2018 Americas Rugby Championship
The 2018 Americas Rugby Championship was the third series of the Americas [Rugby Championship], which is the top elite tournament for the Americas nations. It was contested by Argentina XV, Canada, United States, Uruguay, Brazil, and Chile. All matches were full international test matches with caps awarded, except those involving Argentina XV.
The Championship was retained by the United States, who became the first nation to win the Grand Slam ARC title, winning all five games.
Fixtures
The tournament will be played in a round-robin format, with each team playing the five others once. The fixtures were announced on 10 December 2017. The opening fixture will take place a week early to the following two games of the same round, with it doubling up as a 2019 [Rugby World Cup – Americas qualification|2019 Rugby World Cup Americas qualifier] match for Canada and Uruguay.Week 1
Notes:- This is the first time that Uruguay has beaten Canada in Canada.
- This was the first leg of the 2019 Rugby World Cup Americas 2 qualification
Week 2
Notes:- This is the first time that Brazil has beaten Chile in Chile.
- Lucca Avelli, Alfonso Escobar and Nicolás Garafulic made their international debuts.
Week 3
Notes:- Andrés de León and Tomás Inciarte made their international debuts.
- Juan Manuel Gaminara earned his 50th test cap.
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- Josh Whippy and Luke Campbell, Cole Davis and Dustin Dobravsky made their international debuts.
- D. T. H. van der Merwe earned his 50th test cap.
Week 4
Notes:- Malon Al-Jiboori, Brendan Daly, Ruben de Haas, Dylan Fawsitt, Paul Lasike and Psalm Wooching and Iñaki de Urruticoechea, Basilio Díaz, José Tomás Maturana and Martín Raddatz made their international debuts.
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- Doug Fraser, Martial Lagain and Cameron Polson and Michael Moraes made their international debuts.
Week 5
Notes:- Juan Manuel Etcheverry made his international debut.
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- Daniel Lima and Angelo Marcucci made their international debuts.
Week 6
Notes:- Noah Barker and Josh Thiel made their international debuts.
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Attendances
Top 5
| Game | Home team | Visitor | Attendance | Sources | |
| 1 | 1 | 16,132 | |||
| 2 | 4 | 7,500 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 6,500 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 4,000 | |||
| 5 | 2 | 3,500 |