2024 Rugby Europe Super Cup

2024 Rugby Europe Super Cup
Tournament details
Countries Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Georgia
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Romania
 Spain
Date7 September – 20 October 2024
Tournament statistics
Teams7
Matches played14
Attendance6,150 (439 per match)
Tries scored100 (7.14 per match)
Final
ChampionsGeorgia (country) Black Lion (4th title)
Runners-upPortugal Lusitanos
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The 2024 Rugby Europe Super Cup is the fourth edition of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, an annual rugby union competition for professional clubs and franchises outside the three major leagues of European rugby. The holders, Black Lion's of Georgia, have won the three previous tournements. Last seasons runner-up, Tel Aviv Heat are not competing in this seasons competition.

Description

The competition will take place without the two-time runner-up, the Tel Aviv Heat, due to ″various logistical elements″. The main change from last season's format in Pool A is that there will now be no semi-finals with the competition concluding after the group matches.[1]

Teams

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
Georgia (country) Black Lion Avchala Stadium 2,500 Tbilisi England Richard Cockerill Merab Sharikadze
Czech Republic Bohemia Rugby Warriors Rugby Arena Tatra Smíchov n/a Prague Czech Republic Antonín Brabec
and Jan Oswald
Patrik Prucha
Belgium Brussels Devils Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies 1,000 Brussels Belgium Sébastien Guns Robin Vermeersch
Spain Castilla y León Iberians San Amaro Stadium 1,500 Burgos Spain Miguel Velasco Mario Pichardie
Netherlands Delta NRCA Stadium 10,000 Amsterdam South Africa Gareth Gilbert Vikas Meijer
Portugal Lusitanos Estádio Nacional 500 Lisbon France Sébastien Bertrank Tomás Appleton
Romania Romanian Wolves Stadionul Arcul de Triumf 8,207 Bucharest Romania Eugen Apjok Nicolaas Immelman

Pool A

Key to colours
     Champions
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1 Georgia (country) Black Lion 4 4 0 0 175 38 +137 27 5 +21 4 0 20
2 Portugal Lusitanos 4 2 0 2 71 104 -33 9 16 -7 1 0 9
3 Spain Castilla y León Iberians 4 0 0 4 54 158 -104 7 22 -15 0 0 0
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

Round 1

7 September 2024
17:00 WEST (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Lusitanos Portugal36–18Spain Castilla y León Iberians
n/a
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Georgia (country) Nika Amashukeli

Round 2

15 September 2024
11:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Castilla y León Iberians Spain3–54Georgia (country) Black Lion (1 TBP)
Report
San Amaro Stadium, Burgos
Attendance: n/a
Referee: Ireland Keane Davison

Round 3

21 September 2024
17:00 WEST (UTC+01)
Lusitanos Portugal17–38Georgia (country) Black Lion (1 TBP)
Report
Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: 200
Referee: Italy Alex Frasson

Round 4

28 September 2024
17:30 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Black Lion Georgia (country)47–21Spain Castilla y León Iberians
Report
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Romania Alexandru Ionescu

Round 5

12 October 2024
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Black Lion Georgia (country)36–0Portugal Lusitanos
Report
Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 650
Referee: France Kevin Bralley

Round 6

20 October 2024
11:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Castilla y León Iberians Spain12–21Portugal Lusitanos
Report
San Amaro Stadium, Burgos
Attendance: 100
Referee: Scotland Jonny Perriam

Pool B

Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1 Netherlands Delta 3 3 0 0 109 56 +53 14 9 +5 2 0 14
2 Romania Romanian Wolves 3 2 0 1 118 77 +41 17 9 +8 2 1 11
3 Belgium Brussels Devils 3 1 0 2 64 102 -38 10 15 -5 0 0 4
4 Czech Republic Bohemia Rugby Warriors 3 0 0 3 43 99 -56 5 14 -9 0 0 0
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

Round 1

14 September 2024
18:00 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Delta Netherlands43–10Belgium Brussels Devils
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Romania Nicolae Fratila
15 September 2024
19:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Bohemia Rugby Warriors Czech Republic18–38Romania Romanian Wolves (1 TBP)
Report
Rugby Arena Tatra Smíchov, Prague
Attendance: 400
Referee: Netherlands Gert Vesser

Round 2

21 September 2024
11:30 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 LBP) Romanian Wolves Romania36–37Netherlands Delta
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 750
Referee: Georgia (country) Saba Abulashvili
21 September 2024
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Brussels Devils Belgium32–15Czech Republic Bohemia Rugby Warriors
Report
Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies
Attendance: 350
Referee: Moldova Eugeniu Procopi

Round 3

27 September 2024
18:30 CEST (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Delta Netherlands29–10Czech Republic Bohemia Rugby Warriors
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 100
Referee: Portugal Diogo Miranda
28 September 2024
14:00 EEST (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Romanian Wolves Romania44–22Belgium Brussels Devils
Report
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Spain Luis Fernandes

Finals

19 October 2024
13:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Delta Netherlands24–46Romania Romanian Wolves
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 400
Referee: Portugal Paulo Duarte
19 October 2024
17:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Brussels Devils Belgium24–20Czech Republic Bohemia Rugby Warriors
Report
Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies
Attendance: 300
Referee: Spain Inigo Atorrasagasti

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rugby Europe Super Cup Returns for 2024". 7 August 2024.