" width="20"\|Rank !rowspan="2" width="160"\|Team !colspan="4"\|Games !colspan="3"\|Points !colspan="2"\|Tries !rowspan="2" width="50"\|Try Bonus !rowspan="2" width="50"\|Losing Bonus !rowspan="2" width="50"\|Table Points
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|P\|Played}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|D\|Drew}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|PF\|Points scored for}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|PA\|Points scored against}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|Diff\|Difference of points scored for and against}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|TF\|Tries scored for}} !style="width:2em"\|{{Tooltip\|TA\|Tries scored against}}
bgcolor="#ccffcc" \| 1	align=left\| {{ruA\|SAM}}	3	3	0	0	97	72	+25	12	11	2	0	14
2	align=left\| {{ruA\|ARG}}	3	2	0	1	131	56	+75	20	7	3	1	12
3	align=left\| {{ruA\|URU}}	3	2	0	1	94	77	+17	11	10	3	0	11
4	align=left\| {{ruA\|TON}}	3	1	0	2	85	85	0	10	11	1	1	6
5	align=left\| {{ruA\|CAN}}	3	1	0	2	58	111	-53	9	13	1	0	5
6	align=left\| {{ruA\|USA}}	3	0	0	3	63	127	-64	7	17	0	0	0
colspan="100%" style="border:0; row-height:108%; font-size:90%"\|Updated: 21 January 2021 Source: [http://www.americasrugbynews.com/competitions/2018-americas-pacific-challenge/] Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match. One bonus point for losing by seven or less. The tie-break mechanism for teams finishing on the same table points has not been sourced.

Fixtures

All times are local UYT (UTC-03)

The matches were announced on 22 August 2018.{{cite web |title=World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge 2018 schedule announced |url=https://www.world.rugby/news/356241/world-rugby-americas-pacific-challenge-2018-schedule-announced |website=world rugby |access-date=21 January 2021}}

=Round 1=

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|date = 6 October 2018

|time = 11:00

|home = {{ruA-rt|ARG}}

|score = 31–36

|away = {{RuA|SAM}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Samoa upset Argentina in APC opener |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/06/samoa-upset-argentina-in-apc-opener/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=21 January 2021}}

|try1 = Daireaux
Herrera
Zapata
Carreras
Portillo

|con1 = Bonilla (2/2)
Miotti (1/3)

|try2 = Tapili
Vaili
Samuelu
Tapu

|con2 = Leuila (1/3)
Fa’apale (1/1)

|pen2 = Leuila (4/4)

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 300

|referee = Shuhei Kubo (JRFU)

}}

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|date = 6 October 2018

|time = 13:30

|home = {{ruA-rt|TON}}

|score = 39–30

|away = {{ruA-rt|USA|name=USA Selects}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Late surge lifts Tonga over USA |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/06/late-surge-lifts-tonga-over-usa/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=21 January 2021}}

|try1 = Ika (2)
Finau
Lave
Hafoka

|con1 = Fililava (4/5)

|pen1 = Fililava (2/3)

|try2 = Daly
Maupin
Toluta’u

|con2 = Audsley (3/3)

|pen2 = Audsley (3/4)

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 500{{cite web |title=Results |url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/fixtures-results/results |website=world rugby |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|referee = Pali Deluca (ARU)

}}

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|date = 6 October 2018

|time = 16:00

|home = {{RuA|URU}}

|score = 35–21

|away = {{RuA|CAN}}

|report = Report

|try1 = Penalty try
Diana
Leivas

|con1 = Favaro (2/3)

|pen1 = Favaro (3/3)

|try2 = Fraser
Parfrey
McRorie

|con2 = du Toit (3/3)

|pen2 = du Toit (0/2)

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 1,200{{cite web |title=Results |url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/fixtures-results/results |website=world rugby |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|referee = Derek Summers (USAR)

}}

=Round 2=

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|date = 10 October 2018

|time = 11:00

|home = {{ruA-rt|TON}}

|score = 15–23

|away = {{RuA|SAM}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Samoa beat Tonga to take APC lead |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/10/samoa-beat-tonga-to-take-apc-lead/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=21 January 2021}}

|try1 = Kioa
Hafoka

|con1 = Fililava (1/2)

|pen1 = Fililava (1/2)

|drop1 =

|try2 = Matamu
Matamu (2)

|con2 = Leuila (1/2)
Fa’apale (0/1)

|pen2 = Leuila (2/2)

|drop2 =

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 200{{cite web |title=Results |url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/fixtures-results/results |website=world rugby |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|referee = Pali Deluca (UAR)

}}

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|date = 10 October 2018

|time = 13:30

|home = {{RuA|URU}}

|score = 33–18

|away = {{ruA-rt|USA|name=USA Selects}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Uruguay back in front with win over USA |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/10/uruguay-back-in-front-with-win-over-usa/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=21 January 2021}}

|try1 = Arata (2)
Favaro
Vilaseca

|con1 = Favaro (2/4)

|pen1 = Favaro (3/3)

|drop1 =

|try2 = Matyas
Audsley

|con2 = Audsley (1/2)

|pen2 = Audsley (2/2)

|drop2 = Kearns (0/1)

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 1,200

|referee = Shuhei Kubo (JRFU)

}}

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|date = 10 October 2018

|time = 16:00

|home = {{ruA-rt|ARG}}

|score = 45–5

|away = {{RuA|CAN}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Argentina cruise to win over Canada |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/10/argentina-cruise-to-win-over-canada/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|try1 = Cordero (2)
Segura (2)
Penalty try
Osadczuk
del Prete

|con1 = Miotti (3/4)
Bonilla (1/2)

|pen1 =

|drop1 =

|try2 = Sauder

|con2 = McRorie (0/1)

|pen2 =

|drop2 =

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 400

|referee = Joaquín Montes (URU)

}}

=Round 3=

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|date = 14 October 2018

|time = 11:00

|home = {{ruA-rt|TON}}

|score = 31–32

|away = {{RuA|CAN}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Canada come from behind to beat Tonga |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/14/canada-come-from-behind-to-beat-tonga/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|try1 = Folau
Finau (2)

|con1 = Fililava (2/3)

|pen1 = Fililava (3/5)

|drop1 = Fililava (1/1)

|try2 = Barkwill
Lloyd (3)
Penalty try

|con2 = McRorie (1/4)

|pen2 = McRorie (1/1)

|drop2 =

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 150

|referee = Derek Summers (USAR)

}}

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|date = 14 October 2018

|time = 13:30

|home = {{ruA-rt|ARG}}

|score = 55–15

|away = {{ruA-rt|USA|name=USA Selects}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Argentina smash USA to end APC on high |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/14/argentina-smash-usa-to-end-apc-on-high/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|try1 = Bonilla
Favre
Herrera
Brarda
Osadczuk
Grondona
Mensa
Bruni

|con1 = Bonilla (4/5)
Miotti (2/3)

|pen1 = Bonilla (1/1)

|drop1 =

|try2 = Matyas (2)

|con2 = Audsley (1/2)

|pen2 = Audsley (1/1)

|drop2 =

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 250{{cite web |title=Results |url=https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/fixtures-results/results |website=world rugby |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|referee = Joaquín Montes (URU)

}}

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|date = 14 October 2018

|time = 16:00

|home = {{RuA|URU}}

|score = 26–38

|away = {{ruA-rt|SAM}}

|report = Report{{cite web |title=Samoa defeat Uruguay to claim APC title |url=http://www.americasrugbynews.com/2018/10/14/samoa-defeat-uruguay-to-claim-apc-title/ |website=americas rugby news |access-date=22 January 2021}}

|try1 = Kessler (2)
Penalty try
Ardao

|con1 = Favaro (2/3)

|pen1 = Favaro (0/1)

|drop1 =

|try2 = Tino
Vaili
Samuelu
Tusitala
Mapu

|con2 = Leuila (5/5)

|pen2 = Leuila (1/1)

|drop2 = Fa’apale (0/1)

|stadium = Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

|attendance = 1,300

|referee = Pali Deluca (UAR)

}}