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 Argentina XV
 Namibia
 Romania
 Spain
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Date 12 – 21 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams 4
Matches played 6
Tries scored 21 (3.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Romania Florin Vlaicu
Top try scorer(s) Romania Viorel Lucaci (2)
Romania Florin Surugiu (2)
Final
Champions  Romania (3rd title)
Runner-up Argentina Argentina XV
Official website World Rugby Nations Cup
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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 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
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]

Round 1

12 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Namibia  10–30 Argentina Argentina XV
Try: Kotzé 24' c
Con: Kotzé (1/1) 25'
Drop: Kotzé (1/1) 33'
 Match stats 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'
FB 15Johann Tromp
RW 14Russell van Wyk
OC 13Danie van Wyk
IC 12JC Greyling  75'
LW 11David Philander
FH 10Theuns 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 16Rathony Becker  67'
PR 17Johnny Redelinghuys  27'
PR 18AJ de Klerk  67'
FL 19Leneve Damens  61'
FL 20Thomasau Forbes
SH 21Eniell Buitendag  64'
FH 22Shaun Kaizemi  75'
CE 23Heinrich Smit  75'
Coach:
Namibia Danie Vermeulen
FB 15Tomás Carrió
RW 14Franco Cuaranta
OC 13Juan Cappiello  75'
IC 12Joaquín Paz
LW 11Augusto López
FH 10Juan 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 16Santiago García Botta  56'
HK 17Tomás Baravalle  62'
PR 18Nicolás Mirande  58'
LK 19Manuel Plaza  71'
N8 20Miguel Urtubey  61'
SH 21Lucas Alcácer  58'
FH 22Cristian Nacassian  58'
CE 23Ignacio Brex  75'
Coach:
Argentina Felipe Contepomi
Argentina 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'
 Match stats Pen: Linklater (1/3) 16'
Aubanell (2/2) 44', 59'
FB 15Cătălin Fercu
RW 14Adrian Apostol 19' to 29'
OC 13Csaba Gál
IC 12Florin Vlaicu  60'
LW 11Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10Dănuț 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 Popîrlan  55'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache  68'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili  67'
LP 1 Mihai Lazăr  67'
Replacements:
HK 16Andrei Rădoi  67'
PR 17Constantin Pristăviță  67'
PR 18Vlad Bădălicescu  69'
LK 19Marius Antonescu  55'
N8 20Vlad Nistor  69'
SH 21Florin Surugiu  54'
FH 22Jody Rose  69'
WG 23Florin Ioniță  60'
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15Sergi Aubanell
RW 14Ignacio Contardi
OC 13Federico Castiglione
IC 12Thibaut Alvarez
LW 11Pierre García  60'
FH 10Brad 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 16Francisco Blanco 71' to 80'  57'
HK 17Juan Anaya Lazaro
PR 18Ángel Durango  67'
FL 19Manuel Mora Ruiz
FL 20Jose Luis del Valle
SH 21Facundo Munilla  74'
FH 22Marcos Puig
CE 23Gauthier Minguillón  60'
Coach:
Spain Santiago Santos

Round 2

17 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Argentina XV Argentina 15–6  Spain
Try: Carrió 41' m
Cuaranta 47' c
Con: Nacassian (1/2) 48'
Pen: Nacassian (1/2) 7'
 Match stats Pen: Aubanell (1/2) 56'
Linklater (1/1) 68'
FB 15Tomás Carrió
RW 14Franco Cuaranta
OC 13Ignacio Brex 5' to 18'
IC 12Brian Ormson
LW 11Bautista Álvarez
FH 10Cristian 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 16Roberto Tejerizo
HK 17Facundo Bosch  62'
PR 18Nicolás Mirande  60'
LK 19Franco Baldoni
FL 20Martín Chiappesoni  49'
SH 21Gonzalo Bertranou
CE 22Juan Cappiello  5'  18'
WG 23Augusto López
Coach:
Argentina Felipe Contepomi
Argentina Ricardo Le Fort
FB 15Sergi Aubanell  62'
RW 14Antoine Sánchez
OC 13Brad Linklater
IC 12Thibaut Alvarez  60'
LW 11Ignacio Contardi
FH 10Marcos 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 16Francisco Blanco  48'
HK 17Johnathan Phipps  46'
PR 18Joe Hutchinson  43'
FL 19Manuel Mora Ruiz  54'
FL 20Javier de Juan  50'
SH 21Facundo Munilla
FH 22Pierre García  62'
CE 23Gauthier Minguillón  60'
Coach:
Spain 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'
 Match stats Pen: Kaizemi (1/1) 3'
FB 15Cătălin Fercu  52'
RW 14Florin Ioniță
OC 13Catalin Dascălu
IC 12Csaba Gál  64'
LW 11Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10Dănuț 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 16Otar Turashvili
PR 17Constantin Pristăviță  54'
PR 18Vlad Bădălicescu  46'
LK 19Dorin Lazar  62'
N8 20Vlad Nistor  67'
SH 21Valentin Calafeteanu  67'
CE 22Florin Vlaicu  64'
WG 23Stephen Hihetah  52'
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15Johann Tromp
RW 14David Philander
OC 13Danie van Wyk
IC 12JC Greyling
LW 11Conrad Marais
FH 10Shaun 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 16DG Wiese  52'
PR 17Jaco Engels
PR 18AJ de Klerk  52'
LK 19Tjiuee Uanivi  68'
FL 20Roderique Victor
SH 21Eniell Buitendag
FH 22Theuns Kotzé
CE 23Heinrich Smit  40'
Coach:
Namibia Danie Vermeulen

Round 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'
 Match stats Con: Kotzé (1/2) 16'
FB 15Sergi Aubanell
RW 14Ignacio Contardi  75'
OC 13Federico Castiglione
IC 12Thibaut Alvarez
LW 11Pierre García  47'
FH 10Brad 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 16Francisco Blanco  47'
HK 17Johnathan Phipps  47'
PR 18Joe Hutchinson  40'
LK 19Tomás Urbaitis  69'
FL 20Francisco Copplet  33'  40'  69'
FL 21Jose Luis del Valle  58'
WG 22Antoine Sánchez  75'
CE 23Gauthier Minguillón  47'
Coach:
Spain Santiago Santos
FB 15Johann Tromp
RW 14David Philander
OC 13Danie van Wyk
IC 12JC Greyling
LW 11Russell van Wyk  63'
FH 10Theuns 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 16Callie Swanepoel  65'
PR 17Johnny Redelinghuys  65'
PR 18AJ de Klerk  71'  73'
LK 19Nico Esterhuyse
FL 20Leneve Damens
SH 21Eugene Jantjies  55'
CE 22Heinrich Smit  63'
WG 23Conrad Marais
Coach:
Namibia Danie Vermeulen
21 June 2015
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  23–0 Argentina Argentina XV
Try: Lazăr 24' c
Surugiu 59' c
Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 25', 59'
Pen: Vlaicu (3/5) 46', 49', 52'
 Match stats
FB 15Cătălin Fercu
RW 14Adrian Apostol
OC 13Csaba Gál
IC 12Florin Vlaicu
LW 11Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10Michael 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 16Andrei Rădoi  75'
PR 17Constantin Pristăviță  60'
PR 18Alex Gordas
LK 19Dorin Lazar
FL 20Stelian Burcea
SH 21Florin Surugiu  57'
FH 22Dănuț Dumbravă
WG 23Florin Ioniță
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15Tomás Carrió
RW 14Augusto López
OC 13Juan Cappiello
IC 12Joaquín Paz
LW 11Franco Cuaranta
FH 10Juan 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 16Santiago García Botta
HK 17Tomás Baravalle
PR 18Nicolás Mirande
LK 19Franco Baldoni
N8 20Miguel Urtubey
SH 21Lucas Alcácer
CE 22Brian Ormson
WG 23Bautista Álvarez
Coach:
Argentina Felipe Contepomi
Argentina Ricardo Le Fort

See also

References

  1. ↑ "World Rugby". Retrieved 1 May 2016.

External links

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