Americas semis
The Americas Rugby Cup reaches its semifinals this weekend.
The two Canadian teams who did better than the other two Canadian teams play each other and in the other semi the USA Select XV play the Jaguars of Argentina, a newly created team.
The Canadians teams play in Markham, Ontario, the other two in Denver, Colorado. It is a competition that the Jaguars could well be expected to win. The final will be on 17 October.
To get to the semis four Canadian teams played each other - British Colombia Bears, Ontario Blues, Prairie Wolf Pack and Atlantic Rocks.
The results of those matches were:
British Columbia Bears vs Prairie Wolf Pack, 52-14
Ontario Blues vs Atlantic Rock, 32-5
British Columbia Bears vs Atlantic Rock, 8-7
Prairie Wolf Pack vs Ontario Blues, 14-13
The bonus point the Blues won against The Rock put them into the semis along with the Bears.
Teams:
British Colombia Bears: 15 Sean White, 14 Sean Duke, 13 Harry Jones, 12 Sam Jenkins, 11 Shawn Mercier, 10 Nathan Hirayama, 9 Ed Fairhurst, 8 Colin McKenzie, 7 Adam van Staveren, 6 Jason Marshall, 5 Mike Burak, 4 Brian Erichsen, 3 Justin Chelak, 2 Pat Riordan (captain), 1 Rhodri Hanmer
Replacements: 16 Ryan Hamilton, 17 Peter Houlihan, 18 Luke Cudmore, 19 Ben Johnson, 20 Neil Meechan, 21 Taylor Dalziel, 22 Derek Townsend
Ontario Blues: 15 Dan Gordon, 14 Colin Brown, 13 Mike Scholz, 12 Derek Daypuck, 11 Dan West, 10 Steve Piatek, 9 Adam Schouten, 8 Mark Macsween, 7 David Nielsen, 6 Keegan Selby, 5 Scott Dunham, 4 Haddon Murray, 3 Dan Pletch, (c)2 Mike Pletch, 1 Doug Wooldridge
Replacements: 16 Tom Dolezel, 17 Raymond Barkwill, 18 Brett Beukeboom, 19 Steve Shortly, 20 Alistair Clark, 21 Shawn Windsor, 22 Kyle Buckley
Coach: Les Gilson
Jaguars: Lucas Barrera Oro, Martín Bustos, Paolo Mac, Horacio San Martín, Juan Imhoff, Benjamín Urdapilleta, Francisco Cubelli, Leonardo Senatore, Rodrigo Bruno, Dino Cáceres, Carlos Cáceres, Mariano Galarza, Matías Narváez, Agustín Creevy (captain), Federico Merlo
Coaches: Mauricio Reggiardo, Alejandro Molinuevo
Match Officials
Ontario Blues vs British Colombia Bears at Fletchers Fields, Markham, Ontario
Referee: Chris Henshall (USA)
Assistant referees: Brian Arciero (Canada), Sam Langridge (Canada)
Assessor: Bruce Kukinski (Canada)
Jaguars vs USA Select in Glendale, Colorado
Referee: Dave Smortchevsky (Canada)
Assistant referees: Tim Luscombe (USA), Brian Zapp (USA)