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Chile Outhalf Scores Unbelievable Solo Try In Rugby World Cup Qualifier

Chile Outhalf Scores Unbelievable Solo Try In Rugby World Cup Qualifier
Colman Stanley
By Colman Stanley
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Chile faced the USA yesterday night in their bid to qualify for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. It was the first of a two leg playoff, the winner of which will qualify as Americas 2 and will be placed in Pool D (England, Japan, Argentina, Samoa). The loser will advance to the 2023 Rugby World Cup - Final Qualification Tournament for a place in Pool C (Wales, Australia, Fiji, Georgia).

USA edged the match 22-21, which was played in horrifically wet and muddy conditions in Santiago. In a game that featured a few interesting twists, the most memorable moment came in the 51st minute when Chile outhalf Rodrigo Fernandez scored a solo try for the ages.

After fielding a high ball deep inside his own half, Fernandez dummied the first defender and raced through to the USA 22. With a maze of defenders in his way he somehow weaved stepped all the way to USA try line.

You can check out the try below at 5:45

Among the scorers for USA was former Connacht and Blackrock College flyhalf AJ McGinty who slotted two conversions and a penalty in the win.

Should Chile defeat the USA over the two legs, they will qualify for the Rugby World Cup for the first time in their history.

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Teams and scorers (taken from Goff Rugby Report):

USA
1. David Ainu’u; 2. Joe Taufete’e; 3. Paul Mullen; 4. Nick Civetta; 5. Greg Peterson; 6. Ben Bonasso; 7. Hanco Germishuys; 8. Cam Dolan; 9. Ruben de Haas; 10. AJ MacGinty (C); 11. Martin Iosefo; 12. Bryce Campbell; 13. Tavite Lopeti; 14. Christian Dyer; 15. Marcel Brache

Reserves: 16. Kapeli Pifeleti (@68); 17. Chance Wenglewski (@68); 18. Angus MacLellan (@68); 19. Siaosi Mahoni (@68); 20. Jason Damm (@61); 21. Tevita Tameilau (@72); 22. Nate Augspurger (@72); 23. Luke Carty (@68);

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Chile 21
Tries: Videla, Fernández
Convs: Videla
Pens: Videla 3

Chile
1. Javier Carrasco;  2. Augusto Bohme;  3. Matías Dittus;  4. Santiago Pedrero;  5. Javier Eissmann;  6. Martín Sigren (C)  7. Clemente Saavedra;  8. Raimundo Martínez;  9. Lukas Carvallo;  10. Rodrigo Fernández;  11. Franco Velarde;  12. José Larenas;  13. Matías Garafulic;  14. Nicolás Garafulic;  15. Santiago Videla

Reserves: 16. Diego Escobar;  17. Salvador Lues;  18. Vittorio Lastra;  19. Augusto Sarmiento;  20. Thomas Orchard;  21. Ignacio Silva;  22. Lucas Strabucchi;  23. Marcelo Torrealba;

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