2018 Americas Rugby League Championship

The 2018 Americas Rugby League Championship was held in Jacksonville, Florida in November 2018. This tournament is the 3rd Americas Rugby League Championship. The tournament also acted as part of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup qualifying. The winning team directly qualified for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, while the runner-up will progress to the intercontinental repechage in 2019.

2018 (2018) Americas Championship  ()
Number of teams4
Host country United States
Winner Jamaica
Matches played4
Points scored208 (52 per match)
Tries scored39 (9.75 per match)
Top scorer Ash Calvert (26)
Top try scorer Brandon Anderson
Ryan Burroughs
(4 tries each)
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The winner of the tournament was Jamaica, with the United States moving on to the intercontinental repechage to be hosted in 2019.

Squads

Canada

Shaun McKenzie, Rick Schouten (Abbotsford Griffins, Canada); Christian Miller, Jason Park (Brantford Broncos, Canada); Ash Calvert (Berowra Wallabies, Australia); Josh Kelly (Calgary Cowboys, Canada); Jack Couzens (Coastal Cougars, Canada); Brad Austin (Halswell Hornets, New Zealand); Louis Robinson (London Skolars, UK); Wes Black, Joel Hulett (Ourimbah Magpies, Australia); Rhys Jacks (Sunshine Coast Falcons, Australia); Eddie Bilborough, Antoine Blanc, Emil Borggren, Michael Mastroianni (Toronto City Saints, Canada); Jordan Drew (Townsville Blackhawks, Australia); Ruairi McGoff (Ulverston RL, UK); Sean McInroy (Unattached, Australia); Scyler Dumas, Andrew Porter (Vancouver Dragons, Canada)

Chile

Jonathan Espinoza (Balmoral RLFC), Iziah Catrileo, Bradley Millar, Trent Millar (Brothers Mustangs RLFC), Thomas Garrido, James Horvat (Corrimal Cougars RLFC), Eugene Araya, Chris Brantes, Patrick Camaano, Mana Castillo-Sioni, Nick Doberer, Jaden Laing, Jose Nitor-Alvear, Brandon Tobar (Latin Heat RLFC), Francisco Leiva (Maquinarias RLFC), Piero Diaz (Mariman RLFC), Taylor Salas (Ngen Mapu RLFC), Ferec Cavezas (Rhinos RLFC), Junior Sandoval (Sunbury Tigers RLFC), Zecil Yao (Toros RLFC), Eddie Wegener (West Belconnen Warriors RLFC)

Jamaica

Joel Farrell, Keenen Tomlinson, (Batley Bulldogs), Jonathan Magrin, Ross Peltier (Bradford Bulls) Daniel Thomas (Dewsbury Celtic) Jode Sheriffe (Dewsbury Rams) Aaron Jones-Bishop (Doncaster) Andrae McFarlane, Khamisi McKain, Marvin Thompson, Renaldo Wade (Duhaney Park), James Woodburn-Hall (Halifax ) Ashton Golding (Leeds Rhinos) Joseph Brown, Mo Agoro (Newcastle) Jacob Ogden (London Broncos) Jy-Mel Coleman, Lamont Bryan, Omari Caro (London Skolars) Ben Jones-Bishop (Wakefield ) Alex Brown (Unattached)

United States

Nick Newlin (Atlanta Rhinos), Ryan Burroughs (Barrow Raiders), Brandon Anderson, Jamil Robinson, (Brooklyn Kings), Jerome Veve (Burleigh Bears), Haveatama “Joel” Luani (Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs), Chris Wiggins (Delaware Black Foxes), Bureta Faraimo (Hull FC), Kyle Grinold, David Washington (Jacksonville Axemen), Chris Frazier (NOVA Eagles), Curtis Goddard (Southwest Florida Copperheads), Andrew Kneisly (Philadelphia Fight), Cory Makelim, Mark Offerdahl (Sheffield Eagles), Connor Donehue (Sunshine Coast Falcons), Joe Eichner (Junee Diesels), Danny Howard (Wentworth Magpies), Kristian Freed (Wests Mitchelton)

Fixtures

First round
13 November 2018
17:30 EDT (UTC−04)
Canada  8 – 38  Jamaica
Try: Borggren, McGoff
 Report Try: B. Jones-Bishop (2), A. Brown, Bryan, Golding, Magrin, Thomas
Goal: Coleman (5/7)
13 November 2018
20:00 EDT (UTC−04)
United States  62 – 0  Chile
Try: Anderson (4), Burroughs (3), Faraimo (2), Offerdahl (2), Donehue, Howard
Goal: Faraimo (5/13)
 Report
Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville[1]
Referee: Geoffrey Poumes (France)

Play-offs
Americas Championship Third-place play-of
17 November 2018
13:30 EDT (UTC−04)
Canada  62 – 12  Chile
Try: Calvert (2), Mastroianni (2), McInroy (2), Hulett, Jacks, McKenzie, Miller, Schouten
Goal: Calvert (9/11)
 Report Try: Garrido (2)
Goal: Horvat (2/2)
Hodges Stadium, Jacksonville[1]
Referee: Geoffrey Poumes (France)
Americas Championship Final (2021 World Cup qualifying)
17 November 2018
16:00 EDT (UTC−04)
Jamaica  16 – 10  United States
Try: Ogden, Farrell
Goal: Coleman (4/6)
 Report Try: Burroughs, Donehue
Goal: Faraimo (1/2)

References
  1. "Jacksonville to host Americas Qualifier Tournament for RLWC2021". RLIF.com. 24 September 2018. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
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