2015 South American Rugby Championship "A"

2015 South American Rugby Championship "A"
Date	April 11 – May 9, 2015
Countries	Brazil; Chile; Paraguay; Uruguay
Final positions
Champions	Chile (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Tries scored	35 (5.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jerónimo Etcheverry (49)
Most tries	Jerónimo Etcheverry (4)
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The 2015 South American Rugby Championship (Confederación Sudamericana de Rugby (CONSUR) Championship) Division A was the second edition of the newly formatted South American Rugby Championship, which included promotion and relegation. CONSUR chose not to elect a host country or city, opting instead to spread the tournament around South America. For Uruguay, the tournament acted as preparation matches ahead of their appearance in the 2015 Rugby World Cup, their first since 2003. In addition to this, on 23 April, Uruguay took a week out of this tournament, to host a friendly match against the USA Select side.^[1]

Chile were the champions following their victory over 2015 Rugby World Cup participants Uruguay. This was the first time Chile had won the South American Rugby Championship.

Standings

Contested CONSUR Cup in 2016
Relegation playoff vs CONSUR B 2014 Champion

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Table points
1	Chile (29)	3	3	0	0	97	43	+54	9
2	Uruguay (20)	3	2	0	1	140	42	+98	6
3	Paraguay (38)	3	1	0	2	48	123	–75	3
4	Brazil (35)	3	0	0	3	23	100	–77	0

Pre-tournament rankings are in parentheses.

Matches

The dates and venues were announced on 7 April.^[2]

Week 1

11 April 2015
16:00 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	77–3	Paraguay
Try: Agustín Alonso 1' c Francisco Bulanti 4' c Jerónimo Etcheverry (2) 14' c, 28' c Oscar Durán 20' c Santiago Gibernau (2) 35' c, 52' c Alberto Román 37' c Germán Kessler 56' c Carlos Arboleya 61' c Leandro Leivas 80' c Con: Jerónimo Etcheverry (11/11) 1', 5', 15', 22', 29', 35', 38', 53', 58', 62', 80'	Report^[3]	Pen: Gerard Cuttier (1/1) 68'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Henrique Platais (Brazil)

Week 2

18 April 2015
16:00 UYT (UTC-03)

Uruguay	48–9	Brazil
Try: Manuel Blengio 17' m Rodrigo Silva 39' c Santiago Gibernau (2) 69' c, 76' m Agustin Alonso 75' c Alejo Durán 80' m Con: Jerónimo Etcheverry (1/2) 39' Manuel Blengio (2/4) 69', 75' Pen: Jerónimo Etcheverry (4/4) 1', 31', 59', 65'	Report^[4]	Pen: Rafael Morales (3/3) 6', 26', 29'

Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Jason Mola (Argentina)

Week 3

25 April 2015
14:00 CLST (UTC-03)

Chile	32–3	Brazil
Try: Ítalo Zunino 68' c Francisco Hurtado 79' c Con: Javier Valderrama (2/2) 69', 80' Pen: Javier Valderrama (5/5) 4', 20', 23', 26', 62' Drop: Cristian Onetto (1/1) 34'	Report^[5]	Pen: Rafael Morales (1/2) 30'

Parque Mahuida, Santiago
Referee: Alejandro Longres (Uruguay)

Week 4

3 May 2015
21:00 PYT (UTC-02)

Paraguay	25–35	Chile
Try: Carlos Bareiro (2) 16' m, 22' c Hugo Chávez 30' c Con: Sergio Alvarenga (2/3) 23', 32' Pen: Sergio Alvarenga (2/2) 35', 58'		Try: Agustín Fernandez 2' c Matías Cabrera 19' c Ramón Ayarza 40' c Juan Pablo Perrota 47' m Con: Javier Valderrama (3/4) 3', 20', 40' Pen: Javier Valderrama (3/5) 44', 51', 63'

Parque Olímpico, Asunción

Week 5

9 May 2015
13:00 BRST (UTC-02)

Brazil	11–17	Paraguay
Try: Mateus Estrela Tavares 16' m Pen: Mateus Estrela Tavares (1/2) 7' Matheus Daniel (1/1) 69'	Report^[6]	Try: Sérgio Alvarenga 38' c Alejandro Montiel 46' c Con: Sérgio Alvarenga (2/2) 39', 47' Pen: Sérgio Alvarenga (2/4) 43', 77'

Estádio das Montanhas, Bento Gonçalves
Referee: Claudio Antonio (Argentina)

9 May 2015
14:00 CLST (UTC-03)

Chile	30–15	Uruguay
Try: Cristian Onetto 8' c Juan Pablo Perrotta 37' c Italo Zunino 54' c Con: Javier Valderrama (3/3) 8', 38', 55' Pen: Francisco Urroz (1/1) 14' Javier Valderrama (2/2) 21', 35'	Report^[7]	Try: Joaquín Prada 4' m Penalty try 69' c Con: Alejo Durán (1/1) 70' Pen: Jerónimo Etcheverry (1/1) 40'

Parque Mahuida, Santiago
Referee: Mauro Rivera (Argentina)

Relegation playoff

12 December 2015

Brazil	44 - 0	Colombia

São Paulo

References

^ "Roster announced for Selects' tour to South America". usarugby.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "Se viene el Sudamericano Mayor "A" 2015". consur.org. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ "URUGUAY ARRANCÓ CON VICTORIA SU CAMINO EN EL SUDAMERICANO MAYOR A". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
^ "LOS TEROS DERROTARON 48-9 A BRASIL POR LA SEGUNDA FECHA DEL SUDAMERICANO". Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-04-21.
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^ "Confederação Brasileira de Rugby - Brazilian Rugby Confederation". CBRu. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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[1] "Roster announced for Selects' tour to South America". usarugby.org. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[2] "Se viene el Sudamericano Mayor "A" 2015". consur.org. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[3] "URUGUAY ARRANCÓ CON VICTORIA SU CAMINO EN EL SUDAMERICANO MAYOR A". Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 2015-05-09.

[4] "LOS TEROS DERROTARON 48-9 A BRASIL POR LA SEGUNDA FECHA DEL SUDAMERICANO". Archived from the original on 2015-04-27. Retrieved 2015-04-21.

[5] "Chile se impone en su debut ante Brasil". Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved 2015-05-04.

[6] "Confederação Brasileira de Rugby - Brazilian Rugby Confederation". CBRu. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

[7] "Chile obtiene un histórico triunfo ante Uruguay". Archived from the original on 2015-05-14. Retrieved 2015-05-15.

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