2009 South American Rugby Championship "A"

The 2009 South American Rugby Championship was the 31st edition of the two tiered competition of the leading national Rugby Union teams in South America.

30° Campeonato Sudamericano de Rugby
Tournament details
Host Uruguay
Date15 April–
23 May 2009
Countries Argentina
 Brazil
 Chile
 Paraguay
 Uruguay
Final positions
Champions Argentina
Runner-up Uruguay
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
2008
2010

The first phase of division A doubled as Round 3A of 2011 Rugby World Cup - Americas qualification for everyone but Paraguay. For this reason matches against Paraguay did not count in the World Cup standings. The first two of the first phase was admitted to the second phase, keeping the results of their match, with Argentina (holder).

First phase edit

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
  Uruguay 3 3 0 0 202 19 +183 9
  Chile 3 2 0 1 122 63 +59 7
  Brazil 3 1 0 2 42 171 −129 5
  Paraguay 3 0 0 3 42 155 −113 3
25 April 2009
Chile  79–3  Brazil
Estadio Sausalito, Santiago

25 April 2009
Uruguay  85–7  Paraguay
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

29 April 2009
Uruguay  71–3  Brazil
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

29 April 2009
Chile  34–13  Paraguay
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

2 May 2009
Uruguay  46–9  Chile
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

2 May 2009
Brazil  36–21  Paraguay
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo

Second phase edit

Team Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference Points
  Argentina XV 3 3 0 0 122 15 +107 6
  Uruguay 3 2 0 1 55 42 +13 4
  Chile 3 1 0 2 15 135 −130 2
20 May 2009
Argentina XV  89–6  Chile
Montevideo

23 May 2009
Argentina XV  33–9  Uruguay
Montevideo

Sources edit

  • https://web.archive.org/web/20120224072054/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid%3D2030944.html#chile+make+winning+start+against+brazil = 25/4/2009 Results
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20120224072215/http://www.rugbyworldcup.com/qualifying/news/newsid%3D2031058.html#uruguay+prove+strong+brazil = 29/4/2009 Results
  • http://www.rugbydata.com/
  • Union Argentina de Rugby (December 2009). "MEMORIA Temporada año 2009" (.pdf) (in Spanish).[permanent dead link]
  • IRB – South American Championship 2009