Rugby World Cup 2023

United States vs Chile match preview: TV & streaming details, ticket information, team news, prediction & betting tips.

History makers! Chile qualify for Rugby World Cup for the first time. Los Condores go into Pool D at France 2023 after one-point aggregate win over USA.

They will go into November’s Final Qualification Tournament with Portugal, Kenya and the loser of next weekend’s Tonga v Hong Kong play-off to determine who gets the final place at next year’s World Cup. First Matias Dittus scored their fourth try and Videla added the conversion to narrow the gap to just one point. Then came Videla’s crucial late penalty to close out a famous victory and book Chile’s place at next year’s global showpiece.

Chile have completed an enormous upset after they qualified for the 2023 Rugby World Cup by beating the USA Eagles.

I saw them under their posts, and they had a lost look in their eyes, but they battled back and fair play to them.” I feel we worked hard for our scores, especially in first half,” said USA Eagles flyhalf AJ MacGinty. “But credit to Chile, we really had our foot on their throat in the first half. the sacrifices that this team has done, there were times when it seemed like it was uphill,” Chile captain Martín Sigren said after the game.

Chile advanced to the Rugby World Cup for the first time on Saturday with a stunning 31-29 victory over the host United States to win a two-leg aggregate ...

"But credit to Chile. We really had our foot on their throat in the first half. "We worked hard for our scores, especially in first half. Joe Taufete'e peeled off a maul to score a try in the 48th minute and MacGinty added a conversion to lift the Eagles ahead 26-14. Iosefo dove into the corner over the try line in the 24th minute with MacGinty making it 14-0 and MacGinty added another try in the 31st minute making it 19-0. There were times when it seemed like it was uphill," Chile captain Martín Sigren said. "It really means so much...