2016 World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge

2016 Americas Pacific Challenge
Tournament details
Date8–16 October 2016
Countries Argentina XV
 Canada A
 Fiji Warriors
 Samoa A
 Uruguay A
 USA Selects
Teams6
Final positions
Champions Argentina XV
Runner-up Fiji Warriors
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Tries scored84 (9.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Juan Cruz González (37)
Most triesArgentina 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.

  1. ^ "Uruguay to host inaugural Americas Pacific Challenge - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2017.