2014 IRB Nations Cup

2014 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Emerging Ireland
 Romania
 Russia
 Uruguay
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date13 – 22 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Tries scored31 (5.17 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Florin Vlaicu (32 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s) Craig Gilroy (4 tries)[1]
Final
Champions Emerging Ireland
Runners-up Romania

The 2014 IRB Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the eighth time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 13 and 22 June and ran alongside the 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. Romania were joined by Uruguay, Emerging Ireland and ENC side Russia and defended the title they won in 2012 and 2013.[2][3] All of the fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the home stadium for the hosts Romania.[2]

The Emerging Ireland team won the title for the first time and Robin Copeland was named as the player of the tournament.[4][5][6]

Standings

Team Games Points Tries Bounus points Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus
1 Emerging Ireland 3 3 0 0 148 13 135 21 1 3 0 15
2  Romania 3 2 0 1 64 65 –1 6 7 0 0 8
3  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 32 91 –59 2 10 0 0 4
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 24 99 –75 2 13 0 2 2
Source : www.irb.com
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures

Matchday 1

13 June 2014[7]
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Emerging Ireland 66 – 0
Abandoned
at 49'		 Russia
Try: Keatley 3' m
Conway (3) 6' c, 23' m, 26' c
Annett 10' c
Gilroy (2) 28' c, 44' c
Copeland 34' c
O'Donnell 36' c
Marshall 41' c
Con: Keatley (5/7) 7', 11', 27', 29', 35'
Hanrahan (3/3) 37', 42', 45'		Report[8]Pen: Gaysin (0/1) 15'
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
FB 15 Johne Murphy
RW 14 Craig Gilroy
OC 13 Eoin Griffin
IC 12 Stuart McCloskey
LW 11 Andrew Conway
FH 10 Ian Keatley  35'
SH 9 Paul Marshall
N8 8 Robin Copeland
OF 7 Tommy O'Donnell
BF 6 Dominic Ryan (c)
RL 5 Dave Foley
LL 4 Michael Kearney
TP 3 Michael Bent  46'
HK 2 Niall Annett  40'
LP 1 Callum Black
Replacements:
HK 16 James Tracy  40'
PR 17 John Ryan  46'
LK 18 Billy Holland
FL 19 Sean Dougall
SH 20 Luke McGrath
FH 21 JJ Hanrahan  35'
CE 22 Brendan Macken
Coach:
Dan McFarland
FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
OC 13 German Davydov
IC 12 Alexey Makovetskiy
LW 11 Igor Galinovskiy
FH 10 Ramil Gaysin
SH 9 Alexander Ianiushkin  46'
N8 8 Victor Gresev
OF 7 Andrey Temnov
BF 6 Andrey Garbuzov
RL 5 Denis Antonov
LL 4 Alexander Voytov (c)  46'
TP 3 Sergey Sekisov
HK 2 Stanislav Selskiy 46' to 56'
LP 1 Alexey Volkov  46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Valery Tsnobiladze
PR 17 Grigory Tsnobiladze  46'
LK 18 Alexander Bezverkhov
FL 19 Artem Fatakhov  46'
FL 20 Pavel Butenko
SH 21 Alexey Shcherban  46'
FH 22 Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
Raphaël Saint-André

Touch judges:
Cristian Serban (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

13 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 34 – 16 Uruguay
Try: Turashvili 35' c
Macovei 45' c
Ionita 74' m
Con: Vlaicu (2/3) 36', 46'
Pen: Vlaicu (4/4) 5', 11', 53', 58'
Drop: Vlaicu (1/1) 25'		IRB[8]Try: Gibernau 29' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 30'
Pen: Prada (3/4) 24', 26', 61'
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
FB 15 Gabriel Conache
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
OC 13 Csaba Gál
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
LW 11 Florin Ioniță
FH 10 Filip Lazăr  66'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  78'
N8 8 Daniel Carpo
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci  60'
RL 5 Marius Sirbe
LL 4 Valentin Popârlan  66'
TP 3 Constantin Pristăviță  75'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili 14' to 23'
LP 1 Horaţiu Pungea  48'  75'
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpăţână  14'  23'
PR 17 Alexandru Ţăruş  48'
LK 18 Dorin Lazăr  60'
N8 19 Vlad Nistor  66'
CE 20 Catalin Robert Dascalu  66'
SH 21 Valentin Ivan  78'
FH 22 Daniel Statulescu
Coach:
Lynn Howells
FB 15 Gastón Mieres
RW 14 Santiago Gibernau
OC 13 Joaquín Prada
IC 12 Alberto Roman
LW 11 Gaston Gibernau  53'
FH 10 Alejo Durán  53'
SH 9 Guillermo Lijtenstein
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto
OF 7 Diego Magno  65'
BF 6 Juan de Freitas  69'
RL 5 Franco Lamanna 62' to 72'
LL 4 Cristofer Soares De Lima  49'
TP 3 Juan Echeverría  49'  78'
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c)  69'
LP 1 Alejo Corral  78'
Replacements:
PR 16 Carlos Arboleya  49'
PR 17 Mateo Sanguinetti  69'
LK 18 Mathias Braun  49'
FL 19 Fernando Bascou  65'
FL 20 Agustin Alonso  69'
FB 21 Jerónimo Etcheverry  53'
WG 22 Federico Favaro  53'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Razvan Vasiliu (Romania)
Gabriel Seitan (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

Matchday 2

18 June 2014[7]
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Emerging Ireland 51 – 3 Uruguay
Try: Gilroy 7' c
Kearney 24' c
Butler (2) 33' m, 51' c
Holland 64' c
Marshall 75' m
Con: Hanrahan (5/6) 8', 25', 52', 61', 65'
Pen: Hanrahan (2/2) 20', 40'
Keatley (1/1) 80'		Report[9]Pen: Prada (1/2) 4'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)


18 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 20 – 18 Russia
Try: Penalty Try 70',78'
Con: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 71',79'
Pen: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 8',36'		Report[10]Try: Andrey Temnov 32', Vladimir Ostroushko 56'
Con: Ramil Gaysin (1/2) 33'
Pen: Ramil Gaysin (2/3) 22',50'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: Chris Assmus
FB 15 Gabriel Conache
RW 14 Stephen Hihetah
OC 13 Catalin Robert Dascalu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
LW 11 Ionut Dumitru
FH 10 Filip Lazăr  50'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  64'
N8 8 Daniel Carpo
OF 7 Dorin Lazăr  48'
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
RL 5 Marius Sirbe
LL 4 Marian Drenceanu  45'
TP 3 Alexandru Tarus  64'
HK 2 Eugen Capatana  47'  64'
LP 1 Ionel Badiu  48'
Replacements:
HK 16 Otar Turashvili  47'  64'
PR 17 Horatiu Pungea  50'
LK 18 Valentin Popârlan 49' to 59'  45'
N8 19 Viorel Lucaci 51' to 61'  48'
CE 20 Csaba Gál  50'
SH 21 Valentin Ivan  50'
FH 22 Andrei Ilie
Coach:
Lynn Howells
FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov  68'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
OC 13 Dmitry Gerasimov
IC 12 Alexey Makovetskiy
LW 11 Vladimir Ostroushko
FH 10 Ramil Gaysin
SH 9 Alexander Ianiushkin  61'
N8 8 Victor Gresev 76' to 80 '  48'
OF 7 Andrey Temnov
BF 6 Pavel Butenko  64'
RL 5 Artem Fatakhov  69'
LL 4 Alexander Voytov(c) 8' to 18'
TP 3 Andrey Igretsov 45' to 55'  68'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze 69' to 79'
LP 1 Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
PR 16 Stanislav Selskiy  69'
PR 17 Alexander Bezverkhov  48'  55'  68'  76'
LK 18 Denis Antonov
FL 19 Yevgeny Matveyev  64'
FL 20 Igor Galinovskiy  68'
FB 21 Alexey Shcherban  61'
WG 22 Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
Raphaël Saint-André

Touch judges:
Cristian Serban (Romania)
Bogdan Gordin (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

Matchday 3

22 June 2014
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Russia 6 – 13 Uruguay
Pen: Kushnarev (2/4) 11', 14'Report[11]Try: Lamanna 60' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 61'
Pen: Prada (2/5) 52', 77'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
22 June 2014[7]
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 10 – 31 Emerging Ireland
Try: Penalty try 78'
Drop: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 13'		Report[12]Try: Dominic Ryan 28' c
Craig Gilroy 31' c
Robin Copeland 41' c
Penalty try 80'
Con: Ian Keatley (3/3) 31', 36', 50'
Pen: Ian Keatley (1/2) 3'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

Top scorers

See also

References

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