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2015 World Rugby Nations Cup

Not to be confused with 2015 Cup of Nations (rugby union).

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.

2015 World Rugby Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Argentina XV
 Namibia
 Romania
 Spain
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date12 – 21 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Tries scored21 (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)
Runners-up Argentina XV
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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 edit

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 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 Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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 edit

The fixtures were announced on 1 May 2015.[1]

Matchday 1 edit

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

Matchday 2 edit

17 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)
Argentina XV  15–6  Spain
Try: Carrió 41' m
Cuaranta 47' c
Con: Nacassian (1/2) 48'
Pen: Nacassian (1/2) 7'		Stats[4]Pen: Aubanell (1/2) 56'
Linklater (1/1) 68'
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
FB 15 Tomás Carrió
RW 14 Franco Cuaranta
OC 13 Ignacio Brex   5' to 18'
IC 12 Brian Ormson
LW 11 Bautista Álvarez
FH 10 Cristian 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 16 Roberto Tejerizo
HK 17 Facundo Bosch   62'
PR 18 Nicolás Mirande   60'
LK 19 Franco Baldoni
FL 20 Martín Chiappesoni   49'
SH 21 Gonzalo Bertranou
CE 22 Juan Cappiello   5'   18'
WG 23 Augusto López
Coach:
  Felipe Contepomi
  Ricardo Le Fort
FB 15 Sergi Aubanell   62'
RW 14 Antoine Sánchez
OC 13 Brad Linklater
IC 12 Thibaut Alvarez   60'
LW 11 Ignacio Contardi
FH 10 Marcos 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 16 Francisco Blanco   48'
HK 17 Johnathan Phipps   46'
PR 18 Joe Hutchinson   43'
FL 19 Manuel Mora Ruiz   54'
FL 20 Javier de Juan   50'
SH 21 Facundo Munilla
FH 22 Pierre García   62'
CE 23 Gauthier Minguillón   60'
Coach:
  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'		Stats[5]Pen: Kaizemi (1/1) 3'
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu   52'
RW 14 Florin Ioniță
OC 13 Catalin Dascălu
IC 12 Csaba Gál   64'
LW 11 Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10 Dănuț 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 16 Otar Turashvili
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   54'
PR 18 Vlad Bădălicescu   46'
LK 19 Dorin Lazăr   62'
N8 20 Vlad Nistor   67'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu   67'
CE 22 Florin Vlaicu   64'
WG 23 Stephen Hihetah   52'
Coach:
  Lynn Howells
FB 15 Johann Tromp
RW 14 David Philander
OC 13 Danie van Wyk
IC 12 JC Greyling
LW 11 Conrad Marais
FH 10 Shaun 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 16 DG Wiese   52'
PR 17 Jaco Engels
PR 18 AJ de Klerk   52'
LK 19 Tjiuee Uanivi   68'
FL 20 Roderique Victor
SH 21 Eniell Buitendag
FH 22 Theuns Kotzé
CE 23 Heinrich Smit   40'
Coach:
  Danie Vermeulen

Matchday 3 edit

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'		Stats[6]Con: Kotzé (1/2) 16'
Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)
FB 15 Sergi Aubanell
RW 14 Ignacio Contardi   75'
OC 13 Federico Castiglione
IC 12 Thibaut Alvarez
LW 11 Pierre García   47'
FH 10 Brad 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 16 Francisco Blanco   47'
HK 17 Johnathan Phipps   47'
PR 18 Joe Hutchinson   40'
LK 19 Tomás Urbaitis   69'
FL 20 Francisco Copplet   33'   40'   69'
FL 21 Jose Luis del Valle   58'
WG 22 Antoine Sánchez   75'
CE 23 Gauthier Minguillón   47'
Coach:
  Santiago Santos
FB 15 Johann Tromp
RW 14 David Philander
OC 13 Danie van Wyk
IC 12 JC Greyling
LW 11 Russell van Wyk   63'
FH 10 Theuns 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 16 Callie Swanepoel   65'
PR 17 Johnny Redelinghuys   65'
PR 18 AJ de Klerk   71'   73'
LK 19 Nico Esterhuyse
FL 20 Leneve Damens
SH 21 Eugene Jantjies   55'
CE 22 Heinrich Smit   63'
WG 23 Conrad Marais
Coach:
  Danie Vermeulen
21 June 2015
20:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  23–0  Argentina XV
Try: Lazăr 24' c
Surugiu 59' c
Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 25', 59'
Pen: Vlaicu (3/5) 46', 49', 52'		Stats[7]
Referee: Luke Pearce (England)
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
RW 14 Adrian Apostol
OC 13 Csaba Gál
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
LW 11 Ionuț Botezatu
FH 10 Michael 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 16 Andrei Rădoi   75'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   60'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș
LK 19 Dorin Lazăr
FL 20 Stelian Burcea
SH 21 Florin Surugiu   57'
FH 22 Dănuț Dumbravă
WG 23 Florin Ioniță
Coach:
  Lynn Howells
FB 15 Tomás Carrió
RW 14 Augusto López
OC 13 Juan Cappiello
IC 12 Joaquín Paz
LW 11 Franco Cuaranta
FH 10 Juan 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 16 Santiago García Botta
HK 17 Tomás Baravalle
PR 18 Nicolás Mirande
LK 19 Franco Baldoni
N8 20 Miguel Urtubey
SH 21 Lucas Alcácer
CE 22 Brian Ormson
WG 23 Bautista Álvarez
Coach:
  Felipe Contepomi
  Ricardo Le Fort

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "World Rugby". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  2. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  4. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  5. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  6. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  7. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby". www.worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.

External links edit

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