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Chile’s player roster is preparing for the 2017 Americas Rugby Championship. Head Coach Bernard Charreyre selected 50 players to prepare. They have been in camp since last week.
Charreyre has selected only Chilean based players for the camp. Players based abroad are to be considered for the Americas Rugby Championship.
Chile will have two home fixtures in the 2017 edition of the tournament. Venues for these matches are yet to be confirmed. Los Cóndores will face the Argentina XV and the USA at home.
Los Cóndors will play the opening two rounds on the road. First up will be a trip to São Paulo to face Brazil. The match will take place at the Estadio de Pacaembú, a venue from the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
The opening round match will be on a Friday. Chile will then travel to British Columbia. Their round two match will be against Canada at Westhills Stadium in Langford. It will be eight days after the match in São Paulo.
Chile will be at home for round three. Their opponents will be there 2015 champions, the Argentina XV. The following weekend Chile will face the USA, again at home.
For round five the Chileans will travel to Montevideo. There they will face Uruguay at the Estadio Charrúa. The final round match will be played on March 04.
| POSITION | PLAYER | CLUB |
| Prop | Lucas Bordigoni | Viña Rugby |
| Prop | Iñaki Gurruchaga | COBS |
| Prop | Vittorio Lastra | Old Macks |
| Prop | Ricardo Lobos | PWCC |
| Prop | José Tomás Munita | Universidad Católica |
| Prop | Roger Ocaranza | Sporting RC |
| Prop | Luis Sepúlveda | Troncos |
| Prop | Ernesto Ugarte | Old John’s |
| Prop | Claudio Zamorano | Stade Français |
| Hooker | Tomás Dussaillant | Old Boys |
| Hooker | Manuel Gurruchaga | COBS |
| Hooker | Alvaro Ide | Old Reds |
| Hooker | Martín Mendoza | Sporting RC |
| Hooker | Sebastián Parra | Universidad Católica |
| Second-row | Ignacio Alvarez | COBS |
| Second-row | Nelson Calderón | Troncos |
| Second-row | Francisco Hurtado | Old Georgians |
| Second-row | Mario Mayol | Old Boys |
| Second-row | Raimundo Piwonka | PWCC |
| Second-row | Alfredo Zolezzi | Old Macks |
| Back-row | Nikola Bursic | COBS |
| Back-row | Gustavo Carrasco | Old Boys |
| Back-row | Manuel Dagnino | Old Macks |
| Back-row | Fernando Gándara | Sporting RC |
| Back-row | Felipe Molinare | Stade Français |
| Back-row | Cristóbal Niedmann | PWCC |
| Back-row | Eduardo Orpis | COBS |
| Back-row | Javier Richard | COBS |
| Back-row | Martín Sigren | Old Boys |
| Back-row | Benjamín Soto | Stade Français |
| Back-row | Rodrigo Tobar | Old John’s |
| Back-row | Anton Petrowitsch | COBS |
| Scrum-Half | Jan Hasenlechner | COBS |
| Scrum-Half | Juan Pablo Perrotta | Universidad Católica |
| Scrum-Half | Beltrán Vergara | Old Boys |
| Fly Half | Jorge Castillo | Arua |
| Fly Half | Francisco González Moller | Sporting RC |
| Fly Half | Francisco Neira | Old John’s |
| Center | Felipe Brangier | PWCC |
| Center | Daniel Jamett | Troncos |
| Center | José Ignacio Larenas | Universidad Católica |
| Center | Matías Nordenflycht | COBS |
| Center | Ricardo Sifri | Universidad Católica |
| Wing | Pablo Casas | PWCC |
| Wing | Matías Contreras | Alumni |
| Wing | Martín Fernández | COBS |
| Wing | Tomás Ianiszewski | Old Locks |
| Wing | Juan Pablo Larenas | Universidad Católica |
| Wing | Pedro Pablo Verschae | Viña Rugby |
| Wing | Franco Velarde | Viña Rugby |
| Wing | Felipe Neira | Old John’s |
| Fullback | Rodrigo Fernández | COBS |
