2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications

Last updated May 25, 2024

For the 2019 Rugby World Cup, there were several play-off matches during the qualification process in order to determine which nations would compete in the Repechage. Canada, who failed to be one of the three teams to advance from the Americas qualification process, despite being the third highest ranked team in the Americas, emerged from the repechage process in November 2018 to become the final team to qualify for the World Cup.

Format

Europe/Oceania

The qualification play-off was a home and away series between Europe 2 and Oceania 3. Europe 2, Germany, was the winner of Round 6 of the European qualification process, while Oceania 3, Samoa, was the third best team of Round 1 of the Oceania qualification process. The winner of this home and away play-off on aggregate qualified to the World Cup as the play-off winner. The loser gained another chance via the World Repechage.

Repechage

Asia/Oceania

Prior to the repechage final, Asia 1 and Oceania 4 played-off in a home and away series for the final place. Asia 1 was the winner of Round 3 of the Asian qualification process, while Oceania 4 is Cook Islands. The Cook Islands advanced to the next stage of qualifying for the 2019 Rugby World Cup after Tahiti, the winner of Round 2 of the Oceania qualification process, were found to have breached player eligibility regulations in their Oceania Cup clash the previous year.^[1] The winner of this home and away play-off on aggregate, qualified for a place in the World Repechage, while the loser missed out on World Cup qualification.

Final tournament

The 2019 Rugby World Cup repechage tournament was hosted by a neutral venue: the Pierre-Delort Stadium in Marseille, France. In previous years, the repechage, a last-chance opportunity to qualify for the Rugby World Cup, has followed a knock-out format in line with the rest of the qualification process. The 2019 edition, however, was a round-robin tournament between four teams held during the November test window. Africa and the Americas were guaranteed a repechage place, with the runner-up of the African qualification round 3 (Africa 2) and the losing side of the Americas Repechage play-off gaining positions. The final two places were decided through the above cross-regional play-offs, with the loser of the Europe/Oceania play-off (Europe 2 or Oceania 3) getting another shot at qualification in the repechage, and the winner of the Asia/Oceania play-off for repechage, advancing to the repechage, with no direct place for an Asian team or the lower ranked teams in Oceania. The winner of the World Repechage qualified for the World Cup as the play-off winner (or Repechage 2).

Teams

Six teams progressed to the regional and Repechage play-offs for the final two non-regional seeds in the World Cup; teams world rankings are as per date progressing to the play-off phase and bold nations denotes teams had previously played in a Rugby World Cup.

Nation	Rank	Progression date	Qualifying status
Samoa	15	15 July 2017	Qualified on 14 July 2018
Germany	28	15 May 2018	Eliminated by Canada on 17 November 2018
Cook Islands	55	23 March 2018	Eliminated by Hong Kong on 7 July 2018
Hong Kong	22	2 June 2018	Eliminated by Canada on 23 November 2018
Kenya	28	29 July 2018	Eliminated by Hong Kong on 17 November 2018
Canada	21	3 February 2018	Qualified on 23 November 2018

Europe/Oceania qualifying play-off

Samoa played Germany in a Europe/Oceania play-off for direct qualification to the World Cup. Samoa qualified, winning 108–43 on aggregate, while Germany progressed to the Repechage as runners-up.

30 June 2018
15:10 (UTC+13:00)

Samoa	66–15	Germany
Try: Leiua 9' c Matavao (2) 12' c, 60' c J. Lam 23' c Fidow (3) 28' c, 36' c, 79' m Penalty try 51' Tekori 71' c Polataivao 73' m Con: Tuala (5/5) 10', 13', 24', 29', 37' Fa'apale (2/4) 62', 72'	Report	Try: Otto (2) 58' m, 66' c Con: Parkinson (1/2) 67' Pen: Parkinson (1/1) 11'

Apia Park, Apia
Attendance: 6,100
Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

Team details


FB	15	Ahsee Tuala	58'
RW	14	Ed Fidow
OC	13	Paul Perez
IC	12	Alapati Leiua
LW	11	Sinoti Sinoti	68'
FH	10	Tusi Pisi
SH	9	Melani Matavao	63'
N8	8	Ofisa Treviranus	58'
OF	7	Jack Lam
BF	6	Piula Faʻasalele	51'
RL	5	Chris Vui (c)
LL	4	Josh Tyrell
TP	3	Paul Alo-Emile	64'
HK	2	Motu Matu'u	14' to 19'		56'
LP	1	Logovi'i Mulipola	56'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seilala Lam	14'	19'	56'
PR	17	James Lay	56'
PR	18	Viliamu Afatia	64'
LK	19	Joe Tekori	51'
FL	20	TJ Ioane	58'
SH	21	Dwayne Polataivao	63'
FH	22	Patrick Fa'apale	58'
WG	23	Alofa Alofa	68'
Coach:
Fuimaono Tafua


FB	15	Maxime Oltmann
RW	14	Marcel Coetzee
OC	13	Steffen Liebig	70'
IC	12	Raynor Parkinson
LW	11	Nikolai Klewinghaus	68'
FH	10	Chris Hilsenbeck
SH	9	Sean Armstrong	27'	39'	76'
N8	8	Sebastian Ferreira
OF	7	Jaco Otto	76'
BF	6	Marcel Henn
RL	5	Eric Marks
LL	4	Timo Vollenkemper	53'
TP	3	Samy Füchsel	63'
HK	2	Mika Tyumenev	63'
LP	1	Julius Nostadt (c)	63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Mark Fairhurst	63'
N8	17	Jarrid Els	53'
PR	18	Jörn Schröder	63'
PR	19	Anthony Dickinson	63'
FL	20	Falk Duwe	76'
SH	21	Tim Menzel	27'	39'	76'
WG	22	Pierre Mathurin	68'
WG	23	Pascal Fischer	70'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Cam Stone (New Zealand)
Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

Notes:

This was the first time these two nations have met.
This was Samoa's 100th test victory, and their first since their 25–23 win over Canada in November 2016.

14 July 2018
16:00 (UTC+2:00)

Germany	28–42	Samoa
Try: Otto 8' c Fuchsel 17' m Els 49' c Con: Parkinson (1/2) 9' Hilsenbeck (1/1) 50' Pen: Hilsenbeck (2/2) 40', 64' Coetzee (1/2) 66'	Report	Try: Fidow (2) 1' c, 75' c Matavao (2) 35' c, 46' c Tuala (2) 69' c, 79' c Con: Tuala (6/6) 2', 36', 47', 70', 76'. 80'

Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 3,046
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)

Team details


FB	15	Chris Hilsenbeck
RW	14	Raphael Pyrasch
OC	13	Mathieu Ducau
IC	12	Raynor Parkinson	22'
LW	11	Marcel Coetzee	76'
FH	10	Hagen Schulte	67'
SH	9	Sean Armstrong (c)
N8	8	Jarrid Els
OF	7	Jaco Otto
BF	6	Sebastian Ferreira	60'
RL	5	Timo Vollenkemper
LL	4	Eric Marks	70'
TP	3	Samy Füchsel	54'
HK	2	Mark Fairhurst	54'
LP	1	Julius Nostadt	47'
Replacements:
HK	16	Mika Tyumenev	54'
N8	17	Luke Dyckhoff	70'
PR	18	Jörn Schröder	47'
PR	19	Matthias Schosser	54'
FL	20	Marcel Henn	60'
SH	21	Tim Menzel	67'
FB	22	Nikolai Klewinghaus	22'
WG	23	Florian Wehrspann	76'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine


FB	15	Ahsee Tuala
RW	14	Ed Fidow
OC	13	Paul Perez
IC	12	Tusi Pisi
LW	11	Sinoti Sinoti	76'
FH	10	Patrick Fa'apale	76'
SH	9	Melani Matavao	62'
N8	8	Ofisa Treviranus	74'
OF	7	Jack Lam
BF	6	Chris Vui (c)
RL	5	Brandon Nansen	58'
LL	4	Joe Tekori
TP	3	Paul Alo-Emile	58'
HK	2	Motu Matu'u	40'
LP	1	Logovi'i Mulipola	62'
Replacements:
HK	16	Seilala Lam	40'
PR	17	Jordan Lay	62'
PR	18	Viliamu Afatia	58'
N8	19	Mat Luamanu	74'
FL	20	TJ Ioane	58'
SH	21	Ionatana Tino	62'
FH	22	Rodney Iona	76'
WG	23	Alofa Alofa	76'
Coach:
Fuimaono Tafua

Touch judges:
Craig Maxwell-Keys (England)
Ian Tempest (England)

Notes:

Ionatana Tino (Samoa) made his international debut.

Repechage

On 12 July 2018, World Rugby announced that the repechage tournament would be hosted at the neutral venue of the Pierre-Delort Stadium in Marseille, France.^[2]

Asia/Oceania play-off

The winner of this home and away play-off, Hong Kong, earned the right to compete in the repechage after winning the series 77–3 on aggregate.

30 June 2018
15:00 (UTC−10:00)

Cook Islands	3–26	Hong Kong
Pen: G. Mullany (1/1) 18'	Report	Try: Lamboley 3' m Slatem 12' m Hartley 29' m Woodward 70' m Pen: Rosslee (2/2) 41', 53'

Avarua Tereora Stadium, Rarotonga
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Brendon Pickerill (New Zealand)

Team details


FB	15	Marnus Hanley		48'
RW	14	Brynn Uriarau
OC	13	Gene Te Amo
IC	12	Greg Mullany		61'
LW	11	Jamian Iroa
FH	10	Reece Joyce
SH	9	Walter Koteka		62'
N8	8	Tyrone Viiga
OF	7	Eru Smith-Wano
BF	6	Robert Heather			77'
RL	5	Shahn Eru		24'
LL	4	James Kora
TP	3	Alan Campbell		77'
HK	2	Sam Anderson-Heather (c)		73'	77'
LP	1	James Pakoti		74'
Replacements:
PR	16	Tuakana Paitai		77'
HK	17	Matthew Mullany	74'	73'
PR	18	Alex Matapo		74'
LK	19	Tokerau Raru			63'
LK	20	Tai Marsters		24'	63'
SH	21	Othniel Joseph		62'
FH	22	Josh Tinomana		61'
FB	23	Matamanea Matapakia		48'
Coach:
Stan Wright


FB	15	Jack Neville
RW	14	Salom Yiu	73'
OC	13	Max Woodward
IC	12	Lex Kaleca	61'
LW	11	Conor Hartley
FH	10	Matthew Rosslee
SH	9	Liam Slatem	43'
N8	8	Thomas Lamboley	50'
OF	7	Toby Fenn
BF	6	Nicholas Hewson	72'
RL	5	Jack Delaforce
LL	4	James Cunningham (c)
TP	3	Dylan Rogers	72'
HK	2	Jamie Tsang
LP	1	Daniel Barlow	67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Alexander Post
PR	17	Adam Fullgrabe	67'
PR	18	Jack Parfitt	72'
LK	19	Michael Parfitt	72'
FL	20	Kane Boucaut	50'
SH	21	Jamie Lauder	43'
WG	22	Max Denmark	73'
CE	23	Jamie Hood	61'
Coach:
Leigh Jones

Touch judges:
Angus Mabey (New Zealand)
Mike Winter (New Zealand)

Notes:

This was the first time these two nations have met.

7 July 2018
16:30 HKT (UTC+08)

Hong Kong	51–0	Cook Islands
Try: Yiu 11' c Woodward 26' c Hood 54' c Post (2) 57' c, 67' c Penalty try 64' Con: Rosslee (5/5) 12', 27', 55', 58', 69' Pen: Rosslee (2/2) 22', 46' Drop: Rimene (1/1) 65'	Report

Hong Kong Football Club Stadium, Hong Kong
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Damon Murphy (Australia)

Team details


FB	15	Jack Neville		3'
RW	14	Salom Yiu
OC	13	Max Woodward
IC	12	Lex Kaleca		58'
LW	11	Max Denmark
FH	10	Matthew Rosslee
SH	9	Cado Lee Ka To		48'
N8	8	Thomas Lamboley		58'
OF	7	Toby Fenn
BF	6	Nicholas Hewson
RL	5	Jack Delaforce		51'
LL	4	James Cunningham (c)
TP	3	Dylan Rogers		55'
HK	2	Ben Roberts		55'
LP	1	Adam Fullgrabe		40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Alexander Post		55'
PR	17	Daniel Barlow		40'
PR	18	Jack Parfitt		55'
LK	19	Michael Parfitt		51'
FL	20	Kane Boucaut		58'
SH	21	Jamie Lauder		48'
FH	22	Ben Rimene		58'
CE	23	Jamie Hood	31'	3'
Coach:
Leigh Jones


FB	15	Marnus Hanley	25'	59'
RW	14	Brynn Uriarau
OC	13	Christian Vainerere
IC	12	Gene Te Amo		71'
LW	11	Jamian Iroa
FH	10	Reece Joyce		63'
SH	9	Walter Koteka
N8	8	Tyrone Viiga	60'
OF	7	Eru Smith-Wano	69'	16'	25'	79'
BF	6	Robert Heather				64'
RL	5	Shahn Eru
LL	4	James Kora		70'
TP	3	James Pakoti		59'
HK	2	Sam Anderson-Heather (c)		71'		79'
LP	1	Alan Campbell		59'
Replacements:
HK	16	Matthew Mullany	72'	71'
PR	17	Alex Matapo		59'
PR	18	Tuakana Paitai		59'
LK	19	Tokerau Raru		70'
LK	20	Tama Nicholas		16'	25'	64'
SH	21	Te Ara Henderson		63'
FB	22	Matamanea Matapakia		59'
FH	23	Jamian Iroa		71'
Coach:
Stan Wright

Touch judges:
Shuhei Kubo (Japan)
Tasuku Kawahari (Japan)

Repechage final tournament

Teams and table

Qualified as repechage winner

Final standings (continental qualifying path of each team and world ranking in brackets):

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	Bonus points	Table points
1	Canada (Americas) (21)	3	3	0	0	121	39	+82	2	14
2	Germany (Europe) (26)	3	2	0	1	79	44	+35	1	9
3	Hong Kong (Asia) (24)	3	1	0	2	61	70	−9	1	5
4	Kenya (Africa) (29)	3	0	0	3	42	150	−108	0	0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows: 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, no points for a loss 1 bonus point for scoring 4 or more tries 1 bonus point for a loss by 7 points or under

Fixtures

Round 1

11 November 2018
13:00 CET

(1 BP) Canada	65–19	Kenya
Try: Van der Merwe (3) 9' c, 29' m, 76' c Beukeboom (2) 12' m, 61' c Sauder (2) 39' c, 54' m Ardron 50' c Sheppard 69' c Evans 70' m Con: McRorie (5/9) 10', 40', 51', 62', 69' Sauder (1/1) 77' Pen: McRorie (1/1) 2'	Report	Try: Onyango 17' m Owade 32' c Nyambua 43' c Con: Mukidza (1/2) 43' Oliech (1/1) 32'

Pierre-Delort Stadium, Marseille
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)

Team details


FB	15	Theo Sauder
RW	14	Matt Evans
OC	13	Ben LeSage		63'
IC	12	Nick Blevins		47'
LW	11	D. T. H. van der Merwe
FH	10	Gordon McRorie
SH	9	Phil Mack (c)		70'
N8	8	Tyler Ardron		72'
OF	7	Matt Heaton	7'	45'
BF	6	Kyle Baillie
RL	5	Evan Olmstead
LL	4	Brett Beukeboom		62'
TP	3	Jake Ilnicki		45'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill
LP	1	Hubert Buydens		63'
Replacements:
PR	16	Eric Howard		72'
HK	17	Djustice Sears-Duru		63'
PR	18	Matt Tierney		45'
FL	19	Mike Sheppard		62'
FL	20	Lucas Rumball		45'
SH	21	Jamie Mackenzie		70'
CE	22	Ciaran Hearn		47'
WG	23	Conor Trainor		63'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones


FB	15	Tony Onyango	48'
RW	14	Darwin Mukidza
OC	13	Collins Injera
IC	12	Leo Seje Owade
LW	11	Willy Ambaka	66'
FH	10	Samuel Oliech
SH	9	Samson Onsomu	57'
N8	8	Josh Chisanga
OF	7	Davis Chenge (c)	48'
BF	6	Andrew Amonde
RL	5	Malcolm Onsando
LL	4	George Nyambua	64'
TP	3	Joseph Odero	64'
HK	2	Colman Were	65'
LP	1	Patrick Ouko	64'
Replacements:
HK	16	Philip Ikambili	65'
PR	17	Moses Amusala	64'
PR	18	Hillary Mwanjilwa	64'
LK	19	Wilson Kopondo	64'
LK	20	Oliver Mang'eni	48'
SH	21	Mohammed Omollo	57'
CE	22	William Reeve	66'
FB	23	Martin Owilah	48'
Coach:
Ian Snook

Touch judges:
Joy Neville (Ireland)
Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
Television match official:
Olly Hodges (Ireland)

Notes:

Mike Sheppard (Canada) and William Reeve (Kenya) made their international debuts.
This was the first ever meeting between the two nations.

11 November 2018
16:00 CET (UTC+01)

Hong Kong	9–26	Germany
Pen: Rosslee (3/3) 10', 26', 52'	Report	Try: Haupt 66' c Schösser 77' c Con: Parkinson (2/2) 67', 78' Pen: Parkinson (3/4) 23', 49', 60' Hilsenbeck (1/1) 38'

Pierre-Delort Stadium, Marseille
Referee: Pascal Gaüzère (France)

Team details


FB	15	Casey Stone
RW	14	Salom Yiu
OC	13	Tyler Spitz		72'
IC	12	Max Woodward
LW	11	Conor Hartley
FH	10	Matthew Rosslee		72'
SH	9	Liam Slatem		79'
N8	8	Thomas Lamboley
OF	7	Michael Coverdale
BF	6	Michael Parfitt		55'
RL	5	Jack Delaforce		56'
LL	4	James Cunningham (c)
TP	3	Grant Kemp		51'
HK	2	Dayne Jans		65'
LP	1	Daniel Barlow		51'
Replacements:
HK	16	Ben Roberts		65'
PR	17	Benjamin Higgins		51'
PR	18	Jack Parfitt		51'
LK	19	Fin Field		56'
FL	20	Kane Boucaut	61'	55'
SH	21	Bryn Phillips		79'
FB	22	Jamie Hood		72'
CE	23	Lewis Warner		72'
Coach:
Leigh Jones


FB	15	Chris Hilsenbeck
RW	14	Marcel Coetzee
OC	13	Wynston Cameron-Dow
IC	12	Jamie Murphy
LW	11	Mathieu Ducau	28'
FH	10	Raynor Parkinson	35' to 40'
SH	9	Sean Armstrong (c)
N8	8	Jarrid Els	73'
OF	7	Jaco Otto
BF	6	Sebastian Ferreira
RL	5	Erik Marks	76'
LL	4	Michael Poppmeier	63'
TP	3	Samy Füchsel	51'
HK	2	Kurt Haupt
LP	1	Julius Nostadt	63'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dash Barber
PR	17	Jörn Schröder	63'
PR	18	Matthias Schösser	51'
LK	19	Timo Vollenkemper	76'
FL	20	Ayron Schramm	59'
SH	21	Tim Menzel	35'	40'
FH	22	Jonathon Dawe	73'
CE	23	Carlos Soteras-Merz	28'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
Sara Cox (England)
Television match official:
Olly Hodges (Ireland)

Notes:

Grant Kemp, Bryn Phillips, Casey Stone and Lewis Warner (all Hong Kong) and Jonathon Dawe and Kurt Haupt (both Germany) made their international debuts.

Round 2

17 November 2018
13:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1BP) Hong Kong	42–17	Kenya
Try: Denmark 29' c Hewson 49' c Fenn 54' c Lamboley (2) 64' c, 70' c Warner 81' c Con: Rimene (4/4) 30', 50', 55', 65' Rosslee (2/2) 71', 83'	Report	Try: Opondo (2) 16' c, 57' m Musonye 22' m Con: Oliech (1/3) 17'

Pierre-Delort Stadium, Marseille
Attendance: 1,500 ^[3]
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Team details


FB	15	Jamie Hood
RW	14	Salom Yiu
OC	13	Tyler Spitz	67'
IC	12	Ben Axten-Burrett
LW	11	Max Denmark
FH	10	Ben Rimene	67'
SH	9	Bryn Phillips	40'
N8	8	Kane Boucaut	27'
OF	7	Toby Fenn	71'
BF	6	Nicholas Hewson	55'
RL	5	Fin Field
LL	4	James Cunningham (c)
TP	3	Dylan Rogers	27'
HK	2	Ben Roberts	50'
LP	1	Benjamin Higgins	40'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dayne Jans	50'
PR	17	Daniel Barlow	40'
PR	18	Jack Parfitt	27'
FL	19	Michael Parfitt	71'
N8	20	Thomas Lamboley	27'
SH	21	Liam Slatem	40'
FH	22	Matthew Rosslee	67'
CE	23	Lewis Warner	67'
Coach:
Leigh Jones


FB	15	Tony Onyango	71'
RW	14	Nelson Oyoo
OC	13	Collins Injera
IC	12	Leo Seje Owade
LW	11	Willy Ambaka
FH	10	Samuel Oliech	67'
SH	9	Felix Ayange	48'
N8	8	Josh Chisanga
OF	7	Elkeans Musonye	67'
BF	6	Andrew Amonde	67'
RL	5	Malcolm Onsando
LL	4	Wilson Kopondo (c)
TP	3	Joseph Odero	58'
HK	2	Colman Were	67'
LP	1	Patrick Ouko	67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Philip Ikambili	67'
PR	17	Ephraim Oduor	67'
PR	18	Hillary Mwanjilwa	58'
LK	19	George Nyambua	67'
FB	20	Martin Owilah	71'
SH	21	Samson Onsomu	48'
CE	22	William Reeve	67'
FL	23	Dalmus Chituyi	67'
Coach:
Ian Snook

Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
Thomas Charabas (France)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

17 November 2018
16:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1BP) Canada	29–10	Germany
Try: Rumball 23' c Ardron 43' c Evans 68' m McRorie 72' c Con: McRorie (3/4) 24', 44', 73' Pen: McRorie (1/1) 14'	Report	Try: Barber 30' c Con: Parkinson (1/1) 31' Pen: Parkinson (1/1) 47'

Pierre-Delort Stadium, Marseille
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)

Team details


FB	15	Theo Sauder
RW	14	Matt Evans
OC	13	Ben LeSage	74'
IC	12	Ciaran Hearn	74'
LW	11	D. T. H. van der Merwe	77'
FH	10	Gordon McRorie
SH	9	Phil Mack (c)
N8	8	Tyler Ardron
OF	7	Lucas Rumball	60'
BF	6	Kyle Baillie	34'	40'
RL	5	Evan Olmstead
LL	4	Mike Sheppard	60'
TP	3	Matt Tierney	53'
HK	2	Ray Barkwill	77'
LP	1	Hubert Buydens	53'
Replacements:
HK	16	Eric Howard	72'
PR	17	Djustice Sears-Duru	53'
PR	18	Jake Ilnicki	53'
LL	19	Brett Beukeboom	60'
FL	20	Matt Heaton	34'	40'	60'
SH	21	Jamie Mackenzie	77'
CE	22	Nick Blevins	74'
WG	23	Conor Trainor	74'
Coach:
Kingsley Jones


FB	15	Chris Hilsenbeck
RW	14	Marcel Coetzee	74'
OC	13	Wynston Cameron-Dow	50'
IC	12	Jamie Murphy
LW	11	Carlos Soteras-Merz
FH	10	Raynor Parkinson
SH	9	Sean Armstrong (c)	77'
N8	8	Jarrid Els
OF	7	Jaco Otto	60'	70'
BF	6	Sebastian Ferreira
RL	5	Erik Marks	74'
LL	4	Michael Poppmeier	70'
TP	3	Samy Füchsel	60'
HK	2	Kurt Haupt	28' to 36'		74'
LP	1	Julius Nostadt	60'
Replacements:
HK	16	Dash Barber	28'	36'	74'
PR	17	Jörn Schröder	60'
PR	18	Matthias Schösser	60'
LK	19	Timo Vollenkemper	74'
FL	20	Ayron Schramm	60'
SH	21	Tim Menzel	77'
FH	22	Hagen Schulte	50'
CE	23	Harris Aounallah	74'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
Sara Cox (England)
Thomas Charabas (France)
Television match official:
Graham Hughes (England)

Round 3

23 November 2018
18:00 CET (UTC+01)

Kenya	6–43	Germany (1 BP)
Pen: Oliech (2/3) 2', 38'	Report	Try: Ferreira 22'c, 58'c, 70'c Haupt 40+1'm Otto 45'c Leibig 50'c Aounallah 79'c Con: Parkinson (5/7) 22', 46', 52', 71', 80+1'

Pierre-Delort Stadium, Marseille
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)

23 November 2018
21:00 CET (UTC+01)

Hong Kong	10–27	Canada
Try: Hartley 53'c Con: Rosslee (1/1) 54' Pen: Rosslee (1/1) 31'	Report	Try: Barkwill 18'c Van De Merwe 32'c, 70'c Con: McRorie (3/3) 19', 33', 72' Pen: McRorie (2/3) 62', 67'

Pierre-Delort Stadium, Marseille
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

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2019 Rugby World Cup – play-off qualifications

Contents

Format

Europe/Oceania

Repechage

Asia/Oceania

Final tournament

Teams

Europe/Oceania qualifying play-off

Repechage

Asia/Oceania play-off

Repechage final tournament

Teams and table

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

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