2014 IRB Nations Cup

The 2014 IRB Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the eighth time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 13 and 22 June and ran alongside the 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. Romania were joined by Uruguay, Emerging Ireland and ENC side Russia and defended the title they won in 2012 and 2013.[2][3] All of the fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the home stadium for the hosts Romania.[2]

2014 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
CountriesIreland Emerging Ireland
 Romania
 Russia
 Uruguay
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date13 – 22 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Tries scored31 (5.17 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Romania Florin Vlaicu (32 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s)Ireland Craig Gilroy (4 tries)[1]
Final
ChampionsIreland Emerging Ireland
Runners-up Romania
← 2013 (Previous)
(Next) 2015 →

The Emerging Ireland team won the title for the first time and Robin Copeland was named as the player of the tournament.[4][5][6]

Standings

TeamGamesPointsTriesBounus pointsPoints
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstTry BonusLosing Bonus
1 Emerging Ireland3300148131352113015
2  Romania32016465–167008
3  Uruguay31023291–59210004
4  Russia30032499–75213022
Source : www.irb.com
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

Matchday 1

13 June 2014[7]
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Emerging Ireland 66 – 0
Abandoned
at 49'
 Russia
Try: Keatley 3' m
Conway (3) 6' c, 23' m, 26' c
Annett 10' c
Gilroy (2) 28' c, 44' c
Copeland 34' c
O'Donnell 36' c
Marshall 41' c
Con: Keatley (5/7) 7', 11', 27', 29', 35'
Hanrahan (3/3) 37', 42', 45'
Report[8]Pen: Gaysin (0/1) 15'
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
FB15Johne Murphy
RW14Craig Gilroy
OC13Eoin Griffin
IC12Stuart McCloskey
LW11Andrew Conway
FH10Ian Keatley  35'
SH9Paul Marshall
N88Robin Copeland
OF7Tommy O'Donnell
BF6Dominic Ryan (c)
RL5Dave Foley
LL4Michael Kearney
TP3Michael Bent  46'
HK2Niall Annett  40'
LP1Callum Black
Replacements:
HK16James Tracy  40'
PR17John Ryan  46'
LK18Billy Holland
FL19Sean Dougall
SH20Luke McGrath
FH21JJ Hanrahan  35'
CE22Brendan Macken
Coach:
Dan McFarland
FB15Igor Klyuchnikov
RW14Mikhail Babaev
OC13German Davydov
IC12Alexey Makovetskiy
LW11Igor Galinovskiy
FH10Ramil Gaysin
SH9Alexander Ianiushkin  46'
N88Victor Gresev
OF7Andrey Temnov
BF6Andrey Garbuzov
RL5Denis Antonov
LL4Alexander Voytov (c)  46'
TP3Sergey Sekisov
HK2Stanislav Selskiy 46' to 56'
LP1Alexey Volkov  46'
Replacements:
HK16Valery Tsnobiladze
PR17Grigory Tsnobiladze  46'
LK18Alexander Bezverkhov
FL19Artem Fatakhov  46'
FL20Pavel Butenko
SH21Alexey Shcherban  46'
FH22Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
Raphaël Saint-André [fr]

Touch judges:
Cristian Serban (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)


13 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  34 – 16  Uruguay
Try: Turashvili 35' c
Macovei 45' c
Ionita 74' m
Con: Vlaicu (2/3) 36', 46'
Pen: Vlaicu (4/4) 5', 11', 53', 58'
Drop: Vlaicu (1/1) 25'
IRB[8]Try: Gibernau 29' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 30'
Pen: Prada (3/4) 24', 26', 61'
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
FB15Gabriel Conache
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
OC13Csaba Gál
IC12Florin Vlaicu
LW11Florin Ioniță
FH10Filip Lazăr  66'
SH9Florin Surugiu  78'
N88Daniel Carpo
OF7Mihai Macovei (c)
BF6Viorel Lucaci  60'
RL5Marius Sirbe
LL4Valentin Popârlan  66'
TP3Constantin Pristăviță  75'
HK2Otar Turashvili 14' to 23'
LP1Horaţiu Pungea  48'  75'
Replacements:
HK16Eugen Căpăţână  14'  23'
PR17Alexandru Ţăruş  48'
LK18Dorin Lazăr  60'
N819Vlad Nistor  66'
CE20Catalin Robert Dascalu  66'
SH21Valentin Ivan  78'
FH22Daniel Statulescu
Coach:
Lynn Howells
FB15Gastón Mieres
RW14Santiago Gibernau
OC13Joaquín Prada
IC12Alberto Roman
LW11Gaston Gibernau  53'
FH10Alejo Durán  53'
SH9Guillermo Lijtenstein
N88Alejandro Nieto
OF7Diego Magno  65'
BF6Juan de Freitas  69'
RL5Franco Lamanna 62' to 72'
LL4Cristofer Soares De Lima  49'
TP3Juan Echeverría  49'  78'
HK2Nicolás Klappenbach (c)  69'
LP1Alejo Corral  78'
Replacements:
PR16Carlos Arboleya  49'
PR17Mateo Sanguinetti  69'
LK18Mathias Braun  49'
FL19Fernando Bascou  65'
FL20Agustin Alonso  69'
FB21Jerónimo Etcheverry  53'
WG22Federico Favaro  53'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Razvan Vasiliu (Romania)
Gabriel Seitan (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

Matchday 2

18 June 2014[7]
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Emerging Ireland 51 – 3  Uruguay
Try: Gilroy 7' c
Kearney 24' c
Butler (2) 33' m, 51' c
Holland 64' c
Marshall 75' m
Con: Hanrahan (5/6) 8', 25', 52', 61', 65'
Pen: Hanrahan (2/2) 20', 40'
Keatley (1/1) 80'
Report[9]Pen: Prada (1/2) 4'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)



18 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  20 – 18  Russia
Try: Penalty Try 70',78'
Con: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 71',79'
Pen: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 8',36'
Report[10]Try: Andrey Temnov 32', Vladimir Ostroushko 56'
Con: Ramil Gaysin (1/2) 33'
Pen: Ramil Gaysin (2/3) 22',50'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: Chris Assmus
FB15Gabriel Conache
RW14Stephen Hihetah
OC13Catalin Robert Dascalu
IC12Florin Vlaicu
LW11Ionut Dumitru
FH10Filip Lazăr  50'
SH9Florin Surugiu  64'
N88Daniel Carpo
OF7Dorin Lazăr  48'
BF6Mihai Macovei(c)
RL5Marius Sirbe
LL4Marian Drenceanu  45'
TP3Alexandru Tarus  64'
HK2Eugen Capatana  47'  64'
LP1Ionel Badiu  48'
Replacements:
HK16Otar Turashvili  47'  64'
PR17Horatiu Pungea  50'
LK18Valentin Popârlan 49' to 59'  45'
N819Viorel Lucaci 51' to 61'  48'
CE20Csaba Gál  50'
SH21Valentin Ivan  50'
FH22Andrei Ilie
Coach:
Lynn Howells
FB15Igor Klyuchnikov  68'
RW14Mikhail Babaev
OC13Dmitry Gerasimov
IC12Alexey Makovetskiy
LW11Vladimir Ostroushko
FH10Ramil Gaysin
SH9Alexander Ianiushkin  61'
N88Victor Gresev 76' to 80 '  48'
OF7Andrey Temnov
BF6Pavel Butenko  64'
RL5Artem Fatakhov  69'
LL4Alexander Voytov(c) 8' to 18'
TP3Andrey Igretsov 45' to 55'  68'
HK2Valery Tsnobiladze 69' to 79'
LP1Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
PR16Stanislav Selskiy  69'
PR17Alexander Bezverkhov  48'  55'  68'  76'
LK18Denis Antonov
FL19Yevgeny Matveyev  64'
FL20Igor Galinovskiy  68'
FB21Alexey Shcherban  61'
WG22Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
Raphaël Saint-André

Touch judges:
Cristian Serban (Romania)
Bogdan Gordin (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

Matchday 3

22 June 2014
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Russia  6 – 13  Uruguay
Pen: Kushnarev (2/4) 11', 14'Report[11]Try: Lamanna 60' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 61'
Pen: Prada (2/5) 52', 77'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)

22 June 2014[7]
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania  10 – 31 Emerging Ireland
Try: Penalty try 78'
Drop: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 13'
Report[12]Try: Dominic Ryan 28' c
Craig Gilroy 31' c
Robin Copeland 41' c
Penalty try 80'
Con: Ian Keatley (3/3) 31', 36', 50'
Pen: Ian Keatley (1/2) 3'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

Top scorers

See also

References

External links