2018 Rugby Europe Championship

2018 Rugby Europe Championship
Date10 February 2018 – 18 March 2018
Countries Belgium
 Georgia
 Germany
 Romania
 Russia
 Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (10th title)
Grand Slam Georgia (7th)
Antim Cup Georgia (11th title)
Matches played15
Attendance139,003 (9,267 per match)
Tries scored109 (7.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Russia Yuri Kushnarev (45)
Top try scorer(s)Romania Sione Faka'osilea (3)
Romania Paula Kinikinilau (3)
Georgia (country) Giorgi Kveseladze (3)
Spain Fernando López Pérez (3)
Russia Anton Rudoy (3)
Official websiteRugby International Championship
2017 (Previous) (Next) 2019

The 2018 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the second season under its new format,[clarification needed] that saw Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia, Spain and Belgium compete for the title.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also served as a key stage of the European region qualification process for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualified as Europe 1.[1] As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, results involving that team are discarded for the purposes of Rugby World Cup qualification.

Both the Championship and the Qualification Process were heavily affected by controversial disciplinary issues involving player eligibility and the selection of neutral officials (namely, Romanian referee Vlad Iordachescu in Belgium-Spain). 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 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. in practice this meant the following

  • 40-point deduction for Spain
  • 30-point deduction for Belgium;
  • 30-point deduction for 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.[2]

Georgia's victory in the 2018 Rugby Europe Championship itself was unaffected. Germany's proposed promotion/relegation play-off with Portugal, however, becomes a Romania-Portugal play-off. Ironically, Germany would now face Portugal in the Rugby World Cup European qualification play-off.

Table

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 5 5 0 0 188 35 +153 26 2 +25 3 0 1 24
2  Russia 5 2 0 3 142 84 +58 19 12 +7 2 1 0 11
3  Germany 5 0 0 5 34 359 −325 3 55 −52 0 0 0 0
4  Belgium 5 2 0 3 106 182 −76 14 26 −12 1 0 0 −1*
5  Spain 5 3 0 2 146 74 +72 19 4 +18 1 0 0 −7*
6  Romania 5 3 0 2 198 80 +118 28 9 +19 2 0 0 −11*
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 – (not counted towards World Cup qualification)[4]
* deducted points
[5][6][7]

Fixtures

Week 1

10 February 2018
14:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia 47–0 Belgium
Try: Chilachava 9' c
Mamukashvili 16' c
Zhvania 26' c
Tsiklauri 40+1' c
Pruidze 55' m
Todua 67' c
Sitchinava 79' c
Con: Tsiklauri (6/7) 10', 17', 27', 40+2', 68', 79'
Gamesheet
AIA Arena (Kutaisi), Kutaisi
Attendance: 4,900
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
LP 1 Zurab Zhvania downward-facing red arrow 52'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili yellow card 41' to 51' downward-facing red arrow 60'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava downward-facing red arrow 52'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili downward-facing red arrow 70'
BF 6 Otar Giorgadze red cross icon 43' to 52'
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili downward-facing red arrow 41'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze downward-facing red arrow 60'
FH 10 Revaz Jinchvelashvili
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava downward-facing red arrow 60'
RW 14 Giorgi Pruidze
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze upward-facing green arrow 43' downward-facing red arrow 52' upward-facing green arrow 60'
PR 17 Tornike Mataradze upward-facing green arrow 52' downward-facing red arrow 65'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze upward-facing green arrow 52'
FL 19 Mikheil Gachechiladze upward-facing green arrow 41'
FL 20 Guram Shengelia upward-facing green arrow 70'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze upward-facing green arrow 60'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze upward-facing green arrow 60'
WG 23 Anzor Sitchinava upward-facing green arrow 65'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau downward-facing red arrow 52'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c) downward-facing red arrow 45'
TP 3 Sydney Mulumba downward-facing red arrow 41'
LL 4 Guillaume Mortier
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe
BF 6 Bertrand Billi
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui downward-facing red arrow 70'
N8 8 Brieuc Corradi downward-facing red arrow 20'
SH 9 Tom Cocqu downward-facing red arrow 45'
FH 10 Vincent Hart
LW 11 Ervin Muric
IC 12 Nathan Bontems
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Dazzy Cornez downward-facing red arrow 41'
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois upward-facing green arrow 45'
PR 17 Bastien Gallaire upward-facing green arrow 52'
PR 18 Tom Herenger
FL 19 Vincent Tauzia upward-facing green arrow 20'
FL 20 Isaac Montoisy upward-facing green arrow 45'
SH 21 Benjamin Cocu upward-facing green arrow 41'
CE 22 Louis Debatty upward-facing green arrow 70'
PR 23 Romain Pinte upward-facing green arrow 41'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)


10 February 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 LBP) Russia 13–20 Spain
Try: Gerasimov 8' c
Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 9'
Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 29', 63'
GamesheetTry: Rouet (2) 25' m, 31' c
Barthère 66' m
Con: Linklater (1/3) 32'
Pen: Linklater (1/2) 40'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov downward-facing red arrow 56'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii downward-facing red arrow 46'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov downward-facing red arrow 79'
LL 4 Evgeny Elgin
RL 5 Andrei Ostrikov downward-facing red arrow 70'
BF 6 Victor Gresev downward-facing red arrow 48'
OF 7 Andrei Temnov
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Alexei Shcherban downward-facing red arrow 79'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev (c) downward-facing red arrow 74'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Igor Galinovskiy downward-facing red arrow 70'
RW 14 German Davydov
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev
Replacements:
HK 16 Valery Tsnobiladze upward-facing green arrow 46'
PR 17 Valery Morozov upward-facing green arrow 56'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov upward-facing green arrow 79'
FL 19 Andrei Garbuzov upward-facing green arrow 70'
LK 20 Tagir Gadzhiev upward-facing green arrow 48'
FB 21 Vasily Dorofeev upward-facing green arrow 79'
WG 22 Vladislav Sozonov upward-facing green arrow 74'
CE 23 Sergey Trishin upward-facing green arrow 70'
Coach:
Aleksandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui downward-facing red arrow 56'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer red cross icon 71' to 78'
TP 3 Jonathan García downward-facing red arrow 5'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Lucas Guillaume downward-facing red arrow 52'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) downward-facing red arrow 63'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet downward-facing red arrow 75'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie downward-facing red arrow 74'
LW 11 Sebastien Ascarat
IC 12 Dan Snee
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater downward-facing red arrow 68'
FB 15 Charlie Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez upward-facing green arrow 56'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro upward-facing green arrow 71' downward-facing red arrow 78'
PR 18 Anibal Bonán upward-facing green arrow 52'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang upward-facing green arrow 63'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet upward-facing green arrow 75'
CE 21 Ignacio Contardi Medina upward-facing green arrow 68'
WG 22 Bastien Fuster upward-facing green arrow 74'
PR 23 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez upward-facing green arrow 5'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland)
Chris Harrington (Ireland)


10 February 2018
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Romania 85–6 Germany
Try: Faka'osilea (2) 5' c, 60' c
Lazăr 15' c
Fonovai (2) 27' m, 35' c
Macovei (2) 40' m, 69' m
Burcea 44' c
Kinikinilau (2) 47' c, 62' c
Dumitru 51' c
Coste 73' c
Shennan 80'
Con: Vlaicu (8/10) 6', 16', 36', 45', 47', 53', 61', 63'
Calafeteanu (2/3) 75', 80+1'
GamesheetPen: Menzel (2/3) 18', 31'
Cluj Arena, Cluj
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Max Burlet (Belgium)
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr downward-facing red arrow 55'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi downward-facing red arrow 70'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache downward-facing red arrow 53'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden downward-facing red arrow 53'
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Valentin Ursache downward-facing red arrow 60'
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Stelian Burcea
SH 9 Florin Surugiu downward-facing red arrow 48'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu downward-facing red arrow 66'
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru downward-facing red arrow 55'
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Florin Bărdașu upward-facing green arrow 70'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu upward-facing green arrow 55'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș upward-facing green arrow 53'
LK 19 Alin Coste upward-facing green arrow 53'
FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia upward-facing green arrow 60'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu upward-facing green arrow 48'
WG 22 Stephen Shennan upward-facing green arrow 55'
WG 23 Jack Umaga upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Julius Nostadt (c) downward-facing red arrow 56'
HK 2 Senzokuhle Ngubane downward-facing red arrow 69'
TP 3 Paul Weiss downward-facing red arrow 77'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Stefan Mau
BF 6 Falk Duwe downward-facing red arrow 77'
OF 7 Rafael Dutta downward-facing red arrow 50'
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff
SH 9 Tim Menzel
FH 10 Daniel Koch
LW 11 Christopher Korn downward-facing red arrow 70'
IC 12 Yassin Ayachi downward-facing red arrow 41'
OC 13 Robin Plümpe downward-facing red arrow 60'
RW 14 Paul Pfisterer
FB 15 Marvin Dieckmann
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay upward-facing green arrow 69'
PR 17 Felix Martel upward-facing green arrow 77'
PR 18 Marcus Bender upward-facing green arrow 56'
FL 19 Yasar Bauer upward-facing green arrow 77'
N8 20 Carsten Lang upward-facing green arrow 50'
FB 21 Jan Piosik upward-facing green arrow 70'
WG 22 Mark Sztyndera upward-facing green arrow 41'
CE 23 Clemens von Grumbkow upward-facing green arrow 60'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
John Catteau (Belgium)
Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium)

Week 2

17 February 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Russia 48–7 Belgium
Try: Babaev 7' c
Garbuzov 24' m
Gadzhiev 39' c
Elgin (2) 56' m, 71' c
Galinovskiy 65' c
Fedotko 74' c
Con: Kushnarev (5/7) 8', 40', 66', 72', 75'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 52'
GamesheetTry: Hart 47' c
Con: Hart (1/1) 48'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
LP 1 Sergey Sekisov downward-facing red arrow 50'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze downward-facing red arrow 53'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov downward-facing red arrow 66'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov downward-facing red arrow 50'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Andrei Temnov downward-facing red arrow 58'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev downward-facing red arrow 57'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin downward-facing red arrow 66'
LW 11 Vladislav Sozonov
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Mikhail Babaev
RW 14 German Davydov downward-facing red arrow 58'
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov upward-facing green arrow 53'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov upward-facing green arrow 50'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov upward-facing green arrow 66'
LK 19 Bogdan Fedotko upward-facing green arrow 50'
FL 20 Viktor Gresev upward-facing green arrow 58'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban upward-facing green arrow 57'
WG 22 Igor Galinovskiy upward-facing green arrow 58'
WG 23 Denis Simplikevich upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
Aleksandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau downward-facing red arrow 45'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst downward-facing red arrow 45'
TP 3 Alexis Cuffolo downward-facing red arrow 59'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe downward-facing red arrow 63'
BF 6 Bertrand Billi
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui downward-facing red arrow 45'
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger (c) downward-facing red arrow 48'
FH 10 Sébastien Guns downward-facing red arrow 72' upward-facing green arrow 79'
LW 11 Louis Debatty downward-facing red arrow 66'
IC 12 Nathan Bontems
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf downward-facing red arrow 79'
FB 15 Vincent Hart
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois upward-facing green arrow 45'
PR 17 Bastien Gallaire upward-facing green arrow 45'
LK 18 Guillaume Mortier upward-facing green arrow 63'
FL 19 Maxime Temmerman upward-facing green arrow 45'
WG 20 Eliott van Trappen upward-facing green arrow 66'
SH 21 Tom Cocqu upward-facing green arrow 48'
SH 22 Isaac Montoisy upward-facing green arrow 72'
PR 23 Romain Pinte upward-facing green arrow 59'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Jorge Molpeceres (Spain)
Eki Fanlo (Spain)


17 February 2018
14:30 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 0–64 Georgia (1 TBP)
GamesheetTry: Kveseladze (3) 10' c, 62' c, 76' m
Todua 15' m
Chilachava 28' c
Peikrishvili 49' c
Gachechiladze 59' c
Giorgadze 69' c
Zhvania 73' m
Khmaladze 80+1' c
Con: Tsiklauri (7/10) 11', 29', 50', 60', 64', 70', 80+2'
Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion, Offenbach am Main
Attendance: 2,150
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
LP 1 Marcus Bender downward-facing red arrow 75'
HK 2 Gilles Valette downward-facing red arrow 55'
TP 3 Felix Martel downward-facing red arrow 54'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Stefan Mau downward-facing red arrow 60'
BF 6 Falk Duwe
OF 7 Kain Rix
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff downward-facing red arrow 74'
SH 9 Oliver Paine downward-facing red arrow 65'
FH 10 Wynston Cameron-Dow
LW 11 Zani Dembele downward-facing red arrow 9'
IC 12 Clemens von Grumbkow (c)
OC 13 Robin Plümpe downward-facing red arrow 70'
RW 14 Paul Pfisterer yellow card 51' to 62'
FB 15 Daniel Koch
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay upward-facing green arrow 75'
PR 17 Senzokuhle Ngubane upward-facing green arrow 55'
PR 18 Paul Weiss upward-facing green arrow 54'
LK 19 Jens Listmann upward-facing green arrow 60'
N8 20 Carsten Lang upward-facing green arrow 74'
FB 21 Jan Piosik upward-facing green arrow 65'
CE 22 Yassin Ayachi upward-facing green arrow 70'
CE 23 Pascal Fischer upward-facing green arrow 9'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili downward-facing red arrow 57'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili downward-facing red arrow 57'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava downward-facing red arrow 41'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili downward-facing red arrow 60'
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili downward-facing red arrow 64'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze downward-facing red arrow 41'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua downward-facing red arrow 73'
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava downward-facing red arrow 64'
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili upward-facing green arrow 57'
PR 17 Zurab Zhvania upward-facing green arrow 57'
PR 18 Anton Peikrishvili upward-facing green arrow 41'
FL 19 Otar Giorgadze upward-facing green arrow 60'
FL 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze upward-facing green arrow 64'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze upward-facing green arrow 41'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze upward-facing green arrow 64'
WG 23 Giorgi Pruidze upward-facing green arrow 73'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Mike English (Wales)
Dewi Philips (Wales)


18 February 2018
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
Spain 22–10 Romania
Try: Auzqui 4' m
Ascarat 8' m
Pen: Linklater (4/4) 21', 46', 62', 71'
GamesheetTry: Faka'osilea[8] 77' c
Con: Calafeteanu (1/1) 77'
Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 13'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui downward-facing red arrow 51'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer downward-facing red arrow 65'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez downward-facing red arrow 58'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Ilaitia Gavidi downward-facing red arrow 53'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume downward-facing red arrow 69'
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet downward-facing red arrow 70'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie red cross icon 35' to 40'
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat downward-facing red arrow 78'
IC 12 Dan Snee yellow card 26' to 36' downward-facing red arrow 71'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charlie Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez upward-facing green arrow 51'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro upward-facing green arrow 65'
FL 18 Anibal Bonán upward-facing green arrow 53'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang upward-facing green arrow 69'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet upward-facing green arrow 70'
CE 21 Ignacio Contardi Medina upward-facing green arrow 35' downward-facing red arrow 40' upward-facing green arrow 78'
WG 22 Bastien Fuster upward-facing green arrow 71'
PR 23 Xerom Civil Bonaventure upward-facing green arrow 58'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr downward-facing red arrow 53'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi downward-facing red arrow 72'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache downward-facing red arrow 69'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Marius Antonescu downward-facing red arrow 61'
BF 6 Valentin Ursache
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Stelian Burcea downward-facing red arrow 69'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu downward-facing red arrow 62'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu downward-facing red arrow 70'
LW 11 Stephen Shennan downward-facing red arrow 65'
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai yellow card 1' to 11'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână upward-facing green arrow 72'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu upward-facing green arrow 53'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș upward-facing green arrow 69'
LK 19 Valentin Popârlan upward-facing green arrow 61'
FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia upward-facing green arrow 69'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu upward-facing green arrow 62'
WG 22 Ionuț Dumitru upward-facing green arrow 65'
WG 23 Jack Umaga upward-facing green arrow 70'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Vivien Praderie (France)
Cyrille Le Gall (France)

Week 3

3 March 2018
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 23–10 Spain
Try: Penalty try 54'
Melikidze 80+7' c
Con: Matiashvili (1/1) 80+8'
Pen: Matiashvili (3/4) 10', 28', 40'
GamesheetTry: Tauli 80+4' c
Con: Peluchon (1/1) 80+5'
Pen: Peluchon (1/2) 34'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili downward-facing red arrow 58'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili downward-facing red arrow 62'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava downward-facing red arrow 62'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Shalva Sutiashvili downward-facing red arrow 66'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili downward-facing red arrow 66'
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze downward-facing red arrow 62'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze downward-facing red arrow 80+6'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava yellow card 80+2' to 80+8'
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava downward-facing red arrow 78'
FB 15 Soso Matiashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili upward-facing green arrow 62'
PR 17 Zurab Zhvania upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze upward-facing green arrow 62'
FL 19 Otar Giorgadze upward-facing green arrow 66'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze upward-facing green arrow 66'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze upward-facing green arrow 62'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze upward-facing green arrow 80+6'
CE 23 Giorgi Koshadze upward-facing green arrow 78'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez downward-facing red arrow 62'
HK 2 Quentin García downward-facing red arrow 66'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez downward-facing red arrow 48'
LL 4 David González downward-facing red arrow 60'
RL 5 Joshua Peters downward-facing red arrow 70'
BF 6 Asier Ussáraga Latierro
OF 7 Matthew Foulds
N8 8 Ilaitia Gavidi downward-facing red arrow 55'
SH 9 Sébastien Rouet downward-facing red arrow 60'
FH 10 Dan Snee (c)
LW 11 Silvio Casteglioni Algorriz downward-facing red arrow 55'
IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez
OC 13 Joan Losada Gifra
RW 14 Javier Carrión Llorens
FB 15 Mathieu Peluchon
Replacements:
PR 16 Jean-Baptiste Custoja upward-facing green arrow 62'
HK 17 Stephen Barnes upward-facing green arrow 66'
FL 18 Manuel Mora Ruiz upward-facing green arrow 60'
FL 19 Lionel Tauli upward-facing green arrow 55'
SH 20 Grégory Maiquez upward-facing green arrow 60'
CE 21 Iñaki Mateu Spuches upward-facing green arrow 70'
WG 22 Julen Goia Iriberri upward-facing green arrow 55'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alonso upward-facing green arrow 48'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Elgan Williams (Wales)
Gareth John (Wales)


3 March 2018
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 25–15 Russia
Try: Penalty try 6'
Shennan 49' m
Kinikinilau 74' m
Căpățână 79' m
Pen: Calafeteanu (1/1) 38'
GamesheetTry: Gerasimov 30' m
Gaisin 69' c
Con: Gaisin (1/1) 70'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 35'
Cluj Arena, Cluj
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr downward-facing red arrow 50'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi downward-facing red arrow 65'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș downward-facing red arrow 71'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan downward-facing red arrow 61'
BF 6 Vlad Nistor downward-facing red arrow 41'
OF 7 Andrei Gorcioaia
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c)
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu downward-facing red arrow 72'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai downward-facing red arrow 34'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână upward-facing green arrow 65'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu upward-facing green arrow 50'
PR 18 Constantin Pristăviță upward-facing green arrow 71'
LK 19 Marius Antonescu upward-facing green arrow 61'
FL 20 Kuselo Moyake upward-facing green arrow 41'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu upward-facing green arrow 72'
WG 22 Stephen Shennan upward-facing green arrow 34' downward-facing red arrow 57'
FH 23 Florin Vlaicu upward-facing green arrow 57'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Sergey Sekisov downward-facing red arrow 50'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze downward-facing red arrow 63'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov downward-facing red arrow 75'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin downward-facing red arrow 75'
BF 6 Viktor Gresev downward-facing red arrow 71'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Dmitri Krotov
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev downward-facing red arrow 50'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c) downward-facing red arrow 63'
LW 11 Evgeni Nepeivoda downward-facing red arrow 72'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov upward-facing green arrow 63'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov upward-facing green arrow 50'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov upward-facing green arrow 75'
LK 19 Anton Sychev upward-facing green arrow 75'
N8 20 Anton Rudoy upward-facing green arrow 71'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban upward-facing green arrow 50'
WG 22 Alexey Mikhaltsov upward-facing green arrow 72'
FB 23 Alexander Budychenko upward-facing green arrow 63'
Coach:
Mark McDermott

Touch judges:
Luc Ramos (France)
Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)


3 March 2018
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Belgium 69–15 Germany
Try: Reynaert (2) 2' m, 79' c
Berger 8' c
Penalty try 14'
Williams 17' m
Jadot 21' m
Piron (2) 26' c, 54' m
Benoy 31' c
Hart 50' c
d'Hooghe 67' c
Con: Williams (6/10) 8', 27', 32', 51', 68', 89'
GamesheetTry: Listmann 65' m
Harris 76' c
Con: Cameron-Dow (1/2) 77'
Pen: Cameron-Dow (1/1) 6'
Nelson Mandela Sports Centre, Brussels
Attendance: 1,600
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
LP 1 Alexis Cuffolo downward-facing red arrow 45'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst downward-facing red arrow 41'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot downward-facing red arrow 53'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants downward-facing red arrow 50'
RL 5 Thomas Vervoort downward-facing red arrow 59'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy red cross icon 10' to 14'
OF 7 Bertrand Billi
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger downward-facing red arrow 55'
FH 10 Vincent Hart downward-facing red arrow 55'
LW 11 Craig Dowsett
IC 12 Jens Torfs (c)
OC 13 Guillaume Piron downward-facing red arrow 55'
RW 14 Charles Reynaert
FB 15 Alan Williams
Replacements:
PR 16 Victor Paquet upward-facing green arrow 41'
PR 17 Lucas Sotteau upward-facing green arrow 45'
LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe upward-facing green arrow 50'
FL 19 Amin Hamzaoui upward-facing green arrow 10' downward-facing red arrow 14' upward-facing green arrow 59'
FH 20 Sebastian Guns upward-facing green arrow 55'
SH 21 Tom Cocqu upward-facing green arrow 55'
CE 22 Nathan Bontems upward-facing green arrow 55'
PR 23 Romain Pinte upward-facing green arrow 53'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Marcus Bender downward-facing red arrow 73'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev downward-facing red arrow 57'
TP 3 Paul Weiss downward-facing red arrow 57'
LL 4 Jens Listmann downward-facing red arrow 70'
RL 5 Stefan Mau downward-facing red arrow 32'
BF 6 Falk Duwe
OF 7 Eric Marks (c)
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff
SH 9 Oliver Paine downward-facing red arrow 57'
FH 10 Wynston Cameron-Dow
LW 11 Nico Müller
IC 12 Robin Plümpe downward-facing red arrow 6'
OC 13 Sam Harris
RW 14 Pascal Fischer
FB 15 Lukas Deichmann
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay upward-facing green arrow 73'
PR 17 Senzokuhle Ngubane upward-facing green arrow 70'
PR 18 Felix Martel upward-facing green arrow 57'
FL 19 Elias Haase upward-facing green arrow 32'
N8 20 Carsten Lang upward-facing green arrow 57'
FB 21 Jan Piosik upward-facing green arrow 57'
FL 22 Robert Lehmann upward-facing green arrow 70'
WG 23 Mark Sztyndera upward-facing green arrow 6' downward-facing red arrow 70'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Aurélie Groizeleau (France)
Clara Munarini (Italy)

Week 4

10 March 2018
13:00 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Romania 62–12 Belgium
Try: Penalty try (3) 11', 43', 74'
Umaga 17' m
Burcea 23' c
Moyake (2) 28' c, 51' c
Dumitru 54' m
Badiu 64' c
Con: Calafeteanu (2/3) 24', 30'
Fercu (1/2) 52'
Vlaicu (1/1) 64'
Pen: Calafeteanu 40'
GamesheetTry: Cocu 37' m
Muric 75' c
Con: Vassart (1/1) 76'
Stadionul Municipal, Buzău
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
LP 1 Ionel Badiu yellow card 33' to 43' downward-facing red arrow 66'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș downward-facing red arrow 60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden downward-facing red arrow 66'
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan
BF 6 Andrei Gorcioaia
OF 7 Kuselo Moyake
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c) red cross icon 39' to 41' downward-facing red arrow 55'
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu downward-facing red arrow 47'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea downward-facing red arrow 56'
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Marius Simionescu downward-facing red arrow 73'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță upward-facing green arrow 39' downward-facing red arrow 41' upward-facing green arrow 66'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș upward-facing green arrow 60'
LK 19 Adrian Motoc upward-facing green arrow 66'
FL 20 Razvan Iliescu upward-facing green arrow 55'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu upward-facing green arrow 47'
WG 22 Robert Neagu upward-facing green arrow 73'
FH 23 Florin Vlaicu upward-facing green arrow 56'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau downward-facing red arrow 41'
HK 2 Alexis Cuffolo downward-facing red arrow 49'
TP 3 James Pearse yellow card 70' to 80'
LL 4 Tom Herenger
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe
BF 6 Gillian Benoy downward-facing red arrow 55'
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui yellow card 47' to 57' downward-facing red arrow 72'
N8 8 Maxime Temmerman downward-facing red arrow 35'
SH 9 Oliver Claxton
FH 10 Sebastien Guns downward-facing red arrow 64'
LW 11 Ervin Muric
IC 12 Florian Piron downward-facing red arrow 61'
OC 13 Benjamin Cocu
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Craig Dowsett (c) downward-facing red arrow 55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Thomas Dienst upward-facing green arrow 49'
PR 17 Romain Pinte upward-facing green arrow 41'
LK 18 Tuur Moelants upward-facing green arrow 55'
N8 19 Keran Caro upward-facing green arrow 35'
CE 20 Louis Debatty upward-facing green arrow 61'
SH 21 Isaac Montoisy upward-facing green arrow 64'
CE 22 Antoine Vassart upward-facing green arrow 55'
PR 23 Adelin Mehrez upward-facing green arrow 72'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac (France)

Touch judges:
Keith Allen (Scotland)
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)


10 March 2018
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia 9–29 Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Kushnarev (3/3) 17', 30', 39'GamesheetTry: Peikrishvili 25' c
Asieshvili 66' c
Gachechiladze 72' c
Kvirikashvili 76' m
Con: Matiashvili (3/3) 26', 67', 73'
Pen: Matiashvili (1/1) 48'
Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
LP 1 Sergey Sekisov downward-facing red arrow 58'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskiy downward-facing red arrow 64'
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko downward-facing red arrow 74'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev downward-facing red arrow 52'
N8 8 Anton Rudoy downward-facing red arrow 68'
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev downward-facing red arrow 64'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c)
LW 11 Evgeni Nepeivoda downward-facing red arrow 71'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin downward-facing red arrow 74'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov upward-facing green arrow 64'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov upward-facing green arrow 74'
LK 19 Alexander Ilyin upward-facing green arrow 68'
LK 20 Anton Sychev upward-facing green arrow 52'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban upward-facing green arrow 64'
WG 22 Alexey Mikhaltsov upward-facing green arrow 71'
FB 23 Alexander Budychenko upward-facing green arrow 74'
Coach:
Mark McDermott
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili downward-facing red arrow 58'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili downward-facing red arrow 68'
TP 3 Anton Peikrishvili downward-facing red arrow 49'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili downward-facing red arrow 61'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Soso Matiashvili downward-facing red arrow 74'
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze downward-facing red arrow 71'
OC 13 David Kacharava
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava downward-facing red arrow 76'
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili upward-facing green arrow 68'
PR 17 Karlen Asieshvili upward-facing green arrow 58'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze upward-facing green arrow 49'
LK 19 Shalva Sutiashvili upward-facing green arrow 61'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze upward-facing green arrow 76'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze upward-facing green arrow 71'
CE 23 Giorgi Koshadze upward-facing green arrow 74'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Michael Hudson (England)
Alex Bryzgalin (Russia)


11 March 2018
12:30 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain 84–10 Germany
Try: Barthère 13' c
Contardi Medina 17' c
Penalty try 20'
Bonán (2) 27' m, 64' m
Álvarez 33' c
Gibouin 41'
López Pérez (2) 49' c, 68' c
Visensang 55' c
Ascarat 76' m
Linklater 80+4'
Con: Peluchon (6/7) 13', 18', 33', 41', 49', 55'
Linklater (2/4) 68', 80+4'
Pen: Peluchon (2/2) 3', 7'
GamesheetTry: Hees 60' c
Con: Koch (1/1) 60'
Pen: Koch (1/1) 52'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 15,753
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui downward-facing red arrow 41'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer downward-facing red arrow 41'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez downward-facing red arrow 41'
LL 4 Anibal Bonán
RL 5 David Barrera
BF 6 Pierre Barthère downward-facing red arrow 48'
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin downward-facing red arrow 55'
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) red cross icon 25' to 39'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet downward-facing red arrow 41'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie downward-facing red arrow 41'
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat
IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Ignacio Contardi Medina
FB 15 Mathieu Peluchon downward-facing red arrow 61'
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez upward-facing green arrow 41'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro upward-facing green arrow 41'
FL 18 Ilaitia Gavidi upward-facing green arrow 55'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang upward-facing green arrow 25' downward-facing red arrow 39' upward-facing green arrow 48'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet upward-facing green arrow 41'
CE 21 Dan Snee upward-facing green arrow 41'
FB 22 Brad Linklater upward-facing green arrow 61'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alfonso upward-facing green arrow 41'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Senzokuhle Ngubane downward-facing red arrow 47'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev downward-facing red arrow 47'
TP 3 Matthias Schösser downward-facing red arrow 70'
LL 4 Jens Listmann
RL 5 Eric Marks (c) red cross icon 79' to 80+4'
BF 6 Elias Haase downward-facing red arrow 57'
OF 7 Falk Duwe yellow card 20' to 30' downward-facing red arrow 70'
N8 8 Carsten Lang downward-facing red arrow 41'
SH 9 Jan Piosik
FH 10 Kieron Davies
LW 11 Nico Müller downward-facing red arrow 41'
IC 12 Tomás van Gelderen
OC 13 Yassin Ayachi downward-facing red arrow 55'
RW 14 Zinzan Hees
FB 15 Daniel Koch
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay upward-facing green arrow 70'
PR 17 Felix Martel upward-facing green arrow 70'
PR 18 Marcus Bender upward-facing green arrow 47'
HK 19 Gilles Valette upward-facing green arrow 47'
FL 20 Robert Lehmann upward-facing green arrow 57'
WG 21 Christopher Korn upward-facing green arrow 55'
CE 22 Pascal Fischer upward-facing green arrow 41'
CE 23 Kain Rix upward-facing green arrow 41'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Matteo Franco (Italy)

Week 5

18 March 2018
16:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 25–16 Romania
Try: Lomidze 20' c
Sitchinava 42' c
Asieshvili 69' m
Con: Matiashvili (2/3) 21', 43'
Pen: Matiashvili (2/2) 8', 47'
GamesheetTry: Rădoi 78' c
Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 78'
Pen: Vlaicu (3/3) 11', 37', 60'
Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 38,000
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili downward-facing red arrow 51'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili downward-facing red arrow 54'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava downward-facing red arrow 60'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c) yellow card 36' to 46'
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili downward-facing red arrow 54' upward-facing green arrow 57' downward-facing red arrow 60'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili downward-facing red arrow 54'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze red cross icon 57' to 60'
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze downward-facing red arrow 71'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Soso Matiashvili
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze downward-facing red arrow 74'
OC 13 David Kacharava
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili downward-facing red arrow 63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili upward-facing green arrow 54'
PR 17 Karlen Asieshvili upward-facing green arrow 51'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze upward-facing green arrow 60'
LK 19 Shalva Sutiashvili upward-facing green arrow 54'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze upward-facing green arrow 54'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze upward-facing green arrow 71'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze upward-facing green arrow 74'
WG 23 Alexander Todua upward-facing green arrow 63'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Ionel Badiu yellow card 19' to 30' downward-facing red arrow 70'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână downward-facing red arrow 59'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș downward-facing red arrow 60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden yellow card 48' to 58'
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan
BF 6 Dumani Mtya downward-facing red arrow 65'
OF 7 Kuselo Moyake
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c) downward-facing red arrow 72'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu downward-facing red arrow 62'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru downward-facing red arrow 19' upward-facing green arrow 30'
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau downward-facing red arrow 41'
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu downward-facing red arrow 70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi upward-facing green arrow 59'
PR 17 Mihăiţă Lazăr upward-facing green arrow 19' downward-facing red arrow 30' upward-facing green arrow 70'
PR 18 Constantin Pristăviță upward-facing green arrow 60'
LK 19 Adrian Motoc upward-facing green arrow 72'
FL 20 Christian Chirica upward-facing green arrow 65'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu upward-facing green arrow 62'
WG 22 Marius Simionescu upward-facing green arrow 70'
CE 23 Sione Faka'osilea upward-facing green arrow 41'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Nicolas Dabas (France)
Sébastien Boyer (France)


18 March 2018
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Germany 3–57 Russia (1 TBP)
Pen: Müller 6'GamesheetTry: Tsnobiladze (2) 10' c, 18' m
Rudoy (3) 26' c, 29' c, 80+1' m
Krotov 32' c
Budychenko 49'
Mikhaltsov (2) 57' c, 75' m
Con: Kushnarev (6/7) 11', 26', 30', 34', 50', 58'
Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln
Attendance: 2,600
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
LP 1 Alexander Lidell downward-facing red arrow 66'
HK 2 Senzokuhle Ngubane
TP 3 Felix Martel downward-facing red arrow 53'
LL 4 Stefan Mau yellow card 23' to 33' downward-facing red arrow 55'
RL 5 Jens Listmann
BF 6 Eric Marks (c)
OF 7 Robert Lehmann downward-facing red arrow 64'
N8 8 Falk Duwe downward-facing red arrow 69'
SH 9 Jan Piosik downward-facing red arrow 53'
FH 10 Oliver Paine
LW 11 Nico Müller
IC 12 Pascal Fischer
OC 13 Christopher Korn
RW 14 Florian Wehrspann
FB 15 Manuel Müller
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay upward-facing green arrow 66'
PR 17
PR 18 Marcus Bender upward-facing green arrow 53'
LK 19 Christian Hug upward-facing green arrow 55'
N8 20 Carsten Lang upward-facing green arrow 64'
FH 21 Kieron Davies upward-facing green arrow 53'
FL 22 Elias Haase upward-facing green arrow 69'
CE 23 Yassin Ayachi
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov downward-facing red arrow 53'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze downward-facing red arrow 53'
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko downward-facing red arrow 61'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov downward-facing red arrow 53'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev downward-facing red arrow 61'
OF 7 Dmitri Krotov
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev downward-facing red arrow 58'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c) downward-facing red arrow 69'
LW 11 Alexey Mikhaltsov
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin downward-facing red arrow 66'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Alexander Budychenko
Replacements:
HK 16 Stanislav Selskiy upward-facing green arrow 53'
PR 17 Sergey Sekisov upward-facing green arrow 53'
PR 18 Evgeny Mishechkin upward-facing green arrow 61'
LK 19 Alexander Ilyin upward-facing green arrow 53'
FL 20 Nikita Vavilin upward-facing green arrow 61'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban upward-facing green arrow 58'
SH 22 Konstantin Uzunov upward-facing green arrow 69'
FB 23 Viktor Kononov upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
Mark McDermott

Touch judges:
Simon Harding (England)
Clive Sharp (England)


18 March 2018
13:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium 18–10 Spain
Pen: Hart (6/7) 20', 24', 29', 37', 49', 76'GamesheetTry: López Pérez 70' c
Con: Peluchon (1/1) 70'
Pen: Peluchon (1/1) 74'
King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
LP 1 Julien Massimi downward-facing red arrow 46'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst downward-facing red arrow 61'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot downward-facing red arrow 70'
LL 4 Bertrand Billi downward-facing red arrow 78'
RL 5 Tuur Moelants downward-facing red arrow 60'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Jean-Maurice Decubber downward-facing red arrow 79'
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger downward-facing red arrow 79'
FH 10 Vincent Hart
LW 11 Craig Dowsett
IC 12 Jens Torfs (c)
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Ervin Muric
FB 15 Charles Reynaert downward-facing red arrow 63'
Replacements:
PR 16 Alexis Cuffolo upward-facing green arrow 61'
PR 17 Lucas Sotteau upward-facing green arrow 46'
LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe upward-facing green arrow 79'
N8 19 Keran Caro upward-facing green arrow 60'
FL 20 Amin Hamzaoui upward-facing green arrow 79'
SH 21 Sebastien Guns upward-facing green arrow 79'
WG 22 Thomas Wallraf upward-facing green arrow 63'
PR 23 Romain Pinte upward-facing green arrow 70'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui yellow card 48' to 58' downward-facing red arrow 60'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer downward-facing red arrow 56'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez downward-facing red arrow 66'
LL 4 David Barrera downward-facing red arrow 49'
RL 5 Ilaitia Gavidi downward-facing red arrow 70'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat downward-facing red arrow 60'
IC 12 Dan Snee downward-facing red arrow 66'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charlie Malie
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez upward-facing green arrow 60'
HK 17 Quentin García upward-facing green arrow 56'
LK 18 Anibal Bonán upward-facing green arrow 49'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang upward-facing green arrow 70'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet
FB 21 Mathieu Peluchon upward-facing green arrow 66'
CE 22 Ignacio Contardi Medina upward-facing green arrow 60'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alfonso upward-facing green arrow 66'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

Relegation/promotion play-off

10 November 2018
16:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 36–6 Portugal
Gamesheet
Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor), Baia Mare
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)

See also

References

  1. ^ rugbyworldcup.com. "Rugby World Cup 2019". rugbyworldcup.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2017. Retrieved 13 March 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. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2017. Retrieved 13 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Judicial Committee judgement" (PDF). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  6. ^ Appeal committee decision
  7. ^ "FINAL RANKING OF REC 2018 | Rugby Europe". Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  8. ^ Though rugbyeurope names Paula Kinikinilau, he did not score the try against Spain. Though he is mentioned on the gamesheet as try scorer with the shirt number 13, video footage clearly shows Sione Fakaosilea with the shirt number 12 as the true try scorer