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2021 Rugby Europe Championship


The 2021 Rugby Europe Championship was the 5th Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of Georgia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands (who promoted to the Championship after defeating Belgium in the promotion/relegation play-off of the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship), and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament spanned from March to December, compared to previous editions where the tournament would have been held between February and March.

2021 Rugby Europe Championship
Date6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021
Countries Georgia
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Spain
 Romania
 Russia
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (13th title)
Grand Slam Georgia (10th title)
Antim Cup Georgia (14th title)
Kiseleff Cup Russia (1st title)
Matches played15
Attendance35,339 (2,356 per match)
Tries scored96 (6.4 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Portugal Samuel Marques (74 points)
Top try scorer(s)Portugal Raffaele Storti (7 tries)
Official website2021 Rugby Europe Championship
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This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the first year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Squads edit

Main article: 2021 Rugby Europe Championship squads

Participants edit

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
  Georgia Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Caucasus Arena 		27,223
1,000 		Tbilisi
Telavi 		  Levan Maisashvili Merab Sharikadze
  Netherlands NRCA Stadium 7,000 Amsterdam   Zane Gardiner Dirk Danen
  Portugal Estádio de Rugby Jamor 2,500 Lisbon   Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton
  Romania Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Stadionul Steaua II 		8,207
2,000 		Bucharest   Andy Robinson André Gorin
  Russia Fisht Olympic Stadium
Kaliningrad Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium 		47,659
35,212
44,899 		Sochi
Kaliningrad
Nizhny Novgorod 		  Lyn Jones Vitaly Zhivatov
  Spain Estadio Nacional Complutense 12,400 Madrid   Santiago Santos Fernando López

Table edit

Champions
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1   Georgia 5 5 0 0 153 73 +80 22 6 +16 3 0 1 24
2   Romania 5 3 0 2 136 104 +32 16 9 +7 1 1 0 14
3   Portugal 5 3 0 2 196 139 +57 25 20 +5 1 1 0 14
4   Russia 5 2 0 3 97 142 −45 11 18 −7 1 0 0 9
5   Spain 5 2 0 3 164 109 +55 21 14 +7 2 2 0 7*
6   Netherlands 5 0 0 5 73 252 −179 10 38 −28 0 0 0 0
Source - [1]
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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2]
* deducted points[3][4]

Fixtures edit

Week 1 edit

6 March 2021
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  18–13  Romania (1 LBP)
Pen: Gaisin 2', 24', 45', 57', 64', 72'ReportTry: Antonescu 7'
Con: Vlaicu 8'
Pen: Vlaicu 21', 76'
Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 2,895
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
LP 1 Valery Morozov   76'
HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy   59'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev   19'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov
RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko
BF 6 Nikita Vavilin
OF 7 Vladislav Perestyak   45'
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky
OC 13 German Davydov
RW 14 Andrei Karzanov
FB 15 Alexandr Budychenko
Replacements:
HK 16 Shamil Magomedov   59'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin   76'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov   19'
LK 19 German Silenko
FL 20 Anton Sychev   45'
SH 21 Alexandr Belosludtsev
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev
WG 23 Khetag Dzobelov
Coach:
Lyn Jones
 
LP 1 Ionel Badiu   41'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână   76'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   58'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc   71'
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Dragoș Ser   54'
N8 8 André Gorin
SH 9 Florin Surugiu
FH 10 Tudor Boldor
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Vlăduț Popa
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Ionel Melinte   73'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru   76'
PR 17 Alexandru Savin   41'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș   58'
LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan
FL 20 Cristi Chirică   54'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu
FB 22 Daniel Plai   73'
FB 23 Paul Popoaia
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
Television match official:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)

6 March 2021
15:00 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal  16–29  Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: Marta 39'
Con: Marques 40'
Pen: Marques 5', 14', 44'		ReportTry: Modebadze 18'
Bregvadze 29'
Melikidze 50'
Kharaishvili 66'
Jalaghonia 80+5'
Con: Matiashvili 51', 80+6'
Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
LP 1 Geoffrey Moïse   43' to 51'   65'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer   75'
TP 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   70'
LL 4 Rafael Simões
RL 5 José Rebelo de Andrade   55'
BF 6 João Granate
OF 7 José Madeira
N8 8 Luigi Dias   60'
SH 9 Samuel Marques   80'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)   65' to 75'
OC 13 José Lima
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Dany Antunes   75'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa   43'   51'   65'
HK 17 Nuno Mascarenhas   75'
PR 18 Thibault Nardi   70'
LK 19 Francisco Sousa   55'
N8 20 Eric dos Santos   60'
SH 21 Théo Entraygues   80'
FH 22 Jorge Abecasis
FB 23 Nuno Sousa Guedes   75'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
 
LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili   60'
HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze   53'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze   53'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili   78'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili   55' to 65'   65'
OF 7 Beka Saghinadze
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze   66'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze   35' to 45'
RW 14 Mirian Modebadze   67'
FB 15 Soso Matiashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Shalva Mamukashvili   53'
PR 17 Beka Gigashvili   60'
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili   53'
LK 19 Davit Gigauri   78'
FL 20 Irakli Tskhadadze   65'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania   66'
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili
WG 23 Demur Tapladze   67'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
Television match official:
Stefano Roscini (Italy)

Week 2 edit

13 March 2021
13:00 WET (UTC+00)
(1 LBP) Portugal  27–28  Romania
Try: Antunes 10'
Portela 34'
Storti 66'
Con: Marques 11', 35', 67'
Pen: Marques 17', 60'		ReportTry: Savin 49'
Onuțu 74'
Cojocaru 79'
Con: Melinte 75', 80'
Pen: Vlaicu 4', 21', 29'
Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 30
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes   71'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer   40+4' to 54'
TP 3 Anthony Alves   53'
LL 4 Rafael Simões   49'
RL 5 José Rebelo de Andrade   3' to 13'   32' to 39'
BF 6 João Granate
OF 7 José Madeira
N8 8 Manuel Picão
SH 9 Samuel Marques
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela   40'
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Dany Antunes   40+4'   49'   53'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa   71'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz   40+4'   49'
PR 18 Geoffrey Moïse   53'
LK 19 Eric dos Santos   32'   39'   49'   79'
FL 20 Francisco Sousa
SH 21 Théo Entraygues
FH 22 Jorge Abecasis   40'
FB 23 Nuno Sousa Guedes   53'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
 
LP 1 Alexandru Savin   59'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână   23' to 33'   54'
TP 3 Alex Gordaș   40'
LL 4 Ionuț Mureșan   68'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Johannes van Heerden
OF 7 Cristi Chirică   23'
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   68'
FH 10 Tudor Boldor   68'
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu   64'
OC 13 Vlăduț Popa
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru   23'   34'
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru   23'   33'   54'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   59'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă   40'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc   68'
FL 20 Vlad Neculau   23'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu   68'
FH 22 Daniel Plai   68'
CE 23 Paul Popoaia   64'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)
Richard Duhau (France)
Television match official:
Patrick Dellac (France)

14 March 2021
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Spain  19–25  Georgia
Try: Linklater 4'
Con: Güemes 4'
Pen: Güemes 40', 47'
Linklater 64', 69'		ReportTry: Jalaghonia 3'
Tabutsadze 48'
Bregvadze 67'
Con: Abzhandadze 3', 68'
Pen: Abzhandadze 14', 61'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   40'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   40'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   42'
LL 4 Victor Sánchez   9'   14'   18'   32'
RL 5 Manuel Mora   61'
BF 6 Kalokalo Gavidi
OF 7 Pierre Barthere   58'
N8 8 Fréderic Quercy
SH 9 Tomás Munilla   67'
FH 10 Bautista Güemes   53'
LW 11 Jordi Jorba   50'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno
OC 13 Alejandro Alonso
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charly Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu   40'
HK 17 Vicento del Hoyo   40'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz   42'
LK 19 Aníbal Bonan   9'   14'   18'   32'
FL 20 Brice Ferrer   58'
SH 21 Kerman Aurrekoetxea   67'
FH 22 Gonzalo Vinuesa   53'
WG 23 Federico Casteglioni   50'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
 
LP 1 Beka Gigashvili   52'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   40'
TP 3 Giorgi Kharaishvili   52'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani
RL 5 Davit Gigauri
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Irakli Tskhadadze   58'
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze   66'   78'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11 Demur Tapladze
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Jaba Bregvadze   40'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili   52'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze   52'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili
FL 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili   58'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania   66'   78'
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili
WG 23 Alexander Todua
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Sébastien Minery (France)
Jean-Claude Labarbe (France)
Television match official:
Philippe Bonhoure (France)

Week 3 edit

20 March 2021
13:00 KALT (UTC+02)
Russia  6–23  Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Gaisin 38', 48'ReportTry: Tabutsadze 29'
Abzhandadze 39'
Niniashvili 60'
Con: Abzhandadze 61'
Pen: Abzhandadze 3', 21'
Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 9,564
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
LP 1 Valery Morozov   62'
HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy   63'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov   63'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov
RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko   67'
BF 6 German Silenko
OF 7 Nikita Vavilin   14'   28'   41'
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov   72'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky   50'   53'   70'
OC 13 German Davydov
RW 14 Andrei Karzanov
FB 15 Alexandr Budychenko   66'
Replacements:
HK 16 Shamil Magomedov   63'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin   63'
PR 18 Stepan Seryakov   63'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin   67'
FL 20 Anton Sychev   14'   28'   41'
SH 21 Denis Barabantsev   72'
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev   50'   53'   70'
FB 23 Khetag Dzobelov   66'
Coach:
Lyn Jones
 
LP 1 Beka Gigashvili   50'
HK 2 Giorgi Chkoidze   50'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze   50'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani   63'
RL 5 Davit Gigauri
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili   75'
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze   77'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze   68'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Davit Niniashvili   70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jaba Bregvadze   50'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili   50'
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili   50'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili   63'
FL 20 Irakli Tskhadadze   75'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania   77'
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili   68'
FB 23 Soso Matiashvili   70'
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili

Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Matteo Franco (Italy)
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

20 March 2021
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  22–16  Spain (1 LBP)
Try: Căpățână 60'
Melinte 79'
Pen: Vlaicu 25', 40', 47', 52'		ReportTry: Rouet 42'
Con: Ordas 43'
Pen: Ordas 8', 34', 77'
Stadionul Steaua II, Bucharest
Attendance: 50
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
LP 1 Alexandru Savin   73'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână   73'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș
LL 4 Marius Antonescu   80'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Johannes van Heerden   77'
OF 7 Vlad Neculau
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9 Florin Surugiu
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Vlăduț Popa   40'
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru   70'
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru   73'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   73'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc   80'
FL 20 Cristi Boboc   77'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu
CE 22 Tudor Boldor   40'
WG 23 Paul Popoaia   70'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
 
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   63'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   64'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   70'
LL 4 Lucas Guillaume
RL 5 Manuel Mora   49' to 59'   72'
BF 6 Gauthier Gibouin
OF 7 Matthew Foulds   77'
N8 8 Fréderic Quercy   58'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   66' to 76'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas
LW 11 Fabien Perrin
IC 12 Bautista Güemes   54'
OC 13 Álvar Gimeno
RW 14 Brad Linklater   78'
FB 15 Charly Malié   70' to 80'
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu   63'
HK 17 Vicento del Hoyo   64'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz   70'
LK 19 Josh Peters   72'
FL 20 Brice Ferrer   77'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla
CE 22 Richard Stewart   54'
WG 23 Jordi Jorba   78'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Papuna Chiqaberidze (Georgia)
Giga Mshvenieradze (Georgia)
Television match official:
Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)

Week 4 edit

27 March 2021
16:00 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal  43–28  Spain
Try: Simões 28'
Portela 39'
Marta 47'
Storti 59'
Marques 77'
Fernandes 80'
Con: Marques 29', 40', 48', 59', 79
Pen: Marques 71'		ReportTry: Pinto Ferrer 6'
Rouet 16'
Linklater 36'
Ordas 80'
Con: Ordas 7', 17', 37', 80'
Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
LP 1 Geoffrey Moïse   45'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer
TP 3 Anthony Alves   68'
LL 4 José Madeira   17' to 27'
RL 5 Eric dos Santos
BF 6 João Granate   19'
OF 7 Manuel Picão
N8 8 Rafael Simões   57'
SH 9 Samuel Marques   8' to 18'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela   79'
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima   68'
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes
Replacements:
PR 16 Francisco Fernandes   45'
HK 17 Loïc Bournonville   71'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   68'
FL 19 Duarte Torgal   19'
N8 20 Francisco Sousa   57'
SH 21 Théo Entraygues
FH 22 Jorge Abecasis   79'
CE 23 Dany Antunes   68'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
 
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   45'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   54'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   51'
LL 4 Victor Sánchez
RL 5 Manuel Mora   51'
BF 6 Lucas Guillaume
OF 7 Kalokalo Gavidi   64'
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   68'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas
LW 11 Fabien Perrin   49'
IC 12 Bautista Güemes   56'
OC 13 Álvar Gimeno
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charly Malié   61' to 71'   71'
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu   45'   45' to 55'
HK 17 Vicente del Hoyo   54'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz   51'
LK 19 Aníbal Bonan   51'
FL 20 Matthew Foulds   64'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla   68'
CE 22 Richard Stewart   56'
FB 23 Jordi Jorba   71'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Cedric Marchat (France)
Stéphane Crapoix (France)
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet (France)

28 March 2021
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  28–17  Romania
Try: Penalty try 10'
Gigashvili 51'
Tabutsadze 70'
Con: Abzhandadze 52'
Pen: Abzhandadze 20', 40'
Drop: Babunashvili 80'		ReportTry: Gorin 21'
Căpățână 61'
Con: Plai 22'
Vlaicu 62'
Pen: Vlaicu 44'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
LP 1 Beka Gigashvili
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   18'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze   56'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani
RL 5 Davit Gigauri   64'
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze   24'
OF 7 Beka Saghinadze
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze   65'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze   24'
PR 17 Nika Abuladze
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili   56'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili   64'
FL 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
SH 21 Mikheil Alania
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili   65'
FB 23 Soso Matiashvili
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili
 
LP 1 Alexandru Savin   6' to 16'   30'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru   54'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   63'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu   72'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Cristi Chirică   56'
OF 7 Cristi Boboc
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   64'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu   35'
IC 12 Tudor Boldor
OC 13 Alexandru Bucur
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Ionel Melinte   32'
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână   54'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   30'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă   63'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc   72'
FL 20 Johannes van Heerden   56'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu   64'
FB 22 Florin Vlaicu   35'
WG 23 Paul Popoaia   32'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Francisco Serra (Portugal)
José Moita (Portugal)
Television match official:
Pedro Mendes Silva (Portugal)

Week 5 edit

26 June 2021[5][6][7]
17:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia  48–15  Netherlands
Try: Niniashvili 10', 72', 79'
Tabutsadze 25', 65'
Lobzhanidze 37'
Gogichashvili 54'
Javakhia 60'
Con: Abzhandadze 55'
Babunashvili 61', 66', 73'		ReportTry: Hop 35'
v. Dijk 75'
Con: Wierenga 76'
Pen: Rademaker 16'
Caucasus Arena, Telavi[8]
Attendance: 700
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
LP 1 Nika Khatiashvili   40'
HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze   40'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze   40'
LL 4 Nodar Tcheishvili
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze   58'
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Beka Saghinadze   69'
N8 8 Ilia Spanderashvili   34' to 44'
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   63'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze   56'
LW 11 Mirian Modebadze
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze   63'
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Shalva Mamukashvili   40'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili   40'
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili   40'
LK 19 Giorgi Javakhia   58'
FL 20 Irakli Tskhadadze   69'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania   63'
CE 22 Demur Tapladze   63'
FH 23 Giorgi Babunashvili   56'
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili
 
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan   40'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson   73'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington   73'
LL 4 Koen Bloemen   60'
RL 5 Mark Wokke   73'
BF 6 Niels van de Ven   67'
OF 7 Wolf van Dijk   63' to 73'
N8 8 Dave Koelman
SH 9 Amir Rademaker   60'
FH 10 Mees van Oord
LW 11 Jordy Hop
IC 12 David Weersma   4' to 14'
OC 13 Bart Wierenga (c)
RW 14 Siem Noorman   9'
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Michael Mbaud   73'
PR 17 Lodi Buijs   40'
PR 18 Delano van der Sligte   73'
LK 19 Marijn Huis   60'
FL 20 Jim Boelrijk   73'
SH 21 Hugo Schöller   60'
WG 22 Daily Limmen   9'
FL 23 Blake Nightingale   67'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Mihai Văcaru (Romania)
Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Cristian Răduță (Romania)

Week 6 edit

10 July 2021
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Netherlands  28–61  Portugal (1 TBP)
Try: Wierenga 37'
Campbell 54', 84'
Hop 65'
Con: Weersma 38', 54', 66', 85'		ReportTry: Tadjer 2'
Storti 12', 14', 60', 75', 80'
Marta 37', 50', 67'
Con: Marques 9', 13', 15', 40', 51', 61', 68', 76'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,600 [9]
Referee: Aled Evans (Wales)
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan   73'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson   73'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington   40'
LL 4 Koen Bloemen
RL 5 Christopher van Leeuwen   62'
BF 6 Dirk Danen (c)   49'
OF 7 Niels van de Ven
N8 8 Dave Koelman   17'
SH 9 Amir Rademaker   62'
FH 10 Mees van Oord
LW 11 Jordy Hop
IC 12 David Weersma
OC 13 Daily Limmen   73'
RW 14 Bart Wierenga
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Michael Mbaud   73'
PR 17 Robin Moenen   40'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs   73'
LK 19 Mark Wokke   62'
N8 20 Marijn Huis   17'
FL 21 Blake Nightingale   49'
SH 22 Hugo Schöller   62'
CE 23 Robbin Schut   73'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes   62'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer   71'
TP 3 Anthony Alves   55'
LL 4 José Madeira
RL 5 Jean Sousa   71'
BF 6 João Granate
OF 7 Rafael Simões
N8 8 Thibault de Freitas   66'
SH 9 Samuel Marques   78'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima   66'
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes   69'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa   62'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz   71'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   55'
LK 19 José Rebelo de Andrade   71'
N8 20 Manuel Picão   66'
SH 21 Pedro Lucas   78'
FB 22 Manuel Cardoso Pinto   69'
CE 23 Pedro Bettencourt   66'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Gareth Newman (Wales)
Dewi Phillips (Wales)
Television match official:
Sean Brickell (Wales)

Week 7 edit

17 July 2021
13:30 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  26–49  Portugal
Try: Gresev 29'
Silenko 38', 59'
Sychev 77'
Con: Kushnarev 30', 39', 77		ReportTry: Appleton 7'
Granate 15'
Lima 45'
Simões 56'
Penalty try 61'
Portela 67'
Con: Marques 8', 16', 46', 68'
Pen: Marques 3', 32', 50'
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
LP 1 Valery Morozov   66'
HK 2 Shamil Magomedov   14'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov   63'
LL 4 Evgeny Elgin   65'
RL 5 German Silenko   60'
BF 6 Nikita Bekov
OF 7 Nikita Vavilin   12' to 22'
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov   78'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin   12'
LW 11 Andrei Karzanov
IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov
OC 13 Denis Simplikevich   54'
RW 14 German Davydov
FB 15 Nikita Churashov   61' to 71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Shamil Davudov   14'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin   66'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov   63'
LK 19 Vadim Zharkov   60'
FL 20 Anton Sychev   65'
SH 21 Stepan Khokhlov   78'
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev   12'
CE 23 Luc Brocas   54'
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes   50'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer   68'   78'
TP 3 Anthony Alves   50'
LL 4 José Madeira   26' to 36'
RL 5 Jean Sousa
BF 6 João Granate   68'
OF 7 Rafael Simões   63'
N8 8 Thibault de Freitas   78'
SH 9 Samuel Marques
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima   73'
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes   65'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa   50'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz   68'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   50'   73' to 83'
FL 19 José Rebelo de Andrade   68'
FL 20 Manuel Picão   63'
SH 21 Pedro Lucas
FB 22 Manuel Cardoso Pinto   65'
CE 23 Pedro Bettencourt   73'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Charles Samson (Scotland)

Week 8 edit

6 November 2021
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands  8–35  Russia (1 TBP)
Try: van der Avoird 58'
Pen: Weersma 42'		ReportTry: Zhivatov 8'
Brocas 28'
Karzanov 43'
Morozov 51'
Ivanov 54'
Con: Gaisin 9', 29', 44', 52', 55'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Keith Allen (Scotland)
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan   70'
HK 2 Mark Darlington   52'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington   56'
LL 4 Christopher van Leeuwen
RL 5 Jim Boelrijk   52'
BF 6 Dirk Danen (c)   63'
OF 7 Wolf van Dijk
N8 8 Niels van de Ven   70'
SH 9 Amir Rademaker   56'
FH 10 David Weersma   52'
LW 11 Daan van der Avoird
IC 12 Oliva Sialau
OC 13 Bart Wierenga
RW 14 Jordy Hop
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Ross Bennie-Coulson   52'
PR 17 Robin Moenen   70'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs   56'
LK 19 Rikkert Verhofstad   70'
FL 20 Blake Nightingale   52'
FL 21 Christopher Raymond   63'
SH 22 Hugo Schöller   56'
FH 23 Mees van Oord   52'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP 1 Valery Morozov   68'
HK 2 Alexander Ivanov   70'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev   65'
LL 4 Igor Zykov   68'
RL 5 German Silenko
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov (c)
OF 7 Artémy Gallo   70'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov   72'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin   72'
LW 11 Andrei Karzanov
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky
OC 13 Luc Brocas
RW 14 Daniil Potikhanov   65' to 75'   75'
FB 15 German Davydov
Replacements:
HK 16 Alishan Umarov   70'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin   68'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov   65'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin   68'
FL 20 Anton Sychev   70'
SH 21 Stepan Khokhlov   72'
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev   72'
WG 23 Victor Kononov   75'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
David Sutherland (Scotland)
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Television match official:
Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Week 9 edit

13 November 2021
17:30 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Romania  56–15  Netherlands
Try: Simionescu 10'
Dumitru 19', 48', 56'
Cojocaru 29', 43'
Vaovasa 31'
Bărdașu 80'
Con: Melinte 11', 20', 30', 32', 44', 49', 57', 80'		ReportTry: Bloemen 25'
van de Avoird 71'
Con: van Oord 26'
Pen: van Oord 35'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest[10]
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță   60'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru   60'
TP 3 Vasile Bălan   60'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu   73'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Cristi Chirică
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)   29' to 32'
N8 8 André Gorin   65'
SH 9 Gabriel Rupanu   49'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Marius Simionescu
IC 12 Jason Tomane
OC 13 Hinckley Vaovasa   57'
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru   65'
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Florin Bărdașu   60'
PR 17 Alexandru Savin   60'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă   60'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc   73'
N8 20 Florian Roșu   29'   32'   65'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu   49'
CE 22 Taylor Gontineac   57'
WG 23 Paul Popoaia   65'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan   73'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson   57'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington   60'
LL 4 Koen Bloemen
RL 5 Louis Bruinsma   52'
BF 6 Wolf van Dijk
OF 7 Blake Nightingale   52'
N8 8 Dirk Danen (c)   58'
SH 9 Hugo Schöller   57'
FH 10 Mees van Oord   57'
LW 11 Daan van der Avoird
IC 12 Oliva Sialau
OC 13 Bart Wierenga
RW 14 Jordy Hop
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Ross Bennie-Coulson   57'
PR 17 Robin Moenen   73'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs   60'
LK 19 Marijn Huis   52'
FL 20 Niels van de Ven   52'
N8 21 Christopher Raymond   58'
SH 22 Amir Rademaker   57'
FH 23 Storm Carroll   57'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

14 November 2021
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain  49–12  Russia
Try: Pinto Ferrer 7'
Gimeno 23'
Mora 35', 44'
Perrin 62'
Losada 67'
Aboitiz 73'
Con: Güemes 7', 23', 36', 45'
Ordas 63', 68', 73'		ReportTry: Uzonov 47'
Kononov 65'
Con: Golov 65'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid[11]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   50'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   64'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   66'
LL 4 Manuel Mora   66'   80'
RL 5 Lucas Guillaume
BF 6 Gautier Gibouin
OF 7 Matthew Foulds
N8 8 Afaese Tauli   43'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   64'
FH 10 Bautista Güemes   47'
LW 11 Gauthier Minguillon   68'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno   41' to 51'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Joan Losada
FB 15 J. W. Bell
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu   50'
HK 17 Santiago Ovejero   64'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz   66'
LK 19 Victor Sánchez   66'
N8 20 Facundo Domínguez   43'   80'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla   64'
FH 22 Manuel Ordas   47'
WG 23 Jordi Jorba   68'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Valery Morozov   10'
HK 2 Alexander Ivanov   41'   73'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev   55'
LL 4 Igor Zykov   55'
RL 5 German Silenko
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov (c)   16'
OF 7 Artémy Gallo   34' to 44'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin   58'
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov   65'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin   68'
LW 11 Andrei Karzanov
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky   63'
OC 13 Luc Brocas
RW 14 Daniil Potikhanov
FB 15 German Davydov
Replacements:
HK 16 Dmitry Parkhomenko   41'   73'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin   16'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov   55'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin   55'
N8 20 Anton Sychev   58'
SH 21 Stepan Khokhlov   65'
FH 22 Alexei Golov   68'
CE 23 Victor Kononov   63'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Jason Bessant (Wales)
Tom Spurrier (Wales)
Television match official:
Wayne Davies (Wales)

Week 10 edit

18 December 2021[12]
14:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands  7–52  Spain (1 TBP)
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

Touch judges:
Andrew Cole (Ireland)
Jonny Erskine (Ireland)
Television match official:
Colin Stanley (Ireland)

International broadcasters edit

Country Broadcaster Summary
  Georgia Rugby TV
Imedi TV 		All games exclusively live and free on Rugby TV and Imedi TV
  Netherlands Ziggo All games exclusively live and free on Ziggo
  Portugal RTP2
Rugby TV Portugal 		Home games live and free on RTP2 and Rugby TV Portugal
  Romania TVR All games exclusively live and free on TVR 1
  Russia Match TV
Sportrecs.com 		All games exclusively broadcast on Match TV and streamed for free on Sportrecs.com
  Spain GOL
TEN 		Home games live and free on either GOL or TEN, deferred broadcasts on GOL
  Europe Rugby Europe All games exclusively streamed and free on Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Championship 2021".
  2. ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
  4. ^ "WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying".
  5. ^ "2021 Rugby Europe Championship Fixtures announced".
  6. ^ "New dates unveiled for Rugby Europe Championship".
  7. ^ "Netherlands confirm REC home fixtures".
  8. ^ "ზაფხულის სანაკრებო სეზონი თელავში გაიხსნება". 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ "2020/21 Men - Women Rugby Europe International Championships Game Sheet - Netherlands v Portugal" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 10 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Stejarii vor întâlni Uruguay, Țările de Jos și Tonga în meciurile din luna noiembrie, pe Stadionul Național de Rugby Arcul de Triumf". Rugby Romania (in Romanian). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Italia A, Fiyi y Rusia, rivales en un otoño de nivel para el XV del León en Madrid". FER (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Championship 2021".
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