2017 Rugby Europe Championship

2017 Rugby Europe Championship
2017 Rugby Europe Championship
Date	11 February – 18 March 2017
Countries	Belgium; Georgia; Germany; Romania; Russia; Spain;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania (5th title)
Antim Cup	Romania (6th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	114,976 (7,665 per match)
Tries scored	79 (5.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Brad Linklater (51)
Top try scorer(s)	Giorgi Koshadze (4); Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (4)
Official website	Rugby International Championship
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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.

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

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
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).^[5]^[6]^[7]

Fixtures

Week 1

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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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'	Gamesheet	Pen: 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

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)	Gamesheet	Pen: 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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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'	Gamesheet	Pen: 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

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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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

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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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	Gamesheet	Try: 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)

Week 5

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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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'	Gamesheet	Try: 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

20 May 2017
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Belgium	29–18	Portugal

King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels

References

^ rugbybworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup 2019". www.rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
^ 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)
^ "Championship 2021".
^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Judicial Committee judgement" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
^ Committee Decision
^ "FINAL RANKING OF REC 2018 | Rugby Europe". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.

External links

Rugby Europe official website

[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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