2023 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification

2023 Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification
Tournament details
Dates	26 June 2021 – 16 July 2022
No. of nations	7
	← 2019 2027 →

Qualifying for the 2023 Rugby World Cup for North and South America began in June 2021, with seven teams competing for two direct qualification spots into the final tournament and for one place in the Final Qualification Tournament.^[1]^[2]

For the first time since 2003 the Americas qualification process combined both North and South America to determine who qualifies as Americas. This is in different to past years where Americas 1 was a default winner between a play-off series between Canada and USA.

Format

Qualifying began with two elimination matches between the bottom four ranked teams in South Americas; Brazil and Paraguay, and Chile and Colombia. The winners of this round moved on to join Uruguay in Round 2 in the 2021 South American Rugby Championship.

Round 2 was used to decide the winners of the North American region, a Canada vs USA play-off series, and the winners of the South American region, the 2021 Americas Rugby Championship. The winning sides, USA and Uruguay, then progressed to an Americas 1 decider to earn the right to qualify for the World Cup as Americas 1.

The runner-ups of the Regional matches then advanced to an Americas 2 repechage match with the winner of the repechage play-off matches, progressing to an Americas 2 play-off series against the loser of the Americas 1 play-off series.

The winner of this final match qualified as Americas 2, while the loser moved on to the Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3.

Entrants

Seven teams competed during the Americas qualifiers for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

The Rugby Americas North entrants were reduced to just the United States and Canada, as holding the RAN Championship in 2020 and 2021 was not possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Team World rankings taken prior to the first Americas qualifying match.^[4]

Teams in bold have previously competed in a Rugby World Cup.

Nation	Rank	Began play	Qualifying status
Argentina	9	N/A	Qualified with Top 12 finish at 2019 World Cup
Brazil	26	26 June 2021	Eliminated by Uruguay on 25 July 2021
Canada	23	4 September 2021	Eliminated by Chile on 9 October 2021
Chile	29	3 July 2021	Qualified as Americas 2 on 16 July 2022
Colombia	33	3 July 2021	Eliminated with game cancellation against Chile on 2 July 2021
Paraguay	46	26 June 2021	Eliminated by Brazil on 26 June 2021
United States	16	4 September 2021	Advanced to Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3 on 16 July 2022
Uruguay	17	17 July 2021	Qualified as Americas 1 on 9 October 2021

Round 1: South American qualifiers

Round 1 saw the four bottom-ranked teams in South America play-off for a qualification spot in the South American Championship to advance to Round 3 or 4 to earn the right to qualify as Americas 1 or 2. Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Paraguay were seeded 1–4 (based on their World Rugby Rankings), where seed 1 would face seed 4 and seed 2 would face seed 3. Brazil (26) were seeded as 1, Chile (29) as 2, Colombia (33) as 3, and Paraguay (46) as 4. Brazil and Chile as the higher-ranked teams got home advantage.

The two winners from this round advanced to Round 2.^[5]

Game 1

26 June 2021
19:00

Brazil	29–0	Paraguay
Try: Lucas Spago 64' c Felipe Sancery 80' c Con: Moisés Duque (2/2) 65', 80' Pen: Moisés Duque (3/3) 2', 40', 49' Drop: Moisés Duque (2/2) 42', 56' Cards: Gabriel Paganini 28'	Report WR Report	Cards: Camilo Orrego 54'

Estádio Martins Pereira, São José dos Campos
Attendance: 0
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

Game 2

3 July 2021
17:10

Chile	Cancelled	Colombia
	WR Report

Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

Game cancelled on 2 July 2021 due to COVID-19 cases in the Colombian team. Chile progressed to the next round as a result.^[6]

Round 2: Regional Deciders

Round 2A: 2021 South American Championship

Round 2A saw the South American winner decided and advanced to Round 3 to earn the right to qualify for the World Cup as Americas 1 whilst the runners-up progress to Round 4 for an Americas 2 repechage play-off series to advance to Round 5 to earn the right to compete for a position as Americas 2.

All South American qualifying matches were held in Montevideo due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[7]

Advances to Round 3 as South America 1
Advances to Round 4 as South America 2

Rank	Team	Games				Points			Bonus Points	Table Points
Rank	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Bonus Points	Table Points
1	Uruguay	2	2	0	0	51	23	+28	1	9
2	Chile	2	1	0	1	33	28	+5	1	5
3	Brazil	2	0	0	2	26	59	–33	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points Draw – 1 points 4 or more tries – 1 point Loss within 7 points – 1 point Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points

11 July 2021
16:00

Brazil	13–23	Chile
Try: Daniel Lima 40' Con: Moisés Duque (1/1) 40' Pen: Moisés Duque (1/1) 48' Drop: Felipe Sancery (1/1) 10' Cards: Gabriel Paganini 20'	Report WR Report	Try: Augusto Bohme 22', 61' Con: Rodrigo Fernández (1/1) 23' Francisco Urroz (1/1) 62' Pen: Rodrigo Fernández (1/1) 46' Francisco Urroz (2/2) 51', 71'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

17 July 2021
16:10

Uruguay	15–10	Chile (1 BP)
Try: Germán Kessler (2) 7′, 58′ Con: Felipe Berchesi (1/1) 8′ Pen: Felipe Berchesi (1/1) 44′	Report WR Report	Try: Rodrigo Fernández 22′ Con: Santiago Videla (1/1) 23′ Pen: Santiago Videla (1/2) 18′

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

25 July 2021
16:10

(1 BP) Uruguay	36–13	Brazil
Try: Rodrigo Silva 17' m Gastón Mieres (3) 32' m, 49' c, 59' c Penalty try 66' Juan Echeverría 77' m Con: Felipe Berchesi (1/4) 50' Cards: Manuel Ardao 40'	Report WR Report	Try: Penalty try 40' Pen: Moisés Duque (2/3) 4', 22' Cards: André Arruda 66'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Round 2B: Canada v United States play-off series

Round 2B decided North America 1 and advanced the United States to Round 3 to earn the right to compete for Americas 1. The runner-up (Canada as North America 2) progresses to an Americas 2 Repechage play-off match to face South America 2, Chile to decide who advances to the final stage of the Americas qualification process to earn the right to qualify as Americas 2.

This round saw the United States and Canada face off in a home-and-away play-off series, with the United States winning on aggregate 59–50.^[8]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canada	50–59	United States	34–21	16–38

4 September 2021
15:00 NDT (UTC-2:30)

Canada	34–21	United States
Try: Thomas 8' c Rumball 42' c LeSage 51' c Webster 67' c Con: Nelson (4/4) 9', 42', 52', 69' Pen: Nelson (2/3) 18', 62'	Report WR Report	Try: Penalty try 3' Germishuys 36' c Lopeti 80' c Con: Carty (1/1) 35' MacGinty (1/1) 80'

Swiler’s Rugby Park, St. John's
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Team details


FB	15	Cooper Coats		69'
RW	14	Brock Webster
OC	13	Ben LeSage
IC	12	Spencer Jones
LW	11	Kainoa Lloyd
FH	10	Peter Nelson
SH	9	Ross Braude		69'
N8	8	Siaki Vikilani
OF	7	Matt Heaton	3'
BF	6	Lucas Rumball (c)
RL	5	Conor Keys	19'	69'
LL	4	Corey Thomas
TP	3	Matt Tierney		62'
HK	2	Andrew Quattrin		46'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru		62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard		46'
PR	17	Cole Keith		62'
PR	18	Tyler Rowland		62'
FL	19	Mason Flesch		69'
FL	20	Michael Smith
FH	21	Robbie Povey
SH	22	Jason Higgins		69'
FB	23	Pat Parfrey		69'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones


FB	15	Luke Carty				75'
RW	14	Christian Dyer
OC	13	Marcel Brache
IC	12	Bryce Campbell (c)
LW	11	Mika Kruse	34'
FH	10	Will Magie	40'
SH	9	Ruben de Haas
N8	8	Cam Dolan	37'
OF	7	Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz
BF	6	Hanco Germishuys
RL	5	Nick Civetta	69'
LL	4	Nate Brakeley
TP	3	Paul Mullen	65'
HK	2	Dylan Fawsitt	52'
LP	1	Chance Wenglewski	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Kapeli Pifeleti	52'
PR	17	David Ainu'u	52'
PR	18	Joe Taufete'e	65'
LK	19	Siaosi Mahoni	69'
FL	20	Andrew Guerra	37'
SH	21	Nate Augspurger	34'	54' to 62'
CE	22	Tavite Lopeti		54'	62'	75'
FH	23	AJ MacGinty	40'
Coach:
Gary Gold

Man of the Match:
Matt Heaton (Canada)

Assistant Referees:
Moe Chaudhry (Canada)
Robin Kaluzniak (Canada)
Television match official:
Chris Assmus (Canada)

Notes:

Mason Flesch, Jason Higgins, Spencer Jones, and Brock Webster (all Canada) and Tavite Lopeti (United States) made their international debuts.
Canada defeated the United States for the first time since their 13–11 win in 2013.

11 September 2021
19:00 MDT (UTC-06)

United States	38–16	Canada
Try: Germishuys (3) 17' m, 28' m, 40' c Dyer 22' m de Haas 51' m Taufete'e 63' m Con: MacGinty (1/6) 40' Pen: MacGinty (1/6) 4' Drop: de Haas (1/1) 49'	Report WR Report	Try: Penalty try 80' Pen: Coats (1/1) 6' Nelson (2/2) 9', 32'

Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado
Referee: Mike Adamson (Scotland)

Team details


FB	15	Marcel Brache		62'
RW	14	Christian Dyer		77'
OC	13	Tavita Lopeti
IC	12	Bryce Campbell
LW	11	Ryan Matyas
FH	10	AJ MacGinty (c)
SH	9	Ruben de Haas		77'
N8	8	Cam Dolan		75'
OF	7	Hanco Germishuys
BF	6	Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz	11' 80'
RL	5	Nick Civetta
LL	4	Nate Brakeley		74'
TP	3	Joe Taufete'e		66'
HK	2	Kapeli Pifeleti		66'
LP	1	David Ainu'u		66'	77'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dylan Fawsitt		66'
PR	17	Chance Wenglewski		66'	77'
PR	18	Paul Mullen		66'
LK	19	Siaosi Mahoni		74'
FL	20	Andrew Guerra		75'
SH	21	Nate Augspurger		77'
FH	22	Will Magie		62'
FB	23	Mike Dabulas		77'
Coach:
Gary Gold


FB	15	Cooper Coats
RW	14	Brock Webster
OC	13	Ben LeSage
IC	12	Spencer Jones
LW	11	Kainoa Lloyd
FH	10	Peter Nelson	66'
SH	9	Ross Braude	64'
N8	8	Siaki Vikilani	67'
OF	7	Matt Heaton	50'
BF	6	Lucas Rumball (c)
RL	5	Conor Keys
LL	4	Corey Thomas
TP	3	Matt Tierney	40'
HK	2	Andrew Quattrin	40'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru	57'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard	40'
PR	17	Cole Keith	57'
PR	18	Tyler Rowland	40'
LK	19	Kyle Baillie	50'
FL	20	Michael Smith	67'
FH	21	Robbie Povey	66'
SH	22	Jason Higgins	64'
FB	23	Pat Parfrey
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Assistant Referees:
Scott Green (United States)
Luke Rogan (United States)
Television match official:
Derek Summers (United States)

Round 3: Americas 1 decider

Round 3 saw Americas 1 decided, where North America 1 faced South America 1 in a home-and-away play-off series to earn the top spot from the Americas region. The runner-up by default got a second chance at qualification by moving to Round 5: Americas 2 play-off. On 9 October 2021, Uruguay qualified as Americas 1, winning the series 50–34 on aggregate.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
United States	34–50	Uruguay	19–16	15–34

2 October 2021
18:00 MDT (UTC-06)

United States	19–16	Uruguay
Try: Dolan 20' c Dyer 39' c Kruse 50' m Con: Magie (2/3) 21', 40'	Report WR Report	Try: Pujadas 78' c Con: Berchesi (1/1) 79' Pen: Berchesi (3/3) 9', 63', 70'

Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

Team details


FB	15	Marcel Brache
RW	14	Christian Dyer
OC	13	Tavita Lopeti
IC	12	Bryce Campbell (c)
LW	11	Mika Kruse	50'
FH	10	Will Magie	72'
SH	9	Ruben de Haas	65'
N8	8	Cam Dolan	76'
OF	7	Andrew Guerra
BF	6	Hanco Germishuys
RL	5	Nick Civetta
LL	4	Nate Brakeley	60'
TP	3	Joe Taufete'e	52'
HK	2	Kapeli Pifeleti	71'
LP	1	David Ainu'u	77'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dylan Fawsitt	71'
PR	17	Matt Harmon	77'
PR	18	Paul Mullen	52'
LK	19	Greg Peterson	60'
FL	20	Moni Tonga’uiha	76'
SH	21	Nate Augspurger	65'
FH	22	Luke Carty	72'
FB	23	Will Hooley	50'
Coach:
Gary Gold


FB	15	Felipe Echeverry	70'
RW	14	Rodrigo Silva	51'
OC	13	Nicolás Freitas
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca (c)
LW	11	Gastón Mieres
FH	10	Felipe Berchesi
SH	9	Santiago Arata	60'
N8	8	Manuel Diana	57'
OF	7	Santiago Civetta
BF	6	Manuel Ardao
RL	5	Manuel Leindekar
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti	65'
TP	3	Diego Arbelo	60'
HK	2	Facundo Gattas	65'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Guillermo Pujadas	65'
PR	17	Juan Echeverría	60'
PR	18	Matías Benítez	65'
LK	19	Diego Magno	65'
FL	20	Eric Dosantos	57'
SH	21	Tomás Inciarte	60'
WG	22	Federico Favaro	51'
CE	23	Felipe Arcos Perez	70'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses

Assistant Referees:
Peter Martin (Ireland)
Scott Green (United States)
Television match official:
Derek Summers (United States)

Notes:

Moni Tonga’uiha (United States) made his international debut.

9 October 2021
16:30 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	34–15	United States
Try: Silva (2) 5' c, 55' c Mieres 42' c Gattas 48' c Con: Favaro (4/4) 6', 43', 49', 56' Pen: Favaro (2/2) 34', 38'	Report WR Report	Try: Kruse 28' m Dyer 64' c Con: Carty (1/1) 65' Pen: Magie (1/1) 9'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Damian Schneider (Argentina)

Team details


FB	15	Rodrigo Silva
RW	14	Federico Favaro
OC	13	Nicolás Freitas	62'
IC	12	Andrés Vilaseca (c)
LW	11	Gastón Mieres
FH	10	Felipe Echeverry
SH	9	Santiago Arata	56'
N8	8	Manuel Diana
OF	7	Santiago Civetta	62'
BF	6	Manuel Ardao
RL	5	Manuel Leindekar	73'
LL	4	Ignacio Dotti	68'
TP	3	Diego Arbelo	70'
HK	2	Facundo Gattas	72'
LP	1	Mateo Sanguinetti	75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Guillermo Pujadas	72'
PR	17	Juan Echeverría	70'
PR	18	Matías Benítez	75'
LK	19	Diego Magno	68'
FL	20	Franco Lamanna	73'
FL	21	Eric Dosantos	62'
SH	22	Tomás Inciarte	56'
CE	23	Felipe Arcos Perez	62'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses


FB	15	Marcel Brache	35'
RW	14	Christian Dyer
OC	13	Bryce Campbell (c)
IC	12	Tavita Lopeti
LW	11	Mika Kruse
FH	10	Will Magie	49'
SH	9	Ruben de Haas	56'
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Jamason Faʻanana-Schultz	50'
BF	6	Andrew Guerra
RL	5	Nick Civetta
LL	4	Nate Brakeley	49'
TP	3	Joe Taufete'e	56'
HK	2	Kapeli Pifeleti	56'
LP	1	David Ainu'u	56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dylan Fawsitt	56'
PR	17	Matt Harmon	56'
PR	18	Paul Mullen	56'
LK	19	Greg Peterson	49'
FL	20	Benjamín Bonasso	50'
SH	21	Nate Augspurger	56'
FH	22	Luke Carty	49'
FB	23	Will Hooley	35'
Coach:
Gary Gold

Assistant Referees:
Tomas Bertazza (Argentina)
Ricardo Caua (Brazil)
Television match official:
Santiago Borsani (Argentina)

Notes:

Uruguay qualify for the Rugby World Cup as Americas 1 for the first time.
This was Uruguay's biggest winning margin over the United States.^{[citation needed]}
Benjamín Bonasso (United States) made his international debut.

Round 4: Americas 2 Repechage

Round 4 saw the runner-up of Round 2A (South America 2) play-off against the loser of Round 2B (North America 2) in a home and away play-off series to decide who progresses to the Americas 2 qualifier. On 9 October 2021, Chile progressed to the next round, beating Canada 54–46 on aggregate. As a result, Canada failed to reach a Rugby World Cup for the first time in history.^[9]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Canada	46–54	Chile	22–21	24–33

2 October 2021
17:00 PDT (UTC-07)

Canada	22–21	Chile
Try: Thomas 34' m Braude (2) 44' c, 49' c Con: Nelson (2/3) 45', 50' Pen: Povey (1/1) 80'	Report WR Report	Try: Saavedra (2) 52' m, 66' c Con: Videla (1/2) 67' Pen: Videla (3/4) 22', 31', 40'

Starlight Stadium, Langford
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)

Team details


FB	15	Cooper Coats
RW	14	Brock Webster
OC	13	Ben LeSage
IC	12	Spencer Jones
LW	11	Kainoa Lloyd
FH	10	Peter Nelson		66'
SH	9	Ross Braude
N8	8	Siaki Vikilani
OF	7	Matt Heaton
BF	6	Lucas Rumball (c)
RL	5	Kyle Baillie		67'
LL	4	Corey Thomas
TP	3	Tyler Rowland	51'	66'
HK	2	Eric Howard		66'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru		66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Quattrin		66'
PR	17	Cole Keith		66'
PR	18	Jake Ilnicki		66'
LK	19	Conor Keys		67'
FL	20	Michael Smith
SH	21	Jason Higgins
FH	22	Robbie Povey		66'
FB	23	Pat Parfrey
Coach:
Kingsley Jones


FB	15	Santiago Videla
RW	14	Nicolás Garafulic		60'
OC	13	Domingo Saavedra
IC	12	Matías Garafulic
LW	11	Franco Velarde
FH	10	Rodrigo Fernández
SH	9	Marcelo Torrealba		63'
N8	8	Alfonso Escobar
OF	7	Raimundo Martínez
BF	6	Martín Sigren (c)
RL	5	Javier Eissmann		69'
LL	4	Clemente Saavedra
TP	3	Matías Dittus		69'
HK	2	Augusto Böhme		50'
LP	1	Vittorio Lastra		50'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tomás Dussaillant		50'
PR	17	Javier Carrasco	59'	50'
PR	18	Salvador Lues		69'
LK	19	Augusto Sarmiento		69'
FL	20	Santiago Pedrer
FL	21	Thomas Orchard
CE	22	Iñaki Ayarza		60'
SH	23	Nicolás Herreros		63'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Assistant Referees:
Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
Moe Chaudhry (Canada)
Television match official:
Chris Assmus (Canada)

9 October 2021
15:00 CLST (UTC-03)

Chile	33–24	Canada
Try: Fernández 24' c Dittus 50' c Videla 69' c Con: Videla (3/3) 25', 51', 70' Pen: Videla (4/4) 8', 17', 34', 60'	Report WR Report	Try: Howard 46' c Quattrin 66' c Lloyd 79' c Con: Nelson (2/2) 47', 67' Povey 80' Pen: Nelson (1/1) 5'

Estadio Elías Figueroa, Valparaíso
Referee: Neheun Jauri Rivero (Argentina) ^[a]

Team details


FB	15	Santiago Videla
RW	14	Nicolás Garafulic		55'	57'
OC	13	Domingo Saavedra		75'
IC	12	Matías Garafulic
LW	11	Franco Velarde
FH	10	Rodrigo Fernández		66'
SH	9	Marcelo Torrealba
N8	8	Alfonso Escobar
OF	7	Raimundo Martínez
BF	6	Martín Sigren (c)
RL	5	Javier Eissmann		66'
LL	4	Clemente Saavedra
TP	3	Matías Dittus		66'
HK	2	Augusto Böhme	47'			66'
LP	1	Javier Carrasco		47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tomás Dussaillant		55'	57'	66'
PR	17	Vittorio Lastra		47'
PR	18	Salvador Lues	74'	66'
LK	19	Augusto Sarmiento		66'
FL	20	Thomas Orchard
CE	21	Iñaki Ayarza
CE	22	José Ignacio Larenas		75'
SH	23	Nicolás Herreros		66'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine


FB	15	Pat Parfrey
RW	14	Brock Webster
OC	13	Ben LeSage
IC	12	Spencer Jones
LW	11	Kainoa Lloyd
FH	10	Peter Nelson		70'
SH	9	Ross Braude		70'
N8	8	Siaki Vikilani		61'
OF	7	Lucas Rumball (c)
BF	6	Tyler Ardron
RL	5	Kyle Baillie
LL	4	Corey Thomas
TP	3	Tyler Rowland		58'
HK	2	Eric Howard		58'
LP	1	Djustice Sears-Duru	59'	69'
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrew Quattrin		58'
PR	17	Cole Keith		61'
PR	18	Matt Tierney		58'
LK	19	Conor Keys		69'
FL	20	Michael Smith
FH	21	Robbie Povey		70'
SH	22	Jason Higgins		70'
CE	23	Quinn Ngawati
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Assistant Referees:
Francisco Gonzale (Uruguay)
Gonzalo De Achaval (Argentina)
Television match official:
Gabriel Pinter (Argentina)

Notes:

This was Chile's first ever victory over Canada.^{[citation needed]}

Round 5: Americas 2 qualifier

The winner of Round 5, Chile, qualified for the World Cup as Americas 2. The loser, United States, advanced to the Final Qualification Tournament as Americas 3.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chile	52–51	United States	21–22	31–29

9 July 2022
18:00 CLT (UTC–04)

Chile	21–22	United States
Try: Fernández 51' m Videla 80' c Con: Videla (1/1) 80+1' Pen: Videla (3/3) 18', 23', 57'	WR Report	Try: Dyer 7' c Taufeteʻe 45' m Pifeleti 74' c Con: MacGinty (2/3) 8', 75' Pen: MacGinty (1/2) 67'

Estadio Santa Laura-Universidad SEK, Santiago
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)

Team details


FB	15	Santiago Videla	44'
RW	14	Nicolas Garafulic
OC	13	Matías Garafulic
IC	12	José Larenas
LW	11	Franco Velarde		44'
FH	10	Rodrigo Fernández
SH	9	Lukas Carvallo
N8	8	Raimundo Martínez
OF	7	Clemente Saavedra
BF	6	Martín Sigren (c)
RL	5	Javier Eissmann		44'
LL	4	Santiago Pedrero		60'
TP	3	Matías Dittus		56'
HK	2	Augusto Böhme		56'
LP	1	Javier Carrasco		56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Diego Escobar		56'
PR	17	Salvador Lues		56'
PR	18	Vittorio Lastra		56'
LK	19	Augusto Sarmiento		60'
FL	20	Thomas Orchard		60'
FL	21	Ignacio Silva		44'
FH	22	Luca Strabucchi		44'
SH	23	Marcelo Torrealba
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine


FB	15	Marcel Brache
RW	14	Christian Dyer
OC	13	Tavite Lopeti
IC	12	Bryce Campbell
LW	11	Martin Iosefo	68'
FH	10	AJ MacGinty (c)
SH	9	Ruben de Haas	75'
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Hanco Germishuys
BF	6	Benjamín Bonasso	62'
RL	5	Nick Civetta	58'
LL	4	Greg Peterson	77'
TP	3	Paul Mullen	75'
HK	2	Joe Taufeteʻe	68'
LP	1	David Ainuʻu	75'
Replacements:
HK	16	Kapeli Pifeleti	68'
PR	17	Chance Wenglewski	75'
PR	18	Angus MacLellan	75'
LK	19	Siaosi Mahoni	58'
FL	20	Jason Damm	62'
FL	21	David Tameilau	77'
SH	22	Nate Augspurger	75'
FH	23	Luke Carty	68'
Coach:
Gary Gold

Assistant referees:
Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
Talal Chaudhry (Canada)
Television match official:
Marius Jonker (South Africa)

Notes:

Diego Escobar (Chile) and Jason Damm (United States) made their international debuts.

16 July 2022
13:00 MDT (UTC–06)

United States	29–31	Chile
Try: Iosefo (2) 10' c, 21' c MacGinty 31' m Taufeteʻe 47' c Con: MacGinty (3/4) 11', 23', 48' Pen: MacGinty (1/1) 58'	Report WR Report	Try: Torrealba 33' c M. Garafulic 39' c Videla 51' c Dittus 63' c Con: Videla (4/4) 35', 39', 51', 64' Pen: Videla (1/2) 75'

Infinity Park, Glendale, Colorado
Attendance: 5,000^[11]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Team details


FB	15	Marcel Brache
RW	14	Christian Dyer
OC	13	Tavite Lopeti
IC	12	Bryce Campbell
LW	11	Martin Iosefo
FH	10	AJ MacGinty (c)
SH	9	Ruben de Haas		71'
N8	8	Cam Dolan
OF	7	Hanco Germishuys
BF	6	Benjamín Bonasso
RL	5	Nick Civetta	32'	57'
LL	4	Greg Peterson		64'
TP	3	Paul Mullen		66'
HK	2	Joe Taufeteʻe		55'
LP	1	David Ainuʻu		66'
Replacements:
HK	16	Mike Sosene-Feagai		55'
PR	17	Chance Wenglewski		66'
PR	18	Angus MacLellan		66'
LK	19	Siaosi Mahoni		64'
FL	20	Jason Damm		57'
FL	21	Moni Tonga’uiha
SH	22	Nate Augspurger		71'
FH	23	Luke Carty
Coach:
Gary Gold


FB	15	Francisco Urroz
RW	14	Nicolas Garafulic
OC	13	Matías Garafulic
IC	12	Pablo Casas
LW	11	Santiago Videla
FH	10	Rodrigo Fernández
SH	9	Marcelo Torrealba	61'
N8	8	Alfonso Escobar
OF	7	Ignacio Silva	59'
BF	6	Martín Sigren (c)
RL	5	Javier Eissmann	61'
LL	4	Thomas Orchard	40'
TP	3	Vittorio Lastra	40'
HK	2	Diego Escobar	51'
LP	1	Salvador Lues	59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Augusto Böhme	51'
PR	17	Javier Carrasco	59'
PR	18	Matías Dittus	40'
LK	19	Augusto Sarmiento	61'
LK	20	Clemente Saavedra	40'
FL	21	Raimundo Martínez	59'
CE	22	José Ignacio Larenas
SH	23	Lukas Carvallo	61'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Assistant referees:
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Chris Micheletti (Canada)
Television match official:
Stuart Terheege (England)

Notes:

Chile qualify for their first Rugby World Cup on aggregate score, 52–51.
This was Chile's first away win over the United States and their first since 2002.

References

^ "Qualifiers". World Rugby. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
^ "New Format Unveiled for Americas RWC 2023 Qualifiers". Americas Rugby News. November 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
^ "USA, Canada to Automatically Represent Rugby Americas North in Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualifying Due to COVID-19 Complications". Rugby Americas North. 18 March 2021.
^ "Men's Rankings". World Rugby.
^ "Men's July Internationals and Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualifiers". World Rugby. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
^ Chile advance in RWC qualifiers after Colombia match is cancelled
^ "Montevideo to Host South American RWC 2023 Qualifiers". Americas Rugby News. December 20, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
^ "How Teams in the Americas will Qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023". www.rugbyworldcup.com. World Rugby. 18 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
^ "Canada fails to qualify for Rugby World Cup for 1st time ever | CBC Sports".
^ Match officials confirmed for Saturday’s World Cup Qualifiers
^ "Chile shock USA to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023". americas rugby news. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

Notes

^ Replaces Mathieu Raynal of France after Raynal was unable to obtain a quarantine exemption to enter Chile.^[10]

External links

Rugby World Cup Official Site

[WorldRugbyformat-1] "Qualifiers". World Rugby. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

[ARNFormat-2] "New Format Unveiled for Americas RWC 2023 Qualifiers". Americas Rugby News. November 25, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

[RANStatement-3] "USA, Canada to Automatically Represent Rugby Americas North in Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualifying Due to COVID-19 Complications". Rugby Americas North. 18 March 2021.

[rankings-4] "Men's Rankings". World Rugby.

[julyschedule-5] "Men's July Internationals and Rugby World Cup 2023 Qualifiers". World Rugby. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.

[6] Chile advance in RWC qualifiers after Colombia match is cancelled

[Uruguayhosting-7] "Montevideo to Host South American RWC 2023 Qualifiers". Americas Rugby News. December 20, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-28.

[8] "How Teams in the Americas will Qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023". www.rugbyworldcup.com. World Rugby. 18 May 2021. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.

[9] "Canada fails to qualify for Rugby World Cup for 1st time ever | CBC Sports".

[10] Match officials confirmed for Saturday’s World Cup Qualifiers

[USA_CHI_2nd_leg-12] "Chile shock USA to qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023". americas rugby news. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

[11] Replaces Mathieu Raynal of France after Raynal was unable to obtain a quarantine exemption to enter Chile.^[10]

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v t e 2023 Rugby World Cup
Stages	Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Knockout stage Final
Qualification	Africa Americas Asia (2022 ARC) Europe (2021 REC, 2022 REC) Oceania Regional play-off and Final Qualification Tournament
General	Squads Statistics Warm-up matches

v t e Rugby World Cup
Tournaments	Australia / New Zealand 1987 England / France / Ireland / Scotland / Wales 1991 South Africa 1995 Wales 1999 Australia 2003 France 2007 New Zealand 2011 England 2015 Japan 2019 France 2023 Australia 2027 United States 2031
Qualifying	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Knockout stages	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Finals	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Squads	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Statistics	1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 2027 2031
Overview	History Hosts Qualification Theme song Trophy
Overall records	All-time table Hat-tricks Multiple winners Records and statistics Red cards Team appearances Try scorers
Notes: There was no qualification for the 1987 World Cup as places were given by invitation only.

Format

Entrants

Round 1: South American qualifiers

Game 1

Game 2

Round 2: Regional Deciders

Round 2A: 2021 South American Championship

Round 2B: Canada v United States play-off series

Round 3: Americas 1 decider

Round 4: Americas 2 Repechage

Round 5: Americas 2 qualifier

See also

References

Notes

External links