2015 World Rugby Nations Cup

Not to be confused with 2015 Cup of Nations (rugby union).
2015 World Rugby Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Argentina XV
 Namibia
 Romania
 Spain
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date12 – 21 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Tries scored21 (3.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Florin Vlaicu
Top try scorer(s) Viorel Lucaci (2)
Florin Surugiu (2)
Final
Champions Romania (3rd title)
Runners-up Argentina XV

The 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup was the tenth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the World Rugby. For the ninth time in a row, it was held at the Stadionul Naţional de Rugby in Bucharest, Romania, and was played between 12 and 21 June, running alongside 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup in Georgia.

Romania, the hosts, were joined by ENC side Spain and Argentina A side, Argentina Jaguars, while Namibia returned for the first time since 2011, as they and Romania prepare to participate in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Hosts Romania won the tournament, for the first time since 2013, with three from three victories.

Standings

Team Games Points Tries Bounus points Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against
1  Romania 3 3 0 0 101 12 +89 9 0 1 13
2  Argentina XV 3 2 0 1 45 39 +6 6 2 1 9
3  Spain 3 1 0 2 35 53 –18 3 4 0 4
4  Namibia 3 0 0 3 16 93 –77 1 14 0 0
Source : worldrugby.org Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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

The fixtures were announced on 1 May 2015.[1]

Matchday 1

12 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Namibia 10–30 Argentina XV
Try: Kotzé 24' c
Con: Kotzé (1/1) 25'
Drop: Kotzé (1/1) 33'		Stats[2]Try: Panceyra Garrido 8' c
Bosch 39' c
Cappiello 51' m
Paz m
Con: Novillo (2/3) 9', 40'
Pen: Novillo (2/4) 29', 54'
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
FB 15 Johann Tromp
RW 14 Russell van Wyk
OC 13 Danie van Wyk
IC 12 JC Greyling  75'
LW 11 David Philander
FH 10 Theuns Kotzé  75'
SH 9 Eugene Jantjies  64'
N8 8 PJ van Lill (c)
OF 7 Janco Venter  61'
BF 6 Tinus du Plessis
RL 5 Nico Esterhuyse
LL 4 Tijuee Uanivi
TP 3 Aranos Coetzee  27'
HK 2 DG Wiese  67'
LP 1 Casper Viviers  67'
Replacements:
HK 16 Rathony Becker  67'
PR 17 Johnny Redelinghuys  27'
PR 18 AJ de Klerk  67'
FL 19 Leneve Damens  61'
FL 20 Thomasau Forbes
SH 21 Eniell Buitendag  64'
FH 22 Shaun Kaizemi  75'
CE 23 Heinrich Smit  75'
Coach:
Danie Vermeulen
FB 15 Tomás Carrió
RW 14 Franco Cuaranta
OC 13 Juan Cappiello  75'
IC 12 Joaquín Paz
LW 11 Augusto López
FH 10 Juan León Novillo  58'
SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou (c)  58'
N8 8 Aníbal Panceyra Garrido  61'
OF 7 Gonzalo Paulín  71'
BF 6 Lucas Maguire
RL 5 Gerónimo Albertario
LL 4 Franco Baldoni
TP 3 Guido Randisi  58'
HK 2 Facundo Bosch  62'
LP 1 Roberto Tejerizo  56'
Replacements:
PR 16 Santiago García Botta  56'
HK 17 Tomás Baravalle  62'
PR 18 Nicolás Mirande  58'
LK 19 Manuel Plaza  71'
N8 20 Miguel Urtubey  61'
SH 21 Lucas Alcácer  58'
FH 22 Cristian Nacassian  58'
CE 23 Ignacio Brex  75'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
Ricardo Le Fort
12 June 2015
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 35–9 Spain
Try: Lucaci (2) 35' c, 68' c
Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 35'
Dumbravă (1/1) 69'
Pen: Vlaicu (6/7) 8', 14', 29', 47', 49', 53'
Fercu (1/1) 78'		Stats[3]Pen: Linklater (1/3) 16'
Aubanell (2/2) 44', 59'
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
RW 14 Adrian Apostol 19' to 29'
OC 13 Csaba Gál
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu  60'
LW 11 Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10 Dănuț Dumbravă  69'
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu  54'
N8 8 Stelian Burcea  69'
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci
RL 5 Marian Drenceanu
LL 4 Valentin Popârlan  55'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache  68'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili  67'
LP 1 Mihai Lazăr  67'
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi  67'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  67'
PR 18 Vlad Bădălicescu  69'
LK 19 Marius Antonescu  55'
N8 20 Vlad Nistor  69'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu  54'
FH 22 Jody Rose  69'
WG 23 Florin Ioniță  60'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
FB 15 Sergi Aubanell
RW 14 Ignacio Contardi
OC 13 Federico Castiglione
IC 12 Thibaut Alvarez
LW 11 Pierre García  60'
FH 10 Brad Linklater
SH 9 Gregory Maiquez  74'
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
OF 7 Adam Newton
BF 6 Javier de Juan
RL 5 Aníbal Bonán 52' to 62'
LL 4 David Barrera Howarth
TP 3 Francisco Sanz Benlloch  67'
HK 2 Joe Hutchinson
LP 1 Fernando Martin Lopez Perez  57'
Replacements:
PR 16 Francisco Blanco 71' to 80'  57'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro
PR 18 Ángel Durango  67'
FL 19 Manuel Mora Ruiz
FL 20 Jose Luis del Valle
SH 21 Facundo Munilla  74'
FH 22 Marcos Puig
CE 23 Gauthier Minguillón  60'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Matchday 2

17 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Argentina XV 15–6 Spain
Try: Carrió 41' m
Cuaranta 47' c
Con: Nacassian (1/2) 48'
Pen: Nacassian (1/2) 7'		Stats[4]Pen: Aubanell (1/2) 56'
Linklater (1/1) 68'
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
FB 15 Tomás Carrió
RW 14 Franco Cuaranta
OC 13 Ignacio Brex 5' to 18'
IC 12 Brian Ormson
LW 11 Bautista Álvarez
FH 10 Cristian Nacassian
SH 9 Lucas Alcácer (c)
N8 8 Aníbal Panceyra Garrido
OF 7 Miguel Urtubey
BF 6 Lucas Maguire 32' to 42'  49'
RL 5 Gerónimo Albertario
LL 4 Manuel Plaza
TP 3 Lucas Martínez  60'
HK 2 Tomás Baravalle
LP 1 Santiago García Botta  62'
Replacements:
PR 16 Roberto Tejerizo
HK 17 Facundo Bosch  62'
PR 18 Nicolás Mirande  60'
LK 19 Franco Baldoni
FL 20 Martín Chiappesoni  49'
SH 21 Gonzalo Bertranou
CE 22 Juan Cappiello  5'  18'
WG 23 Augusto López
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
Ricardo Le Fort
FB 15 Sergi Aubanell  62'
RW 14 Antoine Sánchez
OC 13 Brad Linklater
IC 12 Thibaut Alvarez  60'
LW 11 Ignacio Contardi
FH 10 Marcos Puig
SH 9 Gregory Maiquez
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)  50'
OF 7 Jose Luis del Valle
BF 6 David Barrera Howarth
RL 5 Aníbal Bonán 38' to 48'  54'
LL 4 Tomás Urbaitis
TP 3 Fernando Martin Lopez Perez  48'
HK 2 Juan Anaya Lazaro  46'
LP 1 Francisco Sanz Benlloch  43'
Replacements:
PR 16 Francisco Blanco  48'
HK 17 Johnathan Phipps  46'
PR 18 Joe Hutchinson  43'
FL 19 Manuel Mora Ruiz  54'
FL 20 Javier de Juan  50'
SH 21 Facundo Munilla
FH 22 Pierre García  62'
CE 23 Gauthier Minguillón  60'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
17 June 2015
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 43–3 Namibia
Try: Macovei (2) 10' m, 51' c
Surugiu 23' m
Ioniță 34' c
Botezatu 41' m
Morrison 70' c
Vlaicu 73' c
Con: Dumbravă (2/5) 34', 52'
Vlaicu (2/2) 71', 74'		Stats[5]Pen: Kaizemi (1/1) 3'
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu  52'
RW 14 Florin Ioniță
OC 13 Catalin Dascălu
IC 12 Csaba Gál  64'
LW 11 Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10 Dănuț Dumbravă
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  67'
N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Randall Morrison
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci  66'
RL 5 Marian Drenceanu  62'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu
TP 3 Andrei Ursache  46'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi
LP 1 Mihai Lazăr  54'
Replacements:
HK 16 Otar Turashvili
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  54'
PR 18 Vlad Bădălicescu  46'
LK 19 Dorin Lazăr  62'
N8 20 Vlad Nistor  67'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu  67'
CE 22 Florin Vlaicu  64'
WG 23 Stephen Hihetah  52'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
FB 15 Johann Tromp
RW 14 David Philander
OC 13 Danie van Wyk
IC 12 JC Greyling
LW 11 Conrad Marais
FH 10 Shaun Kaizemi  40'
SH 9 Eugene Jantjies
N8 8 PJ van Lill (c)
OF 7 Leneve Damens
BF 6 Thomasau Forbes
RL 5 Nico Esterhuyse
LL 4 Janco Venter  68'
TP 3 Casper Viviers
HK 2 Callie Swanepoel  52'
LP 1 Johnny Redelinghuys  52'
Replacements:
HK 16 DG Wiese  52'
PR 17 Jaco Engels
PR 18 AJ de Klerk  52'
LK 19 Tjiuee Uanivi  68'
FL 20 Roderique Victor
SH 21 Eniell Buitendag
FH 22 Theuns Kotzé
CE 23 Heinrich Smit  40'
Coach:
Danie Vermeulen

Matchday 3

21 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Spain 20–3 Namibia
Try: Contardi 12' m
Bonán 27' c
Garcia 31' m
Con: Aubanell (1/3) 28'
Pen: Aubanell (1/2) 79'		Stats[6]Con: Kotzé (1/2) 16'
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
FB 15 Sergi Aubanell
RW 14 Ignacio Contardi  75'
OC 13 Federico Castiglione
IC 12 Thibaut Alvarez
LW 11 Pierre García  47'
FH 10 Brad Linklater
SH 9 Facundo Munilla
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)  69'
OF 7 Adam Newton  58'
BF 6 Javier de Juan 33' to 40'
RL 5 Aníbal Bonán  69'
LL 4 David Barrera Howarth
TP 3 Fernando Martin Lopez Perez  47'
HK 2 Juan Anaya Lazaro  47'
LP 1 Francisco Sanz Benlloch  40'
Replacements:
PR 16 Francisco Blanco  47'
HK 17 Johnathan Phipps  47'
PR 18 Joe Hutchinson  40'
LK 19 Tomás Urbaitis  69'
FL 20 Francisco Copplet  33'  40'  69'
FL 21 Jose Luis del Valle  58'
WG 22 Antoine Sánchez  75'
CE 23 Gauthier Minguillón  47'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
FB 15 Johann Tromp
RW 14 David Philander
OC 13 Danie van Wyk
IC 12 JC Greyling
LW 11 Russell van Wyk  63'
FH 10 Theuns Kotzé
SH 9 Eniell Buitendag  55'
N8 8 PJ van Lill (c)
OF 7 Tinus du Plessis
BF 6 Thomasau Forbes
RL 5 Tijuee Uanivi
LL 4 Janco Venter
TP 3 Aranos Coetzee  65'
HK 2 DG Wiese  65'
LP 1 Casper Viviers 71' to 73'
Replacements:
HK 16 Callie Swanepoel  65'
PR 17 Johnny Redelinghuys  65'
PR 18 AJ de Klerk  71'  73'
LK 19 Nico Esterhuyse
FL 20 Leneve Damens
SH 21 Eugene Jantjies  55'
CE 22 Heinrich Smit  63'
WG 23 Conrad Marais
Coach:
Danie Vermeulen
21 June 2015
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 23–0 Argentina XV
Try: Lazăr 24' c
Surugiu 59' c
Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 25', 59'
Pen: Vlaicu (3/5) 46', 49', 52'		Stats[7]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
RW 14 Adrian Apostol
OC 13 Csaba Gál
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
LW 11 Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10 Michael Wiringi
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu  57'
N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Vlad Nistor
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci
RL 5 Marian Drenceanu
LL 4 Marius Antonescu
TP 3 Vlad Bădălicescu  60'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili
LP 1 Mihai Lazăr  75'
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi  75'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  60'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș
LK 19 Dorin Lazăr
FL 20 Stelian Burcea
SH 21 Florin Surugiu  57'
FH 22 Dănuț Dumbravă
WG 23 Florin Ioniță
Coach:
Lynn Howells
FB 15 Tomás Carrió
RW 14 Augusto López
OC 13 Juan Cappiello
IC 12 Joaquín Paz
LW 11 Franco Cuaranta
FH 10 Juan León Novillo
SH 9 Gonzalo Bertranou (c)
N8 8 Martín Chiappesoni
OF 7 Gonzalo Paulín
BF 6 Lucas Maguire 23' to 33'
RL 5 Aníbal Panceyra Garrido
LL 4 Gerónimo Albertario
TP 3 Guido Randisi
HK 2 Facundo Bosch
LP 1 Roberto Tejerizo
Replacements:
PR 16 Santiago García Botta
HK 17 Tomás Baravalle
PR 18 Nicolás Mirande
LK 19 Franco Baldoni
N8 20 Miguel Urtubey
SH 21 Lucas Alcácer
CE 22 Brian Ormson
WG 23 Bautista Álvarez
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
Ricardo Le Fort

See also

References

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