2015 World Rugby Nations Cup

2015 World Rugby Nations Cup
2015 World Rugby Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Argentina XV; Namibia; Romania; Spain
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Date	12 – 21 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams	4
Matches played	6
Tries scored	21 (3.5 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Florin Vlaicu
Top try scorer(s)	Viorel Lucaci (2); Florin Surugiu (2)
Final
Champions	Romania (3rd title)
Runners-up	Argentina XV
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The 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup was the tenth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the World Rugby. For the ninth time in a row, it was held at the Stadionul Naţional de Rugby in Bucharest, Romania, and was played between 12 and 21 June, running alongside 2015 World Rugby Tbilisi Cup in Georgia.

Romania, the hosts, were joined by ENC side Spain and Argentina A side, Argentina Jaguars, while Namibia returned for the first time since 2011, as they and Romania prepare to participate in the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

Hosts Romania won the tournament, for the first time since 2013, with three from three victories.

Standings

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bounus points	Points
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against	Bounus points	Points
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	101	12	+89	9	0	1	13
2	Argentina XV	3	2	0	1	45	39	+6	6	2	1	9
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	35	53	–18	3	4	0	4
4	Namibia	3	0	0	3	16	93	–77	1	14	0	0
Source : worldrugby.org Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine 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

The fixtures were announced on 1 May 2015.^[1]

Matchday 1

12 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)

Namibia	10–30	Argentina XV
Try: Kotzé 24' c Con: Kotzé (1/1) 25' Drop: Kotzé (1/1) 33'	Stats^[2]	Try: Panceyra Garrido 8' c Bosch 39' c Cappiello 51' m Paz m Con: Novillo (2/3) 9', 40' Pen: Novillo (2/4) 29', 54'

Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)


FB	15	Johann Tromp
RW	14	Russell van Wyk
OC	13	Danie van Wyk
IC	12	JC Greyling	75'
LW	11	David Philander
FH	10	Theuns Kotzé	75'
SH	9	Eugene Jantjies	64'
N8	8	PJ van Lill (c)
OF	7	Janco Venter	61'
BF	6	Tinus du Plessis
RL	5	Nico Esterhuyse
LL	4	Tijuee Uanivi
TP	3	Aranos Coetzee	27'
HK	2	DG Wiese	67'
LP	1	Casper Viviers	67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Rathony Becker	67'
PR	17	Johnny Redelinghuys	27'
PR	18	AJ de Klerk	67'
FL	19	Leneve Damens	61'
FL	20	Thomasau Forbes
SH	21	Eniell Buitendag	64'
FH	22	Shaun Kaizemi	75'
CE	23	Heinrich Smit	75'
Coach:
Danie Vermeulen


FB	15	Tomás Carrió
RW	14	Franco Cuaranta
OC	13	Juan Cappiello	75'
IC	12	Joaquín Paz
LW	11	Augusto López
FH	10	Juan León Novillo	58'
SH	9	Gonzalo Bertranou (c)	58'
N8	8	Aníbal Panceyra Garrido	61'
OF	7	Gonzalo Paulín	71'
BF	6	Lucas Maguire
RL	5	Gerónimo Albertario
LL	4	Franco Baldoni
TP	3	Guido Randisi	58'
HK	2	Facundo Bosch	62'
LP	1	Roberto Tejerizo	56'
Replacements:
PR	16	Santiago García Botta	56'
HK	17	Tomás Baravalle	62'
PR	18	Nicolás Mirande	58'
LK	19	Manuel Plaza	71'
N8	20	Miguel Urtubey	61'
SH	21	Lucas Alcácer	58'
FH	22	Cristian Nacassian	58'
CE	23	Ignacio Brex	75'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi Ricardo Le Fort

12 June 2015
20:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	35–9	Spain
Try: Lucaci (2) 35' c, 68' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 35' Dumbravă (1/1) 69' Pen: Vlaicu (6/7) 8', 14', 29', 47', 49', 53' Fercu (1/1) 78'	Stats^[3]	Pen: Linklater (1/3) 16' Aubanell (2/2) 44', 59'

Referee: Luke Pearce (England)


FB	15	Cătălin Fercu
RW	14	Adrian Apostol	19' to 29'
OC	13	Csaba Gál
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu		60'
LW	11	Ionuț Botezatu
FH	10	Dănuț Dumbravă		69'
SH	9	Valentin Calafeteanu		54'
N8	8	Stelian Burcea		69'
OF	7	Mihai Macovei (c)
BF	6	Viorel Lucaci
RL	5	Marian Drenceanu
LL	4	Valentin Popârlan		55'
TP	3	Andrei Ursache		68'
HK	2	Otar Turashvili		67'
LP	1	Mihai Lazăr		67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Andrei Rădoi		67'
PR	17	Constantin Pristăviță		67'
PR	18	Vlad Bădălicescu		69'
LK	19	Marius Antonescu		55'
N8	20	Vlad Nistor		69'
SH	21	Florin Surugiu		54'
FH	22	Jody Rose		69'
WG	23	Florin Ioniță		60'
Coach:
Lynn Howells


FB	15	Sergi Aubanell
RW	14	Ignacio Contardi
OC	13	Federico Castiglione
IC	12	Thibaut Alvarez
LW	11	Pierre García		60'
FH	10	Brad Linklater
SH	9	Gregory Maiquez		74'
N8	8	Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
OF	7	Adam Newton
BF	6	Javier de Juan
RL	5	Aníbal Bonán	52' to 62'
LL	4	David Barrera Howarth
TP	3	Francisco Sanz Benlloch		67'
HK	2	Joe Hutchinson
LP	1	Fernando Martin Lopez Perez		57'
Replacements:
PR	16	Francisco Blanco	71' to 80'	57'
HK	17	Juan Anaya Lazaro
PR	18	Ángel Durango		67'
FL	19	Manuel Mora Ruiz
FL	20	Jose Luis del Valle
SH	21	Facundo Munilla		74'
FH	22	Marcos Puig
CE	23	Gauthier Minguillón		60'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Matchday 2

17 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)

Argentina XV	15–6	Spain
Try: Carrió 41' m Cuaranta 47' c Con: Nacassian (1/2) 48' Pen: Nacassian (1/2) 7'	Stats^[4]	Pen: Aubanell (1/2) 56' Linklater (1/1) 68'

Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)


FB	15	Tomás Carrió
RW	14	Franco Cuaranta
OC	13	Ignacio Brex		5' to 18'
IC	12	Brian Ormson
LW	11	Bautista Álvarez
FH	10	Cristian Nacassian
SH	9	Lucas Alcácer (c)
N8	8	Aníbal Panceyra Garrido
OF	7	Miguel Urtubey
BF	6	Lucas Maguire	32' to 42'	49'
RL	5	Gerónimo Albertario
LL	4	Manuel Plaza
TP	3	Lucas Martínez		60'
HK	2	Tomás Baravalle
LP	1	Santiago García Botta		62'
Replacements:
PR	16	Roberto Tejerizo
HK	17	Facundo Bosch		62'
PR	18	Nicolás Mirande		60'
LK	19	Franco Baldoni
FL	20	Martín Chiappesoni		49'
SH	21	Gonzalo Bertranou
CE	22	Juan Cappiello		5'	18'
WG	23	Augusto López
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi Ricardo Le Fort


FB	15	Sergi Aubanell		62'
RW	14	Antoine Sánchez
OC	13	Brad Linklater
IC	12	Thibaut Alvarez		60'
LW	11	Ignacio Contardi
FH	10	Marcos Puig
SH	9	Gregory Maiquez
N8	8	Jaime Nava de Olano (c)		50'
OF	7	Jose Luis del Valle
BF	6	David Barrera Howarth
RL	5	Aníbal Bonán	38' to 48'		54'
LL	4	Tomás Urbaitis
TP	3	Fernando Martin Lopez Perez		48'
HK	2	Juan Anaya Lazaro		46'
LP	1	Francisco Sanz Benlloch		43'
Replacements:
PR	16	Francisco Blanco		48'
HK	17	Johnathan Phipps		46'
PR	18	Joe Hutchinson		43'
FL	19	Manuel Mora Ruiz		54'
FL	20	Javier de Juan		50'
SH	21	Facundo Munilla
FH	22	Pierre García		62'
CE	23	Gauthier Minguillón		60'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

17 June 2015
20:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	43–3	Namibia
Try: Macovei (2) 10' m, 51' c Surugiu 23' m Ioniță 34' c Botezatu 41' m Morrison 70' c Vlaicu 73' c Con: Dumbravă (2/5) 34', 52' Vlaicu (2/2) 71', 74'	Stats^[5]	Pen: Kaizemi (1/1) 3'

Referee: Federico Anselmi (Argentina)


FB	15	Cătălin Fercu	52'
RW	14	Florin Ioniță
OC	13	Catalin Dascălu
IC	12	Csaba Gál	64'
LW	11	Ionuț Botezatu
FH	10	Dănuț Dumbravă
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	67'
N8	8	Mihai Macovei (c)
OF	7	Randall Morrison
BF	6	Viorel Lucaci	66'
RL	5	Marian Drenceanu	62'
LL	4	Marius Antonescu
TP	3	Andrei Ursache	46'
HK	2	Andrei Rădoi
LP	1	Mihai Lazăr	54'
Replacements:
HK	16	Otar Turashvili
PR	17	Constantin Pristăviță	54'
PR	18	Vlad Bădălicescu	46'
LK	19	Dorin Lazăr	62'
N8	20	Vlad Nistor	67'
SH	21	Valentin Calafeteanu	67'
CE	22	Florin Vlaicu	64'
WG	23	Stephen Hihetah	52'
Coach:
Lynn Howells


FB	15	Johann Tromp
RW	14	David Philander
OC	13	Danie van Wyk
IC	12	JC Greyling
LW	11	Conrad Marais
FH	10	Shaun Kaizemi	40'
SH	9	Eugene Jantjies
N8	8	PJ van Lill (c)
OF	7	Leneve Damens
BF	6	Thomasau Forbes
RL	5	Nico Esterhuyse
LL	4	Janco Venter	68'
TP	3	Casper Viviers
HK	2	Callie Swanepoel	52'
LP	1	Johnny Redelinghuys	52'
Replacements:
HK	16	DG Wiese	52'
PR	17	Jaco Engels
PR	18	AJ de Klerk	52'
LK	19	Tjiuee Uanivi	68'
FL	20	Roderique Victor
SH	21	Eniell Buitendag
FH	22	Theuns Kotzé
CE	23	Heinrich Smit	40'
Coach:
Danie Vermeulen

Matchday 3

21 June 2015
17:00 EET (UTC+2)

Spain	20–3	Namibia
Try: Contardi 12' m Bonán 27' c Garcia 31' m Con: Aubanell (1/3) 28' Pen: Aubanell (1/2) 79'	Stats^[6]	Con: Kotzé (1/2) 16'