2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy

2018-19 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date28 September 2018 – 14 April 2019
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Portugal (3rd title)
Grand Slam Portugal (3)
Matches played14
Attendance29,521 (2,109 per match)
Tries scored94 (6.71 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Jorge Abecassis (49)
Top try scorer(s) João Belo (5)
Rodrigo Marta (5)
Official website2018-19 Rugby Europe International Championships
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The 2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the third Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Czech Republic, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off.

This year's competition sees Lithuania joining the Trophy after winning the Trophy-Conference 1 promotion play-off against Malta. After the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off of the 2017-18 season, which was played on 3 November 2018 between Portugal and Romania after the eligibility case of the 2018 Rugby Europe Championship, Portugal remained on the Trophy level and lost the relegation play-off for the second year in a row. [1]

Table

Champions and advances to
Promotion/relegation play-off
Relegated
Place Nation Games Points Try
BP 		Losing
BP 		Grand Slam
BP 		Table
points
played won drawn lost for against diff
1  Portugal 5 5 0 0 272 31 +241 4 0 1 25
2  Netherlands 5 4 0 1 164 58 +106 2 0 0 18
3   Switzerland 5 3 0 2 108 138 −20 0 0 0 12
4  Poland 5 2 0 3 104 164 -60 1 1 0 10
5  Lithuania 5 1 0 4 63 175 −112 1 0 0 5
6  Czech Republic 5 0 0 5 59 205 −146 0 1 0 1
Pre-Tournament rankings in parentheses.[2]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[3]
Win - 4 points | Draw - 2 points | Loss - 0 points
Match bonus points:
Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent - 1 point | Losing by 7 points or less - 1 point | Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) - 1 point

Fixtures

29 September 2018
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Czech Republic 22-41 Poland
Try: Dan Hošek 37', 41'
Tomáš Forst 73'
Con: Tomáš Forst 38'
Jiří Pantůček 74'
Pen: Jiří Pantůček 51'		GamesheetTry: Piotr Zeszutek 11', 30'
Michał Jurczyński 24'
Daniel Gdula 55'
Stanisław Powała-Niedżwieck 78'
Con: Mateusz Adamski 12', 25', 31'
Wojciech Piotrowicz 56', 79'
Pen: Mateusz Adamski 8'
Wojciech Piotrowicz 54'
Stadion Mládeže, Zlín
Attendance: 500
Referee: Stuart Gaffikin
FB 15 Martin Kovář
RW 14 Tomáš Forst
OC 13 Jiří Pantůček
IC 12 Karel Berounský
LW 11 Daniel Stárka  57'
FH 10 Albert Froněk  71'
SH 9 Matyáš Hopp  52'
N8 8 Dan Hošek
OF 7 James Faktor
BF 6 Vojtěch Havel
RL 5 Jiří Frank  65'
LL 4 Robert Trefný  71'
TP 3 Martin Havlíček  71'
HK 2 Matouš Hodek  71'
LP 1 Anthony Kent  71'
Replacements:
16 Adam Leitmančik  71'
17 Michal Průša  71'
18 Štěpán Pekař  71'
19 Jan Olbrich  71'
20 Radim Hutník  65'
21 Zbyněk Schütz  52'
22 Jakub Čížek  71'
23 František Ševčík  57'
Coach:
Phil Pretorius
FB 15 Krystian Pogorzelski  41'
RW 14 Andrzej Charlat
OC 13 Michał Jurczyński
IC 12 Daniel Gdula
LW 11 Grzegorz Szczepański  36'  44'
FH 10 Mateusz Adamski  79'
SH 9 Mateusz Plichta
N8 8 Piotr Zeszutek
OF 7 Lawrie Seydak
BF 6 Piotr Wiśniewski  66'
RL 5 Stanisław Powała-Niedżwieck
LL 4 Adam Piotrowski  77'
TP 3 Robizon Kelberashvili  44'
HK 2 Adrian Chróściel
LP 1 Kamil Bobryk  35'  77'
Replacements:
16 Michał Gadomski  36'  44'  77'
17 Radosław Bysewski  44'
18 Wojciech Król  77'
19 Marek Mirosz  66'
20 Artur Fursenko
21 Wojciech Piotrowicz  41'
22 Maciej Grabowski  79'
23 Sebastian Kostałkwoski
Coach:
Duaine Lindsay

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
Oisin Quinn
Daniel Carson
Television Match Official

Notes:

13 October 2018
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Lithuania 30–10 Czech Republic
Gamesheet
Šiaulių savivaldybės stadionas, Šiauliai
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Pedro Mendes Silva
FB 15 Dainius Tamoliūnas
RW 14 Domantas Bagužis
OC 13 Mantautas Vilimavičius
IC 12 Donatas Vilimavičius
LW 11 Matas Miežys
FH 10 Tautvydas Krasauskas
SH 9 Tomas Bagdonas
N8 8 Žygimantas Radžius
OF 7 Justinas Urbonas
BF 6 Paulius Stingūnas
RL 5 Karolis Navickas  29'
LL 4 Darius Vaitkevičius
TP 3 Modestas Bekeris
HK 2 Tomas Zibolis
LP 1 Tautvydas Mažylis
Replacements:
16 Donatas Trumpickas
17 Sigitas Čiakas
18 Vaidas Kizilaitis
19 Airidas Savickas
20 Deividas Vorašilka
21 Aurimas Streckis
22 Kęstutis Karbauskas
23 Daivaras Jonaitis
Coach:
Ntando Manyosha
FB 15 Jakub Čížek
RW 14 Michal Neužil
OC 13 Jan Tieber
IC 12 Karel Berounský
LW 11 František Ševčík
FH 10 Albert Froněk
SH 9 Zbyněk Schütz
N8 8 Dan Hošek
OF 7 Radim Hutník
BF 6 Vojtěch Havel
RL 5 Lukáš Chytil
LL 4 Robert Trefný
TP 3 Martin Havlíček
HK 2 Matouš Hodek
LP 1 Anthony Kent
Replacements:
16 Adam Leitmančik
17 Michal Průša
18 Štěpán Pekař
19 Václav Monček
20 Petr Máslo
21 Matyáš Hopp
22 Ali Samet
23 Žemlička Jaroslav
Coach:
Phil Pretorius

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
José Termudo
Fernando Mendes
Television Match Official

Notes:

3 November 2018
18:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Poland 33–0 Lithuania
Gamesheet
Stadion Miejski, Łódź
Attendance: 2,155
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi
17 November 2018
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Switzerland 17–5 Czech Republic
Gamesheet
Stade Municipal, Yverdon-les-Bains
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Maxime Burlet
17 November 2018
18:00 CET (UTC+01)
Poland 0–49 Netherlands (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Arena Lublin, Lublin
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Keith Allen
24 November 2018
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands 36–15  Switzerland
Gamesheet
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,400
Referee: Shota Tevzadze
16 February 2019
15:00 WET (UTC+00)
(1 TBP) Portugal 65–5 Poland
Try: Jean Sousa 25'
João Belo 35'
Salvador Vassalo 54', 80+3'
Manuel Marta 60'
Rodrigo Marta 67', 73'
António Cortes 75'
Con: Jorge Abecassis 26', 68', 74', 76', 80+4'
Pen: Jorge Abecassis 5', 10', 20', 24', 33'		WR Report
Gamesheet		Try: Dawid Plitcha 63'
Complexo Municipal de Atletismo, Setúbal
Referee: Manuel Bottino
FB 15 Manuel Marta  69'
RW 14 Rodrigo Marta
OC 13 Rodrigo Freudenthal
IC 12 Tomás Appleton  58'
LW 11 António Cortes
FH 10 Jorge Abecassis
SH 9 João Belo  54'  65'  71'
N8 8 Vasco Baptista
OF 7 Salvador Vassalo
BF 6 João Granate
RL 5 Jean Sousa  50'  60'
LL 4 José D'alte  65'
TP 3 Diogo Hasse Ferriera
HK 2 Nuno Mascarenhas  51'
LP 1 João Corte-Real  51'  69'
Replacements:
16 Bruno Rocha  51'
17 Duarte Diniz  51'
18 José Andrade  60'  65'
19 Sebastião Villax
20 Martim Cardoso  54'  65'  71'
21 Vasco Ribeiro  58'
22 António Marques  69'
23 Francisco Bruno  69'
Coach:
Martim Aguiar
FB 15 Przemysław Rajewski  37'  71'
RW 14 Michał Jurczyński
OC 13 Daniel Gdula
IC 12 Kewin Bracik
LW 11 Grzegorz Szczepański
FH 10 Wojciech Piotrowicz
SH 9 Mateusz Plichta
N8 8 Piotr Zeszutek  50'
OF 7 Aleksander Nowicki
BF 6 Piotr Wiśniewski  49'
RL 5 Mateusz Bartoszek
LL 4 Ronan Seydak
TP 3 Radosław Bysewski  52'
HK 2 Grzegorz Buczek  61'
LP 1 Michał Gadomski  23'
Replacements:
16 Adrian Potrykus  49'
25 Adrian Chróściel  23'  49'
18 Hugo Mazur
19 Kostiantyn Bezverkhyi  61'
20 Adrian Niemiee
21 Dawid Plitcha  37'
22 Artur Fursenko  71'
23 Robizon Kelberashvili  52'
Coach:
Duaine Lindsay

Man of the Match:

Touch judges:
Gabriel Chirnoaga
Filippo Bertelli
Television Match Official

Notes:

9 March 2019
13:15 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands 5–18 Portugal
Gamesheet
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Maxime Burlet
16 March 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Switzerland 14–48 Portugal (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Centre sportif de Colovray, Nyon
Attendance: 2,107
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti
16 March 2019
14:00 CET (UTC+01)
Czech Republic 22–24 Netherlands
Gamesheet
Tarta Arena, Smíchov
Attendance: 850
Referee: Paolo Duarte
23 March 2019
15:00 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal  (1 TBP)93–0 Czech Republic
Gamesheet
Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: n.a.
Referee: Tual Trainini
23 March 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Poland  (1 LBP)25–28  Switzerland
Gamesheet
Stadion Miejski, Łódź
Attendance: 2,500[4]
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu
6 April 2019
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Lithuania 7–48 Portugal (1 TBP)
Gamesheet
Sporto centras, Jurbarkas
Attendance: 1,700
Referee: Jonathan Dufort
13 April 2019
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Switzerland 34–24 Lithuania
Gamesheet
Stadion Breite, Schaffhausen
Attendance: 1,309
Referee: Alad Evans
8 June 2019
17:00 EEST (UTC+03)
Lithuania 3–50 Netherlands
Gamesheet
Panevėžio kūno kultūros ir sporto centras, Panevėžys
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Jonathan Erskine

Relegation/Promotion play-off

15 June 2019
13:50 CET (UTC+01)
 Germany32-37 Portugal
Gamesheet
Frankfurt
Attendance: 800
Referee: Sean Gallagher

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Pos Name Team Pts
1 Jorge Abecassis  Portugal 49
2 Simon Perrod   Switzerland 39
3 Rodrigo Marta  Portugal 34
4 João Belo  Portugal 25
Rodrigo Marta  Portugal
Wojciech Piotrowicz  Poland

Top try scorers

Pos Name Team Tries
1 Rodrigo Marta  Portugal 5
João Belo  Portugal
3 Manuel Marta  Portugal 4
Lucas Heinrich   Switzerland
5 Domantas Bagužis  Lithuania 3
Caetano Branco  Portugal
António Vidinha  Portugal
Piotr Zeszutek  Poland
Josh Gascoigne  Netherlands
Amir Rademaker  Netherlands
Wolf van Dijk  Netherlands

See also

References

  1. ^ "Game Overview". Rugby Europe. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2018-11-11.
  2. ^ "Men's Rankings". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Competition Manual 2018-19" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  4. ^ https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/190323_reic_polvsui_retrophy_gamesheet.pdf
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