2014 IRB Nations Cup

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2014 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries IRFU flag.svg Emerging Ireland
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Tournament format(s) Round-robin
Date13 – 22 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Tries scored31 (5.17 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Flag of Romania.svg Florin Vlaicu (32 points) [1]
Top try scorer(s) IRFU flag.svg Craig Gilroy (4 tries) [1]
Final
Champions IRFU flag.svg Emerging Ireland
Runners-upFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
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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]

Contents

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

TeamGamesPointsTriesBounus pointsPoints
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstTry BonusLosing Bonus
1 IRFU flag.svg Emerging Ireland 3300148131352113015
2Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 32016465–167008
3Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 31023291–59210004
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 30032499–75213022
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 IRFU flag.svg 66 – 0
Abandoned
at 49'		Flag of Russia.svg  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 [8] Pen: Gaysin (0/1) 15'
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
FB15 Johne Murphy
RW14 Craig Gilroy
OC13 Eoin Griffin
IC12 Stuart McCloskey
LW11 Andrew Conway
FH10 Ian Keatley Sub off.svg 35'
SH9 Paul Marshall
N88 Robin Copeland
OF7 Tommy O'Donnell
BF6 Dominic Ryan (c)
RL5 Dave Foley
LL4 Michael Kearney
TP3 Michael Bent Sub off.svg 46'
HK2 Niall Annett Sub off.svg 40'
LP1 Callum Black
Replacements:
HK16 James Tracy Sub on.svg 40'
PR17 John Ryan Sub on.svg 46'
LK18 Billy Holland
FL19 Sean Dougall
SH20 Luke McGrath
FH21 JJ Hanrahan Sub on.svg 35'
CE22 Brendan Macken
Coach:
IRFU flag.svg Dan McFarland
FB15 Igor Klyuchnikov
RW14 Mikhail Babaev
OC13 German Davydov
IC12 Alexey Makovetskiy
LW11 Igor Galinovskiy
FH10 Ramil Gaysin
SH9 Alexander Ianiushkin Sub off.svg 46'
N88 Victor Gresev
OF7 Andrey Temnov
BF6 Andrey Garbuzov
RL5 Denis Antonov
LL4 Alexander Voytov (c)Sub off.svg 46'
TP3 Sergey Sekisov
HK2 Stanislav Selskiy Yellow card.svg 46' to 56'
LP1 Alexey Volkov Sub off.svg 46'
Replacements:
HK16 Valery Tsnobiladze
PR17 Grigory Tsnobiladze Sub on.svg 46'
LK18 Alexander Bezverkhov
FL19 Artem Fatakhov Sub on.svg 46'
FL20 Pavel Butenko
SH21 Alexey Shcherban Sub on.svg 46'
FH22 Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
Flag of France.svg Raphaël Saint-André  [ fr ]

Touch judges:
Cristian Serban (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

13 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg34 – 16Flag of Uruguay.svg  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 [8] Try: Gibernau 29' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 30'
Pen: Prada (3/4) 24', 26', 61'
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
FB15 Gabriel Conache
RW14 Ionuț Dumitru
OC13 Csaba Gál
IC12 Florin Vlaicu
LW11 Florin Ioniță
FH10 Filip Lazăr Sub off.svg 66'
SH9 Florin Surugiu Sub off.svg 78'
N88 Daniel Carpo
OF7 Mihai Macovei (c)
BF6 Viorel Lucaci Sub off.svg 60'
RL5 Marius Sirbe
LL4 Valentin Popârlan Sub off.svg 66'
TP3 Constantin Pristăviță Sub off.svg 75'
HK2 Otar Turashvili Cruz Roja.svg 14' to 23'
LP1 Horaţiu Pungea Sub off.svg 48'Sub on.svg 75'
Replacements:
HK16 Eugen Căpăţână Sub on.svg 14'Sub off.svg 23'
PR17 Alexandru Ţăruş Sub on.svg 48'
LK18 Dorin Lazăr Sub on.svg 60'
N819 Vlad Nistor Sub on.svg 66'
CE20 Catalin Robert Dascalu Sub on.svg 66'
SH21 Valentin Ivan Sub on.svg 78'
FH22 Daniel Statulescu
Coach:
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lynn Howells
FB15 Gastón Mieres
RW14 Santiago Gibernau
OC13 Joaquín Prada
IC12 Alberto Roman
LW11 Gaston Gibernau Sub off.svg 53'
FH10 Alejo Durán Sub off.svg 53'
SH9 Guillermo Lijtenstein
N88 Alejandro Nieto
OF7 Diego Magno Sub off.svg 65'
BF6 Juan de Freitas Sub off.svg 69'
RL5 Franco Lamanna Yellow card.svg 62' to 72'
LL4 Cristofer Soares De Lima Sub off.svg 49'
TP3 Juan Echeverría Sub off.svg 49'Sub on.svg 78'
HK2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c)Sub off.svg 69'
LP1 Alejo Corral Sub off.svg 78'
Replacements:
PR16 Carlos Arboleya Sub on.svg 49'
PR17 Mateo Sanguinetti Sub on.svg 69'
LK18 Mathias Braun Sub on.svg 49'
FL19 Fernando Bascou Sub on.svg 65'
FL20 Agustin Alonso Sub on.svg 69'
FB21 Jerónimo Etcheverry Sub on.svg 53'
WG22 Federico Favaro Sub on.svg 53'
Coach:
Flag of Uruguay.svg 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 IRFU flag.svg 51 – 3Flag of Uruguay.svg  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 [9] Pen: Prada (1/2) 4'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)


18 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  Flag of Romania.svg20 – 18Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Try: Penalty Try 70',78'
Con: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 71',79'
Pen: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 8',36'		Report [10] 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
FB15 Gabriel Conache
RW14 Stephen Hihetah
OC13 Catalin Robert Dascalu
IC12 Florin Vlaicu
LW11 Ionut Dumitru
FH10 Filip Lazăr Sub off.svg 50'
SH9 Florin Surugiu Sub off.svg 64'
N88 Daniel Carpo
OF7 Dorin Lazăr Sub off.svg 48'
BF6 Mihai Macovei (c)
RL5 Marius Sirbe
LL4 Marian Drenceanu Sub off.svg 45'
TP3 Alexandru Tarus Sub off.svg 64'
HK2 Eugen Capatana Sub off.svg 47'Sub on.svg 64'
LP1 Ionel Badiu Sub off.svg 48'
Replacements:
HK16 Otar Turashvili Sub on.svg 47'Sub off.svg 64'
PR17 Horatiu Pungea Sub on.svg 50'
LK18 Valentin Popârlan Yellow card.svg 49' to 59'Sub on.svg 45'
N819 Viorel Lucaci Yellow card.svg 51' to 61'Sub on.svg 48'
CE20 Csaba Gál Sub on.svg 50'
SH21 Valentin Ivan Sub on.svg 50'
FH22 Andrei Ilie
Coach:
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lynn Howells
FB15 Igor Klyuchnikov Sub off.svg 68'
RW14 Mikhail Babaev
OC13 Dmitry Gerasimov
IC12 Alexey Makovetskiy
LW11 Vladimir Ostroushko
FH10 Ramil Gaysin
SH9 Alexander Ianiushkin Sub off.svg 61'
N88 Victor Gresev Yellow card.svg 76' to 80 'Sub off.svg 48'
OF7 Andrey Temnov
BF6 Pavel Butenko Sub off.svg 64'
RL5 Artem Fatakhov Sub off.svg 69'
LL4 Alexander Voytov(c)Yellow card.svg 8' to 18'
TP3 Andrey Igretsov Yellow card.svg 45' to 55'Sub off.svg 68'
HK2 Valery Tsnobiladze Yellow card.svg 69' to 79'
LP1 Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
PR16 Stanislav Selskiy Sub on.svg 69'
PR17 Alexander Bezverkhov Sub on.svg 48'Sub off.svg 55'Sub on.svg 68'Sub off.svg 76'
LK18 Denis Antonov
FL19 Yevgeny Matveyev Sub on.svg 64'
FL20 Igor Galinovskiy Sub on.svg 68'
FB21 Alexey Shcherban Sub on.svg 61'
WG22 Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
Flag of France.svg 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  Flag of Russia.svg6 – 13Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Pen: Kushnarev (2/4) 11', 14'Report [11] 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  Flag of Romania.svg10 – 31 IRFU flag.svg Emerging Ireland
Try: Penalty try 78'
Drop: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 13'		Report [12] Try: Dominic Ryan 28' c
Craig Gilroy 31' c
Robin Copeland 41' c
Penalty try 80'
Con: Ian Keatley (3/3) 31', 36', 50'
Pen: Ian Keatley (1/2) 3'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

Top scorers

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