The 2019 Americas Rugby Challenge or ARCh 2019 was the second edition of the Americas Rugby Challenge, 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.[1]
| Date | 25 – 31 August 2019 |
|---|---|
| Countries |  Cayman Islands Colombia Mexico Paraguay |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Colombia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 6 |
← 2018 | |
The competition brings together Rugby Americas North (RAN) and Sudamérica Rugby, following the example of the Americas Rugby Championship (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.[2] Columbia won the tournament achieving bonus point victories in all three of their matches.[3]
Format
editAll four nations play each other once in a single-round robin.
Teams
editTable
edit| Champions |
| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try BP |
Losing BP |
Table points | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff | |||||
| 1 | Colombia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 46 | +142 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Mexico |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 85 | +79 | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Paraguay |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 99 | 96 | +3 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Cayman Islands |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 245 | –225 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points Draw – 2 points At least 3 or more tries than opponent – 1 point Loss within 7 points – 1 point Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | |||||||||||
Fixtures
editMatch day 1
editMatch day 2
editMatch day 3
editReferences
edit- ^ "Colombia To Host Americas Rugby Challenge in August". americas rugby news. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Cayman rout Guyana to qualify for Americas Rugby Challenge". americas rugby news. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "Colombia Trounce Paraguay To Win ARCh Title". americas rugby news. Retrieved 27 January 2021.