2014 IRB Nations Cup

2014 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Ireland Emerging Ireland
 Romania
 Russia
 Uruguay
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Date 13 – 22 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams 4
Matches played 6
Tries scored 14 (2.33 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Florin Vlaicu (Romania)
(19 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s) Andrew Conway (Emerg. IRE)
(3 tries)[1]
Final
Champions Ireland Emerging Ireland
Runner-up  Romania
Official website IRB Nations Cup
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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 Ireland 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 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 Pen: Gaysin (0/1) 15'

Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
FB 15Johne Murphy
RW 14Craig Gilroy
OC 13Eoin Griffin
IC 12Stuart McCloskey
LW 11Andrew Conway
FH 10Ian 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 16James Tracy  40'
PR 17John Ryan  46'
LK 18Billy Holland
FL 19Sean Dougall
SH 20Luke McGrath
FH 21J. J. Hanrahan  35'
CE 22Brendan Macken
Coach:
Ireland Dan McFarland
FB 15Igor Klyuchnikov
RW 14Mikhail Babaev
OC 13German Davydov
IC 12Alexey Makovetskiy
LW 11Igor Galinovskiy
FH 10Ramil 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 16Valery Tsnobiladze
PR 17Grigory Tsnobiladze  46'
LK 18Alexander Bezverkhov
FL 19Artem Fatakhov  46'
FL 20Pavel Butenko
SH 21Alexey Shcherban  46'
FH 22Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
France 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 Try: Gibernau 29' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 30'
Pen: Prada (3/4) 24', 26', 61'

Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
FB 15Gabriel Conache
RW 14Ionuț Dumitru
OC 13Minya Csaba Gál
IC 12Florin Vlaicu
LW 11Andrew Conway
FH 10Filip 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 Poparlan  66'
TP 3 Constantin Pristăviță  75'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili 14' to 23'
LP 1 Horaţiu Pungea  48'  75'
Replacements:
HK 16Eugen Căpăţână  14'  23'
PR 17Alexandru Ţăruş  48'
LK 18Dorin Lazar  60'
N8 19Vlad Nistor  66'
CE 20Catalin Robert Dascalu  66'
SH 21Valentin Ivan  78'
FH 22Daniel Statulescu
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15Gastón Mieres
RW 14Santiago Gibernau
OC 13Joaquín Prada
IC 12Alberto Roman
LW 11Gaston Gibernau  53'
FH 10Alejo 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 Echeverria  49'  78'
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c)  69'
LP 1 Alejo Corral  78'
Replacements:
PR 16Carlos Arboleya  49'
PR 17Mateo Sanguinetti  69'
LK 18Mathias Braun  49'
FL 19Fernando Bascou  65'
FL 20Agustin Alonso  69'
FB 21Jerónimo Etcheverry  53'
WG 22Federico Favaro  53'
Coach:
Uruguay 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 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 Pen: Prada (1/2) 4'

Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
FB 15Gabriel Conache
RW 14Ionuț Dumitru
OC 13Minya Csaba Gál
IC 12Florin Vlaicu
LW 11Andrew Conway
FH 10Filip 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 Poparlan  66'
TP 3 Constantin Pristăviță  75'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili 14' to 23'
LP 1 Horaţiu Pungea  48'  75'
Replacements:
HK 16Eugen Căpăţână  14'  23'
PR 17Alexandru Ţăruş  48'
LK 18Dorin Lazar  60'
N8 19Vlad Nistor  66'
CE 20Catalin Robert Dascalu  66'
SH 21Valentin Ivan  78'
FH 22Daniel Statulescu
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15Gastón Mieres
RW 14Santiago Gibernau
OC 13Joaquín Prada
IC 12Alberto Roman
LW 11Gaston Gibernau  53'
FH 10Alejo 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 Echeverria  49'  78'
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c)  69'
LP 1 Alejo Corral  78'
Replacements:
PR 16Carlos Arboleya  49'
PR 17Mateo Sanguinetti  69'
LK 18Mathias Braun  49'
FL 19Fernando Bascou  65'
FL 20Agustin Alonso  69'
FB 21Jerónimo Etcheverry  53'
WG 22Federico Favaro  53'
Coach:
Uruguay Pablo Lemoine

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

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 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 15Gabriel Conache
RW 14Stephen Hihetah
OC 13Catalin Robert Dascalu
IC 12Florin Vlaicu
LW 11Ionut Dumitru
FH 10Filip Lazăr  50'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  64'
N8 8 Daniel Carpo
OF 7 Dorin Lazar  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 16Otar Turashvili  47'  64'
PR 17Horatiu Pungea  50'
LK 18Valentin Poparlan 49' to 59'  45'
N8 19Viorel Lucaci 51' to 61'  48'
CE 20Csaba Gal  50'
SH 21Valentin Ivan  50'
FH 22Andrei Ilie
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15Igor Klyuchnikov  68'
RW 14Mikhail Babaev
OC 13Dmitry Gerasimov
IC 12Alexey Makovetskiy
LW 11Vladimir Ostroushko
FH 10Ramil 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 16Stanislav Selskiy  69'
PR 17Alexander Bezverkhov  48'  55'  68'  76'
LK 18Denis Antonov
FL 19Yevgeny Matveyev  64'
FL 20Igor Galinovskiy  68'
FB 21Alexey Shcherban  61'
WG 22Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
France 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 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 Ireland Emerging Ireland
Report

Top scorers

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 <"Nations Cup". IRB. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Nations Cup central to RWC 2015 preparations". International Rugby Board. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "2013: Romanian delight at title defence". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland". RTE Sport. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland". ESPN. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland". The Score. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 "Emerging Ireland to compete in Romania". RTÉ. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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