International rugby will return to Ushuaia and Brazil will host only one match at their iconic Fortress Pacaembu. Those dates and venues have now been confirmed for the 2018 Americas Rugby Championship. Only one match remains at a venue to-be-confirmed, the fourth-round meeting between the Argentina XV and Canada.

[EDIT: Argentina will play Canada in San Salvador de Jujuy, kickoff time to be confirmed.]

The schedule is unique with Canada’s opening match against Uruguay on January 27 counting towards the tournament rather than their February 3 contest, this decision made to account for the home-and-away ratio during the tournament. An evening match in São Paulo in the second round will be the only Friday match, the rest coming on Saturday of each week.

There are two schedule conflicts for observers keen on watching every match. The USA’s match against Chile in the third round kicks off at the same time as Uruguay host the Argentina XV. In the final round Uruguay’s match against the USA will begin just a half hour before Chile hosts Canada at La Serena.

Complete broadcast details for the tournament are to be confirmed.

DATE LOCAL PT ET HOME AWAY VENUE

Jan 27 17:00 17:00 20:00 Canada Uruguay BC Place, Vancouver Feb 3 15:00 10:00 13:00 Chile Brazil Estadio de la Pintana, Santiago Feb 3 17:00 17:00 20:00 USA Argentina XV StubHub Center, Los Angeles

Feb 9 20:00 14:00 17:00 Brazil Uruguay Estádio do Pacaembu, São Paulo Feb 10 17:40 12:40 15:40 Argentina XV Chile Estadio Agustín Pichot, Ushuaia Feb 10 15:00 15:00 18:00 USA Canada Papa Murphy’s Park, Sacramento

Feb 17 15:00 15:00 18:00 USA Chile Titan Stadium, Fullerton Feb 17 20:00 15:00 18:00 Uruguay Argentina XV Estadio Burgueno, Punta del Este Feb 17 17:00 17:00 20:00 Canada Brazil Westhills Stadium, Langford

Feb 24 15:00 10:00 13:00 Chile Uruguay Estadio de la Pintana, Santiago Feb 24 18:00 13:00 16:00 Brazil USA Estádio Martins Pereira, São José Feb 24 tbc tbc tbc Argentina XV Canada Gimnasia y Esgrima, Jujuy