2019 Rugby Europe Championship

2019 Rugby Europe Championship
2019 Rugby Europe Championship
Date	February 2019 – March 2019
Countries	Belgium ; Georgia ; Germany ; Romania ; Russia ; Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Georgia (11th title)
Grand Slam	Georgia (8th)
Antim Cup	Georgia (12th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	57,900 (3,860 per match)
Tries scored	93 (6.2 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Florin Vlaicu (39)
Top try scorer(s)	Mirian Modebadze (5)
Official website	Rugby Europe International Championship
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Last updated March 10, 2024

The 2019 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the third season under its new format, that sees Georgia, Germany, Russia, Spain, Belgium and Romania compete for the title. After the eligibility controversy of the 2018 Championship, Romania had to face Portugal for the promotion- / relegation- play-off and defeated them, hence joining the competition as the sixth contender.

Table

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
1	Georgia	5	5	0	0	162	34	+128	25	2	+23	3	0	1	24
2	Spain	5	4	0	1	127	75	+52	18	9	+9	2	0	0	18
3	Romania	5	3	0	2	130	86	+44	14	12	+2	2	1	0	15
4	Russia	5	2	0	3	130	85	+45	20	8	+12	1	2	0	11
5	Belgium	5	1	0	4	68	222	-154	8	33	-25	0	0	0	4
6	Germany	5	0	0	5	63	178	–115	7	28	–21	0	1	0	1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points \| Draw – 2 points \| At least 3 or more tries than opponent – 1 point \| Loss within 7 points – 1 point \| Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points \| Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point^[1]

Fixtures

Week 1

9 February 2019
14:00 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	9–18	Georgia
Pen: Vlaicu (3) 8', 24', 72'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Penalty try 45' Gorgadze 64' m Pen: Abzhandadze (2) 36', 80+2'

Cluj Arena, Cluj
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)


LP	1	Mihai Lazăr		51'
HK	2	Otar Turashvili		41'
TP	3	Andrei Ursache		51'	60'
LL	4	Johan van Heerden		60'
RL	5	Marius Antonescu
BF	6	Mihai Macovei (c)
OF	7	Adrian Ion
N8	8	Andrei Gorcioaia		62'
SH	9	Valentin Calafeteanu	45' to 55'	58'
FH	10	Daniel Plai		75'
LW	11	Nicolas Onuțu		60'
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu
OC	13	Cătălin Fercu
RW	14	Vlad Zaharia
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
PR	16	Ionel Badiu		51'	60'
HK	17	Eugen Căpățână		41'
PR	18	Alex Gordaș		51'
LK	19	Dorin Lazăr		60'
FL	20	Viorel Lucaci		62'
SH	21	Florin Surugiu		58'
CE	22	Alexandru Bucur		75'
CE	23	Vlăduț Popa		60'
Coach:
Marius Țincu


LP	1	Guram Gogichashvili	73'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	73'
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	59'
LL	4	Davit Gigauri	53'
RL	5	Giorgi Nemsadze
BF	6	Beka Saghinadze	59'
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	75'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Zurab Dzneladze
IC	12	Giorgi Kveseladze
OC	13	Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW	14	Alexander Todua	73'
FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK	16	Vano Karkadze	73'
PR	17	Tornike Mataradze	73'
PR	18	Levan Chilachava	59'
LK	19	Nodar Tcheishvili	53'
FL	20	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	59'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze	75'
WG	22	Mirian Modebadze	73'
WG	23	Giorgi Aptsiauri
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
Mark Patton (Ireland)

9 February 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Belgium	29–22	Germany (1 LBP)
Try: Penalty try (2) 11', 55' Jadot 40+3' m Dienst 72' m Benoy 80+2' m	RE Report WR Report	Try: Füchsel 6' c Otto (2) 59' c, 77' m Con: Parkinson (2/3) 7', 60' Pen: Parkinson 62'

King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)


LP	1	Jean-Baptiste Le Clercq		75'
HK	2	Thomas Dienst		73'
TP	3	Maxime Jadot		60'
LL	4	Sven d'Hooghe
RL	5	Tom Herenger		65'
BF	6	Gillian Benoy
OF	7	Mathieu Verschelden		78'
N8	8	William Van Bost
SH	9	Julien Berger		73'
FH	10	Vincent Hart
LW	11	Thomas Wallraf
IC	12	Jens Torfs (c)
OC	13	Craig Dowsett
RW	14	Ervin Muric
FB	15	Charles Reynaert		40'
Replacements:
PR	16	Alexis Cuffolo		73'
PR	17	Lucas Sotteau	76' to 80+3'	60'
LK	18	Bertrand Billi		65'
FL	19	Amin Hamzaoui		78'
CE	20	Louis Debatty		40'
FH	21	Emiel Vermote
SH	22	Isaac Montoisy		73'
PR	23	Romain Pinte		75'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac


LP	1	Tobias Williams
HK	2	Dasch Barber		40'
TP	3	Sammy Füchsel		73'
LL	4	Eric Marks
RL	5	Jörn Schröder		69'
BF	6	Marcel Henn	70' to 80'
OF	7	Jaco Otto (c)
N8	8	Sebastian Ferreira
SH	9	Tim Menzel		73'
FH	10	Raynor Parkinson
LW	11	Vito Lammers		15'
IC	12	Hagen Schulte
OC	13	Wynston Cameron-Dow		76'
RW	14	Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB	15	Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK	16	Kurt Haupt		40'
PR	17	Felix Martel
PR	18	Antony Dickinson		73'
LK	19	Hassan Rayan		69'
FL	20	Elias Haase
SH	21	Morne Laubscher		73'
CE	22	Eden Syme		76'
CE	23	Felix Lammers		15'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)
Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)

10 February 2019
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

Spain	16–14	Russia (1 LBP)
Try: Auzqui 18' c Con: Rabago (1/1) 19' Pen: Rabago (3) 52', 62', 67'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Ostroushko (2) 22' c, 36' c Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 23', 37'

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)


LP	1	Fernando López Pérez (c)	69'
HK	2	Beñat Auzqui	50'
TP	3	Xerom Civil Bonaventure	56'
LL	4	Mickael De Marco	74'
RL	5	Joshua Peters
BF	6	Lucas Guillaume
OF	7	Asier Ussáraga Latierro
N8	8	Ilaitia Gavidi	44'
SH	9	Lucas Rubio
FH	10	Andrew Norton	71'
LW	11	Federico Casteglioni	77'
IC	12	Richard Stewart	71'
OC	13	Andrea Rabago
RW	14	Jordi Jorba Jorge
FB	15	Julen Goia Iriberri
Replacements:
PR	16	Francisco Blanco Alonso	69'
HK	17	Quentin García	50'
LK	18	Victor Sánchez Borrego	74'
FL	19	Michael Hogg	44'
SH	20	Facundo Munilla	71'
CE	21	Gauthier Minguillon	71'
FB	22	Guillermo Domínguez	77'
PR	23	Jon Zabala	56'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Valery Morozov		62'
HK	2	Stanislav Selskii		62'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov		62'
LL	4	Bogdan Fedotko		77'
RL	5	Andrei Ostrikov
BF	6	Vitaly Zhivatov		62'
OF	7	Tagir Gadzhiev	16' to 26'
N8	8	Nikita Vavilin
SH	9	Vasily Dorofeev		68'
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev		77'
LW	11	Daniil Potikhanov
IC	12	Dmitri Gerasimov
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko
RW	14	Denis Simplikevich		77'
FB	15	Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Evgeni Matveev		62'
PR	17	Andrei Polivalov		62'
PR	18	Innoentiy Zykov		62'
N8	19	Alexander Ilin		77'
LK	20	Anton Sychev		62'
SH	21	Dmitrii Perov		68'
FH	22	Sergei Ianiushkin		77'
WG	23	German Davydov		77'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Chris Busby (Ireland)

Week 2

16 February 2019
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)

(1 TBP) Russia	64–7	Belgium
Try: Gerasimov (2) 13' c, 43' c Gadzhiev 16' c Polivalov 21' c Davydov (2) 25' c, 66' m Kononov 33' m Artemyev 49' m Ostroushko 52' c Vavilin 74' c Con: Kushnarev (6/8) 14', 17', 22', 26', 44', 52' Ianiushkin (1/2) 75'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Isaac Montoisy 40' c Con: De Moffarts (1/1) 40+1'

Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Cristian Serban (Romania)


LP	1	Andrei Polivalov		58'
HK	2	Stanislav Selskii		50'	61'	73'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov		50'
LL	4	Bogdan Fedotko
RL	5	Andrei Garbuzov		63'
BF	6	Anton Sychev
OF	7	Tagir Gadzhiev		51'
N8	8	Nikita Vavilin
SH	9	Vasily Dorofeev		58'
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev		54'
LW	11	Viktor Kononov			61'	73'
IC	12	Dmitri Gerasimov		54'
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko	79' to 80'
RW	14	German Davydov
FB	15	Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Evgeni Matveev	60' to 72'	50'
PR	17	Evgeny Mishechkin		58'
PR	18	Azamat Bitiev		50'
LK	19	Alexander Ilin		63'
CE	20	Kirill Golosnitskii		54'
SH	21	Dmitrii Perov		58'
N8	22	Roman Khodin		51'
FH	23	Sergei Ianiushkin		54'
Coach:
Lyn Jones


LP	1	Lucas Sotteau	10' to 23'			50'
HK	2	Thomas Dienst (c)		44'
TP	3	Romain Pinte		66'
LL	4	Sven d'Hooghe		54'
RL	5	Tuur Moelants
BF	6	Gillian Benoy
OF	7	Amin Hamzaoui		10'	23'	40'
N8	8	Bertrand Billi
SH	9	Isaac Montoisy
FH	10	Vincent Hart		44'
LW	11	Rayane Leduc
IC	12	Louis Debatty
OC	13	Louis De Moffarts
RW	14	Thomas Wallraf
FB	15	Emiel Vermote		59'
Replacements:
PR	16	Alexis Cuffolo		44'
HK	17	Martin Jessen		66'
PR	18	Simon Vankeerberghen			70'
LK	19	Brieuc Corradi		54'	70'
N8	20	Sacha Yoko		59'
FL	21	Corentin Lecloux				40'
SH	22	Tom Cocqu		44'
PR	23	Bastien Gallaire		10'	23'	50'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Madalin Garbau (Romania)

16 February 2019
14:00 EET (UTC+02)

(1 TBP) Romania	38–10	Germany
Try: Dumitru 7' c Melinte 15' m Zaharia 32' m Surugiu 55' c Popa 59' c Plai 79' c Con: Vlaicu (4/6) 8', 56', 60', 80'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Nostadt 65' c Con: Klewinghaus (1/1) 66' Pen: Klewinghaus 18'

Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)


LP	1	Constantin Pristăviță	40'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână	49'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș	49'
LL	4	Johan van Heerden
RL	5	Marius Antonescu
BF	6	Mihai Macovei (c)
OF	7	Adrian Ion	54'
N8	8	Andrei Gorcioaia	56'
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	61'
FH	10	Daniel Plai
LW	11	Ionuț Dumitru
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu
OC	13	Vlăduț Popa	61'
RW	14	Vladut Zaharia
FB	15	Ionel Melinte	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru	49'
PR	17	Alexandru Savin	40'
PR	18	Alex Gordaș	49'
LK	19	Dorin Lazăr	54'
FL	20	Cristi Chirică	56'
SH	21	Alexandru Tigla	61'
CE	22	Alexandru Bucur	61'
FB	23	Marius Simionescu	52'
Coach:
Marius Țincu


LP	1	Tobias Williams
HK	2	Kurt Haupt	54' to 64'	64'
TP	3	Sammy Füchsel		40'
LL	4	Jörn Schröder		72'
RL	5	Eric Marks
BF	6	Emil Rupf
OF	7	Jaco Otto		75'
N8	8	Sebastian Ferreira (c)
SH	9	Tim Menzel		72'
FH	10	Hagen Schulte
LW	11	Felix Lammers		50'	58'	64'
IC	12	Wynston Cameron-Dow
OC	13	Vito Lammers		44'
RW	14	Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB	15	Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK	16	Dasch Barber		64'
PR	17	Julius Nostadt		50'
PR	18	Matthias Schösser	48' to 58'	40'	58'
FL	19	Elias Haase		75'
PR	20	Felix Martel		72'
SH	21	Morne Laubscher		72'
CE	22	Eden Syme		44'
CE	23	Samuel Harris				64'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)
Irakli Tchanukvadze (Georgia)

17 February 2019
18:00 GET (UTC+04)

Georgia	24–10	Spain
Try: Gigauri 14' c Chilachava 30' m Lobzhanidze 65' m Kerdikoshvili 70' c Con: Abzhandadze (2/4) 15', 71'	RE report WR report	Try: Barnes 23' m Goia 80' m

Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)


LP	1	Guram Gogichashvili	48'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	76'
TP	3	Levan Chilachava	71'
LL	4	Davit Gigauri	60'
RL	5	Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
BF	6	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	71'
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	75'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze	75'
LW	11	Alexander Todua
IC	12	Giorgi Kveseladze
OC	13	Zurab Dzneladze
RW	14	Giorgi Aptsiauri
FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze	76'
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze	76'
PR	17	Beka Gigashvili	48'
PR	18	Giorgi Melikidze	71'
FL	19	Grigor Kerdikoshvili	60'
FL	20	Giorgi Javakhia	71'
SH	21	Giorgi Begadze	75'
FH	22	Lasha Malaghuradze	75'
WG	23	Mirian Modebadze	76'
Coach:
Milton Haig


LP	1	Fernando López Pérez (c)		69'
HK	2	Stephen Barnes	52' to 62'	64'
TP	3	Xerom Civil Bonaventure		55'
LL	4	Manu Mora		55'
RL	5	Mickael De Marco
BF	6	Lucas Guillaume
OF	7	Victor Sánchez Borrego
N8	8	Michael Hogg		74'
SH	9	Lucas Rubio		69'
FH	10	Alvar Gimeno		74'
LW	11	Julen Goia Iriberri	57' to 67'
IC	12	Richard Stewart
OC	13	Andrea Rabago
RW	14	Jordi Jorba Jorge		74'
FB	15	Lucas Levy
Replacements:
PR	16	Joaquín Manuel Domínguez		69'
HK	17	Vicente Del Hoyo		64'
LK	18	Michael Walker-Fitton		55'
N8	19	Oier Goia Iriberri		74'
SH	20	Facundo Munilla		69'
FH	21	Andrew Norton		74'
WG	22	Federico Castiglioni		74'
PR	23	Jon Zabala		55'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Jack Makepeace (England)
Tim Wigglesworth (England)

Week 3

2 March 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Germany	18–26	Russia
Try: Coetzee 60' m Lammers 72' c Con: Hilsenbeck (1/2) 72' Pen: Hilsenbeck 20', 33'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Davydov 8' m Gadzhiev 28' c Matveev 44' c Sychev 50' c Con: Kushnarev (3/4) 29', 45', 50'

Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)


LP	1	Tobias Williams	51'
HK	2	Kurt Haupt	59'
TP	3	Sammy Füchsel	59'
LL	4	Jörn Schröder	74'
RL	5	Eric Marks
BF	6	Marcel Henn	70'
OF	7	Jaco Otto
N8	8	Sebastian Ferreira (c)
SH	9	Tim Menzel	53'
FH	10	Christopher Hilsenbeck
LW	11	Felix Lammers	76'
IC	12	Eden Syme
OC	13	Wynston Cameron-Dow
RW	14	Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB	15	Hagen Schulte	49'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dasch Barber	59'
PR	17	Julius Nostadt	51'
PR	18	Antony Dickinson	59'
FL	19	Emil Rupf	70'
FL	20	Lee Murray	74'
SH	21	Morne Laubscher	53'
WG	22	Marcel Coetzee	49'
CE	23	Samuel Harris	76'
Coach:
Mike Ford


LP	1	Andrei Polivalov	69'
HK	2	Evgeni Matveev	56'
TP	3	Innoentiy Zykov	56'
LL	4	Bogdan Fedotko
RL	5	Andrei Garbuzov	56'
BF	6	Anton Sychev	61'
OF	7	Tagir Gadzhiev
N8	8	Nikita Vavilin
SH	9	Vasily Dorofeev	58'
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev	72'
LW	11	Mikhail Babaev
IC	12	Dmitri Gerasimov
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko
RW	14	German Davydov	33'
FB	15	Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Stanislav Selskii	56'
PR	17	Evgeny Mishechkin	69'
PR	18	Vladimir Podrezov	56'
LK	19	Alexander Ilin	56'
CE	20	Kirill Golosnitskii	33'
SH	21	Dmitrii Perov	58'
FL	22	Vitaly Zhivatov	61'
FH	23	Sergei Ianiushkin	72'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Mathieu Noirot (France)
Nicolas Datas (France)

2 March 2019
16:00 CET (UTC+01)

Belgium	6–46	Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: De Moffarts 36', 45'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Gogichashvili 11' m Nemsadze 22' c Tsutskiridze (2) 26' m, 65' m Modebadze 33' m Dzneladze 62' c Aprasidze 73' m Tkhilaishvili 80' c Con: Matiashvili (1/4) 22' Aprasidze (2/4) 62', 80+1'

King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)


LP	1	Bastien Gallaire	54'
HK	2	Thomas Dienst (c)	60'
TP	3	Romain Pinte	60'
LL	4	Bertrand Billi
RL	5	Maxime Ghion	52'
BF	6	Gillian Benoy	71'
OF	7	Romain Honhon	54'
N8	8	Corentin Lecloux
SH	9	Tom Cocqu	60'
FH	10	Isaac Montoisy
LW	11	Marc Tchangue
IC	12	Ervin Muric
OC	13	Louis De Moffarts
RW	14	Thomas Wallraf	65'
FB	15	Vincent Hart
Replacements:
HK	16	Martin Jessen	60'
PR	17	Charles-Henri Berguet	54'
LK	18	Tuur Moelants	52'
LK	19	Guillaume Mortier	71'
N8	20	Maxime Temmerman	54'
FH	21	Emiel Vermote	60'
FH	22	Sébastien Kairet	65'
PR	23	Samuel Opsomer	60'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac


LP	1	Guram Gogichashvili	52'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	52'
TP	3	Levan Chilachava	52'
LL	4	Nodar Tcheishvili
RL	5	Giorgi Nemsadze
BF	6	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	57'
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze	68'
N8	8	Otar Giorgadze
SH	9	Giorgi Begadze	60'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze	64'
LW	11	Zurab Dzneladze
IC	12	Giorgi Kveseladze
OC	13	Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW	14	Mirian Modebadze
FB	15	Soso Matiashvili	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Vano Karkadze	52'
PR	17	Zurab Zhvania	52'
PR	18	Beka Gigashvili	52'
FL	19	Shalva Sutiashvili	57'
FL	20	Beka Saghinadze	68'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze	60'
FH	22	Lasha Khmaladze	64'
WG	23	Giorgi Aptsiauri	60'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Mike Todd (Scotland)
Alistair Watt (Scotland)

3 March 2019
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

Spain	21–18	Romania (1 LBP)
Try: López Pérez 27' c Gimeno 45' c Barthère 65' c Con: Linklater (3/3) 28', 46', 66'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Dumitru 7' c Zaharia 69' m Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 8' Pen: Vlaicu (2) 1', 17'

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)


LP	1	Fernando López Pérez (c)		60'
HK	2	Stephen Barnes		51'
TP	3	Xerom Civil Bonaventure	55' to 65'			69'
LL	4	Mickael De Marco		72'
RL	5	Manu Mora		54'
BF	6	Victor Sánchez Borrego		57'	65'
OF	7	Lucas Guillaume
N8	8	Pierre Barthère		78'
SH	9	Facundo Munilla
FH	10	Lucas Rubio
LW	11	Jordi Jorba Jorge
IC	12	Alvar Gimeno
OC	13	Richard Stewart
RW	14	Julen Goia Iriberri		62'
FB	15	Bradley Linklater
Replacements:
PR	16	Jean-Baptiste Custoja		60'
HK	17	Quentin García		51'
LK	26	Michael Walker-Fitton		72'
N8	19	Oier Goia Iriberri		54'
SH	20	Kerman Aurrekoetxea		78'
FH	21	Andrea Rabago
FB	22	Hugo Alonso		62'
PR	23	Jon Zabala		57'	65'	69'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Constantin Pristăviță		60'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână		54'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș		60'
LL	4	Johan van Heerden	52' to 62'	71'
RL	5	Marius Antonescu
BF	6	Andrei Gorcioaia		59'
OF	7	Mihai Macovei (c)
N8	8	Cristian Chirică
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	29' to 39'	71'
FH	10	Florin Vlaicu		57'
LW	11	Ionuț Dumitru
IC	12	Tangimana Fonovai		50'
OC	13	Cătălin Fercu
RW	14	Vladut Zaharia
FB	15	Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
HK	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru		54'
PR	17	Iulian Hartig		60'
PR	18	Alex Gordaș		60'
LK	19	Dorin Lazăr		59'
FL	20	Adrian Ion		71'
SH	21	Tudorel Bratu		71'
SH	22	Daniel Plai		57'
CE	23	Nicolas Onotu		50'
Coach:
Marius Țincu

Touch judges:
Aled Evans (Wales)
Richard Brace (Wales)

Week 4

9 March 2019
14:00 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	22–20	Russia (1 LBP)
Try: Penalty try 29' c Pen: Vlaicu 3', 31', 37' Melinte 53', 74'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Artemyev 9' m Selskii 45' m Vavilin 61' m Gadzhiev 80' m

Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)


LP	1	Constantin Pristăviță	64'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână	64'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș	64'
LL	4	Johan van Heerden	68'
RL	5	Marius Antonescu
BF	6	Andre Gorin
OF	7	Adrian Ion (c)
N8	8	Cristi Chirică	40'
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	67'
FH	10	Florin Vlaicu	47'
LW	11	Ionuț Dumitru
IC	12	Tangimana Fonovai
OC	13	Nicolas Onuțu	68'
RW	14	Vladut Zaharia
FB	15	Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
HK	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru	64'
PR	17	Iulian Hartig	64'
PR	18	Alex Gordaș	64'
LK	19	Ionuț Mureșan	68'
FL	20	Dorin Lazăr	40'
SH	21	Alexandru Tigla	67'
CE	22	Ionel Melinte	47'
FB	23	Vlăduț Popa	68'
Coach:
Marius Țincu


LP	1	Andrei Polivalov		68'
HK	2	Stanislav Selskii	29' to 39'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov		40'
LL	4	Andrei Ostrikov
RL	5	Andrei Garbuzov		56'
BF	6	Anton Sychev		31'
OF	7	Tagir Gadzhiev
N8	8	Nikita Vavilin		68'
SH	9	Dmitrii Perov		50'
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev		75'
LW	11	Mikhail Babaev		77'
IC	12	Dmitri Gerasimov
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko
RW	14	German Davydov	22' to 32'
FB	15	Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Evgeni Matveev		31'
PR	17	Evgeny Mishechkin		68'
PR	18	Innokenty Zykov		40'
LK	19	Bogdan Fedotko		56'
CE	20	Vitaly Zhivatov		68'
SH	21	Alexey Shcherban		50'
N8	22	Ramil Gaisin		75'
FH	23	Viktor Kononov		77'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Thomas Charabas (France)
Luc Ramos (France)

10 March 2019
16:00 GET (UTC+04)

(1 TBP) Georgia	52–3	Germany
Try: Modebadze (3) 1' c, 54' c, 59' m Khmaladze 3' c Mamukashvili 22' c Malaghuradze 45' c Lobzhanidze 62' c Sharikadze 76' m Con: Aprasidze (5) 2', 5', 23', 46', 55' Matiashvili 63'	RE Report WR Report	Pen: Hilsenbeck 7'

AIA Arena, Kutaisi
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Keith Allen (Scotland)


LP	1	Zurab Zhvania	29' to 39'			51'	71'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili					71'
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili		51'
LL	4	Shalva Sutiashvili
RL	5	Giorgi Nemsadze		51'
BF	6	Beka Saghinadze		30'	39'	61'
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8	8	Otar Giorgadze
SH	9	Gela Aprasidze		61'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze		65'
LW	11	Soso Matiashvili
IC	12	Lasha Malaghuradze
OC	13	Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW	14	Mirian Modebadze
FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze		61'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tornike Mataradze					77'
PR	17	Giorgi Melikidze		51'
PR	18	Levan Chilachava		30'	39'	51'	77'
LK	19	Davit Gigauri				61'
FL	20	Nodar Tcheishvili		51'
SH	21	Vasil Lobzhanidze		61'
WG	22	Davit Kacharava		65'
WG	23	Alexander Todua		61'
Coach:
Milton Haig


LP	1	Julius Nostadt	53' to 63'		66'
HK	2	Dasch Barber
TP	3	Sammy Füchsel		14'
LL	4	Jörn Schröder		43'
RL	5	Eric Marks
BF	6	Emil Rupf
OF	7	Felix Martel		53'
N8	8	Jaco Otto (c)
SH	9	Tim Menzel		69'
FH	10	Christopher Hilsenbeck		73'
LW	11	Felix Lammers
IC	12	Eden Syme		61'
OC	13	Wynston Cameron-Dow
RW	14	Vito Lammers
FB	15	Nikolai Klewinghaus
Replacements:
HK	16	Senzo Ngubane		43'
PR	17	Tobias Williams		53'
PR	18	Antony Dickinson		14'	66'
FL	19	Paul Artur Franz Schüle		66'
FL	20	Marcus Bender		66'
SH	21	Morne Laubscher		59'
WG	22	Samuel Harris		73'
CE	23	Harris Aounallah		61'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)

10 March 2019
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Spain	47–9	Belgium
Try: Guillaume 3' c Rouet 18' m Gimeno 29' c Linklater 36' c Goia 46' c Walker-Fitton 66' c Jorba Jorge 75' c Con: Brad Linklater (6) 3', 30', 37', 47', 68', 75'	RE Report WR Report	Pen: De Moffarts (3) 8', 23', 40'

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)


LP	1	Fernando López Pérez (c)		48'
HK	2	Beñat Auzqui
TP	3	Xerom Civil Bonaventure		55'
LL	4	Victor Sánchez Borrego		63'
RL	5	Manu Mora		56'
BF	6	Pierre Barthère
OF	7	Lucas Guillaume
N8	8	Goia Oier
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	61' to 71'	71'
FH	10	Sébastien Rouet		41'
LW	11	Jordi Jorba Jorge
IC	12	Alvar Gimeno		61'
OC	13	Fabien Perrin		50'
RW	14	Julen Goia Iriberri
FB	15	Bradley Linklater
Replacements:
PR	16	Jean-Baptiste Custoja		48'
HK	17	Quentin García		55'
LK	18	Michael Walker-Fitton		56'
N8	19	Michael Hogg		63'
SH	20	Lucas Rubio		71'
FH	21	David Mele		41'
FB	22	Andrea Rabago		61'
PR	23	Jon Zabala		50'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Jean-Baptiste De Clercq		50'
HK	2	Thomas Dienst (c)		54'
TP	3	Maxime Jadot		63'
LL	4	Bertrand Billi		58'
RL	5	Tom Herenger		71'
BF	6	Gillian Benoy		56'
OF	7	Mathieu Verschelden	1' to 11'
N8	8	William Van Bost	33' to 43'
SH	9	Tom Cocqu
FH	10	Isaac Montoisy		41'
LW	11	Craig Dowsett		58'
IC	12	Ervin Muric
OC	13	Louis De Moffarts
RW	14	Thomas Wallraf
FB	15	Vincent Hart
Replacements:
PR	16	Vincent Tauzia		54'
HK	17	Alexis Cuffolo		63'
PR	18	Tuur Moelants		58'
LK	19	Maxime Ghion		71'
N8	20	Corentin Lecloux		56'
FL	21	Louis Debatty		41'
SH	22	Florian Piron		58'
PR	23	Romain Pinte		50'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Vincenzo Schipani (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)

Week 5

17 March 2019
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)

Russia	6–22	Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Kushnarev 30', 56'	RE report WR report	Try: Penalty try 40' c Tsutskiridze 45' m Modebadze 64' c Con: Malaghuradze 65' Pen: Matiashvili 8'

Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 5,850
Referee: Tom Foley (England)


LP	1	Valery Morozov		60'	63'
HK	2	Stanislav Selskii		60'
TP	3	Innokenty Zykov		56'
LL	4	Andrei Ostrikov		51'
RL	5	Andrei Garbuzov
BF	6	Anton Sychev
OF	7	Tagir Gadzhiev		68'
N8	8	Vitaly Zhivatov
SH	9	Alexey Shcherban		65'
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev		65'
LW	11	Mikhail Babaev			63'
IC	12	Dmitri Gerasimov		73'
OC	13	Vladimir Ostroushko
RW	14	German Davydov
FB	15	Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Evgeny Matveev		60'
PR	17	Sergey Sekisov	63' to 73'	60'
PR	18	Azamat Bitiev		56'
LK	19	Bogdan Fedotko		51'
CE	20	Roman Khodin		68'
SH	21	Dmitrii Perov		65'
N8	22	Ramil Gaisin		65'
FH	23	Viktor Kononov		73'
Coach:
Lyn Jones


LP	1	Beka Gigashvili	68'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	65'
TP	3	Levan Chilachava	54'
LL	4	Nodar Tcheishvili	41'
RL	5	Giorgi Nemsadze
BF	6	Otar Giorgadze	60'
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	60'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Giorgi Kveseladze
IC	12	Lasha Malaghuradze	65'
OC	13	Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW	14	Mirian Modebadze
FB	15	Soso Matiashvili	65'
Replacements:
HK	16	Zurab Zhvania	65'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	68'
PR	18	Giorgi Melikidze	54'
LK	19	Shalva Sutiashvili	41'
FL	20	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili	60'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze	60'
WG	22	Lasha Khmaladze	56'
WG	23	Davit Kacharava	65'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
Phil Watters (England)

17 March 2019
13:00 CET (UTC+01)

Germany	10–33	Spain (1 TBP)
Try: Henn 82' c Con: Klewinghaus 83' Pen: Klewinghaus 15'	RE report WR report	Try: García 10' c Norton 22' m Mora 47' m Walter-Fitton 59' c Guillaume 66' c Con: Rabago 11', 60', 67'

Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)


LP	1	Tobias Williams	48'
HK	2	Dasch Barber
TP	3	Sammy Füchsel	36'
LL	4	Jörn Schröder	64'
RL	5	Eric Marks	68'
BF	6	Emil Rupf	48'
OF	7	Jaco Otto (c)
N8	8	Marcel Henn
SH	9	Tim Menzel	66'
FH	10	Nikolai Klewinghaus
LW	11	Felix Lammers
IC	12	Wynston Cameron-Dow	66'
OC	13	Vito Lammers
RW	14	Carlos Soteras-Merz	75'
FB	15	Marcel Coetzee
Replacements:
HK	16	Felix Martel	48'
PR	17	Julius Nostadt	48'
PR	18	Mathias Schösser	36'
FL	19	Antony Dickinson	64'
FL	20	Michail Tyumenev	68'
SH	21	Morne Laubscher	66'
WG	22	Samuel Harris	68'
CE	23	Rafael Pyrasch	75'
Coach:
Mike Ford


LP	1	Fernando López Pérez (c)	68'
HK	2	Quentin García	68'
TP	3	Xerom Civil Bonaventure
LL	4	Michael Walter-Fitton	60'
RL	5	Joshua Peters	68'
BF	6	Victor Sánchez Borrego
OF	7	Lucas Guillaume
N8	8	Manuel Mora	70'
SH	9	Lucas Rubio
FH	10	Andrew Norton	48'
LW	11	Jordi Jorba	70'
IC	12	Álvar Gimeno
OC	13	Andrea Rabago
RW	14	Julen Goia Iriberri	58'
FB	15	Richard Stewart
Replacements:
PR	16	Thierry Futen	68'
HK	17	Diego Carvajales	68'
LK	18	Ien Ascroft-leigh	60'
FL	19	Juan Pablo Guido	70'
SH	20	Facundo Munilla	48'
CE	21	Federico Casteglioni	70'
FB	22	Hugo Alonso	58'
PR	23	Jon Zabala	44'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Matteo Giacomini (Italy)

17 March 2019
13:00 CET (UTC+01)

Belgium	17–43	Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Dienst 47' c Decubber 76' c Con: Williams [ fr ] (1/1) 48' Hamzaoui (1/1) 77' Pen: Williams [ fr ] 2'	RE report WR report	Try: Lazăr 29' c Nistor 34' m Zaharia 39' m Penalty try 49' c Cojocaru 69' c Con: Plai (2/4) 30', 69' Pen: Plai (4) 1', 8', 15', 51'

King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)


LP	1	Jean-Baptiste Le Clercq		70'
HK	2	Thomas Dienst (c)		62'
TP	3	Maxime Jadot		52'
LL	4	Bertrand Billi
RL	5	Tom Herenger		21'
BF	6	Gillian Benoy
OF	7	Jean-Maurice Decubber
N8	8	Corentin Lecloux
SH	9	Tom Cocqu		68'
FH	10	Vincent Hart		17'
LW	11	Craig Dowsett
IC	12	Ervin Muric
OC	13	Nathan Bontems		62'	68'
RW	14	Thomas Wallraf
FB	15	Alan Williams [ fr ]			68'
Replacements:
PR	16	Alexis Cuffolo		64'
PR	17	Bastien Gallaire		52'
LK	18	Lucas Sotteau		21'	28'
FL	19	Tuur Moelants			28'
CE	20	Amin Hamzaoui		62'
FH	21	Louis de Moffarts		68'
SH	22	Marc Tchangué	65' to 75'	68'
PR	23	Romain Pinte		70'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac


LP	1	Constantin Pristăviță		64'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână		64'
TP	3	Alex Gordaș		66'
LL	4	Johan van Heerden		60'
RL	5	Marius Antonescu	45' to 55'
BF	6	Vlad Nistor
OF	7	Adrian Ion (c)
N8	8	Dorin Lazăr		64'
SH	9	Florin Surugiu		66'
FH	10	Daniel Plai
LW	11	Nicolas Onuțu
IC	12	Vlăduț Popa		40'
OC	13	Alexandru Bucur
RW	14	Vlad Zaharia		61'
FB	15	Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
PR	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru		64'
HK	17	Iulian Hartig		64'
PR	18	Vasile Bălan		66'
LK	19	Ionuț Mureșan		64'
FL	20	Vlad Neculau		60'
SH	21	Alexandru Țiglă		66'
CE	22	Florin Vlaicu		40'
CE	23	Ionuț Dumitru		61'
Coach:
Marius Țincu

Touch judges:
Mike English (Wales)
Chris Oliver (Wales)

Relegation/promotion play-off

15 June 2019
13:50 CET (UTC+01)

Germany	32–37	Portugal
	Gamesheet

Frankfurt
Attendance: 800
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)

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