2022 South American Rugby League Championship

2022 (2022) South American Rugby League Championship  ()
Number of teams3
Host country Colombia
Winner Brazil (2nd title)
Matches played3
Points scored142 (47.33 per match)
Top scorerBrazil Ravi Araujo (22)
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The 2022 South American Rugby League Championship was the second edition of the tournament and was held in Jericó, Colombia between 25 and 27 November 2022. The teams participating in the tournament were Brazil, Chile and Colombia.[1] Brazil won the tournament, winning both their games.[2]

The tournament was also a qualification round for the 2025 Rugby League World Cup, as Brazil were to advance to the 2023 Americas Rugby League Championship where they were to play against Canada, Jamaica and United States to determine which two sides would represent the Americas in France in 2025.[3] However, 2025 World Cup was cancelled before details of the Americas Rugby League Championship had been confirmed and the men's tournament did not take place in 2023. A different qualification process was announced for the 2026 World Cup.[4][5]

Participants

Team Captain Coach Previous
Apps 		Previous best result World
Ranking[a]
 Brazil Caio Ozzioli Zach Grundy 2 Champions (2018) 40
 Chile Nick Doberer Andrew Charles 2 Champions (2017) 32
 Colombia Sebastian Martinez Jorge Cantillo 2 Third place (2017/2018) 45
  1. ^ IRL World Rankings are as of July 2022.[6]

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Brazil 2 2 0 0 76 18 +58 4 Qualification for 2023 Americas Rugby League Championship
2  Chile 2 1 0 1 52 34 +18 2
3  Colombia 2 0 0 2 14 90 −76 0
Source: IRL

Fixtures

25 November 2022
15:30 COT (UTC-05:00)
Chile  18–20  Brazil
Tries: Altamirano (2)
Vasquez
Goals: Horvat (3)
 report
 Tries: Melo (2)
Caetano
Paixāo
Goals: Domingues
Araujo
Estadio JB Londoño, Jericó[1]
Referee: Andrew Pilkington (Spain)
Touch judges: Juan Blumetti (Argentina), Hugo Pulido (Colombia)
Team details
Chile Position Brazil
Name Number Number Name
Thomas Garrido 1
Fullback
 1 Ravi Araujo
Zecil Yao 2
Wing
 2 Marcos Paixāo
Jaime Santander 3
Centre
 3 Douglas Parazi
Daniel Polanco 4
Centre
 4 Donovan Barreira
Felipe Aedo 5
Wing
 5 Fellipe Dittz
Christian Lopez 6
Five eighth
 6 Victor Domingues
James Horvat 7
Half back
 7 Zach Grundy
Ignacio Altamirano 8
Prop forward
 8 Caio Ozzioli (c)
Mana Castillo-Sioni 9
Hooker
 9 Lucas Domingues
Austin Olivares Ekes 10
Prop forward
 10 Alyfer Dos Santos
Taylor Salas 11
Second row
 11 Leandro Caetano
Nick Doberer (c) 12
Second row
 12 Nicholas Sydorowitz
Daniel Vasquez 13
Lock forward
 13 Gabriel Saraiva
Juan Ortiz 14
Interchange
 14 Vinicius Parazi
Diego Quintul 15
Interchange
 15 Diego Sanches Nogueira
Ferec Cabezas 16
Interchange
 16 Luiz Bussolo
Moises Rojas 17
Interchange
 17 Bruno Gil Melo
Andrew Charles
Coach
 Zach Grundy
26 November 2022
15:30 COT (UTC-05:00)
Colombia  14–34  Chile
Tries: Garcia (2)
Zuluaga
Goals: Linares (1)
 report
 Tries: Vasquez (2)
Yao
Horvat
Altamirano
Sales
Goals: Horvat (5)
Estadio JB Londoño, Jericó[1]
Referee: Andrew Pilkington (Spain)
Touch judges: Juan Blumetti (Argentina), Emiliano Rodriguez (Argentina)
Team details
Columbia Position Chile
Name Number Number Name
Carlos Mendoza 1
Fullback
 1 Thomas Garrido
Jessue Guillot 2
Wing
 2 Diego Quintul
Jesus Delgado 3
Centre
 3 Zecil Yao
Ruben Zequeda 4
Centre
 4 Felipe Aedo
David Perez 5
Wing
 5 Juan Ortiz
Sebastian Martinez (c) 6
Five eighth
 6 Christian Lopez
Hector Linares 7
Half back
 7 James Horvat
Andres Jimenez 8
Prop forward
 8 Ignacio Altamirano
Nelson Parada 9
Hooker
 9 Mana Castillo-Sioni
Leonardo Delgado 10
Prop forward
 10 Taylor Salas
Johnny Garcia 11
Second row
 11 Jaime Santander
Fredy Diaz 12
Second row
 12 Nick Doberer (c)
Andrew Zuluaga 13
Lock forward
 13 Daniel Vasquez
Jean Villamil 14
Interchange
 14 Moises Rojas
William Martinez 15
Interchange
 15 Ferec Cabezas
Daniel Medina 16
Interchange
Juan David Espinal 17
Interchange
27 November 2022
15:30 COT (UTC-05:00)
Brazil  56–0  Colombia
Tries: Caetano (3)
Ozzioli (3)
Araujo
Paixao
Grundy
Dos Santos
Goals: Araujo (8)
 report
Estadio JB Londoño, Jericó[1]
Referee: Andrew Pilkington (Spain)
Touch judges: Hugo Pulido (Colombia), Emiliano Rodriguez (Argentina)
Team details
Brazil Position Columbia
Name Number Number Name
Ravi Araujo 1
Fullback
 1 Jean Villamil
Marcos Paixao 2
Wing
 2 Carlos Mendoza
Douglas Parazi 3
Centre
 3 Jesus Delgado
Donovan Barreira 4
Centre
 4 Sebastian Rodger
Felipe Dittz 5
Wing
 5 Jessue Guillot
Victor Domingues 6
Five eighth
 6 Sebastian Martinez
Zach Grundy 7
Half back
 7 Hector Linares
Caio Ozzioli 8
Prop forward
 8 Andres Jimenez
Lucas Domingues 9
Hooker
 9 Nelson Parada
Alyfer Dos Santos 10
Prop forward
 10 Leonardo Delgado
Leandro Cateano 11
Second row
 11 John Garcia
Gabriel Saraiva 12
Second row
 12 Fredy Diaz
Nicholas Sydorowitz 13
Lock forward
 13 Andrew Zuluaga
Bruno Gil Melo 14
Interchange
 14 Carlos Mendoza
Vinicius Parazi 15
Interchange
 15 William Martinez
Diego Sanches Nogueira 16
Interchange
 16 Daniel Medina
Luis Bussolo 17
Interchange
 17 Victor Alegria

References

  1. ^ a b c d "South American Championship to be held in the Colombian Andes". Rugby League International Federation. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
  2. ^ "'Best ever' South American Championships ends in Brazil win". International Rugby League. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  3. ^ Gordon, James (25 November 2022). "World Cup 2025 qualifying set to continue". LoveRugbyLeague. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Rugby League World Cup 2025 to be delayed". Love Rugby League. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  5. ^ "IRL Set for Crucial Meeting with RLWC2025 on the agenda". Serious About Rugby League. 24 July 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  6. ^ "Cook Islands rise 17 places in latest Rugby League World Rankings". Rugby League International Federation. 13 July 2019.