2014 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
CountriesIreland Emerging Ireland
 Romania
 Russia
 Uruguay
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date13 – 22 June 2014
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Tries scored31 (5.17 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Romania Florin Vlaicu (32 points)[1]
Top try scorer(s)Ireland Craig Gilroy (4 tries)[1]
Final
ChampionsIreland Emerging Ireland
Runners-up Romania
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The 2014 IRB Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the eighth time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 13 and 22 June and ran alongside the 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. Romania were joined by Uruguay, Emerging Ireland and ENC side Russia and defended the title they won in 2012 and 2013.[2][3] All of the fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the home stadium for the hosts Romania.[2]

The Emerging Ireland team won the title for the first time and Robin Copeland was named as the player of the tournament.[4][5][6]

Standings

Team Games Points Tries Bounus points Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus
1 Ireland Emerging Ireland 3 3 0 0 148 13 135 21 1 3 0 15
2  Romania 3 2 0 1 64 65 –1 6 7 0 0 8
3  Uruguay 3 1 0 2 32 91 –59 2 10 0 0 4
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 24 99 –75 2 13 0 2 2
Source : www.irb.com
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Fixtures

Matchday 1

13 June 2014[7]
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Emerging Ireland Ireland66 – 0
Abandoned
at 49'		 Russia
Try: Keatley 3' m
Conway (3) 6' c, 23' m, 26' c
Annett 10' c
Gilroy (2) 28' c, 44' c
Copeland 34' c
O'Donnell 36' c
Marshall 41' c
Con: Keatley (5/7) 7', 11', 27', 29', 35'
Hanrahan (3/3) 37', 42', 45'		Report[8]Pen: Gaysin (0/1) 15'
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
FB 15 Johne Murphy
RW 14 Craig Gilroy
OC 13 Eoin Griffin
IC 12 Stuart McCloskey
LW 11 Andrew Conway
FH 10 Ian Keatley downward-facing red arrow 35'
SH 9 Paul Marshall
N8 8 Robin Copeland
OF 7 Tommy O'Donnell
BF 6 Dominic Ryan (c)
RL 5 Dave Foley
LL 4 Michael Kearney
TP 3 Michael Bent downward-facing red arrow 46'
HK 2 Niall Annett downward-facing red arrow 40'
LP 1 Callum Black
Replacements:
HK 16 James Tracy upward-facing green arrow 40'
PR 17 John Ryan upward-facing green arrow 46'
LK 18 Billy Holland
FL 19 Sean Dougall
SH 20 Luke McGrath
FH 21 JJ Hanrahan upward-facing green arrow 35'
CE 22 Brendan Macken
Coach:
Ireland Dan McFarland
FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
OC 13 German Davydov
IC 12 Alexey Makovetskiy
LW 11 Igor Galinovskiy
FH 10 Ramil Gaysin
SH 9 Alexander Ianiushkin downward-facing red arrow 46'
N8 8 Victor Gresev
OF 7 Andrey Temnov
BF 6 Andrey Garbuzov
RL 5 Denis Antonov
LL 4 Alexander Voytov (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
TP 3 Sergey Sekisov
HK 2 Stanislav Selskiy yellow card 46' to 56'
LP 1 Alexey Volkov downward-facing red arrow 46'
Replacements:
HK 16 Valery Tsnobiladze
PR 17 Grigory Tsnobiladze upward-facing green arrow 46'
LK 18 Alexander Bezverkhov
FL 19 Artem Fatakhov upward-facing green arrow 46'
FL 20 Pavel Butenko
SH 21 Alexey Shcherban upward-facing green arrow 46'
FH 22 Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
France Raphaël Saint-André [fr]

Touch judges:
Cristian Serban (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

13 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 34 – 16 Uruguay
Try: Turashvili 35' c
Macovei 45' c
Ionita 74' m
Con: Vlaicu (2/3) 36', 46'
Pen: Vlaicu (4/4) 5', 11', 53', 58'
Drop: Vlaicu (1/1) 25'		IRB[8]Try: Gibernau 29' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 30'
Pen: Prada (3/4) 24', 26', 61'
Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
FB 15 Gabriel Conache
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
OC 13 Csaba Gál
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
LW 11 Florin Ioniță
FH 10 Filip Lazăr downward-facing red arrow 66'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu downward-facing red arrow 78'
N8 8 Daniel Carpo
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
BF 6 Viorel Lucaci downward-facing red arrow 60'
RL 5 Marius Sirbe
LL 4 Valentin Popârlan downward-facing red arrow 66'
TP 3 Constantin Pristăviță downward-facing red arrow 75'
HK 2 Otar Turashvili red cross icon 14' to 23'
LP 1 Horaţiu Pungea downward-facing red arrow 48' upward-facing green arrow 75'
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpăţână upward-facing green arrow 14' downward-facing red arrow 23'
PR 17 Alexandru Ţăruş upward-facing green arrow 48'
LK 18 Dorin Lazăr upward-facing green arrow 60'
N8 19 Vlad Nistor upward-facing green arrow 66'
CE 20 Catalin Robert Dascalu upward-facing green arrow 66'
SH 21 Valentin Ivan upward-facing green arrow 78'
FH 22 Daniel Statulescu
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15 Gastón Mieres
RW 14 Santiago Gibernau
OC 13 Joaquín Prada
IC 12 Alberto Roman
LW 11 Gaston Gibernau downward-facing red arrow 53'
FH 10 Alejo Durán downward-facing red arrow 53'
SH 9 Guillermo Lijtenstein
N8 8 Alejandro Nieto
OF 7 Diego Magno downward-facing red arrow 65'
BF 6 Juan de Freitas downward-facing red arrow 69'
RL 5 Franco Lamanna yellow card 62' to 72'
LL 4 Cristofer Soares De Lima downward-facing red arrow 49'
TP 3 Juan Echeverría downward-facing red arrow 49' upward-facing green arrow 78'
HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c) downward-facing red arrow 69'
LP 1 Alejo Corral downward-facing red arrow 78'
Replacements:
PR 16 Carlos Arboleya upward-facing green arrow 49'
PR 17 Mateo Sanguinetti upward-facing green arrow 69'
LK 18 Mathias Braun upward-facing green arrow 49'
FL 19 Fernando Bascou upward-facing green arrow 65'
FL 20 Agustin Alonso upward-facing green arrow 69'
FB 21 Jerónimo Etcheverry upward-facing green arrow 53'
WG 22 Federico Favaro upward-facing green arrow 53'
Coach:
Uruguay Pablo Lemoine

Touch judges:
Razvan Vasiliu (Romania)
Gabriel Seitan (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

Matchday 2

18 June 2014[7]
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Emerging Ireland Ireland51 – 3 Uruguay
Try: Gilroy 7' c
Kearney 24' c
Butler (2) 33' m, 51' c
Holland 64' c
Marshall 75' m
Con: Hanrahan (5/6) 8', 25', 52', 61', 65'
Pen: Hanrahan (2/2) 20', 40'
Keatley (1/1) 80'		Report[9]Pen: Prada (1/2) 4'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)


18 June 2014
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 20 – 18 Russia
Try: Penalty Try 70',78'
Con: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 71',79'
Pen: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 8',36'		Report[10]Try: Andrey Temnov 32', Vladimir Ostroushko 56'
Con: Ramil Gaysin (1/2) 33'
Pen: Ramil Gaysin (2/3) 22',50'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: Chris Assmus
FB 15 Gabriel Conache
RW 14 Stephen Hihetah
OC 13 Catalin Robert Dascalu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
LW 11 Ionut Dumitru
FH 10 Filip Lazăr downward-facing red arrow 50'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu downward-facing red arrow 64'
N8 8 Daniel Carpo
OF 7 Dorin Lazăr downward-facing red arrow 48'
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
RL 5 Marius Sirbe
LL 4 Marian Drenceanu downward-facing red arrow 45'
TP 3 Alexandru Tarus downward-facing red arrow 64'
HK 2 Eugen Capatana downward-facing red arrow 47' upward-facing green arrow 64'
LP 1 Ionel Badiu downward-facing red arrow 48'
Replacements:
HK 16 Otar Turashvili upward-facing green arrow 47' downward-facing red arrow 64'
PR 17 Horatiu Pungea upward-facing green arrow 50'
LK 18 Valentin Popârlan yellow card 49' to 59' upward-facing green arrow 45'
N8 19 Viorel Lucaci yellow card 51' to 61' upward-facing green arrow 48'
CE 20 Csaba Gál upward-facing green arrow 50'
SH 21 Valentin Ivan upward-facing green arrow 50'
FH 22 Andrei Ilie
Coach:
Wales Lynn Howells
FB 15 Igor Klyuchnikov downward-facing red arrow 68'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
OC 13 Dmitry Gerasimov
IC 12 Alexey Makovetskiy
LW 11 Vladimir Ostroushko
FH 10 Ramil Gaysin
SH 9 Alexander Ianiushkin downward-facing red arrow 61'
N8 8 Victor Gresev yellow card 76' to 80 ' downward-facing red arrow 48'
OF 7 Andrey Temnov
BF 6 Pavel Butenko downward-facing red arrow 64'
RL 5 Artem Fatakhov downward-facing red arrow 69'
LL 4 Alexander Voytov(c) yellow card 8' to 18'
TP 3 Andrey Igretsov yellow card 45' to 55' downward-facing red arrow 68'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze yellow card 69' to 79'
LP 1 Grigory Tsnobiladze
Replacements:
PR 16 Stanislav Selskiy upward-facing green arrow 69'
PR 17 Alexander Bezverkhov upward-facing green arrow 48' downward-facing red arrow 55' upward-facing green arrow 68' downward-facing red arrow 76'
LK 18 Denis Antonov
FL 19 Yevgeny Matveyev upward-facing green arrow 64'
FL 20 Igor Galinovskiy upward-facing green arrow 68'
FB 21 Alexey Shcherban upward-facing green arrow 61'
WG 22 Sergey Ianiushkin
Coach:
France Raphaël Saint-André

Touch judges:
Cristian Serban (Romania)
Bogdan Gordin (Romania)
Television match official:
Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

Matchday 3

22 June 2014
16:00 EET (UTC+2)
Russia 6 – 13 Uruguay
Pen: Kushnarev (2/4) 11', 14'Report[11]Try: Lamanna 60' c
Con: Prada (1/1) 61'
Pen: Prada (2/5) 52', 77'
Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
22 June 2014[7]
19:00 EET (UTC+2)
Romania 10 – 31Ireland Emerging Ireland
Try: Penalty try 78'
Drop: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 13'		Report[12]Try: Dominic Ryan 28' c
Craig Gilroy 31' c
Robin Copeland 41' c
Penalty try 80'
Con: Ian Keatley (3/3) 31', 36', 50'
Pen: Ian Keatley (1/2) 3'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

Top scorers

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Nations Cup central to RWC 2015 preparations". International Rugby Board. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-08. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. ^ "2013: Romanian delight at title defence". International Rugby Board. Retrieved 1 April 2014.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland". RTE Sport. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland". ESPN. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland". The Score. 23 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. ^ a b c "Emerging Ireland to compete in Romania". RTÉ. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Russia left thunderstruck by Ireland". World Rugby. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Emerging Ireland Enjoy Back-To-Back Bonus Point Wins". Irish Rugby. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 20 June 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  10. ^ "Romania keep Nations Cup title defence alive". World Rugby. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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