Americas Rugby Challenge

The Americas Rugby Challenge is an annual international rugby union tournament between the four best nations below the Americas Rugby Championship. It was created by Rugby Americas and features two teams from Sudamérica Rugby and two from Rugby Americas North.[1][2] It was first contested in 2018, with Colombia winning the inaugural title.

Americas Rugby Challenge
Current season or competition:
2019 Americas Rugby Challenge
SportRugby union
Instituted2018
Number of teams4
Country Cayman Islands
 Colombia
 Mexico
 Paraguay
Holders Colombia (2019)
Most titles Colombia (2 titles)

Format

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All four nations play each other once in a single-round robin. Every instance of the tournament to date has taken place in one host country, unlike the Americas Rugby Championship in which each country hosts two to three home matches.

Promotion/Relegation

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In August of 2019, Chilean Rugby Federation president Cristian Rudhoff confirmed that starting in 2020 the Americas Rugby Challenge will include a promotion/relegation playoff with the Americas Rugby Championship[3]

Additionally, the lower placed North American team in the Americas Rugby Challenge every year faces the winner of the Rugby Americas North Championship in a promotion/relegation playoff.

Teams

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Current Teams

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Past Teams

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Previous Results

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Year Winner Second Third Fourth
2018  
Colombia
 
Paraguay
 
Mexico
 
Guyana
2019  
Colombia
 
Mexico
 
Paraguay
 
Cayman Islands
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Colombia to host new Americas Rugby Challenge". infobae (in European Spanish). July 12, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  2. ^ "Americas Rugby Challenge draw and logo revealed". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  3. ^ "ARC Promotion / Relegation to Begin in 2020". 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ "RUGBY AMERICAS ANNOUNCES CANCELLATION OF AMERICAS RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP AT SENIOR AND U20 LEVELS FOR 2020". USA Rugby. Retrieved 17 February 2021.