2014 European Nations Cup Division 1: Round One. 01/02/14

[djwizard84]

Spain should get a decent stadium in order to improve the attractiveness of their product. Teresa Rivero seems like a nice stadium in Madrid.

That stadium belongs to Rayo Vallecano, right?

Cluj Stadium looks like a good option, hopefully it's gonna be full!!!

 

[white bear]

I don't know. I've heard that they pay no rent but the stadium administrators get all the gate money, but I don't know if it's true.

Normally, local authorities consider a great honor to have the national team play in their city, so I don't think the rent amount is an issue.

If so, it is very reasonable in terms of the promotion of rugby. At this stage it is important not to make money, and interest more people rugby. Your federation is doing very right thing.

 

[whiteman]

Das Turnier ist in drei Divisionen aufgeteilt, welche wiederum bis zu vier Unterdivisionen umfassen. In jeder Unterdivision gibt es fünf oder sechs Teams (außer Division 3 mit drei Teams). Eine Spielzeit dauert zwei Jahre, in denen jedes Team gegen alle anderen einer Unterdivision Hin- und Rückspiel absolviert. Am Saisonende steigen die Gruppenersten in die nächsthöhere Division auf, während die Letztplatzierten absteigen.
Zum gegenwärtigen Zeitpunkt ist kein Auf- oder Abstieg zwischen dem ENC und den Six Nations vorgesehen. Der amtierende Meister der Division 1 ist Georgien, das den ***el 2012 gewann.
Entstanden ist der ENC aus einer Reform der FIRA-Europameisterschaft im Jahre 2000. Zunächst waren einjährige Saisons ohne Rückspiele geplant. Zwischen den Jahren 2002 und 2008 wurde ein zweijähriger Spielmodus mit Rückspielen ausgetragen. Ab 2009 wird die höchste Division wieder einjährig gespielt. Die kumulierte zwei-jährige Tabelle dient zur Ermittlung des Absteigers und - wenn die Runde als Qualifikation für die Weltmeisterschaft gilt - der Mannschaften, die direkt oder via Repechage bei der WM teilnehmen dürfen. Die untere Divisionen werden weiterhin in dem zweijährigen Modus ausgetragen. Mehr zur Geschichte des europäischen Wettbewerbsrugby unter Rugby-Europameisterschaft.

Fileback: wissenswert-sport.de

 

[usausa]

LG, note that the 3rd place team will play wither the 1st place squad from 1B or Netherlands in a one-off to determine the repechage spot...right now, Netherlands will play either Germany, Moldova (the in-form team of 2013 from this division), or Poland (very near elimination) for the right to play the 1A 3rd place.

Here's the updated look at 1B:
Germany 8 matches, 29 pts, 2 matches left (vs. Czech Republic, at. Sweden)
Moldova 7 matches, 25 pts, 3 matches left (at. Poland, vs. Ukraine, at. Czech Republic)
Poland 8 matches, 21 pts, 2 matches (vs. Moldova, at. Ukraine)
Ukraine 8 matches, 19 pts *ELIMINATED
Sweden 9 matches, 14 pts *ELIMINATED
Czech Republic 8 matches, 6 pts *ELIMINATED

Moldova at Poland obviously a big game, first game of the 2014 season for 1B. Moldolva won by 4 last year (2013), and have been gaining better results as 2013 wore on. They won all 5 matches in 2013, with bonus points. Unfortunately for Moldova their loss in November 2012 to Germany is their downfall. Even though they beat Germany this season with a bonus point, they lose out on the points differential tie breaker (Germany over two matches outscored Moldova 47-44), so tying on table points is no good for Moldova, they must bonus point win and/or hope Germany slips up against the two weakest squads.
Netherlands vs. 1B winner is scheduled for May 10, 2014 in Netherlands, but as with the IRB/FIRA, that date could change. That winner vs. 1A 3rd place hasn't been given a date yet, only 2014. That ultimate winner will gain the repechage spot.

 

[LittleGuy]

LG, note that the 3rd place team will play wither the 1st place squad from 1B or Netherlands in a one-off to determine the repechage spot...right now, Netherlands will play either Germany, Moldova (the in-form team of 2013 from this division), or Poland (very near elimination) for the right to play the 1A 3rd place.
Here's the updated look at 1B:
Germany 8 matches, 29 pts, 2 matches left (vs. Czech Republic, at. Sweden)
Moldova 7 matches, 25 pts, 3 matches left (at. Poland, vs. Ukraine, at. Czech Republic)
Poland 8 matches, 21 pts, 2 matches (vs. Moldova, at. Ukraine)
Ukraine 8 matches, 19 pts *ELIMINATED
Sweden 9 matches, 14 pts *ELIMINATED
Czech Republic 8 matches, 6 pts *ELIMINATED

Moldova at Poland obviously a big game, first game of the 2014 season for 1B. Moldolva won by 4 last year (2013), and have been gaining better results as 2013 wore on. They won all 5 matches in 2013, with bonus points. Unfortunately for Moldova their loss in November 2012 to Germany is their downfall. Even though they beat Germany this season with a bonus point, they lose out on the points differential tie breaker (Germany over two matches outscored Moldova 47-44), so tying on table points is no good for Moldova, they must bonus point win and/or hope Germany slips up against the two weakest squads.
Netherlands vs. 1B winner is scheduled for May 10, 2014 in Netherlands, but as with the IRB/FIRA, that date could change. That winner vs. 1A 3rd place hasn't been given a date yet, only 2014. That ultimate winner will gain the repechage spot.

Yeah I completely overlooked/forgot about that, generally speaking that game is mostly a formality though with the gap narrowing slightly the 3rd place Division 1 side will have to avoid any major slip up's perhaps taking the Qualifier not seriously enough might be a prospect for someone like Germany. This would likely open the door to the other repechage teams in other continents if this came to pass with the most likely beneficiaries being Uruguay and the African side.

Edit: I'm too tired, don't think what I just posted made much sense I'll edit tommorow.

Edit Edit: @ Whiteman thank you for stopping by we'd love to have a German perspective but could you please post in English, as it allows me(and the rest of the staff) to moderate easier as well as helps the majority of our users. I don't mind occasional paragraphs in another language or quotes etc. as long as I know what language they are in but an entire post is too much.

 

[usausa]

Yeah I completely overlooked/forgot about that, generally speaking that game is mostly a formality though with the gap narrowing slightly the 3rd place Division 1 side will have to avoid any major slip up's perhaps taking the Qualifier not seriously enough might be a prospect for someone like Germany. This would likely open the door to the other repechage teams in other continents if this came to pass with the most likely beneficiaries being Uruguay and the African side.

Edit: I'm too tired, don't think what I just posted made much sense I'll edit tommorow.

No worries, I felt like a zombie typing my little post. It's pretty much shaping up to be Germany/Moldova vs. Russia. Although if Russia was able to build a nice gap last season nothing says another team can't do it this season. As mentioned above, Moldova certainly seems to be the 1B favorite now that they have been able to tap all of their best players and beat Germany this season 30-15. As for the playoff, while Russia is certainly the overwhelming favorite, anything can happen! Especially if Russia is forced to go on the road like FIRA/IRB has been making the higher division team do. While certainly not remotely close to the same scale/talent, India a couple of years ago (who won A5N Div 3) nearly beat Thailand (A5N Div 2 winner) at a neutral site. Hell, we saw Madagascar take down Namibia (although it more resembled Namibia A/B) at home in extra time! And by no means has Russia been spectacular in my opinion!

 

[dragos03]

any streams available?

All of Romania's games will be broadcasted live by the public channel TVR1, including the two away matches. There should be plenty of streaming options available.

 

[Croket66]

Belgium
24 players for the game v Georgia :

Props :
Alexis Cuffolo (US Carcassonne, France)
Maxime Jadot (Pau, France)
Julien Massimi (RC Auxerre)
Alain Miriallakis (Wagga Waratahs, Australia)

Hookers :
Thomas Dienst (Lille MR, France)
Bastian Vermeylen (RC Boitsfort)

Locks :
Brieuc Frateur (RC La Hulpe)
Pierre Hendrickx (RC Boitsfort)
Cyrille Nana (RSC Anderlecht)

Backrow :
Thomas De Molder (Pau, France)
Michaël De Molder (RC Boitsfort, France)
Denis Eppe (RC Boitsfort)
Julien Morelli (Bastia XV, France)

Scrumhalves :
Hendrik Brouwers (Racing-Metro 92, France)
Sébastien Guns (RC Boitsfort)

Flyhalves :
Chris Brown (Fréjus St-Raphaël, France)
Florent Debatty (RC Soignies)

Centres :
Guillaume Brébant (RC Boitsfort)
Guillaume Piron (US Colomiers, France)
Marc Tchangué (USA Perpignan, France)

Wings :
Tornike Megrelidze (RC Soignies)
Jens Torfs (USA Perpignan, France)

Fullbacks :
Sylvain Roos (SU Agen, France)
Alan Williams (US Cognac, France)

 

[LittleGuy]

Did anyone hear details of Belgium's two test series at Hong Kong? I did see the scorelines and noted they had lost both games fairly narrowly, does anyone know if it was a strong side or any other details, I wasn;t going to read too much into those games until I heard something more about them.

 

[usausa]

Belgium had most of its top players, although they were missing kicker extraordinaire Alan Williams (reasons unknown, mostly likely club since it was outside the window). Most of the French based players were released. Hong Kong were playing with some different combinations but had almost everyone available.

First test team sheets:
Hong Kong Squad
1. Leon Wei 2. Tom Bolland 3. Steve Nolan 4. Bill Brant 5. Paul Dwyer* 6. Nick Hewson (captain) 7. Matt Lamming 8. Pale Tauti 9. Andrew McCulla* 10. Chris McAdam 11. Salom Yui Kam Shing 12. Lee Jones 13. Jake Phelps* 14. Rowan Varty 15. Tom McColl
Reserves: 16. Alex Harris 17. Jack Bennett 18. James Cooper* 19. Josh Li* 20. Alex McQueen 21. Jamie Hood 22. Ben Rimene 23. Andrew Bridle
*First Hong Kong caps

Belgium
1. Norman Wende 2. Bastian Vermeylen 3. Maxime Jadot 4. Pierre Hendrickx 5. Cyrille Nana Njilem 6. Andrew Neill 7. Thomas De Molder (captain) 8. Julien Morelli 9. Julien Berger 10. Christopher Brown 11. Jens Torfs 12. Guillaume Piron 13. Dirk Haghedooren 14. Nicolas Meeus, 15. Sebastien Guns 16. Julien Massimi 17. Alain Miriallakis 18. Andre Kouemou 19. Matthieu Verschelden 20. Bertrand Billi 21. Hendrik Brouwers 22. Guillaume Brebant 23. Michael De Molder
Coach: Richard McClintock Manager: Jean-Pierre Finet

Belgium was up 5 at the half and lost 28-17 (HK did get try + conv at last play). Apparently ref was whistle happy, tons of pens (7 pen goals for HK in that test, 4 for Belgium).

Second match ended with a HK drop goal at full time after they ran off 20+ phases, a lot inside the 22. This despite Belgium scoring the match's only tries. HK coahc felt that HK didn't play well and seemed to feel like his team was lucky to walk out 2-0 instead of 1-1.

Second test review: http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/3670.php

Overall just seems HK outplayed Belgium. Belgium didn't come with a weakened side and neither did Hong Kong. Both sides have improved immensely but especially Hong Kong over the past 3-4 years with Leigh Jones and Dai Rees building that program up. I gotta say both Korea and Hong Kong have stepped immensely over the past couple of years in their quality of play though they are still a little ways from Japan (who have gotten even better under Eddie Jones). Really encouraging on the Asian rugby side.
For Belgium, surely they must be disappointed as I'm sure they had many chances to win both matches but the wheels just seemed to fall off the wagon. Don't know how long they were there for but I have to believe the time change affected them at least for the first match in terms of build-up and body adjustment.

EDIT: Here's full match footage from test 1
http://www.hkrugby.com/eng/news/tv.php

 

[Tonga_rugby]

SC ALBIGEOIS (Fra)
PELUCHON, Mathieu

FC AUCH (Fra)
ASCARAT, Sebastien

STADE BAGNÉRAIS (Fra)
BONÃN, Aníbal

AVIRON BAYONNAIS (Fra)
ROUET, Guillaume

A.S. BEZIERS (Fra)
PINTO, Marco
MALIÉ, Charly

BIARRITZ OLYMPIQUE (Fra)
GOIA, Julen

UNION BORDEAUX-BÈGLES (Fra)
AUZQUI, Beñat
GIBOUIN, Gauthier

SA BOURG-EN-BRESSE (Fra)
NAVA, Jaime

U.S. CÃ"TE VERMEILLE XV (Fra)
ROFES, Fabien

ST JEAN D'ENGELEY
BARRERA, David

ST JEAN DE LUZ (Fra)
ELGOYHEN, Damien

C.A. LORMONT (Fra)
LABBE, Frank
POGGI, Marcos

MONTLUÇON RUGBY (Fra)
MORENO, Jesús

U.S. NAFARROA (Fra)
ORTÃZ, Agustín

PAYS D'AIX R.C. (Fra)
RECUERDA, Jesús

R.C. VANNES (Fra)
NEGRILLO, Federico

C.R. EL SALVADOR (Esp)
SEMPERE, César

BERA BERA R.T. (Esp)
FEIJÃ"O, Pablo

GETXO R.T. (Esp)
SNEE, Daniel

TUNBRIDGE WELLS RFC (Eng)
COOK, Matt


Seleccionador: Santiago SANTOS
Entrenador: Miguel VELASCO
Manager : José Manuel PÉREZ
Delegado : Javier DELGADO

 

[SelimNiai]

Belgium
24 players for the game v Georgia :

Props :
Alexis Cuffolo (US Carcassonne, France)
Maxime Jadot (Pau, France)
Julien Massimi (RC Auxerre)
Alain Miriallakis (Wagga Waratahs, Australia)

Hookers :
Thomas Dienst (Lille MR, France)
Bastian Vermeylen (RC Boitsfort)

Locks :
Brieuc Frateur (RC La Hulpe)
Pierre Hendrickx (RC Boitsfort)
Cyrille Nana (RSC Anderlecht)

Backrow :
Thomas De Molder (Pau, France)
Michaël De Molder (RC Boitsfort, France)
Denis Eppe (RC Boitsfort)
Julien Morelli (Bastia XV, France)

Scrumhalves :
Hendrik Brouwers (Racing-Metro 92, France)
Sébastien Guns (RC Boitsfort)

Flyhalves :
Chris Brown (Fréjus St-Raphaël, France)
Florent Debatty (RC Soignies)

Centres :
Guillaume Brébant (RC Boitsfort)
Guillaume Piron (US Colomiers, France)
Marc Tchangué (USA Perpignan, France)

Wings :
Tornike Megrelidze (RC Soignies)
Jens Torfs (USA Perpignan, France)

Fullbacks :
Sylvain Roos (SU Agen, France)
Alan Williams (US Cognac, France)

My new favourite team name

 

[Tonga_rugby]

Props: Franck Labbe (Fed1), Beñat Auzqui (Top14), Jesus Moreno (Fed1), Agustín Ortiz (Fed2)
Hookers: Marco Pinto (Prod2), Fabien Rofes (Fed3)

Locks: Jesus Recuerda (Fed1), Anibal Bonan (Fed1), David Barrera (Fed1)
Brackrow: Federico Negrillo (Fed1), Gauthier Gibouin (Top14), Matt Cook (Inglaterra), Damien Elghoyen (Fed 1)

Scrumhalves: Pablo Feijoo (DH), Guillaume Rouet (Top14)
Flyhalves: Charlie Malie (Prod2), Daniel Snee (DH)

Centres: Jaime Nava (Prod2)

Utillity backs: Sebastien Ascarat (Prod2), Julen Goia (Top14), Marcos Poggi (Fed1), Cesar Sempere (DH), Mathieu Peluchon (Prod2)

 

[dragos03]

Romanian training squad, with a lot of surprises included:

Props
Paulica Ion (Perpignan)
Mihaita Lazar (Castres)
Andrei Ursache (Carcassonne)
Alexandru Tarus (RCM Timisoara)

Hookers
Andrei Radoi (Ealing Trailfinders)
Florin Bardasu (CSM Baia Mare)
Eugen Capatana (RCM Timisoara)

Locks
Valentin Popirlan (RCM Timisoara)
Marius Sirbe (Tarbes)
Alin Coste (Bourg en Bresse)
Cristian Munteanu (USRP)

Back row
Mihai Macovei (Saint Nazaire)
Viorel Lucaci (CSA Steaua)
Alexandru Mitu (CSM Bucuresti)
Stelian Burcea (RCM Timisoara)
Vlad Nistor (Castres)

Scrum half
Florin Surugiu (CSM Bucuresti)
Ciprian Caplescu (RCJ Farul Constanta)

Fly half
George Oprea (CSM Baia Mare)
Valentin Calafeteanu (RCM Timisoara)

Centre
Csaba Gal (CSM Baia Mare)
Cristian Dinis (CSM Baia Mare)
Florin Vlaicu (RCJ Farul Constanta)
Florin Ionita (CSA Steaua)

Wingers
Ionut Dumitru (CSA Steaua)
Adrian Apostol (RCJ Farul Constanta)
Madalin Lemnaru (RCM Timisoara)
Claudiu Neagu (RCJ Farul Constanta)

Fullbacks
Catalin Fercu (RCM Timisoara)
Dorin Manole (Orthez)

 

[Croket66]

Georgia named a 28-men training squad to face Belgium

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[TD]Caps[/TD]
[TD]Club[/TD]
[TD]League[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mikheil Nariashvili[/TD]
[TD]Loosehead Prop[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Montpellier[/TD]
[TD]Top 14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zurab Zhvania[/TD]
[TD]Loosehead Prop[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Stade Français[/TD]
[TD]Top 14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jaba Bregvadze[/TD]
[TD]Hooker[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Toulouse[/TD]
[TD]Top 14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Irakli Mamukashvili[/TD]
[TD]Hooker[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Army Tbilisi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Davit Kubriashvili[/TD]
[TD]Tighthead Prop[/TD]
[TD]27[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]Stade Français[/TD]
[TD]Top 14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Levan Chilachava[/TD]
[TD]Tighthead Prop[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Toulon[/TD]
[TD]Top 14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Irakli Mirtskhulava[/TD]
[TD]Tighthead Prop[/TD]
[TD]25[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Tarbes[/TD]
[TD]Pro D2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Levan Datunashvili[/TD]
[TD]Lock[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]57[/TD]
[TD]Aurillac[/TD]
[TD]Pro D2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Kote Mikautadze[/TD]
[TD]Lock[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Toulon[/TD]
[TD]Top 14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Nemsadze[/TD]
[TD]Lock[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]Tarbes[/TD]
[TD]Pro D2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Vito Kolelishvili[/TD]
[TD]Flanker[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Lyon[/TD]
[TD]Pro D2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mamuka Gorgodze[/TD]
[TD]Flanker[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]54[/TD]
[TD]Montpellier[/TD]
[TD]Top 14[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giga Tkhilaishvili[/TD]
[TD]Flanker[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Army Tbilisi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shalva Sutiashvili[/TD]
[TD]Flanker[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]39[/TD]
[TD]Massy[/TD]
[TD]Federale1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dimitri Basilaia[/TD]
[TD]Eightman[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]Edinburgh[/TD]
[TD]Pro12[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Chkhaidze[/TD]
[TD]Eightman[/TD]
[TD]31[/TD]
[TD]69[/TD]
[TD]Tarbes[/TD]
[TD]Pro D2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Begadze[/TD]
[TD]Scrum half[/TD]
[TD]27[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Kochebi Bolnisi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Vazha Khutsishvili[/TD]
[TD]Scrum half[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Kharebi Rustavi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lasha Khmaladze[/TD]
[TD]Fly half[/TD]
[TD]26[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]Lelo Tbilisi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lasha Malaguradze[/TD]
[TD]Fly half[/TD]
[TD]28[/TD]
[TD]41[/TD]
[TD]Bagnères[/TD]
[TD]Federale1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Merab Sharikadze[/TD]
[TD]Centre[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Bourg-en-Bresse[/TD]
[TD]Pro D2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Davit Kacharava[/TD]
[TD]Centre[/TD]
[TD]29[/TD]
[TD]68[/TD]
[TD]Enisey-STM[/TD]
[TD]Russia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tedo Zibzibadze[/TD]
[TD]Centre[/TD]
[TD]33[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]Périgueux[/TD]
[TD]Federale1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Irakli Machkhaneli[/TD]
[TD]Wing[/TD]
[TD]32[/TD]
[TD]67[/TD]
[TD]Armazi Tbilisi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Tamaz Mchedlidze[/TD]
[TD]Wing[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Bourg-en-Bresse[/TD]
[TD]Pro D2[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Shkhinin[/TD]
[TD]Wing[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]35[/TD]
[TD]Army Tbilisi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Merab Kvirikashvili[/TD]
[TD]Fullback[/TD]
[TD]30[/TD]
[TD]72[/TD]
[TD]Vienne[/TD]
[TD]Federale1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beka Tsiklauri[/TD]
[TD]Fullback[/TD]
[TD]24[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Locomotive Tbilisi[/TD]
[TD]Georgia[/TD]
[/TR]
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[Croket66]

- Sébastien Rouet (scrum half, Narbonne) joins the spanish squad

- Mamuka Gorgodze is injured... He is replaced by Givi Berishvili (Locomotive Tbilisi)

- Russia reduced the squad to 26 :
Props :
Grigory Tsnobiladze (Krasny Yar)
Innokenty Zykov (Enisey-STM)
Evgeny Pronenko (Enisey-STM)
Alexey Volkov (VVA Saracens)
Sergey Sekisov (Agro-Strela Kazan)

Hookers :
Valery Tsnobiladze (Krasny Yar)
Stanislas Selsky (Enisey-STM)
Vladislav Korshunov (VVA Saracens)

Locks :
Alexander Voytov (VVA Saracens)
Andrey Ostrikov (Sale Sharks, England)
​Kirill Kulemin (Sale Sharks, England)

Backrow :
Viktor Gresev (Krasny Yar)
Andrey Garbuzov (Krasny Yar)
Pavel Butenko (Enisey-STM)
Andrey Temnov (Enisey-STM)

Scrumhalves :
Anton Ryabov (Krasny Yar)
Alexander Yanyushkin (VVA Saracens)

Flyhalves :
Sergey Sugrobov (Slava-CSP)
Sergey Yanyushkin (VVA Saracens)
Yuri Kushnarev (Kuban Krasnodar)

Centres :
Igor Galinovsky (Krasny Yar)
Alexey Makovetksy (Krasny Yar)
Dimitry Gerasimov (Enisey-STM)

Wingers :
Vasily Artemyev (Krasny Yar)
Yaroslav Rechnev (Enisey-STM)

Fullbacks :
Andrey Otrokov (Krasny Yar)

Portugal named a 36-men squad for ENC
JOÃO CORREIA - GD DIREITO
JORGE SEGURADO - GD DIREITO
RUI D'OREY - GD DIREITO
SALVADOR VASSALO - GDS CASACAIS
LUIS SALEMA - GD DIREITO
PEDRO BETTENCOURT - CDUP
VASCO UVA - GD DIREITO
FRANCISCO P. MAGALHAES - CDUL
NUNO PENHA COSTA - CDUL
GONÇALO FORO - CDUL
PEDRO LEAL - GD DIREITO
BRUNO MEDEIROS - CDUL
MIGUEL LEAL - GDDIREITO
FRANCISCO TAVARES - GD DIREITO
BRUNO ROCHA - AEIS TECNICO
FERNANDO ALMEIDA - AEIS AGRONOMIA
LUIS PORTELA - GD DIREITO
JOAO DIOGO SILVA - AA COIMBRA
DIOGO MIRANDA - CF "OS BELENENSES"
JOAO ALMEIDA - CDUL
FRANCISCO APPLETON - CDUL
ANTONIO AGUILAR - GD DIREITO
MANNY RAPOSO - GD DIREITO
CARL MURRAY - CDUL
FRANCISCO DOMINGUES - AEIS AGRONOMIA
SEBASTIÃO VILLAX - CDUL
JACQUES LE ROUX - COVENTRY RUGBY CLUB (England)
FRANCISCO FERNANDES - AS BÉZIERS HÉRAULT (France)
TONY MARTINS - USAL LIMOGES RUGBY (France)
MIKE TADJER BARBOSA - RUGBY CLUB MASSY ESSONNE (France)
EMMANUEL REBELO - S.DIJONNAIS (France)
JOSÉ LIMA - RACING CLUB NARBONNE MÉDITERRANÉE (France)
AURELIEN BECO - COLOMIERS RUGBY (France)
ERIC DOS SANTOS - BIARRITZ OLYMPIQUE PAYS BASQUE (France)
KEVIN DA COSTA - BIARRITZ OLYMPIQUE PAYS BASQUE (France)
GONÇALO UVA - RACING CLUB NARBONNE MÉDITERRANÉE (France)

 

[Toko_11]

Gorgodze is out with injury <_< Just what we needed

 

[Croket66]

- Spain : Julen Goia (wing) and Fabien Rofes (hooker) are injured. They are replaced by Pierre Belzunce (Colomiers) and Anthony Pradalie (Périgueux)

- Russie : starting XV to face Spain announced :
1. G Tsnobiladze - 2. Korshunov 3. Zykov
4. Voytov (c) - 5. Kulemin
6. Ostrikov - 8. Temnov - 7. Garbuzov
9. A Yanyushkin - 10. Kushnarev
11. Galinovsky - 12. Makovetsky - 13. Rechnev - 14. Otrokov
15. Artemyev
16. V Tsnobiladze - 17. Sekisov - 18. Pronenko - 19. Butenko - 20. Gresev
21. Ryabov - 22. S Yanyushkin - 23. Gerasimov

 

[Croket66]

Starting XV

[TABLE="width: 600"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]GEORGIA[/TD]
[TD]V.[/TD]
[TD]BELGIUM[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mikheil Nariashvili (Montpellier HR)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jaba Bregvadze (Stade Toulousain)[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Davit Kubriashvili (Stade Français)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Konstantin Mikautadze (RC Toulon)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Levan Datunashvili (Stade Aurillacois)[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (Army Tbilisi)[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Chkhaidze (Tarbes PR)[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dimitri Basilaia (Edinburgh Rugby)[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Begadze (Kochebi Bolnisi)[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lasha Khmaladze (Lelo Tbilisi)[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Shkhinin (Army Tbilisi)[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Merab Sharikadze (US Bressane)[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Davit Kacharava (Enisey-STM Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Irakli Machkhaneli (Armazi Tbilisi)[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Merab Kvirikashvili (CS Vienne)[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Shalva Mamukashvili (Army Tbilisi)[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Zurab Zhvania (Stade Français)[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Levan Chilachava (RC Toulon)[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Giorgi Nemsadze (Tarbes PR)[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Viktor Kolelishvili (Lyon OU)[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Vazha Khutsishvili (Kharebi Rustavi)[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Lasha Malaguradze (Stade Bagnérais)[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beka Tsiklauri (Locomotive Tbilisi)[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


[TABLE="width: 600"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]SPAIN[/TD]
[TD]V.[/TD]
[TD]RUSSIA[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Franck Labbe (CA Lormont)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Grigory Tsnobiladze (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Marco Pinto-Ferrer (AS Béziers)[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Vladislav Korshunov (VVA Saracens Monino)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jesus Moreno (Montluçon Rugby)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Innokenty Zykov (Enisey-STM Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]David Barrera (RAC Angers)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Alexander Voytov (VVA Saracens Monino)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jesus Recuerda (Pays d'Aix RC)[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Kirill Kulemin (Sale Sharks)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Gautier Gibouin (U Bordeaux-Bègles)[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Andrey Ostrikov (Sale Sharks)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Matt Cook (Tunbridgbe Wells RFC)[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Andrey Garbuzov (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Frederico Negrillo (RC Vannes)[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Andrey Temnov (Enisey-STM Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pablo Feijoo (Bera Bera RT)[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Alexander Yanyushkin (VVA Saracens Monino)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dan Snee (Gexto RT)[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Yuri Kushnarev (Kuban Krasnodar)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Marcos Poggi (CA Lormont)[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Igor Galinovsky (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Jaime Nava (US Bressane)[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]Alexey Makovetsky (Krasny Yar Krasnodar)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cesar Sempere (CR El Salvador)[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Yaroslav Rechnev (Enisey-STM Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sébastien Ascarat (FC Auch)[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Andrey Otrokov (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mathieu Peluchon (SC Albi)[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Vasily Artemyev (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Beñat Auzqui (U Bordeaux-Bègles)[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Valery Tsnobiladze (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Agustin Ortiz (US Nafarroa)[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Sergey Sekisov (Agro-Strela Kazan)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Anthony Pradalie (FC Villefranche)[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Evgeny Pronenko (Enisey-STM Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Anibal Bonan (Stade Bagnérais)[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Pavel Butenko (Enisey-STM Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Damien Elgoyhen (St Jean de Luz O)[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Viktor Gresev (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Guillaume Rouet (Aviron Bayonnais)[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Anton Ryabov (Krasny Yar Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Charly Malié (AS Béziers)[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Sergey Yanyushkin (VVA Saracens Monino)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Pierre Belzunce (US Colomiers)[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Dimitry Gerasimov (Enisey-STM Krasnoyarsk)[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


[TABLE="width: 600"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]ROMANIA[/TD]
[TD]V.[/TD]
[TD]PORTUGAL[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mihaita Lazar (Castres Olympique)[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Francisco Fernandes (AS Béziers)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Andrei Radoi (Ealing Trailfinders)[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Joao Correia (GD Direito)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paulica Ion (USA Perpignan)[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Tony Martins (USA Limoges)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Marius Sirbe (Tarbes PR)[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Eric Dos Santos (Biarritz Olympique)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Valentin Poparlan (RCM Timisoara)[/TD]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]Gonçalo Uva (RC Narbonne)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Viorel Lucaci (Steaua Bucuresti)[/TD]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD]Vasco Uva (GD Direito)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Mihai Macovei (Sporting St Nazaire)[/TD]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Aurélien Beco (US Colomiers)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Stelian Burcea (RCM Timisoara)[/TD]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD]Jacques Le Roux (Coventry RC)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Florin Surugiu (CSM Bucuresti)[/TD]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]Francisco Pinto (CDUL)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Valentin Calafeteanu (RCM Timisoara)[/TD]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]Diogo Miranda (CF Os Belenenses)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Ionut Dumitru (Steaua Bucuresti)[/TD]
[TD]11[/TD]
[TD]Carl Murray (CDUL)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Florin Vlaicu (Farul Constanta)[/TD]
[TD]12[/TD]
[TD]José Lima (RC Narbonne)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Csaba Gal (CSM Baia Mare)[/TD]
[TD]13[/TD]
[TD]Pedro Bettencourt (CDUP)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Madalin Lemnaru (RCM Timisoara)[/TD]
[TD]14[/TD]
[TD]Gonçalo Foro (CDUL)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Catalin Fercu (RCM Timisoara)[/TD]
[TD]15[/TD]
[TD]Antonio Aguilar (GD Direito)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Eugen Capatana (RCM Timisoara)[/TD]
[TD]16[/TD]
[TD]Jorge Segurado (GD Direito)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Andrei Ursache (US Carcassonne)[/TD]
[TD]17[/TD]
[TD]Mike Tadjer (RC Massy)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Horatiu Pungea (Scarlets)[/TD]
[TD]18[/TD]
[TD]Bruno Rocha (AEIS Tecnico)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cristian Munteanu (US Romans)[/TD]
[TD]19[/TD]
[TD]Fernando Almeida (AEIS Agronomia)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alexandru Mitu (CSM Bucuresti)[/TD]
[TD]20[/TD]
[TD]Rui D'Orey (GD Direito)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Dorin Manole (US Orthez)[/TD]
[TD]21[/TD]
[TD]Luis Salema (GD Direito)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Florin Ionita (Steaua Bucuresti)[/TD]
[TD]22[/TD]
[TD]Emmanuel Rebelo (Stade Dijonnais)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Cristian Dinis (CSM Baia Mare)[/TD]
[TD]23[/TD]
[TD]Francisco Appleton (CDUL)[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Tonga_rugby]

1. (1) Georgia 5 4 1 0 135/61 (+74) 1-0 19
2. (2) Romania 5 4 1 0 114/65 (+49) 1-0 19
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3. (3) Russia 5 3 0 2 110/116 (-6) 2-0 14
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4. (4) Portugal 5 1 1 3 75/96 (-21) 0-1 7
5. (5) Belgium 5 0 1 4 92/131 (-39) 0-3 5
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6. (6) Spain 5 0 2 3 72/129 (-57) 0-1 5


Georgia v Belgium - Georgia by 28
Spain v Russia - Spain by 8
Romania v Portugal - Romania by 19