2017 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2017 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. It is the inaugural Championship under its new format, that saw Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia and Spain compete for the title.

2017 Rugby Europe Championship
Date11 February – 18 March 2017
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Romania (5th title)
Antim Cup Romania (6th title)
Matches played15
Attendance114,976 (7,665 per match)
Tries scored79 (5.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Spain Brad Linklater (51)
Top try scorer(s)Georgia (country) Giorgi Koshadze (4)
Georgia (country) Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (4)
Official websiteRugby International Championship
2014–16 (Previous) (Next) 2018

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also served as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualifies as Europe 1.[1] As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, in the event of a Georgian win, the runner-up will take the Europe 1 qualification spot. In respect of matters relating to the eligibility of players, following a full review of the evidence, including statements and submissions from World Rugby, Rugby Europe, Belgium, Romania, Spain and Russia, the independent committee found: Belgium had fielded one or more ineligible players on 7 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) Romania has fielded one ineligible player on 8 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) Spain had fielded one or more ineligible players on 9 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 8 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) In respect of the sanctions, pursuant to Regulation 18, the independent committee determined the following: The deduction of 5 points for any match in which a union fielded an ineligible player (40-point deduction for Spain, and a 30-point deduction for both Belgium and Romania). Therefore, based on a re-modelling of the Rugby Europe Championship tables in the context of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying, Russia would qualify as Europe 1 into Pool A replacing Romania and Germany will replace Spain in the European play-off against Portugal. As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction was not applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament.[2]

Table

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Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
4   Romania 5 4 0 1 122 78 +44 16 9 +7 2 1 0 19*
1   Georgia 5 4 0 1 136 44 +92 19 4 +15 2 1 0 19
5   Spain 5 3 0 2 91 54 +37 9 5 +4 1 0 0 13*
2   Russia 5 2 0 3 107 117 –10 14 14 0 1 0 0 9
3   Germany 5 2 0 3 121 201 –80 14 28 −14 0 0 0 8
6   Belgium 5 0 0 5 70 153 –83 7 19 −12 0 2 0 2*
Source- [3]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 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[4]
*As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction should not be applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament (para 51).
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Fixtures

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Week 1

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11 February 2017
13:15 CET (UTC+01)
Germany  41–38  Romania (1 LBP)
Try: Penalty try 34' c
Otto 36' c
Barber (2) 57' c, 70' c
Coetzee 74' c
Con: Parkinson (5/5) 34', 37', 57', 71', 75'
Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 7'
Drop: Parkinson (1/1) 18'
GamesheetTry: Ursache (2) 19' c, 46' c
Umaga 23' c
Dumitru (2) 29' c, 49' c
Con: Vlaicu (5/5) 20', 24', 30', 47', 50'
Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 3'
Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Maxime Chalon (France)
LP 1 Julius Nostadt   58'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev   53'
TP 3 Damien Tussac
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Michael Poppmeier (c)   48'
BF 6 Jacobus Otto
OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira
N8 8 Jarrid Els
SH 9 Tim Menzel   48'
FH 10 Raynor Parkinson
LW 11 Marcel Coetzee
IC 12 Carlo Sotera-Merz   51'
OC 13 Clemens von Grumbkow
RW 14 Steffen Liebig
FB 15 Harris Aounallah   57'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dash Barber   53'
PR 17 Jörn Schröder
PR 18 Samy Füchsel   58'
N8 19 Timo Vollenkemper   48'
FL 20 Kehoma Brenner
FH 21 Christopher Hilsenbeck   57'
SH 22 Sean Armstrong   48'
CE 23 Jamie Murphy   51'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr (c)
HK 2 Otar Turashvili   50'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache   58'
LL 4 Valentin Popârlan
RL 5 Johan van Heerden
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci
OF 7 Vlad Nistor
N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia   73'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   76'
FH 10 Jody Rose   17' to 27'
LW 11 Stephen Shennan
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Jack Umaga
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână   50'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș   58'
LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan
FL 20 Dorin Lazăr
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu   76'
WG 22 Mădălin Lemnaru
WG 23 Luke Samoa   73'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Dely Mathieu (France)
Vallon Alexandre (France)


11 February 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium  6–31  Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Williams 42', 56'GamesheetTry: Tkhilaishvili 21' c
Koshadze 37' c
Penalty try 75' c
Gorgadze 80+10' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (3/3) 22', 37', 75'
Malaghuradze (1/1) 80+10'
Pen: Kvirikashvili 12'
King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau   2'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst   79'
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq
LL 4 Brieuc Corradi   40'
RL 5 Thomas Vervoort   52'
BF 6 Tom Coupe   29' to 39'
OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger
FH 10 Kevin Williams (c)   80+1'
LW 11 Charles Reynaert
IC 12 Guillaume Brebant
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Craig Dowsett
FB 15 Nicolas Meeus   40'
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois   79'
PR 17 Sep de Backer   27' to 37'   2'   52'
LK 18 Bertrand Billi   40'
FL 19 Gillian Benoy   52'
CE 20 Nathan Bontems
SH 21 Tom Cocqu   80+1'
FH 22 Alan Williams   40'
PR 23 Christopher Debaty   29'   39'   52'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Giorgi Tetrashvili   52'
HK 2 Badri Alkhazashvili   80+6'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze   52'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili   52'
BF 6 Lasha Lomidze
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili   80+8'
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9 Giorgi Begadze   80+6'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze   80+6'
OC 13 Giorgi Koshadze
RW 14 Giorgi Pruidze
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili (c)   51' to 61'   80+6'
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze   80+6'
PR 17 Tornike Mataradze   52'
PR 18 Soso Bekoshvili   52'
FL 19 Otar Giorgadze   52'
FL 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze   80+8'
SH 21 Vazha Khutsishvili   80+6'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze   80+6'
FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri   80+6'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Sean Brickell (Wales)
Stuart Kibble (Wales)


11 February 2017
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  16–6  Russia
Try: Bélie 7' c
Con: Linklater (1/1) 8'
Pen: Linklater 5', 20', 80'
GamesheetPen: Kushnarev 11', 34'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez   65'
HK 2 Beñat Auzqui
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   47'
LL 4 Iñaki Villanueva   50'
RL 5 David Barrera
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie
LW 11 Jordi Jorba
IC 12 Dan Snee   50'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Sébastien Ascarat
FB 15 Brad Linklater
Replacements:
HK 16 Francisco Blanco Alonso   65'
PR 17 Unai Lasa Arratibel
LK 18 Jonathan Garcia   47'
FL 19 Aníbal Bonán   50'
LK 20 Víctor Sánchez Borrego
SH 21 Sébastien Rouet
WG 22 Thibaut Álvarez   50'
CE 23 Javier Carrión
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze   61'
TP 3 Azamat Bitiev   61'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov   75'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Pavel Butenko
N8 8 Anton Rudoy   74' to 80+1'
SH 9 Alexei Shcherban
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev   51'
LW 11 Igor Galinovskiy
IC 12 Sergey Trishin
OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov
RW 14 Vasily Artemyev (c)
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gasanov   61'
PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov
PR 18 Evgeni Pronenko   61'
FL 19 Dmitri Krotov   75'
FL 20 Tagir Gadzhiev
SH 21 Anton Riabov
FH 22 Sergey Sugrobov
FB 23 Igor Kurashov   51'
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin

Touch judges:
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Richard Kerr (Ireland)

Week 2

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18 February 2017
13:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  13–3  Spain
Try: Florin Vlaicu 15' c
Con: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 16'
Pen: Luke Samoa (0/1)
Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 29', 57'
Jack Umaga (0/1)
GamesheetPen: Brad Linklater (1/2) 20'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr (c)
HK 2 Otar Turashvili   64'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache   67'
LL 4 Valentin Popârlan   77'
RL 5 Johan van Heerden
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci   77'
OF 7 Vlad Nistor
N8 8 Dorin Lazăr
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   64'
FH 10 Luke Samoa
LW 11 Stephen Shennan
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Jack Umaga
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru   70'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână   64'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș   67'
LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan   77'
FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia   77'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu   64'
WG 22 Mădălin Lemnaru
FH 23 Jody Rose   70'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez   62'
HK 2 Beñat Auzqui   73'
TP 3 Jonathan Garcia   30'
LL 4 Iñaki Villanueva   62'
RL 5 David Barrera   58'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   68'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie
LW 11 Jordi Jorba
IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez   52'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Javier Carrión   76'
FB 15 Brad Linklater
Replacements:
HK 16 Francisco Blanco Alonso   62'
PR 17 Stephen Barnes   73'
PR 18 Alberto Blanco Alonso   30'
LK 19 David González   58'
LK 20 Víctor Sánchez Borrego   62'
SH 21 Sébastien Rouet   68'
FH 22 Dan Snee   52'
WG 23 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz   76'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
Stefano Roscini (Italy)


18 February 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Belgium  18–25  Russia
Try: Muric 36' m
Demolder 47' c
Con: Williams (1/2) 47'
Pen: Williams (2/3) 5', 62'
GamesheetTry: Gresev 3' c
Garbuzov 10' m
Elgin 80' c
Con: Kushnarev (2/3) 3', 80'
Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 55', 71'
King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Salem Atallah (France)
LP 1 Martin Bonnel   41'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq   57'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants   72'
RL 5 Thomas Vervoort   50'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Tom Cocqu   70'
FH 10 Julien Berger (c)
LW 11 Ervin Muric
IC 12 Nathan Bontems   64'
OC 13 Jens Torfs
RW 14 Charles Reynaert
FB 15 Alan Williams
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois
PR 17 Christopher Debaty   57'
FL 18 Amin Hamzaoui
FL 19 Paul van Laer   50'
CE 20 Louis Debatty   72'
FH 21 Kevin Williams   70'
CE 22 Guillaume Brebant   64'
PR 23 Sep de Backer   41'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov   74'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze   59'
TP 3 Evgeni Pronenko   49'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov (c)
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Pavel Butenko   59'
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Alexei Shcherban
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev
LW 11 Igor Galinovskiy   75'
IC 12 Sergey Sugrobov
OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov
RW 14 Igor Kurashov
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gasanov   59'
PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov   74'
PR 18 Azamat Bitiev   49'
FL 19 Dmitri Krotov   59'
FL 20 Bogdan Fedotko
SH 21 Anton Riabov
FH 22 Alexei Mikhaltsov   75'
FB 23 Konstantin Uzunov
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin

Touch judges:
Nicolas Datas (France)
Bruno Gabaldon (France)


19 February 2017
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia  50–6  Germany
Try: Koshadze (2) 3' c, 27' c
Pruidze 17' c
Tkhilaishvili (2) 47' m, 68' c
Gorgadze (2) 56' m, 64' m
Sharikadze 80' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (4/7) 4', 18', 28', 69'
Koshadze (1/1) 80+1'
GamesheetPen: Parkinson (2/3) 8', 24'
Rustavi Rugby Stadium, Rustavi
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Max Burlet (Belgium)
LP 1 Tornike Mataradze   72' to 80+1'
HK 2 Badri Alkhazashvili   30'
TP 3 Soso Bekoshvili   54'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze   68'
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili   57'
BF 6 Lasha Lomidze
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9 Giorgi Begadze   57'
FH 10 Revaz Jinchvelashvili
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Koshadze
RW 14 Giorgi Pruidze
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili   78'
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze   30'   48'
PR 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili   48'
PR 18 Lasha Tabidze   54'
LK 19 Giorgi Mchedlishvili   68'
FL 20 Saba Shubitidze   57'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze   57'   62'
FH 22 Lasha Khmaladze   78'
FH 23 Lasha Malaguradze   62'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Julius Nostadt   22'
HK 2 Dash Barber   65'
TP 3 Samy Füchsel   77'
LL 4 Robert May   60'
RL 5 Eric Marks (c)
BF 6 Tom Behrendt   50'
OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira
N8 8 Timo Vollenkemper
SH 9 Sean Armstrong (c)
FH 10 Raynor Parkinson
LW 11 Alistair Ledingham   50'
IC 12 Jamie Murphy
OC 13 Marcel Coetzee
RW 14 Oliver Paine   68'
FB 15 Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK 16 Dale Garner   65'
PR 17 Jörn Schröder   22'
PR 18 Anthony Dickinson   77'
LK 19 Sven van Niekerk   60'
FL 20 Jarrid Els   50'
WG 21 Mark Sztyndera   68'
FH 22 Daniel Koch
CE 23 Mathieu Docau   50'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter

Touch judges:
John Catteau (Belgium)
Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium)

Week 3

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4 March 2017
13:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  10–30  Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Morozov 79' c
Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 79'
Pen: Kushnarev 40'
GamesheetTry: Badiu 6' c
Lemnaru 26' c
Popârlan 69' m
Rose 80' m
Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 8', 27'
Pen: Calafeteanu 45', 47'
Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov   60'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze   60'
TP 3 Innokentiy Zykov   71'
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko   54'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin   64'
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Pavel Butenko
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Alexei Shcherban   60'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Denis Simplikevich
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Vasily Artemyev (c)
RW 14 Igor Galinovskiy
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gasanov   60'
PR 17 Valery Morozov   60'
PR 18 Azamat Bitiev   55'
FL 19 Dmitri Krotov   64'
FL 20 Andrei Temnov   71'
FB 21 Konstantin Uzunov   60'
FH 22 Alexei Mikhaltsov
FB 23 Igor Kurashov
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Ionel Badiu   46'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili   71'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   52'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu   61'
RL 5 Johan van Heerden
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Vlad Nistor
N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu   40'
LW 11 Mădălin Lemnaru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Jack Umaga
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru   77'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână   71'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   46'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș   52'
LK 19 Valentin Popârlan   61'
LK 20 Ionuț Mureșan
SH 21 Florin Surugiu
FH 22 Jody Rose   64' to 74'   40'
WG 23 Stephen Shennan   77'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Kieran Barry (Ireland)
Karol Collins (Ireland)


4 March 2017
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  10–20  Georgia
Try: Gavidi 22' c
Con: Linklater (1/1) 23'
Pen: Linklater 2'
GamesheetTry: Tkhilaishvili 49' c
Matiashvili 57' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (2/2) 50', 58'
Pen: Kvirikashvili 20', 78'
Estadio Municipal, Medina del Campo
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez   41'
HK 2 Stephen Barnes   41'
TP 3 Alberto Blanco Alonso   41'   76'   79'
LL 4 Ilaitia Gavidi   54' to 60'   76' to 79'
RL 5 Víctor Sánchez Borrego   61'
BF 6 Iñaki Villanueva
OF 7 Javier Canosa Schack   46'
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin (c)
SH 9 Sébastien Rouet   61'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie   52'
LW 11 Jordi Jorba
IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez
OC 13 Dan Snee
RW 14 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz   69'
FB 15 Brad Linklater
Replacements:
HK 16 Francisco de Blanco Alonso   41'
PR 17 Beñat Auzqui   41'
PR 18 Jon Zabala Arrieta   69' to 79'   41'
LK 19 Lucas Guillaume   54'   60'   61'
N8 20 Matthew Foulds   46'
SH 21 Juan Ramos Martín   61'
CE 22 Alvar Gimeno Soria   52'
CE 23 Gauthier Minguillon   69'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Giorgi Tetrashvili   52'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   52'
TP 3 Soso Bekoshvili   58'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze   75'
BF 6 Otar Giorgadze   55'
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   59'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua   76'
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)   17'
OC 13 David Kacharava
RW 14 Soso Matiashvili
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Jaba Bregvadze   52'
PR 17 Tornike Mataradze   52'
PR 18 Lasha Tabidze   58'
FL 19 Giorgi Tsutskiridze   55'
FL 20 Saba Shubitidze   75'
SH 21 Giorgi Begadze   59'
CE 22 Badri Liparteliani   17'
FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri   76'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Wayne Davies (Wales)
Justin Williams (Wales)


4 March 2017
16:15 CET (UTC+01)
Germany  34–29  Belgium (1 LBP)
Try: Otto 6' c
Els 33' c
Armstrong 45' c
Murphy 67' c
Con: Parkinson (4/4) 6', 34', 46', 67'
Pen: Parkinson (2/2) 9', 15'
GamesheetTry: Williams 52' c
Pearce 60' m
Muric 77' m
Con: Williams (1/3) 53'
Pen: Williams (4/4) 3', 20', 65', 80+1'
Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
LP 1 Julius Nostadt   78'
HK 2 Dash Barber   53'
TP 3 Samy Füchsel   78'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Robert May   53'
BF 6 Jacobus Otto
OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira
N8 8 Jarrid Els
SH 9 Sean Armstrong (c)   70'
FH 10 Raynor Parkinson   76' to 80+1'
LW 11 Pierre Mathurin   20'
IC 12 Clemens von Grumbkow
OC 13 Marcel Coetzee
RW 14 Steffen Liebig
FB 15 Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK 16 Michail Tyumenev   53'
PR 17 Jörn Schröder   78'
PR 18 Christopher Howells   78'
N8 19 Timo Vollenkemper
FL 20 Kehoma Brenner   53'
SH 21 Tim Menzel   70'
CE 22 Oliver Paine
CE 23 Jamie Murphy   20'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter
LP 1 Sep de Backer (c)   53'
HK 2 Max Dubois   43'
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq   55'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants
RL 5 Thomas Vervoort
BF 6 Gillian Benoy   43'
OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura   43'
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger
FH 10 Alan Williams
LW 11 Ervin Muric   68'
IC 12 Nathan Bontems   21'
OC 13 Jens Torfs
RW 14 Louis Debatty   47'
FB 15 Charles Reynaert
Replacements:
HK 16 Thomas Dienst   43'
PR 17 Christopher Debaty   55'
LK 18 Bertrand Billi   43'
FL 19 Paul van Laer   43'
CE 20 Guillaume Brebant   68'
SH 21 Tom Cocqu   21'
WG 22 Kevin Williams   47'
PR 23 James Pearce   53'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Jorge Molpeceres (Spain)
Marc Riera (Spain)

Week 4

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11 March 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium  17–33  Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Reynaert 42' c
De Clercq 54' c
Con: Williams (2/2) 43', 55'
Pen: Williams 66'
GamesheetTry: Cobden (2) 9' c, 20' c
Lucaci 49' c
Gordaș 71' c
Vlaicu 77' m
Con: Vlaicu (4/5) 10', 21', 51', 82'
King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Claudio Biessano (Italy)
LP 1 Sep de Backer   40'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst   61'
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq   61'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants
RL 5 Clement Veeckman   45'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Bertrand Billi
N8 8 Brieuc Corradi   73'
SH 9 Tom Cocqu
FH 10 Kevin Williams
LW 11 Craig Dowsett   52'
IC 12 Nathan Bontems
OC 13 Jens Torfs (c)   76'
RW 14 Charles Reynaert
FB 15 Alan Williams
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois   61'
PR 17 Christopher Debaty   61'
LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe   73'
FL 19 Baptiste Lescarboura   45'
CE 20 Hendrik Brouwers
FB 21 Nicolas Meeus   52'
FB 22 Florian Piron   76'
PR 23 Julien Massimi   40'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Ionel Badiu
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână   78'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   56'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Marius Antonescu   60'
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci   70'
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu   78'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu   78'
LW 11 Jack Cobden
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Jack Umaga
RW 14 Mădălin Lemnaru   70'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Radoi   78'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță
PR 18 Alex Gordaș   56'
LK 19 Valentin Popârlan   60'
LK 20 Dorin Lazăr   70'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu   78'
FH 22 Jody Rose   78'
WG 23 Stephen Shennan   70'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Stefano Bolzonella (Italy)
Francis Giacomini (Italy)


11 March 2017
16:15 CET (UTC+01)
Germany  15–32  Spain
Try: Otto 54' m
Marks 66' c
Con: Parkinson (1/2) 67'
Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 10'
GamesheetTry: Linklater 4' c
Casteglioni Algorriz 26' c
Jorba 36' m
Rouet 39' c
Con: Linklater (3/4) 5', 26', 40'
Pen: Linklater (2/3) 13', 62'
Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)
LP 1 Julius Nostadt   76'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev   44'
TP 3 Samy Füchsel
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Timo Vollenkemper   44'
BF 6 Jacobus Otto
OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira
N8 8 Jarrid Els
SH 9 Sean Armstrong (c)   22'
FH 10 Raynor Parkinson
LW 11 Pierre Mathurin
IC 12 Jamie Murphy
OC 13 Marcel Coetzee   54' to 64'
RW 14 Bastian Himmer   69'
FB 15 Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
PR 16 Jörn Schröder   76'
PR 17 Christopher Howells
LK 18 Robert May
HK 19 Dash Barber   44'
FL 20 Kehoma Brenner   44'
SH 21 Tim Menzel   22'
CE 22 Oliver Paine   76'
CE 23 Rafael Pyrasch   69'   76'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui   71'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   54' to 64'   71'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   56'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Iñaki Villanueva   56'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère   58' to 65'   71'
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   71'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie   76'
LW 11 Jordi Jorba
IC 12 Dan Snee
OC 13 Fabien Perrin   41'
RW 14 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz
FB 15 Brad Linklater
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez   58'   65'   71'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro   71'
PR 18 Alberto Blanco Alonso   56'
LK 19 David González   71'
FL 20 Aníbal Bonán   56'
SH 21 Sébastien Rouet   71'
CE 22 Thibaut Álvarez   41'
CE 23 Alvar Gimeno Soria   76'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

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


12 March 2017
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  28–14  Russia
Try: Koshadze 3' c
Lobzhanidze (2) 26' c, 48' c
Kacharava 65' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (4/4) 3', 26', 48', 65
GamesheetTry: Gaisin 55' c
Fedotko 75' c
Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 56', 76'
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili   67'
HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze   67'
TP 3 Lasha Tabidze   43'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze   57'
BF 6 Giorgi Tsutskiridze   69'
OF 7 Mamuka Gorgodze (c)
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   73'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Davit Kacharava
OC 13 Giorgi Koshadze
RW 14 Irakli Svanidze
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Zurab Zhvania   67'
PR 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili   67'
PR 18 Soso Bekoshvili   43'
FL 19 Lasha Lomidze   57'
FL 20 Saba Shubitidze   69'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze   73'
FH 22 Revaz Jinchvelashvili
FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Valery Morozov   15' to 26'   26'
HK 2 Nazir Gasanov   68'
TP 3 Azamat Bitiev
LL 4 Evgeny Elgin
RL 5 Innokentiy Zykov   68'
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev   15'   26'
N8 8 Pavel Butenko
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Denis Simplikevich
IC 12 Vasily Artemyev (c)
OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov   58'
RW 14 Igor Kurashov   69'
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev
Replacements:
PR 16 Sergey Chernyshev   68'
PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov
PR 18 Evgeni Pronenko   68'
FL 19 Bogdan Fedotko   15'
FL 20 Dmitri Gritsenko   58'
SH 21 Anton Riabov
FH 22 Alexei Mikhaltsov   69'
CE 23 Evgeni Kolomiytsev
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin

Touch judges:
Steve Lee (England)
Nigel Carric (England)

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18 March 2017
15:45 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain  30–0  Belgium
Try: Villanueva 10' c
Perrin 17' c
Gavidi 75' c
Con: Linklater (3/3) 11', 18', 75'
Pen: Linklater 2', 28', 78'
Gamesheet
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 7,800
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui   59'   80'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   62'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   44'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Iñaki Villanueva   57'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère   48'
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)   70'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   77'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie   48'
LW 11 Jordi Jorba
IC 12 Dan Snee
OC 13 Fabien Perrin   45' to 55'   72'
RW 14 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz
FB 15 Brad Linklater
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez   59'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro   62'
PR 18 Alberto Blanco Alonso   48'   80'
FL 19 Aníbal Bonán   70'
LK 20 Ilaitia Gavidi   57'
SH 21 Sébastien Rouet   77'
CE 22 Thibaut Álvarez   76' to 80+6'   48'
CE 23 Alvar Gimeno Soria   72'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Julien Massimi   41'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst   53'
TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq   65'
LL 4 Clement Veeckman   37'
RL 5 Thomas Vervoort   70'   80+1'
BF 6 Bertrad Billi   41'
OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Tom Cocqu   64'
FH 10 Kevin Williams   57'
LW 11 Craig Dowsett   76' to 80+6'
IC 12 Guillaume Piron
OC 13 Jens Torfs (c)
RW 14 Charles Reynaert
FB 15 Alan Williams
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois   53'
PR 17 Christopher Debaty   41'
LK 18 Tuur Moelants   37'   80+1'
FL 19 Gillian Benoy   41'
LK 20 Sven d'Hooghe   70'
CE 21 Isaac Montoisy   64'
SH 22 Nathan Bontems   57'
PR 23 Maxime Jadot   65'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)


19 March 2017
14:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Russia  52–25  Germany
Try: Gaisin 3' c
Simplikevich 31' m
Gerasimov (2) 41' c, 72' c
Elgin 57' c
Artemyev 64' c
Krotov 67' m
Mikhaltsov 75' c
Con: Kushnarev (5/6) 4', 42', 58', 72', 76'
Gaisin (1/2) 65'
GamesheetTry: Parkinson 11' c
Mathurin (2) 60' c, 80+3' m
Con: Parkinson (1/1) 12'
Hilsenbeck (1/2) 61'
Pen: Parkinson (0/1)
Hilsenbeck (2/2) 47', 54'
Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cedric Marchat (France)
LP 1 Adrei Polivalov   39' to 41'   50'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze   61'
TP 3 Innokentiy Zykov   50'   53'
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko   67'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Dmitri Krotov   53'
N8 8 Anton Rudoi   50'
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov   54'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev (c)
IC 12 Igor Galinovskiy   73'
OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov
RW 14 Denis Simplikevich   70'
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev   59' to 69'
Replacements:
PR 16 Nazir Gasanov   61'
PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov   39'   41'   50'
PR 18 Azamat Bitiev   50'
N8 19 Pavel Butenko   50' to 60'   50'
FL 20 Tagir Gadzhiev   67'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban   54'
CE 22 Sergey Trishin   73'
FH 23 Alexei Mikhaltsov   70'
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Julius Nostadt   61'
HK 2 Dash Barber   46'
TP 3 Samy Füchsel   76'
LL 4 Eric Marks (c)
RL 5 Sebastian Ferreira   67'
BF 6 Jacobus Otto
OF 7 Kehoma Brenner   51'
N8 8 Jarrid Els
SH 9 Tim Menzel   58'
FH 10 Christopher Hilsenbeck
LW 11 Pierre Mathurin
IC 12 Raynor Parkinson
OC 13 Marcel Coetzee   66'
RW 14 Bastian Himmer   40'
FB 15 Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
PR 16 Jörn Schröder   61'
PR 17 Anthony Dickinson   76'
N8 18 Timo Vollenkemper   67'
HK 19 Michail Tyumenev   46'
FL 20 Thore Schmidt   51'
SH 21 Sean Armstrong   58'
CE 22 Oliver Paine   66'
CE 23 Jamie Murphy   40'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter

Touch judges:
Thomas Charabas (France)
Thomas Dejean (France)


19 March 2017
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  8–7  Georgia (1 LBP)
Try: Fercu 3' m
Pen: Vlaicu (1/3) 53'
GamesheetTry: Sharikadze 40' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (1/1) 40'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
LP 1 Ionel Badiu   63'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili   63'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   51'   70'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci   71'
OF 7 Andrei Gorcioaia
N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)   40' to 41'   74'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   70'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Jack Umaga
RW 14 Stephen Shennan   60'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână   63'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   63'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș   51'   70'
LK 19 Valentin Popârlan   74'
LK 20 Dorin Lazăr   40'   41'   71'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu   70'
FH 22 Jody Rose
WG 23 Mădălin Lemnaru   60'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili
HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze   63'
TP 3 Soso Bekoshvili   47'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze   5'
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
OF 7 Mamuka Gorgodze (c)   71'
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   70'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze
OC 13 Davit Kacharava
RW 14 Irakli Svanidze   65'
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Zurab Zhvania   63'
PR 17 Tornike Mataradze
PR 18 Lasha Tabidze   47'
FL 19 Lasha Lomidze   5'
FL 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze   71'
SH 21 Giorgi Begadze   70'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze
CE 23 Giorgi Koshadze   65'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Sean Brickell (Wales)
Wayne Davies (Wales)

Relegation/promotion play-off

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20 May 2017
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Belgium  29–18  Portugal
King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels

See also

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References

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  1. ^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup 2019". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ Release, Press (15 May 2018). "Independent Judicial and Disputes Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2019 European qualification tournament". World Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Championship 2021".
  4. ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Judicial Committee judgement" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ^ Committee Decision
  7. ^ "FINAL RANKING OF REC 2018 | Rugby Europe". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
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