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Consolation Semis-Women
Paraguay has shown flashes in the tournament and came away with a nice win 14-10 over Chile.
Paraguay 14
Tries: Viveros, Gauta
Convs: Viveros 2
Chile 10
Tries: Villarroel, N. Badilla
Mexico pulled off something of a surprise. They had looked physically overmatched on Day One but their skill and decision to move the ball saw them past Jamaica.
Mexico 19
Tries: Bender, Tuyu, Other
Convs: Bender 2
Jamaica 14
Tries: Walker, Dodd
Convs: Rampton 2
Consolation Semis-Men
Brazil's good run continued as they matched Jamaica physically and scored four straight tries tio turn a 7-0 deficit into a 22-7 lead. They held on from there.
Brazil 27
Tries: De Souza, Lima, Menez 3
Convs: Rainho
Jamaica 14
Tries: Rampton, Fraser
Convs: Franklyn 2
Uruguay was more powerful in contact than Mexico and that has been the profile for both teams overall. Los Teros dominated the first half and it's an all-South-American consolation final.
Uruguay 40
Tries: Dotti 2, Ardao, Viñals, Facciolo, Alvarez
Convs: Alvarez, Lijtenstein 4
Mexico 12
Tries: Cole Reyes, Carmona
Convs: Chavez
Cup Semifinals-Women
Canada Dominated a very good Colombia team, breaking through tackles continuously. They didn't need to go wide; they went straight ahead.
Canada 45
Tries: Corrigan 2, Nicholas, Norsten, Logan 2, Hogan-Rochester
Convs: Hogan-Rochester 3, Williams, Nicholas
Colombia 14
Tries: Durango, Cordoba
Convs: Pacheco, Lopera
It was a very good showing by the USA women in their semi. Brazil were guilty of a knock-on in the USA half early-on and the Eagles simply won that scrum and went weak, where Spiff Sedrick put on a move and trusted her speed, She outstripped her chasers and was in from 70 meters.
Up 7-0 the Eagles pressed their advantage, working to move the ball side-to-side and finally Krist Kirshe struggled over the line under the attention of several Brazilian tacklers.
So now it was 12-0 and as time expired in the first half, Ilona Maher, who had been working hard to just attract tacklers and set rucks, crashed through the tacklers and was in under the posts for a 19-0 halftime lead.
The second half began with Brazil in the USA 22 and the Eagles trying to get out of it. The Brazilian defense was good but twice the USA went to the boot, both times regathering the ball. The reason they didn’t do anything the first time was thanks to some wayward passes that put the Americans back on their heels, but the decision to kick was a good one, and out of the second kick Steph Rovetti was set free to run into the corner from long range.
After that the Ivy-leaguers Cheta Emba and Ariana Ramsey came on to provide a spark of aggression, driving the USA to the line before Nicole Heavirland stepped over for the easiest of tries.
As time wound down Emba set up Sam Sullivan on a perfect line that took two Brazilians out of the play. It was a comprehensive victory 36-0.
USA 36
Tries: Sedrick, Kirshe, Maher, Rovetti, Heavirland, Sullivan
Convs: Heavirland 3
Brazil 0
Cup Semis-Men
The point of the Pan-Am Games is to teach younger players what it’s like on the international circuit, and the USA team learned a lesson about that Saturday. They ran their offense well and worked the ball smartly to create tries for Ryan Santos and for Orrin Bizer and a 12-0 lead at halftime.
But it took far, far too long and the Eagles didn’t put the foot on the neck after that. Chile didn’t fold and camped out in the USA end before getting over for a try through Diego Warnken
Then they were back. The USA players started to commit penalties and eventually, almost inevitably, someone got a yellow card. Tap from Warnken and he was over for his second. He missed the easy conversion, however, and the USA still led. Really what they needed to do was keep the ball.
Under pressure once more the Eagles booted the ball downfield to clear. But they only had six players. The chase wasn’t bad, but Chile countered with a series of offloads and some excellent support work. In the end there was a three-on-one against poor Noah Brown, and the game-winner for Cristóbal Game (pronounced Gah-may) and the Condors had won 15-12.
It was a harsh lesson, but one the USA players can grow from.
USA 12
Tries: Santos, Bizer
Convs: Walsh
Chile 15
Tries: Warnken 2 Game
Argentina was favored in this one and did not disappoint, battling to a 7-0 halftime lead and scoring quickly in the second half to lead 14-0. Canada answer, but Argentina, as they do, answered right back and that was it.
Argentina 21
Tries: Fraga, Lavayen, Moneta
Convs: Mare 3
Canada 7
Tries: Russell
Convs: Kratz
