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The Americas Rugby Championship is a rugby union competition contested by national and, formerly, regional teams from North and South America. The league has replaced the IRB's previous North American competition, the North America 4.
The inaugural season of the competition was held in September and October 2009. The round-robin competition amongst the Canadian teams ended with the BC Bears and Ontario Blues qualifying for the Canadian Semi-Final, which was won by the Bears. The Argentina Jaguars and USA Select XV played in the other semi-final, in which the Jaguars were victorious. The Argentina Jaguars defeated the BC Bears 35-11 in the final to capture the tournament's first title.
The second season began in September 2010. The tournament was quite different from the previous format. The tournament was cut from 6 teams to 4. The tournament also replaced the 4 Canadian teams with a Canada A side, chosen from Canadian Rugby Championship participants, and the Tonga A.[1] The tournament was played entirely in Córdoba, Argentina.
The tournament was not held in 2011 due to the 2011 Rugby World Cup, but returned in 2012. The 2012 tournament replaced Tonga with Uruguay, and was held in Langford, British Columbia between 12 and 20 October.[2]
Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Ottawa, Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Uruguay, Brazil, Buenos Aires, Venezuela, Mexico
New York City, United States, American Civil War, Hawaii, Western United States
Argentina, Venezuela, Brazil, Montevideo, Suriname
United States, England, Canada, Argentina, Canada national rugby union team
Pakistan, Rugby union, Rugby sevens, Women's Rugby World Cup, World Rugby Women's Sevens Series
Ontario, Prairie Wolf Pack, BC Bears, The Rock (rugby team), Toronto
Rugby union, Alberta, Rugby union in Canada, Churchill Cup, Calgary Rugby Union