RWC 2023 Americas Qualifiers Best of

There have been many twists and turns in the Americas’ Rugby World Cup 2023 qualifiers. The matches for the year 2021 have come and gone. With it Uruguay has earned the Americas 1 spot at France 2003 while Brazil, Canada, Colombia, and Paraguay have been eliminated and Chile and the USA remain in contention.

The 2023 version of the Americas RWC qualifiers was similar to that of the former Americas Rugby Championship. The tournament involved six teams with Canada and the USA competing in North America and Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, and Uruguay in South America. The top two from South America advanced to the finals against Canada and the USA.

This article identifies the leading Americas players from the entirety of the Americas’ RWC 2023 qualifiers. Players performances have been considered and compared to others defending the colors of the Americas in the test arena. No Colombian players were considered due to their one match having been cancelled.

ARN’s choices for the leading players are shown below.

 

BEST OF

 

CANADA
Forward: Lucas Rumball
Back: Cooper Coats
Most Points: 31 – Peter Nelson
Most Tries: 2 – Corey Thomas, Ross Braude

 

USA
Forward: David Ainu’u
Back: Ruben de Haas
Most Points: 20 – Germishuys
Most Tries: 4 – Hanco Germishuys

 

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

 

CHILE
Forward: Alfonso Escobar
Back: Rodrigo Fernández
Most Points:  30 – Santiago Videla
Most Tries:  2 – Augusto Böhme, Matías Dittus, Clemente Saavedra

 

PARAGUAY
Forward: Martín Sitjar
Back: Juan González
Most Points: –
Most Tries: –

 

URUGUAY
Forward: Manuel Leindekar
Back: Gastón Mieres
Most Points: 20 – Gastón Mieres
Most Tries: 4 – Gastón Mieres

 

RWC 2023 QUALIFIERS – BEST BACK
Gastón Mieres (Uruguay)

RWC 2023 QUALIFIERS – BEST FORWARD
Alfonso Escobar (Chile)

RWC 2023 QUALIFIERS – BEST PLAYER
Nicolás Freitas (Uruguay)

 

RWC 2023 Americas Qualifiers XV

1 – David Ainu’u (USA)
2 – Facundo Gattas (Uruguay)
3 – Matías Dittus (Chile)
4 – Clemente Saavedra (Chile)
5 – Manuel Leindekar (Uruguay)
6 – Lucas Rumball (Canada)
7 – Manuel Ardao (Uruguay)
8 – Alfonso Escobar (Chile)
9 – Ruben de Haas (USA)
10 – Rodrigo Fernández (Chile)
11 – Nicolás Freitas (Uruguay)
12 – Andrés Vilaseca (Uruguay)
13 – Domingo Saavedra (Chile)
14 – Gastón Mieres (Uruguay)
15 – Santiago Videla (Chile)