2018 Rugby Europe Championship

2018 Rugby Europe Championship
Date10 February 2018 – 18 March 2018
Countries Belgium
 Georgia
 Germany
 Romania
 Russia
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (10th title)
Grand Slam Georgia (7th)
Antim Cup Georgia (11th title)
Matches played15
Attendance139,003 (9,267 per match)
Tries scored109 (7.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Yuri Kushnarev (45)
Top try scorer(s) Sione Faka'osilea (3)
Paula Kinikinilau (3)
Giorgi Kveseladze (3)
Fernando López Pérez (3)
Anton Rudoy (3)
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The 2018 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the second season under its new format, that saw Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia, Spain and Belgium compete for the title.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also served as a key stage of the European region qualification process for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualified as Europe 1.[1] As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, results involving that team are discarded for the purposes of Rugby World Cup qualification.

Both the Championship and the Qualification Process were heavily affected by controversial disciplinary issues involving player eligibility and the selection of neutral officials (namely, Romanian referee Vlad Iordachescu in Belgium-Spain). In respect of matters relating to the eligibility of players, following a full review of the evidence, including statements and submissions from World Rugby, Rugby Europe, Belgium, Romania, Spain and Russia, the independent committee found:

  • Belgium had fielded one or more ineligible players on 7 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying);
  • Romania has fielded one ineligible player on 8 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying);
  • Spain had fielded one or more ineligible players on 9 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 8 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying).

In respect of sanctions, pursuant to Regulation 18, the independent committee determined the following:

The deduction of 5 points for any match in which a union fielded an ineligible player. in practice this meant the following

  • 40-point deduction for Spain
  • 30-point deduction for Belgium;
  • 30-point deduction for Romania.

Therefore, based on a re-modelling of the Rugby Europe Championship tables in the context of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying, Russia would qualify as Europe 1 into Pool A replacing Romania and Germany will replace Spain in the European play-off against Portugal.[2]

Georgia's victory in the 2018 Rugby Europe Championship itself was unaffected. Germany's proposed promotion/relegation play-off with Portugal, however, becomes a Romania-Portugal play-off. Ironically, Germany would now face Portugal in the Rugby World Cup European qualification play-off.

Table

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 5 5 0 0 188 35 +153 26 2 +25 3 0 1 24
2  Russia 5 2 0 3 142 84 +58 19 12 +7 2 1 0 11
3  Germany 5 0 0 5 34 359 −325 3 55 −52 0 0 0 0
4  Belgium 5 2 0 3 106 182 −76 14 26 −12 1 0 0 −1*
5  Spain 5 3 0 2 146 74 +72 19 4 +18 1 0 0 −7*
6  Romania 5 3 0 2 198 80 +118 28 9 +19 2 0 0 −11*
Source- [3]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – (not counted towards World Cup qualification)[4]
* deducted points [5][6][7]

Fixtures

Week 1

10 February 2018
14:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia 47–0 Belgium
Try: Chilachava 9' c
Mamukashvili 16' c
Zhvania 26' c
Tsiklauri 40+1' c
Pruidze 55' m
Todua 67' c
Sitchinava 79' c
Con: Tsiklauri (6/7) 10', 17', 27', 40+2', 68', 79'		Gamesheet
AIA Arena (Kutaisi), Kutaisi
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
LP 1 Zurab Zhvania  52'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili 41' to 51'  60'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava  52'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili  70'
BF 6 Otar Giorgadze 43' to 52'
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  41'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze  60'
FH 10 Revaz Jinchvelashvili
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava  60'
RW 14 Giorgi Pruidze
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze  43'  52'  60'
PR 17 Tornike Mataradze  52'  65'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze  52'
FL 19 Mikheil Gachechiladze  41'
FL 20 Guram Shengelia  70'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze  60'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze  60'
WG 23 Anzor Sitchinava  65'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau  52'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)  45'
TP 3 Sydney Mulumba  41'
LL 4 Guillaume Mortier
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe
BF 6 Bertrand Billi
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui  70'
N8 8 Brieuc Corradi  20'
SH 9 Tom Cocqu  45'
FH 10 Vincent Hart
LW 11 Ervin Muric
IC 12 Nathan Bontems
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Dazzy Cornez  41'
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois  45'
PR 17 Bastien Gallaire  52'
PR 18 Tom Herenger
FL 19 Vincent Tauzia  20'
FL 20 Isaac Montoisy  45'
SH 21 Benjamin Cocu  41'
CE 22 Louis Debatty  70'
PR 23 Romain Pinte  41'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)

10 February 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 LBP) Russia 13–20 Spain
Try: Gerasimov 8' c
Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 9'
Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 29', 63'		GamesheetTry: Rouet (2) 25' m, 31' c
Barthère 66' m
Con: Linklater (1/3) 32'
Pen: Linklater (1/2) 40'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov  56'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii  46'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov  79'
LL 4 Evgeny Elgin
RL 5 Andrei Ostrikov  70'
BF 6 Victor Gresev  48'
OF 7 Andrei Temnov
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Alexei Shcherban  79'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev (c)  74'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Igor Galinovskiy  70'
RW 14 German Davydov
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev
Replacements:
HK 16 Valery Tsnobiladze  46'
PR 17 Valery Morozov  56'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov  79'
FL 19 Andrei Garbuzov  70'
LK 20 Tagir Gadzhiev  48'
FB 21 Vasily Dorofeev  79'
WG 22 Vladislav Sozonov  74'
CE 23 Sergey Trishin  70'
Coach:
Aleksandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui  56'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer 71' to 78'
TP 3 Jonathan García  5'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Lucas Guillaume  52'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)  63'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  75'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie  74'
LW 11 Sebastien Ascarat
IC 12 Dan Snee
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater  68'
FB 15 Charlie Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez  56'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro  71'  78'
PR 18 Anibal Bonán  52'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang  63'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet  75'
CE 21 Ignacio Contardi Medina  68'
WG 22 Bastien Fuster  74'
PR 23 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  5'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland)
Chris Harrington (Ireland)

10 February 2018
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Romania 85–6 Germany
Try: Faka'osilea (2) 5' c, 60' c
Lazăr 15' c
Fonovai (2) 27' m, 35' c
Macovei (2) 40' m, 69' m
Burcea 44' c
Kinikinilau (2) 47' c, 62' c
Dumitru 51' c
Coste 73' c
Shennan 80'
Con: Vlaicu (8/10) 6', 16', 36', 45', 47', 53', 61', 63'
Calafeteanu (2/3) 75', 80+1'		GamesheetPen: Menzel (2/3) 18', 31'
Cluj Arena, Cluj
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Max Burlet (Belgium)
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr  55'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi  70'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache  53'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden  53'
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Valentin Ursache  60'
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Stelian Burcea
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  48'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu  66'
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru  55'
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Florin Bărdașu  70'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu  55'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș  53'
LK 19 Alin Coste  53'
FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia  60'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu  48'
WG 22 Stephen Shennan  55'
WG 23 Jack Umaga  66'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Julius Nostadt (c)  56'
HK 2 Senzokuhle Ngubane  69'
TP 3 Paul Weiss  77'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Stefan Mau
BF 6 Falk Duwe  77'
OF 7 Rafael Dutta  50'
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff
SH 9 Tim Menzel
FH 10 Daniel Koch
LW 11 Christopher Korn  70'
IC 12 Yassin Ayachi  41'
OC 13 Robin Plümpe  60'
RW 14 Paul Pfisterer
FB 15 Marvin Dieckmann
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay  69'
PR 17 Felix Martel  77'
PR 18 Marcus Bender  56'
FL 19 Yasar Bauer  77'
N8 20 Carsten Lang  50'
FB 21 Jan Piosik  70'
WG 22 Mark Sztyndera  41'
CE 23 Clemens von Grumbkow  60'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
John Catteau (Belgium)
Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium)

Week 2

17 February 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Russia 48–7 Belgium
Try: Babaev 7' c
Garbuzov 24' m
Gadzhiev 39' c
Elgin (2) 56' m, 71' c
Galinovskiy 65' c
Fedotko 74' c
Con: Kushnarev (5/7) 8', 40', 66', 72', 75'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 52'		GamesheetTry: Hart 47' c
Con: Hart (1/1) 48'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
LP 1 Sergey Sekisov  50'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze  53'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov  66'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov  50'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Andrei Temnov  58'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  57'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin  66'
LW 11 Vladislav Sozonov
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Mikhail Babaev
RW 14 German Davydov  58'
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov  53'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov  50'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov  66'
LK 19 Bogdan Fedotko  50'
FL 20 Viktor Gresev  58'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban  57'
WG 22 Igor Galinovskiy  58'
WG 23 Denis Simplikevich  66'
Coach:
Aleksandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau  45'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst  45'
TP 3 Alexis Cuffolo  59'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe  63'
BF 6 Bertrand Billi
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui  45'
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger (c)  48'
FH 10 Sébastien Guns  72'  79'
LW 11 Louis Debatty  66'
IC 12 Nathan Bontems
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf  79'
FB 15 Vincent Hart
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois  45'
PR 17 Bastien Gallaire  45'
LK 18 Guillaume Mortier  63'
FL 19 Maxime Temmerman  45'
WG 20 Eliott van Trappen  66'
SH 21 Tom Cocqu  48'
SH 22 Isaac Montoisy  72'
PR 23 Romain Pinte  59'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Jorge Molpeceres (Spain)
Eki Fanlo (Spain)

17 February 2018
14:30 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 0–64 Georgia (1 TBP)
GamesheetTry: Kveseladze (3) 10' c, 62' c, 76' m
Todua 15' m
Chilachava 28' c
Peikrishvili 49' c
Gachechiladze 59' c
Giorgadze 69' c
Zhvania 73' m
Khmaladze 80+1' c
Con: Tsiklauri (7/10) 11', 29', 50', 60', 64', 70', 80+2'
Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion, Offenbach am Main
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
LP 1 Marcus Bender  75'
HK 2 Gilles Valette  55'
TP 3 Felix Martel  54'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Stefan Mau  60'
BF 6 Falk Duwe
OF 7 Kain Rix
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff  74'
SH 9 Oliver Paine  65'
FH 10 Wynston Cameron-Dow
LW 11 Zani Dembele  9'
IC 12 Clemens von Grumbkow (c)
OC 13 Robin Plümpe  70'
RW 14 Paul Pfisterer 51' to 62'
FB 15 Daniel Koch
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay  75'
PR 17 Senzokuhle Ngubane  55'
PR 18 Paul Weiss  54'
LK 19 Jens Listmann  60'
N8 20 Carsten Lang  74'
FB 21 Jan Piosik  65'
CE 22 Yassin Ayachi  70'
CE 23 Pascal Fischer  9'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili  57'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  57'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava  41'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili  60'
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili  64'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze  41'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua  73'
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava  64'
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili  57'
PR 17 Zurab Zhvania  57'
PR 18 Anton Peikrishvili  41'
FL 19 Otar Giorgadze  60'
FL 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze  64'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze  41'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze  64'
WG 23 Giorgi Pruidze  73'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Mike English (Wales)
Dewi Philips (Wales)

18 February 2018
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
Spain 22–10 Romania
Try: Auzqui 4' m
Ascarat 8' m
Pen: Linklater (4/4) 21', 46', 62', 71'		GamesheetTry: Faka'osilea[8] 77' c
Con: Calafeteanu (1/1) 77'
Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 13'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui  51'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  65'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  58'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Ilaitia Gavidi  53'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume  69'
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  70'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie 35' to 40'
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat  78'
IC 12 Dan Snee 26' to 36'  71'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charlie Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez  51'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro  65'
FL 18 Anibal Bonán  53'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang  69'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet  70'
CE 21 Ignacio Contardi Medina  35'  40'  78'
WG 22 Bastien Fuster  71'
PR 23 Xerom Civil Bonaventure  58'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr  53'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi  72'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache  69'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Marius Antonescu  61'
BF 6 Valentin Ursache
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Stelian Burcea  69'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  62'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu  70'
LW 11 Stephen Shennan  65'
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai 1' to 11'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână  72'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu  53'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș  69'
LK 19 Valentin Popârlan  61'
FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia  69'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu  62'
WG 22 Ionuț Dumitru  65'
WG 23 Jack Umaga  70'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Vivien Praderie (France)
Cyrille Le Gall (France)

Week 3

3 March 2018
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 23–10 Spain
Try: Penalty try 54'
Melikidze 80+7' c
Con: Matiashvili (1/1) 80+8'
Pen: Matiashvili (3/4) 10', 28', 40'		GamesheetTry: Tauli 80+4' c
Con: Peluchon (1/1) 80+5'
Pen: Peluchon (1/2) 34'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili  58'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  62'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava  62'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Shalva Sutiashvili  66'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  66'
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  62'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze  80+6'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava 80+2' to 80+8'
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava  78'
FB 15 Soso Matiashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili  62'
PR 17 Zurab Zhvania  58'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze  62'
FL 19 Otar Giorgadze  66'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze  66'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  62'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze  80+6'
CE 23 Giorgi Koshadze  78'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez  62'
HK 2 Quentin García  66'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  48'
LL 4 David González  60'
RL 5 Joshua Peters  70'
BF 6 Asier Ussáraga Latierro
OF 7 Matthew Foulds
N8 8 Ilaitia Gavidi  55'
SH 9 Sébastien Rouet  60'
FH 10 Dan Snee (c)
LW 11 Silvio Casteglioni Algorriz  55'
IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez
OC 13 Joan Losada Gifra
RW 14 Javier Carrión Llorens
FB 15 Mathieu Peluchon
Replacements:
PR 16 Jean-Baptiste Custoja  62'
HK 17 Stephen Barnes  66'
FL 18 Manuel Mora Ruiz  60'
FL 19 Lionel Tauli  55'
SH 20 Grégory Maiquez  60'
CE 21 Iñaki Mateu Spuches  70'
WG 22 Julen Goia Iriberri  55'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alonso  48'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Elgan Williams (Wales)
Gareth John (Wales)

3 March 2018
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 25–15 Russia
Try: Penalty try 6'
Shennan 49' m
Kinikinilau 74' m
Căpățână 79' m
Pen: Calafeteanu (1/1) 38'		GamesheetTry: Gerasimov 30' m
Gaisin 69' c
Con: Gaisin (1/1) 70'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 35'
Cluj Arena, Cluj
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr  50'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi  65'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  71'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan  61'
BF 6 Vlad Nistor  41'
OF 7 Andrei Gorcioaia
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c)
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu  72'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai  34'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână  65'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu  50'
PR 18 Constantin Pristăviță  71'
LK 19 Marius Antonescu  61'
FL 20 Kuselo Moyake  41'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu  72'
WG 22 Stephen Shennan  34'  57'
FH 23 Florin Vlaicu  57'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Sergey Sekisov  50'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze  63'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov  75'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin  75'
BF 6 Viktor Gresev  71'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Dmitri Krotov
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  50'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c)  63'
LW 11 Evgeni Nepeivoda  72'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov  63'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov  50'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov  75'
LK 19 Anton Sychev  75'
N8 20 Anton Rudoy  71'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban  50'
WG 22 Alexey Mikhaltsov  72'
FB 23 Alexander Budychenko  63'
Coach:
Mark McDermott

Touch judges:
Luc Ramos (France)
Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)

3 March 2018
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Belgium 69–15 Germany
Try: Reynaert (2) 2' m, 79' c
Berger 8' c
Penalty try 14'
Williams 17' m
Jadot 21' m
Piron (2) 26' c, 54' m
Benoy 31' c
Hart 50' c
d'Hooghe 67' c
Con: Williams (6/10) 8', 27', 32', 51', 68', 89'		GamesheetTry: Listmann 65' m
Harris 76' c
Con: Cameron-Dow (1/2) 77'
Pen: Cameron-Dow (1/1) 6'
Nelson Mandela Sports Centre, Brussels
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
LP 1 Alexis Cuffolo  45'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst  41'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot  53'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants  50'
RL 5 Thomas Vervoort  59'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy 10' to 14'
OF 7 Bertrand Billi
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger  55'
FH 10 Vincent Hart  55'
LW 11 Craig Dowsett
IC 12 Jens Torfs (c)
OC 13 Guillaume Piron  55'
RW 14 Charles Reynaert
FB 15 Alan Williams
Replacements:
PR 16 Victor Paquet  41'
PR 17 Lucas Sotteau  45'
LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe  50'
FL 19 Amin Hamzaoui  10'  14'  59'
FH 20 Sebastian Guns  55'
SH 21 Tom Cocqu  55'
CE 22 Nathan Bontems  55'
PR 23 Romain Pinte  53'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Marcus Bender  73'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev  57'
TP 3 Paul Weiss  57'
LL 4 Jens Listmann  70'
RL 5 Stefan Mau  32'
BF 6 Falk Duwe
OF 7 Eric Marks (c)
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff
SH 9 Oliver Paine  57'
FH 10 Wynston Cameron-Dow
LW 11 Nico Müller
IC 12 Robin Plümpe  6'
OC 13 Sam Harris
RW 14 Pascal Fischer
FB 15 Lukas Deichmann
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay  73'
PR 17 Senzokuhle Ngubane  70'
PR 18 Felix Martel  57'
FL 19 Elias Haase  32'
N8 20 Carsten Lang  57'
FB 21 Jan Piosik  57'
FL 22 Robert Lehmann  70'
WG 23 Mark Sztyndera  6'  70'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Aurélie Groizeleau (France)
Clara Munarini (Italy)

Week 4

10 March 2018
13:00 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Romania 62–12 Belgium
Try: Penalty try (3) 11', 43', 74'
Umaga 17' m
Burcea 23' c
Moyake (2) 28' c, 51' c
Dumitru 54' m
Badiu 64' c
Con: Calafeteanu (2/3) 24', 30'
Fercu (1/2) 52'
Vlaicu (1/1) 64'
Pen: Calafeteanu 40'		GamesheetTry: Cocu 37' m
Muric 75' c
Con: Vassart (1/1) 76'
Stadionul Municipal, Buzău
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
LP 1 Ionel Badiu 33' to 43'  66'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden  66'
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan
BF 6 Andrei Gorcioaia
OF 7 Kuselo Moyake
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c) 39' to 41'  55'
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu  47'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea  56'
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Marius Simionescu  73'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  39'  41'  66'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș  60'
LK 19 Adrian Motoc  66'
FL 20 Razvan Iliescu  55'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu  47'
WG 22 Robert Neagu  73'
FH 23 Florin Vlaicu  56'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau  41'
HK 2 Alexis Cuffolo  49'
TP 3 James Pearse 70' to 80'
LL 4 Tom Herenger
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe
BF 6 Gillian Benoy  55'
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui 47' to 57'  72'
N8 8 Maxime Temmerman  35'
SH 9 Oliver Claxton
FH 10 Sebastien Guns  64'
LW 11 Ervin Muric
IC 12 Florian Piron  61'
OC 13 Benjamin Cocu
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Craig Dowsett (c)  55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Thomas Dienst  49'
PR 17 Romain Pinte  41'
LK 18 Tuur Moelants  55'
N8 19 Keran Caro  35'
CE 20 Louis Debatty  61'
SH 21 Isaac Montoisy  64'
CE 22 Antoine Vassart  55'
PR 23 Adelin Mehrez  72'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac (France)

Touch judges:
Keith Allen (Scotland)
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)

10 March 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia 9–29 Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Kushnarev (3/3) 17', 30', 39'GamesheetTry: Peikrishvili 25' c
Asieshvili 66' c
Gachechiladze 72' c
Kvirikashvili 76' m
Con: Matiashvili (3/3) 26', 67', 73'
Pen: Matiashvili (1/1) 48'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
LP 1 Sergey Sekisov  58'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskiy  64'
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko  74'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev  52'
N8 8 Anton Rudoy  68'
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  64'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c)
LW 11 Evgeni Nepeivoda  71'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin  74'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov  64'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov  58'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov  74'
LK 19 Alexander Ilyin  68'
LK 20 Anton Sychev  52'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban  64'
WG 22 Alexey Mikhaltsov  71'
FB 23 Alexander Budychenko  74'
Coach:
Mark McDermott
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili  58'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  68'
TP 3 Anton Peikrishvili  49'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili  61'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Soso Matiashvili  74'
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze  71'
OC 13 David Kacharava
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava  76'
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili  68'
PR 17 Karlen Asieshvili  58'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze  49'
LK 19 Shalva Sutiashvili  61'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  76'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze  71'
CE 23 Giorgi Koshadze  74'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Michael Hudson (England)
Alex Bryzgalin (Russia)

11 March 2018
12:30 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain 84–10 Germany
Try: Barthère 13' c
Contardi Medina 17' c
Penalty try 20'
Bonán (2) 27' m, 64' m
Álvarez 33' c
Gibouin 41'
López Pérez (2) 49' c, 68' c
Visensang 55' c
Ascarat 76' m
Linklater 80+4'
Con: Peluchon (6/7) 13', 18', 33', 41', 49', 55'
Linklater (2/4) 68', 80+4'
Pen: Peluchon (2/2) 3', 7'		GamesheetTry: Hees 60' c
Con: Koch (1/1) 60'
Pen: Koch (1/1) 52'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 15,753
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui  41'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  41'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  41'
LL 4 Anibal Bonán
RL 5 David Barrera
BF 6 Pierre Barthère  48'
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin  55'
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) 25' to 39'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  41'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie  41'
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat
IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Ignacio Contardi Medina
FB 15 Mathieu Peluchon  61'
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez  41'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro  41'
FL 18 Ilaitia Gavidi  55'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang  25'  39'  48'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet  41'
CE 21 Dan Snee  41'
FB 22 Brad Linklater  61'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alfonso  41'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Senzokuhle Ngubane  47'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev  47'
TP 3 Matthias Schösser  70'
LL 4 Jens Listmann
RL 5 Eric Marks (c) 79' to 80+4'
BF 6 Elias Haase  57'
OF 7 Falk Duwe 20' to 30'  70'
N8 8 Carsten Lang  41'
SH 9 Jan Piosik
FH 10 Kieron Davies
LW 11 Nico Müller  41'
IC 12 Tomás van Gelderen
OC 13 Yassin Ayachi  55'
RW 14 Zinzan Hees
FB 15 Daniel Koch
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay  70'
PR 17 Felix Martel  70'
PR 18 Marcus Bender  47'
HK 19 Gilles Valette  47'
FL 20 Robert Lehmann  57'
WG 21 Christopher Korn  55'
CE 22 Pascal Fischer  41'
CE 23 Kain Rix  41'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Matteo Franco (Italy)

Week 5

18 March 2018
16:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 25–16 Romania
Try: Lomidze 20' c
Sitchinava 42' c
Asieshvili 69' m
Con: Matiashvili (2/3) 21', 43'
Pen: Matiashvili (2/2) 8', 47'		GamesheetTry: Rădoi 78' c
Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 78'
Pen: Vlaicu (3/3) 11', 37', 60'
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili  51'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  54'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava  60'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c) 36' to 46'
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili  54'  57'  60'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili  54'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze 57' to 60'
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  71'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Soso Matiashvili
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze  74'
OC 13 David Kacharava
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili  63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili  54'
PR 17 Karlen Asieshvili  51'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze  60'
LK 19 Shalva Sutiashvili  54'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze  54'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  71'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze  74'
WG 23 Alexander Todua  63'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Ionel Badiu 19' to 30'  70'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  59'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden 48' to 58'
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan
BF 6 Dumani Mtya  65'
OF 7 Kuselo Moyake
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c)  72'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  62'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru  19'  30'
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau  41'
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu  70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi  59'
PR 17 Mihăiţă Lazăr  19'  30'  70'
PR 18 Constantin Pristăviță  60'
LK 19 Adrian Motoc  72'
FL 20 Christian Chirica  65'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu  62'
WG 22 Marius Simionescu  70'
CE 23 Sione Faka'osilea  41'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Nicolas Dabas (France)
Sébastien Boyer (France)

18 March 2018
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 3–57 Russia (1 TBP)
Pen: Müller 6'GamesheetTry: Tsnobiladze (2) 10' c, 18' m
Rudoy (3) 26' c, 29' c, 80+1' m
Krotov 32' c
Budychenko 49'
Mikhaltsov (2) 57' c, 75' m
Con: Kushnarev (6/7) 11', 26', 30', 34', 50', 58'
Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
LP 1 Alexander Lidell  66'
HK 2 Senzokuhle Ngubane
TP 3 Felix Martel  53'
LL 4 Stefan Mau 23' to 33'  55'
RL 5 Jens Listmann
BF 6 Eric Marks (c)
OF 7 Robert Lehmann  64'
N8 8 Falk Duwe  69'
SH 9 Jan Piosik  53'
FH 10 Oliver Paine
LW 11 Nico Müller
IC 12 Pascal Fischer
OC 13 Christopher Korn
RW 14 Florian Wehrspann
FB 15 Manuel Müller
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay  66'
PR 17
PR 18 Marcus Bender  53'
LK 19 Christian Hug  55'
N8 20 Carsten Lang  64'
FH 21 Kieron Davies  53'
FL 22 Elias Haase  69'
CE 23 Yassin Ayachi
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov  53'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze  53'
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko  61'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov  53'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev  61'
OF 7 Dmitri Krotov
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  58'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c)  69'
LW 11 Alexey Mikhaltsov
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin  66'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Alexander Budychenko
Replacements:
HK 16 Stanislav Selskiy  53'
PR 17 Sergey Sekisov  53'
PR 18 Evgeny Mishechkin  61'
LK 19 Alexander Ilyin  53'
FL 20 Nikita Vavilin  61'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban  58'
SH 22 Konstantin Uzunov  69'
FB 23 Viktor Kononov  66'
Coach:
Mark McDermott

Touch judges:
Simon Harding (England)
Clive Sharp (England)

18 March 2018
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium 18–10 Spain
Pen: Hart (6/7) 20', 24', 29', 37', 49', 76'GamesheetTry: López Pérez 70' c
Con: Peluchon (1/1) 70'
Pen: Peluchon (1/1) 74'
King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
LP 1 Julien Massimi  46'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst  61'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot  70'
LL 4 Bertrand Billi  78'
RL 5 Tuur Moelants  60'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Jean-Maurice Decubber  79'
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger  79'
FH 10 Vincent Hart
LW 11 Craig Dowsett
IC 12 Jens Torfs (c)
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Ervin Muric
FB 15 Charles Reynaert  63'
Replacements:
PR 16 Alexis Cuffolo  61'
PR 17 Lucas Sotteau  46'
LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe  79'
N8 19 Keran Caro  60'
FL 20 Amin Hamzaoui  79'
SH 21 Sebastien Guns  79'
WG 22 Thomas Wallraf  63'
PR 23 Romain Pinte  70'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui 48' to 58'  60'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  56'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  66'
LL 4 David Barrera  49'
RL 5 Ilaitia Gavidi  70'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat  60'
IC 12 Dan Snee  66'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charlie Malie
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez  60'
HK 17 Quentin García  56'
LK 18 Anibal Bonán  49'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang  70'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet
FB 21 Mathieu Peluchon  66'
CE 22 Ignacio Contardi Medina  60'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alfonso  66'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

Relegation/promotion play-off

10 November 2018
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 36–6 Portugal
Gamesheet
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor), Baia Mare
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)

See also

References

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  2. ^ Release, Press (15 May 2018). "Independent Judicial and Disputes Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2019 European qualification tournament". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Championship 2021".
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  6. ^ Appeal committee decision
  7. ^ "FINAL RANKING OF REC 2018 | Rugby Europe". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ Though rugbyeurope names Paula Kinikinilau, he did not score the try against Spain. Though he is mentioned on the gamesheet as try scorer with the shirt number 13, video footage clearly shows Sione Fakaosilea with the shirt number 12 as the true try scorer
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