| 2007 IRB Nations Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Countries |       |
| Tournament format(s) | Modified Round-robin |
| Date | 5 – 16 June 2007 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Teams | 6 |
| Matches played | 9 |
| Attendance | 2,000 (222 per match) |
| Tries scored | 42 (4.67 per match) |
| Top point scorer(s) | Peter Grant (Emerging Springboks) (44 points) |
| Top try scorer(s) | Tonderai Chavhanga (Emerging Springboks) Marius Delport (Emerging Springboks) (3 tries) |
| Final | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
The 2007 IRB Nations Cup is the second edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Argentina Jaguars, Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Namibia and Georgia). [1]
Rugby union, commonly known in most of the world simply as rugby, is a contact team sport which originated in England in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, a game is between two teams of 15 players using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field with H-shaped goalposts at each end.
The Italy A national rugby union team are the second national rugby union team in Italy after the national side.
The Romania national rugby union team, nicknamed The Oaks (Stejarii), is long considered one of the stronger European teams outside the Six Nations. They have participated in all but one Rugby World Cup and currently compete in the first division of the European Nations Cup, which they won most recently in 2017. Rugby union in Romania is administered by the Romanian Rugby Federation. The team plays in yellow and blue strips.
Contents
- Final standings
- Results
- Round 1
- Round 2
- Round 3
- Top scorers
- Top points scorers
- Top try scorers
- See also
- References
- External links
Originally scheduled to take place in the Tineretului Stadium, Bucharest, Romania, [2] in the event the matches took place at the city's Stadionul Arcul de Triumf. [3]
Bucharest is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, at 44°25′57″N26°06′14″E, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than 60 km (37.3 mi) north of the Danube River and the Bulgarian border.
Stadionul Naţional de Rugby Arcul de Triumf is a multi-purpose stadium currently under demolition in Bucharest, Romania. It was used mostly for rugby games.
Argentina Jaguars were the defending champions, but the Emerging Springboks were the overall winners.
The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.
A round-robin tournament is a competition in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn. A round-robin contrasts with an elimination tournament, in which participants are eliminated after a certain number of losses.
