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2022 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship was the sixth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup).

2022 Rugby Europe Championship
Date5 February 2022 – 20 March 2022
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (14th title)
Antim Cup Georgia (15th title)
Kiseleff Cup Romania (1st title)
Matches played12
Attendance47,000 (3,917 per match)
Tries scored96 (8 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Spain Manuel Ordas (55 points)
Top try scorer(s)Georgia (country) Aka Tabutsadze (6 tries)
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The 2022 Championship was contested by Georgia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia and Spain.

Georgia enter the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table after winning all of their matches in the 2021 tournament, claiming their 13th title and 10th Grand Slam as a result.[1]

As in several other sports, Russia were disqualified after Week 3 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the second year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify for the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Participants edit

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
  Georgia Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena 54,202 Tbilisi   Levan Maisashvili Merab Sharikadze
  Netherlands NRCA Stadium 7,000 Amsterdam   Zane Gardiner Bart Wierenga
  Portugal Campo de Rugby do Jamor 2,500 Lisbon   Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton
  Romania Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 8,207 Bucharest   Andy Robinson Mihai Macovei
  Russia Slava Metreveli Central Stadium 10,200 Sochi   Dick Muir Victor Gresev
  Spain Estadio Nacional Complutense 15,800 Madrid   Santiago Santos Fernando López

Table edit

Champions
Disqualified
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1   Georgia 5 4 1 0 172 73 +99 25 8 +17 2 0 0 20[a]
2   Romania 5 3 0 2 153 128 +25 19 18 +1 1 1 0 14
3   Spain 5 4 0 1 170 135 +35 23 16 +7 1 0 0 12*
4   Portugal 5 2 1 2 139 98 +41 19 11 +8 1 1 0 12[a]
5   Netherlands 5 1 0 4 25 212 -187 3 34 -31 0 0 0 4[a]
6   Russia 5 0 0 5 62 75 -13 7 9 -2 0 1 0 1
Source - [2]
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
a Georgia, Portugal and Netherlands awarded 4 points for cancelled games against Russia[3][4]
* deducted points[5][6]


Fixtures edit

Week 1 edit

5 February 2022
14:30 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  34–25  Russia
Try: Cojocaru (2) 11' c, 25' c
Macovei 40' c
Rupanu 72' c
Con: Boldor (3/3) 11', 25', 40'
Plai 72'
Pen: Boldor (1/2) 38'
Plai (1/1) 72'		ReportTry: Penalty try 6'
Parkhomenko (2) 62' c, 75' m
Con: Gaisin (1/2) 62'
Pen: Gaisin (2/3) 43', 47'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Adam Leal (England)
LP 1 Vasile Bălan   74'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru   73'
TP 3 Alex Gordaș   60'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Cristi Chirică   49' to 58'   64'
OF 7 Dragoș Ser   6' to 16'
N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)
SH 9 Gabriel Rupanu
FH 10 Tudor Boldor   64'
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Jason Tomane   75'
OC 13 Hinckley Vaovasa   70'
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Marius Simionescu   80'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tudor Butnariu   73'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăvița   74'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș   60'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc
N8 20 André Gorin   49'   58'   64'
WG 21 Paul Popoaia   70'
FH 22 Daniel Plai   64'
CE 23 Alexandru Bucur   75'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1 Nikoloz Kazalikashvili   57'
HK 2 Shamil Magomedov   57'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev (c)   64'
LL 4 German Silenko   76'
RL 5 Maxim Gargalîc   59'   76'
BF 6 Victor Arhip   69' to 79'
OF 7 Nikita Bekov   74'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Alexey Sherban   62'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev   60'
IC 12 German Davydov
OC 13 Daniil Potikhanov   74'
RW 14 Andrei Karzanov
FB 15 Dmitry Sukhin
Replacements:
HK 16 Dmitry Parkhomenko   57'
PR 17 Azamat Bitiev   57'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov   64'
LK 19 Anton Makarenko   59'   77' to 80'
FL 20 Vladimir Geraskin   74'
SH 21 Efim Ryabishchuk   62'
WG 22 Daniil Semenov   60'
CE 23 Victor Kononov   74'
Coach:
Dick Muir

Touch judges:
George Selwood (England)
Mike Woods (England)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

5 February 2022
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain  43–0  Netherlands
Try: Usárraga 10' c
López 23' c
Jorba 38' m
Gimeno 44' c
Ordas 56' m
Minguillon 65' m
Ovejero 71' c
Con: Ordas (3/6) 11', 24', 45'
Bélie (1/1) 72'		Report
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   46'
HK 2 Marco Pinto   46'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   27'   40'   46'
LL 4 Manuel Mora   51'
RL 5 Víctor Sánchez
BF 6 Asier Usárraga   67'
OF 7 Matthew Foulds
N8 8 Facundo Domínguez
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   57'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas
LW 11 Julen Goia   48'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno
OC 13 Fabien Perrin   60'
RW 14 Jordi Jorba
FB 15 Gauthier Minguillon
Replacements:
PR 16 Gavin van den Berg   46'
HK 17 Santiago Ovejero   46'
PR 18 Joel Merkler   27'   40'   46'
LK 19 Aníbal Bonan   51'
FL 20 Michael Hogg   67'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla   57'
FB 22 Mathieu Bélie   48'
CE 23 Bautista Güemes   60'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan   58'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson   22' to 32'   51'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington   51'
LL 4 Christopher van Leeuwen
RL 5 Louis Bruinsma   51'
BF 6 Christopher Raymond   25' to 32'   68'
OF 7 Wolf van Dijk
N8 8 Dirk Danen (c)
SH 9 Caleb Korteweg   51'
FH 10 David Weersma
LW 11 Daan van der Avoird
IC 12 Oliva Sialau
OC 13 Bart Wierenga   1'
RW 14 Jordy Hop
FB 15 Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Mike Mbaud   25'   32'   51'
PR 17 Robin Moenen   58'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs   51'
LK 19 Dennis van Dijken   51'
FL 20 Jade Plane   68'
SH 21 Mark Coebergh   51'
FH 22 Mees van Oord   1'   64'
CE 23 Storm Carroll   64'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Leonardo Masini (Italy)
Television match official:
Emanuele Tomo (Italy)

6 February 2022
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  25–25  Portugal
Try: Tabutsadze 29' c
Kerdikoshvili 40' m
Jalagonia 64' c
Con: Abzhandadze (2/3) 30', 64'
Pen: Abzhandadze (2/2) 26', 46'		ReportTry: Cardoso Pinto 36' m
Marta 50' c
Lima 58' c
Con: Marques (2/3) 52', 59'
Pen: Marques (2/2) 10', 28'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili   55'   68'
HK 2 Vano Karkadze   46'
TP 3 Beka Gigashvili   22'
LL 4 Grigor Kerdikoshvili   61'
RL 5 Lasha Jaiani
BF 6 Otar Giorgadze   67'
OF 7 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
N8 8 Tornike Jalagonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11 Mirian Modebadze   48' to 58'   59'
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)   59' to 67'
OC 13 Demur Tapladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK 16 Luka Nioradze   46'
PR 17 Mikheil Nariashvili   55'
PR 18 Luka Japaridze   22'   68'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili   61'
FL 20 Nikoloz Aptsiauri   67'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze
CE 22 Lasha Lomidze   59'   67'
WG 23 Davit Meskhi   59'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes   52'
HK 2 Lionel Campergue   19' to 30'   40'
TP 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   59'   67'
LL 4 José Madeira
RL 5 Jean Sousa   64'
BF 6 João Granate   61'
OF 7 Steevy Cerqueira   61'
N8 8 Rafael Simões
SH 9 Samuel Marques
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela   55'
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta   59'
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima
RW 14 Vincent Pinto
FB 15 Manuel Cardoso Pinto
Replacements:
PR 16 Geoffrey Moïse   52'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz   19'   30'   40'
PR 18 João Mateus   59'   67'
LK 19 Duarte Torgal   64'
FL 20 David Wallis   61'
N8 21 Thibault de Freitas   61'
SH 22 Pedro Lucas   55'
WG 23 Simão Bento   59'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Ludovic Cayre (France)
Stéphane Boyer (France)
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet (France)

Week 2 edit

12 February 2022
13:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 LBP) Russia  37–41  Spain
Try: Gresev 30' c
Ryabishchuk 33' c
Davydov 61' c
Zhivatov 76' c
Con: Gaisin (4/4) 30', 34', 62', 77'
Pen: Gaisin (3/3) 9', 42', 66'		ReportTry: Gimeno 3' c
Minguillon (2) 16' m, 36' m
Pinto 40' m
Ovejero 80' c
Con: Ordas (2/5) 3', 80'
Pen: Ordas (4/4) 27', 59', 65', 71'
Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
LP 1 Nikoloz Kazalikashvili   60'
HK 2 Dmitry Parkhomenko   49'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov   49'
LL 4 Maxim Gargalîc   60'
RL 5 Anton Makarenko   40' to 50'   50'
BF 6 Victor Arhip
OF 7 Nikita Vavilin
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9 Efim Ryabishchuk   60'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev   65'
IC 12 German Davydov
OC 13 Daniil Potikhanov
RW 14 Andrei Karzanov
FB 15 Dmitry Sukhin
Replacements:
HK 16 Shamil Magomedov   49'   80'
PR 17 Azamat Bitiev   60'
PR 18 Nikoloz Narmania   49'
LK 19 Nikita Bekov   60'
FL 20 Vitaly Zhivatov   50'
SH 21 Alexey Sherban   60'
CE 22 Dmitry Gerasimov   65'
WG 23 Daniil Potikhanov
Coach:
Dick Muir
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   51'
HK 2 Marco Pinto   62'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   62'   74'
LL 4 Lucas Guillaume   2'
RL 5 Manuel Mora
BF 6 Matthew Foulds   41'
OF 7 Frédéric Quercy
N8 8 Facundo Domínguez
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   71'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas
LW 11 Gauthier Minguillon   74'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno   29'   37'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin   77'
RW 14 Jordi Jorba   69'
FB 15 Charly Malié   50' to 60'
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu   51'
HK 17 Santiago Ovejero   62'
PR 18 Joel Merkler   62'   73' to 80'
LK 19 Víctor Sánchez   2'
FL 20 Gautier Gibouin   41'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla   71'
FH 22 Mathieu Bélie   69'
CE 23 Bautista Güemes   29'   37'   77'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

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

12 February 2022
13:15 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands  10–72  Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: Danen 49' c
Con: Weersma (1/1) 50'
Pen: Weersma (1/1) 17'		ReportTry: Giorgadze (3) 8' m, 46' c, 59' c
Tabutsadze (2) 14' m, 38' m
Japaridze 24' c
Lobzhanidze (2) 28' c, 53' c
Jalagonia 52' c
Modebadze 66' m
Chkoidze (2) 76' m, 82' m
Con: Abzhandadze (6/12) 25', 29', 47', 53', 54', 60'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 900
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan   65'
HK 2 Mark Darlington   54'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington   43'
LL 4 Dennis van Dijken   65'
RL 5 Jim Boelrijk   54'
BF 6 Louis Bruinsma
OF 7 Spike Salman
N8 8 Dirk Danen (c)
SH 9 Caleb Korteweg   54'
FH 10 David Weersma   65'
LW 11 Daan van der Avoird   54'
IC 12 Oliva Sialau
OC 13 Bart Wierenga
RW 14 Jordy Hop
FB 15 Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Ross Bennie-Coulson   54'
PR 17 Robin Moenen   65'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs   43'
LK 19 Liam Stone   54'
LK 20 Jade Plane   65'
SH 21 Hugo Schöller   54'
FH 22 Mees van Oord   65'
WG 23 Jules Godfroy   54'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili   51'
HK 2 Vano Karkadze   61'
TP 3 Luka Japaridze   51'
LL 4 Nodar Tcheishvili   61'
RL 5 Lasha Jaiani
BF 6 Otar Giorgadze
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze   68'
N8 8 Tornike Jalagonia
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   61'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11 Davit Meskhi
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)   54'
OC 13 Demur Tapladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze   65'
FB 15 Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze   610'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili   51'
PR 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili   51'
LK 19 Giorgi Javakhia   61'
FL 20 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili   68'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze   61'
CE 22 Tornike Kakhoidze   54'
WG 23 Mirian Modebadze   65'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Cédric Marchat (France)
Stéphane Crapoix (France)
Television match official:
Patrick Pechambert (France)

12 February 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  37–27  Portugal
Try: Ser 40' c
Cojocaru 54' c
Savin 67' c
Gorin 80' c
Con: Melinte (3/3) 41', 55', 67'
Plai (1/1) 80'
Pen: Melinte (3/3) 5', 36', 75'		ReportTry: Lima 24' m
Marta 31' c
Pinto (2) 37' c, 49' m
Con: Marques (2/4) 33', 39'
Pen: Marques (1/1) 28'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
LP 1 Vasile Bălan   46'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru   79'
TP 3 Alex Gordaș   46'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu   79'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Cristi Chirică   46'
OF 7 Dragoș Ser
N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)
SH 9 Gabriel Rupanu   50'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Marius Simionescu
IC 12 Jason Tomane
OC 13 Hinckley Vaovasa
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru   79'
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Tudor Butnariu   79'
PR 17 Alexandru Savin   46'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș   46'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc   79'
N8 20 André Gorin   46'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu   50'
CE 22 Vlăduț Popa
WG 23 Nicolas Onuțu   79'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes   51'
HK 2 Lionel Campergue   22'
TP 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   51'   75'
LL 4 José Madeira
RL 5 Rafael Simões
BF 6 João Granate   68'
OF 7 Steevy Cerqueira
N8 8 Thibault de Freitas   56'
SH 9 Samuel Marques   52' to 62'
FH 10 Jorge Abecasis
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)   68'
OC 13 José Lima
RW 14 Vincent Pinto
FB 15 Manuel Cardoso Pinto   77'
Replacements:
PR 16 Geoffrey Moïse   51'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz   22'
PR 18 Cody Thomas   51'   75'
LK 19 Duarte Torgal   56'   77'
FL 20 David Wallis   68'
CE 21 Pedro Bettencourt   68'
SH 22 Pedro Lucas   77'
FB 23 Simão Bento   77'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Oisin Quinn (Ireland)
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

Week 3 edit

26 February 2022
15:00 WET (UTC+00)
(1 TBP) Portugal  59–3  Netherlands
Try: Belo 14' c
Diniz 22' m
Bettencourt (2) 30' c, 63' c
Simões (2) 38' c, 43' m
Marta 47' c
Storti 54' c
Antunes 76'
Con: Antunes (7/9) 15', 31', 39', 48', 55', 64', 77'		ReportPen: Te Hauora Campbell (1/1) 1'
Campo de Rugby Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes   59'
HK 2 Duarte Diniz   45'
TP 3 Anthony Alvès   52'
LL 4 José Madeira
RL 5 José Rebelo de Andrade   65'
BF 6 Steevy Cerqueira
OF 7 David Wallis
N8 8 Rafael Simões   57'
SH 9 João Belo   61'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela   72'
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 Pedro Bettencourt
RW 14 Dany Antunes
FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes   41'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa   59'
HK 17 Nuno Mascarenhas   45'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   52'
FL 19 João Granate   65'
N8 20 Manuel Picão   57'
SH 21 João Dias   61'
CE 22 José Lima   72'
WG 23 Raffaele Storti   41'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan   65'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson   56'
TP 3 Lodi Buijs   65'
LL 4 Dennis van Dijken
RL 5 Jim Boelrijk   50'
BF 6 Christopher Raymond
OF 7 Spike Salman
N8 8 Dave Koelman   34' to 44'   44'
SH 9 Mark Coebergh   50'
FH 10 Mees van Oord   50'
LW 11 Daan van der Avoird   68'
IC 12 Oliva Sialau
OC 13 Bart Wierenga (c)
RW 14 Jordy Hop
FB 15 Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Mike Mbaud   56'
PR 17 Robin Moenen   65'
PR 18 Gabor Besuijen   65'
LK 19 Monty Leverstein   50'
FL 20 Liam Stone   44'
SH 21 Caleb Korteweg   50'
CE 22 Storm Caroll   50'
CE 23 Daily Limmen   68'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Riccardo Angelucci (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)
Television match official:
Alan Falzone (Italy)

27 February 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  38–21  Romania
Try: Marco Pinto 6' c
Foulds 10' c
Quercy (2) 19' c, 59' c
Gimeno 27' c
Con: Ordas (5/5) 7', 11', 20', 27', 60'
Pen: Ordas (1/1) 55'		ReportTry: Hinckley Vaovasa (2) 16' c, 65' c
Marius Simionescu 70' c
Con: Plai (3/3) 17', 66', 71'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   47'
HK 2 Marco Pinto   44'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   58'
LL 4 Lucas Guillaume
RL 5 Manuel Mora   77' to 80'
BF 6 Matthew Foulds   45'
OF 7 Frédéric Quercy
N8 8 Afaese Tauli   14' to 24'   71'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   62'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas   66'
LW 11 Gauthier Minguillon
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Jordi Jorba
FB 15 Charly Malié   60'
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu   47'
HK 17 Santiago Ovejero   44'
PR 18 Joel Merkler   58'
LK 19 Víctor Sánchez   71'
FL 20 Facundo Domínguez   45'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla   62'
FH 22 Mathieu Bélie   60'
FB 23 Iñaki Mateu   66'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Alexandru Savin   53'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru   53'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   55'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu   50'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Dragoș Ser
N8 8 André Gorin   50'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   50'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Marius Simionescu
IC 12 Jason Tomane   62'
OC 13 Hinckley Vaovasa
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Ionel Melinte   55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Florin Bărdașu   53'
PR 17 Vasile Bălan   53'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă   53'
LK 19 Florian Roșu   50'
FL 20 Cristi Chirică   50'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu   50'
CE 22 Vlăduț Popa   62'
WG 23 Nicolas Onuțu   55'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Jonny Perriam (Scotland)
Television match official:
Neil Paterson (Scotland)

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Georgia  Cancelled[7]  Russia
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N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
  • Georgia awarded 4 points.

Week 4 edit

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Russia  Cancelled[7]  Netherlands
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Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
  • Netherlands awarded 4 points.
12 March 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+02)
(1 LBP) Romania  23–26  Georgia
Try: Cojocaru 7' m
Bărdașu 73' c
Con: Melinte (2/2) 39', 73'
Pen: Melinte (3/4) 17', 21', 43'		RerportTry: Lobzhanidze 9' c
Sharikadze 28' c
Todua 34' c
Tabutsadze 70' m
Con: Abzhandadze (3/4) 10', 28', 34'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
LP 1 Andrei Ursache   71'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru   69'
TP 3 Vasile Bălan
LL 4 Marius Iftimiciuc
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Cristi Chirică   71'
OF 7 Dragoș Ser
N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c)   69'
SH 9 Gabriel Rupanu   51'
FH 10 Tudor Boldor   46'
LW 11 Marius Simionescu   63'
IC 12 Jason Tomane
OC 13 Nicolas Onuțu
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Florin Bărdașu   69'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăvița   71'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă
FL 19 Florian Roșu   71'
N8 20 André Gorin   69'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu   51'
FH 22 Daniel Plai   46'
CE 23 Vlăduț Popa   63'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili   40'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   59'
TP 3 Beka Gigashvili   56'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze   48'
BF 6 Luka Ivanishvili
OF 7 Beka Saghinadze
N8 8 Tornike Jalagonia
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   56'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze   5' to 15'
FB 15 Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Jaba Bregvadze   59'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili   40'
PR 18 Nikoloz Khatiashvili   56'
LK 19 Grigor Kerdikoshvili   48'
FL 20 Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze   56'   63' to 73'
FB 22 Lasha Khmaladze
CE 23 Demur Tapladze
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Gareth Newman (Wales)
Mark Butcher (Wales)
Television match official:
Elgan Williams (Wales)

13 March 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  33–28  Portugal (1 LBP)
Try: Zabala 7' m
Quercy (2) 17' c, 25' c
Pinto 38' m
Con: Ordas (2/4) 18', 26'
Pen: Ordas (3/3) 44', 51', 58'		ReportTry: Bento 10' c
Bettencourt 32' c
Madeira 79' m
Con: Marques (2/2) 11', 33'
Pen: Marques (3/3) 6', 46', 54'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)   44'
HK 2 Marco Pinto   48'   77'
TP 3 Jon Zabala   66'
LL 4 Lucas Guillaume
RL 5 Manuel Mora
BF 6 Matthew Foulds   71'
OF 7 Frédéric Quercy
N8 8 Afaese Tauli   62'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   66'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas   68'
LW 11 Gauthier Minguillon   74'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno
OC 13 Fabien Perrin   76'
RW 14 Jordi Jorba
FB 15 Charly Malié   79' to 80'
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu   44'
HK 17 Santiago Ovejero   48'   77'
PR 18 Joel Merkler   66'
LK 19 Víctor Sánchez   71'
N8 20 Facundo Domínguez   62'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla   66'
FH 22 Bautista Güemes   68'
CE 23 Alejandro Alonso   76'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes   59'
HK 2 Loic Bournonville   50'
TP 3 Anthony Alves   54'
LL 4 José Madeira
RL 5 Jean Sousa   67'
BF 6 Steevy Cerqueira
OF 7 David Wallis   50'
N8 8 Rafael Simões   26'   36'   40'   67'
SH 9 Samuel Marques   77'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 José Lima (c)
OC 13 Pedro Bettencourt
RW 14 Vincent Pinto   63'
FB 15 Simão Bento   58'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa   59'
HK 17 Nuno Mascarenhas   50'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira   54'
LK 19 José Maria de Andrade   50'
N8 20 Thibault de Freitas   26'   36'   40'
SH 21 João Belo   77'
WG 22 Raffaele Storti   63'
FB 23 Manuel Cardoso Pinto   58'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
David Beun (France)
Christophe Bultet (France)
Television match official:
Eric Briquet-Campin (France)

Week 5 edit

19 March 2022
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands  12–38  Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Weersma 34' m
Raymond 40' c
Con: Weersma (1/2) 40'		ReportTry: Rupanu 3' c
Vaovasa 14' c
Dumitru 17' c
Cojocaru 28' m
Bucur 71' m
Macovei 77' c
Con: Melinte (4/6) 3', 15', 17'm 77'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Ru Campbell (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)
Television match official:
Andrew Mac Menemy (Scotland)

N/A
N/A
Portugal  Cancelled[7]  Russia
N/A
N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A
  • Portugal awarded 4 points.
20 March 2022
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia  49–15  Spain
Try: Tabutsadze (2) 27' c, 68' c
Giorgadze (2) 34' m, 73' c
Sharikadze 62' c
Chkoidze 80' c
Con: Abzhandadze (5/6) 28', 63', 69', 74', 80'
Pen: Abzhandadze (2/3) 15', 54'
Drop: Lobzhanidze (1/1) 3'		ReportTry: Jorba 24' m
Ovejero 49' c
Con: Ordas (1/2) 51'
Pen: Ordas (1/2) 8'
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi[8]
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Touch judges:
Ben Breakspear (Wales)
Ian Davies (Wales)
Television match official:
Jon Mason (Wales)

International broadcasters edit

Country Broadcaster[9] Summary
  Georgia Rugby TV
Imedi TV 		Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on Rugby TV Facebook page
  Netherlands Ziggo Selected games live on Ziggo Sport
  Portugal RTP Portugal games shown live via RTP 2 and their VoD service RTP Play
  Romania TVR Romania games shown live via TVR 1
  Russia Спортивный (Tricolor TV)
Наш спорт 20 		Russia games shown live via Спортивный (Tricolor TV) and available via streaming through their VoD service Наш спорт 20 (Russia only)
  Spain Teledeporte
RTVE.es 		Spain games shown live via Teledeporte and available via streaming through their VoD service TVE Play
  France RugbyZone Archived 2022-02-01 at the Wayback Machine All games available through streaming via RugbyZone Archived 2022-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
North America FloSports All games available through streaming via FloSports
Rest of the World Rugby Europe All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Georgia secure fourth consecutive Rugby Europe Championship title". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  2. ^ "2022 Rugby Europe Championship standings".
  3. ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ "Georgia qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023 ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
  5. ^ "Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
  6. ^ "WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying".
  7. ^ a b c World Rugby confirms sporting sanctions for Russia and Belarus
  8. ^ "Georgia v Spain".
  9. ^ "Where to Watch: Rugby Europe Championship 2022".
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