2019 Rugby Europe Championship

2019 Rugby Europe Championship
DateFebruary 2019 – March 2019
Countries Belgium
 Georgia
 Germany
 Romania
 Russia
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (11th title)
Grand Slam Georgia (8th)
Antim Cup Georgia (12th title)
Matches played15
Attendance57,900 (3,860 per match)
Tries scored93 (6.2 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Florin Vlaicu (39)
Top try scorer(s) Mirian Modebadze (5)
Official websiteRugby Europe International Championship
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The 2019 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the third season under its new format, that sees Georgia, Germany, Russia, Spain, Belgium and Romania compete for the title. After the eligibility controversy of the 2018 Championship, Romania had to face Portugal for the promotion- / relegation- play-off and defeated them, hence joining the competition as the sixth contender.

Table

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 5 5 0 0 162 34 +128 25 2 +23 3 0 1 24
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 127 75 +52 18 9 +9 2 0 0 18
3  Romania 5 3 0 2 130 86 +44 14 12 +2 2 1 0 15
4  Russia 5 2 0 3 130 85 +45 20 8 +12 1 2 0 11
5  Belgium 5 1 0 4 68 222 -154 8 33 -25 0 0 0 4
6  Germany 5 0 0 5 63 178 –115 7 28 –21 0 1 0 1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 or 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

Fixtures

Week 1

9 February 2019
14:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 9–18 Georgia
Pen: Vlaicu (3) 8', 24', 72'RE Report
WR Report		Try: Penalty try 45'
Gorgadze 64' m
Pen: Abzhandadze (2) 36', 80+2'
Cluj Arena, Cluj
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
LP 1 Mihai Lazăr  51'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili  41'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache  51'  60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden  60'
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Adrian Ion
N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia  62'
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu 45' to 55'  58'
FH 10 Daniel Plai  75'
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu  60'
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Cătălin Fercu
RW 14 Vlad Zaharia
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
PR 16 Ionel Badiu  51'  60'
HK 17 Eugen Căpățână  41'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș  51'
LK 19 Dorin Lazăr  60'
FL 20 Viorel Lucaci  62'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu  58'
CE 22 Alexandru Bucur  75'
CE 23 Vlăduț Popa  60'
Coach:
Marius Țincu
LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili  73'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  73'
TP 3 Beka Gigashvili  59'
LL 4 Davit Gigauri  53'
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze
BF 6 Beka Saghinadze  59'
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  75'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11 Zurab Dzneladze
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14 Alexander Todua  73'
FB 15 Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK 16 Vano Karkadze  73'
PR 17 Tornike Mataradze  73'
PR 18 Levan Chilachava  59'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili  53'
FL 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  59'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  75'
WG 22 Mirian Modebadze  73'
WG 23 Giorgi Aptsiauri
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
Mark Patton (Ireland)

9 February 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium 29–22 Germany (1 LBP)
Try: Penalty try (2) 11', 55'
Jadot 40+3' m
Dienst 72' m
Benoy 80+2' m		RE Report
WR Report		Try: Füchsel 6' c
Otto (2) 59' c, 77' m
Con: Parkinson (2/3) 7', 60'
Pen: Parkinson 62'
King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Le Clercq  75'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst  73'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot  60'
LL 4 Sven d'Hooghe
RL 5 Tom Herenger  65'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Mathieu Verschelden  78'
N8 8 William Van Bost
SH 9 Julien Berger  73'
FH 10 Vincent Hart
LW 11 Thomas Wallraf
IC 12 Jens Torfs (c)
OC 13 Craig Dowsett
RW 14 Ervin Muric
FB 15 Charles Reynaert  40'
Replacements:
PR 16 Alexis Cuffolo  73'
PR 17 Lucas Sotteau 76' to 80+3'  60'
LK 18 Bertrand Billi  65'
FL 19 Amin Hamzaoui  78'
CE 20 Louis Debatty  40'
FH 21 Emiel Vermote
SH 22 Isaac Montoisy  73'
PR 23 Romain Pinte  75'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Tobias Williams
HK 2 Dasch Barber  40'
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel  73'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Jörn Schröder  69'
BF 6 Marcel Henn 70' to 80'
OF 7 Jaco Otto (c)
N8 8 Sebastian Ferreira
SH 9 Tim Menzel  73'
FH 10 Raynor Parkinson
LW 11 Vito Lammers  15'
IC 12 Hagen Schulte
OC 13 Wynston Cameron-Dow  76'
RW 14 Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB 15 Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK 16 Kurt Haupt  40'
PR 17 Felix Martel
PR 18 Antony Dickinson  73'
LK 19 Hassan Rayan  69'
FL 20 Elias Haase
SH 21 Morne Laubscher  73'
CE 22 Eden Syme  76'
CE 23 Felix Lammers  15'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)
Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)

10 February 2019
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
Spain 16–14 Russia (1 LBP)
Try: Auzqui 18' c
Con: Rabago (1/1) 19'
Pen: Rabago (3) 52', 62', 67'		RE Report
WR Report		Try: Ostroushko (2) 22' c, 36' c
Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 23', 37'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 5,800
Referee: Joy Neville (Ireland)
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)  69'
HK 2 Beñat Auzqui  50'
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure  56'
LL 4 Mickael De Marco  74'
RL 5 Joshua Peters
BF 6 Lucas Guillaume
OF 7 Asier Ussáraga Latierro
N8 8 Ilaitia Gavidi  44'
SH 9 Lucas Rubio
FH 10 Andrew Norton  71'
LW 11 Federico Casteglioni  77'
IC 12 Richard Stewart  71'
OC 13 Andrea Rabago
RW 14 Jordi Jorba Jorge
FB 15 Julen Goia Iriberri
Replacements:
PR 16 Francisco Blanco Alonso  69'
HK 17 Quentin García  50'
LK 18 Victor Sánchez Borrego  74'
FL 19 Michael Hogg  44'
SH 20 Facundo Munilla  71'
CE 21 Gauthier Minguillon  71'
FB 22 Guillermo Domínguez  77'
PR 23 Jon Zabala  56'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Valery Morozov  62'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii  62'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov  62'
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko  77'
RL 5 Andrei Ostrikov
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov  62'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev 16' to 26'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  68'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  77'
LW 11 Daniil Potikhanov
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14 Denis Simplikevich  77'
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Evgeni Matveev  62'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov  62'
PR 18 Innoentiy Zykov  62'
N8 19 Alexander Ilin  77'
LK 20 Anton Sychev  62'
SH 21 Dmitrii Perov  68'
FH 22 Sergei Ianiushkin  77'
WG 23 German Davydov  77'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Chris Busby (Ireland)

Week 2

16 February 2019
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Russia 64–7 Belgium
Try: Gerasimov (2) 13' c, 43' c
Gadzhiev 16' c
Polivalov 21' c
Davydov (2) 25' c, 66' m
Kononov 33' m
Artemyev 49' m
Ostroushko 52' c
Vavilin 74' c
Con: Kushnarev (6/8) 14', 17', 22', 26', 44', 52'
Ianiushkin (1/2) 75'		RE Report
WR Report		Try: Isaac Montoisy 40' c
Con: De Moffarts (1/1) 40+1'
Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Cristian Serban (Romania)
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov  58'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii  50'  61'  73'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov  50'
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko
RL 5 Andrei Garbuzov  63'
BF 6 Anton Sychev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev  51'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  58'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  54'
LW 11 Viktor Kononov  61'  73'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov  54'
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko 79' to 80'
RW 14 German Davydov
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Evgeni Matveev 60' to 72'  50'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  58'
PR 18 Azamat Bitiev  50'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin  63'
CE 20 Kirill Golosnitskii  54'
SH 21 Dmitrii Perov  58'
N8 22 Roman Khodin  51'
FH 23 Sergei Ianiushkin  54'
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau 10' to 23'  50'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)  44'
TP 3 Romain Pinte  66'
LL 4 Sven d'Hooghe  54'
RL 5 Tuur Moelants
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui  10'  23'  40'
N8 8 Bertrand Billi
SH 9 Isaac Montoisy
FH 10 Vincent Hart  44'
LW 11 Rayane Leduc
IC 12 Louis Debatty
OC 13 Louis De Moffarts
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Emiel Vermote  59'
Replacements:
PR 16 Alexis Cuffolo  44'
HK 17 Martin Jessen  66'
PR 18 Simon Vankeerberghen  70'
LK 19 Brieuc Corradi  54'  70'
N8 20 Sacha Yoko  59'
FL 21 Corentin Lecloux  40'
SH 22 Tom Cocqu  44'
PR 23 Bastien Gallaire  10'  23'  50'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Madalin Garbau (Romania)

16 February 2019
14:00 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Romania 38–10 Germany
Try: Dumitru 7' c
Melinte 15' m
Zaharia 32' m
Surugiu 55' c
Popa 59' c
Plai 79' c
Con: Vlaicu (4/6) 8', 56', 60', 80'		RE Report
WR Report		Try: Nostadt 65' c
Con: Klewinghaus (1/1) 66'
Pen: Klewinghaus 18'
Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță  40'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  49'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  49'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Adrian Ion  54'
N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia  56'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  61'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Vlăduț Popa  61'
RW 14 Vladut Zaharia
FB 15 Ionel Melinte  52'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru  49'
PR 17 Alexandru Savin  40'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș  49'
LK 19 Dorin Lazăr  54'
FL 20 Cristi Chirică  56'
SH 21 Alexandru Tigla  61'
CE 22 Alexandru Bucur  61'
FB 23 Marius Simionescu  52'
Coach:
Marius Țincu
LP 1 Tobias Williams
HK 2 Kurt Haupt 54' to 64'  64'
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel  40'
LL 4 Jörn Schröder  72'
RL 5 Eric Marks
BF 6 Emil Rupf
OF 7 Jaco Otto  75'
N8 8 Sebastian Ferreira (c)
SH 9 Tim Menzel  72'
FH 10 Hagen Schulte
LW 11 Felix Lammers  50'  58'  64'
IC 12 Wynston Cameron-Dow
OC 13 Vito Lammers  44'
RW 14 Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB 15 Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK 16 Dasch Barber  64'
PR 17 Julius Nostadt  50'
PR 18 Matthias Schösser 48' to 58'  40'  58'
FL 19 Elias Haase  75'
PR 20 Felix Martel  72'
SH 21 Morne Laubscher  72'
CE 22 Eden Syme  44'
CE 23 Samuel Harris  64'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)
Irakli Tchanukvadze (Georgia)

17 February 2019
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 24–10 Spain
Try: Gigauri 14' c
Chilachava 30' m
Lobzhanidze 65' m
Kerdikoshvili 70' c
Con: Abzhandadze (2/4) 15', 71'		RE report
WR report		Try: Barnes 23' m
Goia 80' m
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili  48'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  76'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava  71'
LL 4 Davit Gigauri  60'
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  71'
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  75'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze  75'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 Zurab Dzneladze
RW 14 Giorgi Aptsiauri
FB 15 Lasha Khmaladze  76'
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze  76'
PR 17 Beka Gigashvili  48'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze  71'
FL 19 Grigor Kerdikoshvili  60'
FL 20 Giorgi Javakhia  71'
SH 21 Giorgi Begadze  75'
FH 22 Lasha Malaghuradze  75'
WG 23 Mirian Modebadze  76'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)  69'
HK 2 Stephen Barnes 52' to 62'  64'
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure  55'
LL 4 Manu Mora  55'
RL 5 Mickael De Marco
BF 6 Lucas Guillaume
OF 7 Victor Sánchez Borrego
N8 8 Michael Hogg  74'
SH 9 Lucas Rubio  69'
FH 10 Alvar Gimeno  74'
LW 11 Julen Goia Iriberri 57' to 67'
IC 12 Richard Stewart
OC 13 Andrea Rabago
RW 14 Jordi Jorba Jorge  74'
FB 15 Lucas Levy
Replacements:
PR 16 Joaquín Manuel Domínguez  69'
HK 17 Vicente Del Hoyo  64'
LK 18 Michael Walker-Fitton  55'
N8 19 Oier Goia Iriberri  74'
SH 20 Facundo Munilla  69'
FH 21 Andrew Norton  74'
WG 22 Federico Castiglioni  74'
PR 23 Jon Zabala  55'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Jack Makepeace (England)
Tim Wigglesworth (England)

Week 3

2 March 2019
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 18–26 Russia
Try: Coetzee 60' m
Lammers 72' c
Con: Hilsenbeck (1/2) 72'
Pen: Hilsenbeck 20', 33'		RE Report
WR Report		Try: Davydov 8' m
Gadzhiev 28' c
Matveev 44' c
Sychev 50' c
Con: Kushnarev (3/4) 29', 45', 50'
Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
LP 1 Tobias Williams  51'
HK 2 Kurt Haupt  59'
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel  59'
LL 4 Jörn Schröder  74'
RL 5 Eric Marks
BF 6 Marcel Henn  70'
OF 7 Jaco Otto
N8 8 Sebastian Ferreira (c)
SH 9 Tim Menzel  53'
FH 10 Christopher Hilsenbeck
LW 11 Felix Lammers  76'
IC 12 Eden Syme
OC 13 Wynston Cameron-Dow
RW 14 Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB 15 Hagen Schulte  49'
Replacements:
HK 16 Dasch Barber  59'
PR 17 Julius Nostadt  51'
PR 18 Antony Dickinson  59'
FL 19 Emil Rupf  70'
FL 20 Lee Murray  74'
SH 21 Morne Laubscher  53'
WG 22 Marcel Coetzee  49'
CE 23 Samuel Harris  76'
Coach:
Mike Ford
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov  69'
HK 2 Evgeni Matveev  56'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov  56'
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko
RL 5 Andrei Garbuzov  56'
BF 6 Anton Sychev  61'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev  58'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  72'
LW 11 Mikhail Babaev
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14 German Davydov  33'
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Stanislav Selskii  56'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  69'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov  56'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin  56'
CE 20 Kirill Golosnitskii  33'
SH 21 Dmitrii Perov  58'
FL 22 Vitaly Zhivatov  61'
FH 23 Sergei Ianiushkin  72'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Mathieu Noirot (France)
Nicolas Datas (France)

2 March 2019
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium 6–46 Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: De Moffarts 36', 45'RE Report
WR Report		Try: Gogichashvili 11' m
Nemsadze 22' c
Tsutskiridze (2) 26' m, 65' m
Modebadze 33' m
Dzneladze 62' c
Aprasidze 73' m
Tkhilaishvili 80' c
Con: Matiashvili (1/4) 22'
Aprasidze (2/4) 62', 80+1'
King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
LP 1 Bastien Gallaire  54'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)  60'
TP 3 Romain Pinte  60'
LL 4 Bertrand Billi
RL 5 Maxime Ghion  52'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy  71'
OF 7 Romain Honhon  54'
N8 8 Corentin Lecloux
SH 9 Tom Cocqu  60'
FH 10 Isaac Montoisy
LW 11 Marc Tchangue
IC 12 Ervin Muric
OC 13 Louis De Moffarts
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf  65'
FB 15 Vincent Hart
Replacements:
HK 16 Martin Jessen  60'
PR 17 Charles-Henri Berguet  54'
LK 18 Tuur Moelants  52'
LK 19 Guillaume Mortier  71'
N8 20 Maxime Temmerman  54'
FH 21 Emiel Vermote  60'
FH 22 Sébastien Kairet  65'
PR 23 Samuel Opsomer  60'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili  52'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  52'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava  52'
LL 4 Nodar Tcheishvili
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  57'
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze  68'
N8 8 Otar Giorgadze
SH 9 Giorgi Begadze  60'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze  64'
LW 11 Zurab Dzneladze
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14 Mirian Modebadze
FB 15 Soso Matiashvili  60'
Replacements:
HK 16 Vano Karkadze  52'
PR 17 Zurab Zhvania  52'
PR 18 Beka Gigashvili  52'
FL 19 Shalva Sutiashvili  57'
FL 20 Beka Saghinadze  68'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  60'
FH 22 Lasha Khmaladze  64'
WG 23 Giorgi Aptsiauri  60'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Mike Todd (Scotland)
Alistair Watt (Scotland)

3 March 2019
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
Spain 21–18 Romania (1 LBP)
Try: López Pérez 27' c
Gimeno 45' c
Barthère 65' c
Con: Linklater (3/3) 28', 46', 66'		RE Report
WR Report		Try: Dumitru 7' c
Zaharia 69' m
Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 8'
Pen: Vlaicu (2) 1', 17'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 6,900
Referee: Adam Jones (Wales)
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)  60'
HK 2 Stephen Barnes  51'
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure 55' to 65'  69'
LL 4 Mickael De Marco  72'
RL 5 Manu Mora  54'
BF 6 Victor Sánchez Borrego  57'  65'
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Pierre Barthère  78'
SH 9 Facundo Munilla
FH 10 Lucas Rubio
LW 11 Jordi Jorba Jorge
IC 12 Alvar Gimeno
OC 13 Richard Stewart
RW 14 Julen Goia Iriberri  62'
FB 15 Brad Linklater
Replacements:
PR 16 Jean-Baptiste Custoja  60'
HK 17 Quentin García  51'
LK 26 Michael Walker-Fitton  72'
N8 19 Oier Goia Iriberri  54'
SH 20 Kerman Aurrekoetxea  78'
FH 21 Andrea Rabago
FB 22 Hugo Alonso  62'
PR 23 Jon Zabala  57'  65'  69'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță  60'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  54'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden 52' to 62'  71'
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Andrei Gorcioaia  59'
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Cristian Chirică
SH 9 Florin Surugiu 29' to 39'  71'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu  57'
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Tangimana Fonovai  50'
OC 13 Cătălin Fercu
RW 14 Vladut Zaharia
FB 15 Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru  54'
PR 17 Iulian Hartig  60'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș  60'
LK 19 Dorin Lazăr  59'
FL 20 Adrian Ion  71'
SH 21 Tudorel Bratu  71'
SH 22 Daniel Plai  57'
CE 23 Nicolas Onotu  50'
Coach:
Marius Țincu

Touch judges:
Aled Evans (Wales)
Richard Brace (Wales)

Week 4

9 March 2019
14:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 22–20 Russia (1 LBP)
Try: Penalty try 29' c
Pen: Vlaicu 3', 31', 37'
Melinte 53', 74'		RE Report
WR Report		Try: Artemyev 9' m
Selskii 45' m
Vavilin 61' m
Gadzhiev 80' m
Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță  64'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  64'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  64'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden  68'
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Andre Gorin
OF 7 Adrian Ion (c)
N8 8 Cristi Chirică  40'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  67'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu  47'
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Tangimana Fonovai
OC 13 Nicolas Onuțu  68'
RW 14 Vladut Zaharia
FB 15 Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru  64'
PR 17 Iulian Hartig  64'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș  64'
LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan  68'
FL 20 Dorin Lazăr  40'
SH 21 Alexandru Tigla  67'
CE 22 Ionel Melinte  47'
FB 23 Vlăduț Popa  68'
Coach:
Marius Țincu
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov  68'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii 29' to 39'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov  40'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov
RL 5 Andrei Garbuzov  56'
BF 6 Anton Sychev  31'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin  68'
SH 9 Dmitrii Perov  50'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  75'
LW 11 Mikhail Babaev  77'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14 German Davydov 22' to 32'
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Evgeni Matveev  31'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  68'
PR 18 Innokenty Zykov  40'
LK 19 Bogdan Fedotko  56'
CE 20 Vitaly Zhivatov  68'
SH 21 Alexey Shcherban  50'
N8 22 Ramil Gaisin  75'
FH 23 Viktor Kononov  77'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Thomas Charabas (France)
Luc Ramos (France)

10 March 2019
16:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia 52–3 Germany
Try: Modebadze (3) 1' c, 54' c, 59' m
Khmaladze 3' c
Mamukashvili 22' c
Malaghuradze 45' c
Lobzhanidze 62' c
Sharikadze 76' m
Con: Aprasidze (5) 2', 5', 23', 46', 55'
Matiashvili 63'		RE Report
WR Report		Pen: Hilsenbeck 7'
AIA Arena, Kutaisi
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Keith Allen (Scotland)
LP 1 Zurab Zhvania 29' to 39'  51'  71'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  71'
TP 3 Beka Gigashvili  51'
LL 4 Shalva Sutiashvili
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze  51'
BF 6 Beka Saghinadze  30'  39'  61'
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Otar Giorgadze
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze  61'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze  65'
LW 11 Soso Matiashvili
IC 12 Lasha Malaghuradze
OC 13 Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14 Mirian Modebadze
FB 15 Lasha Khmaladze  61'
Replacements:
HK 16 Tornike Mataradze  77'
PR 17 Giorgi Melikidze  51'
PR 18 Levan Chilachava  30'  39'  51'  77'
LK 19 Davit Gigauri  61'
FL 20 Nodar Tcheishvili  51'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze  61'
WG 22 Davit Kacharava  65'
WG 23 Alexander Todua  61'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Julius Nostadt 53' to 63'  66'
HK 2 Dasch Barber
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel  14'
LL 4 Jörn Schröder  43'
RL 5 Eric Marks
BF 6 Emil Rupf
OF 7 Felix Martel  53'
N8 8 Jaco Otto (c)
SH 9 Tim Menzel  69'
FH 10 Christopher Hilsenbeck  73'
LW 11 Felix Lammers
IC 12 Eden Syme  61'
OC 13 Wynston Cameron-Dow
RW 14 Vito Lammers
FB 15 Nikolai Klewinghaus
Replacements:
HK 16 Senzo Ngubane  43'
PR 17 Tobias Williams  53'
PR 18 Antony Dickinson  14'  66'
FL 19 Paul Artur Franz Schüle  66'
FL 20 Marcus Bender  66'
SH 21 Morne Laubscher  59'
WG 22 Samuel Harris  73'
CE 23 Harris Aounallah  61'
Coach:
Mike Ford

Touch judges:
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)

10 March 2019
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain 47–9 Belgium
Try: Guillaume 3' c
Rouet 18' m
Gimeno 29' c
Linklater 36' c
Goia 46' c
Walker-Fitton 66' c
Jorba Jorge 75' c
Con: Linklater (6) 3', 30', 37', 47', 68', 75'		RE Report
WR Report		Pen: De Moffarts (3) 8', 23', 40'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 8,100
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)  48'
HK 2 Beñat Auzqui
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure  55'
LL 4 Victor Sánchez Borrego  63'
RL 5 Manu Mora  56'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Goia Oier
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet 61' to 71'  71'
FH 10 Sébastien Rouet  41'
LW 11 Jordi Jorba Jorge
IC 12 Alvar Gimeno  61'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin  50'
RW 14 Julen Goia Iriberri
FB 15 Brad Linklater
Replacements:
PR 16 Jean-Baptiste Custoja  48'
HK 17 Quentin García  55'
LK 18 Michael Walker-Fitton  56'
N8 19 Michael Hogg  63'
SH 20 Lucas Rubio  71'
FH 21 David Mele  41'
FB 22 Andrea Rabago  61'
PR 23 Jon Zabala  50'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste De Clercq  50'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)  54'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot  63'
LL 4 Bertrand Billi  58'
RL 5 Tom Herenger  71'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy  56'
OF 7 Mathieu Verschelden 1' to 11'
N8 8 William Van Bost 33' to 43'
SH 9 Tom Cocqu
FH 10 Isaac Montoisy  41'
LW 11 Craig Dowsett  58'
IC 12 Ervin Muric
OC 13 Louis De Moffarts
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Vincent Hart
Replacements:
PR 16 Vincent Tauzia  54'
HK 17 Alexis Cuffolo  63'
PR 18 Tuur Moelants  58'
LK 19 Maxime Ghion  71'
N8 20 Corentin Lecloux  56'
FL 21 Louis Debatty  41'
SH 22 Florian Piron  58'
PR 23 Romain Pinte  50'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Vincenzo Schipani (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)

Week 5

17 March 2019
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia 6–22 Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Kushnarev 30', 56'RE report
WR report		Try: Penalty try 40' c
Tsutskiridze 45' m
Modebadze 64' c
Con: Malaghuradze 65'
Pen: Matiashvili 8'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 5,850
Referee: Tom Foley (England)
LP 1 Valery Morozov  60'  63'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii  60'
TP 3 Innokenty Zykov  56'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov  51'
RL 5 Andrei Garbuzov
BF 6 Anton Sychev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev  68'
N8 8 Vitaly Zhivatov
SH 9 Alexey Shcherban  65'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  65'
LW 11 Mikhail Babaev  63'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov  73'
OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14 German Davydov
FB 15 Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Evgeny Matveev  60'
PR 17 Sergey Sekisov 63' to 73'  60'
PR 18 Azamat Bitiev  56'
LK 19 Bogdan Fedotko  51'
CE 20 Roman Khodin  68'
SH 21 Dmitrii Perov  65'
N8 22 Ramil Gaisin  65'
FH 23 Viktor Kononov  73'
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1 Beka Gigashvili  68'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  65'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava  54'
LL 4 Nodar Tcheishvili  41'
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze
BF 6 Otar Giorgadze  60'
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  60'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11 Giorgi Kveseladze
IC 12 Lasha Malaghuradze  65'
OC 13 Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14 Mirian Modebadze
FB 15 Soso Matiashvili  65'
Replacements:
HK 16 Zurab Zhvania  65'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili  68'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze  54'
LK 19 Shalva Sutiashvili  41'
FL 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  60'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  60'
WG 22 Lasha Khmaladze  56'
WG 23 Davit Kacharava  65'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
Phil Watters (England)

17 March 2019
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 10–33 Spain (1 TBP)
Try: Henn 82' c
Con: Klewinghaus 83'
Pen: Klewinghaus 15'		RE report
WR report		Try: García 10' c
Norton 22' m
Mora 47' m
Walter-Fitton 59' c
Guillaume 66' c
Con: Rabago 11', 60', 67'
Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
LP 1 Tobias Williams  48'
HK 2 Dasch Barber
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel  36'
LL 4 Jörn Schröder  64'
RL 5 Eric Marks  68'
BF 6 Emil Rupf  48'
OF 7 Jaco Otto (c)
N8 8 Marcel Henn
SH 9 Tim Menzel  66'
FH 10 Nikolai Klewinghaus
LW 11 Felix Lammers
IC 12 Wynston Cameron-Dow  66'
OC 13 Vito Lammers
RW 14 Carlos Soteras-Merz  75'
FB 15 Marcel Coetzee
Replacements:
HK 16 Felix Martel  48'
PR 17 Julius Nostadt  48'
PR 18 Mathias Schösser  36'
FL 19 Antony Dickinson  64'
FL 20 Michail Tyumenev  68'
SH 21 Morne Laubscher  66'
WG 22 Samuel Harris  68'
CE 23 Rafael Pyrasch  75'
Coach:
Mike Ford
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)  68'
HK 2 Quentin García  68'
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure
LL 4 Michael Walter-Fitton  60'
RL 5 Joshua Peters  68'
BF 6 Victor Sánchez Borrego
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Manuel Mora  70'
SH 9 Lucas Rubio
FH 10 Andrew Norton  48'
LW 11 Jordi Jorba  70'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno
OC 13 Andrea Rabago
RW 14 Julen Goia Iriberri  58'
FB 15 Richard Stewart
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futen  68'
HK 17 Diego Carvajales  68'
LK 18 Ien Ascroft-leigh  60'
FL 19 Juan Pablo Guido  70'
SH 20 Facundo Munilla  48'
CE 21 Federico Casteglioni  70'
FB 22 Hugo Alonso  58'
PR 23 Jon Zabala  44'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Matteo Giacomini (Italy)

17 March 2019
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium 17–43 Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Dienst 47' c
Decubber 76' c
Con: Williams [fr] (1/1) 48'
Hamzaoui (1/1) 77'
Pen: Williams [fr] 2'		RE report
WR report		Try: Lazăr 29' c
Nistor 34' m
Zaharia 39' m
Penalty try 49' c
Cojocaru 69' c
Con: Plai (2/4) 30', 69'
Pen: Plai (4) 1', 8', 15', 51'
King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Le Clercq  70'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)  62'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot  52'
LL 4 Bertrand Billi
RL 5 Tom Herenger  21'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Jean-Maurice Decubber
N8 8 Corentin Lecloux
SH 9 Tom Cocqu  68'
FH 10 Vincent Hart  17'
LW 11 Craig Dowsett
IC 12 Ervin Muric
OC 13 Nathan Bontems  62'  68'
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Alan Williams [fr]  68'
Replacements:
PR 16 Alexis Cuffolo  64'
PR 17 Bastien Gallaire  52'
LK 18 Lucas Sotteau  21'  28'
FL 19 Tuur Moelants  28'
CE 20 Amin Hamzaoui  62'
FH 21 Louis de Moffarts  68'
SH 22 Marc Tchangué 65' to 75'  68'
PR 23 Romain Pinte  70'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță  64'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  64'
TP 3 Alex Gordaș  66'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden  60'
RL 5 Marius Antonescu 45' to 55'
BF 6 Vlad Nistor
OF 7 Adrian Ion (c)
N8 8 Dorin Lazăr  64'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  66'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Vlăduț Popa  40'
OC 13 Alexandru Bucur
RW 14 Vlad Zaharia  61'
FB 15 Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
PR 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru  64'
HK 17 Iulian Hartig  64'
PR 18 Vasile Bălan  66'
LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan  64'
FL 20 Vlad Neculau  60'
SH 21 Alexandru Țiglă  66'
CE 22 Florin Vlaicu  40'
CE 23 Ionuț Dumitru  61'
Coach:
Marius Țincu

Touch judges:
Mike English (Wales)
Chris Oliver (Wales)

Relegation/promotion play-off

15 June 2019
13:50 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 32–37Portugal 
Gamesheet
Frankfurt
Attendance: 800
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)

See also

References

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