July 2021 Internationals: Americas Dream Team

There was no shortage of action in the July 2021 Internationals. The six competitors of the former Americas Rugby Championship (ARC) all competed. Paraguay also played, albeit on June 26 while Colombia’s RWC qualifier had to be called-off. Who then, were the best performers from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Uruguay and the USA?

This article identifies the leading Americas players on international duty across all positions. The July 2021 Internationals: Americas Dream Team considers all test matches in the month. Players performances have been considered and compared to others defending the colors of the Americas in the test arena.

The leading names per position league have been chosen following an analysis. The same applies to the leading back, forward and player. ARN’s choices for the leading players are shown below.

 

BEST OF

 

CANADA
Rookie: Cooper Coats
Forward: Lucas Rumball
Back: Ben LeSage
Most Points: 10 – Kainoa Lloyd
Most Tries: 2 – Kainoa Lloyd

 

USA
Rookie: Christian Dyer
Forward: Greg Peterson
Back: Calvin Whiting
Most Points: 12 – Luke Carty
Most Tries: 1 – Michael Baska, Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz, Cam Dolan, Hanco Germishuys, Christian Dyer

 

BRAZIL
Rookie: Leonel Moreno
Forward: André Arruda
Back: Moisés Duque
Most Points: 30 – Moisés Duque
Most Tries: 1  – Daniel Lima, Felipe Sancery, Lucas Spago

 

CHILE
Rookie: Marcelo Torrealba
Forward: Matías Dittus
Back: Domingo Saavedra
Most Points: 10 – Rodrigo Fernández
Most Tries: 2 – Augusto Böhme

 

URUGUAY
Rookie: Felipe Arcos Pérez
Forward: Manuel Ardao
Back: Gastón Mieres
Most Points: 15 – Gastón Mieres
Most Tries: 3 – Gastón Mieres

 

ARGENTINA
Rookie: Facundo Gigena
Forward: Facundo Isa
Back: Tomás Cubelli
Most Points: 28 – Nicolás Sánchez
Most Tries: 2 – Pablo Matera

 

BEST BACK
Gastón Mieres (Uruguay)

BEST FORWARD
Matías Dittus (Chile)

JULY 2021 PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Tomás Cubelli (Argentina)

 

JULY 2021 INTERNATIONALS: AMERICAS DREAM TEAM

1 – Facundo Gigena (Argentina)
2 – Augusto Böhme, (Chile)
3 – Matías Dittus (Chile)
4 – Greg Peterson (USA)
5 – Manuel Leindekar (Uruguay)
6 – Facundo Isa (Argentina)
7 – Manuel Ardao (Uruguay)
8 – Rodrigo Bruni (Argentina)
9 – Tomás Cubelli (Argentina)
10 – Nicolás Sánchez (Argentina)
11 – Santiago Cordero (Argentina)
12 – Jerónimo de la Fuente (Argentina)
13 – Santiago Chocobares (Argentina)
14 – Gastón Mieres (Uruguay)
15 – Cooper Coats (Canada)