2009 IRB Nations Cup

2009 IRB Nations Cup
2009 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	France A; Italy A; Romania; Russia; Scotland A; Uruguay
Tournament format(s)	Modified Round-robin
Date	12 – 21 June 2009
Tournament statistics
Teams	6
Matches played	9
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Tries scored	40 (4.44 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Riccardo Bocchino (Italy A); (39 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Scott Lawson (Scotland A); Romain Martial (France A); Jim Thompson (Scotland A); Manoa Vosawai (Italy A); Simon Webster (Scotland A); Alexander Yanyushkin (Russia); (2 tries)
Final
Champions	Scotland A (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy A
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The 2009 IRB Nations Cup was the fourth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (France A, Italy A and Scotland A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Russia and Uruguay).^[1]

For the third consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. Emerging Springboks did not return to defend their title. Scotland A were the overall winners of the tournament.

The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.

Final standings

2009 IRB Nations Cup

Team

Played

Won

Drawn

Lost

Points For

Points Against

Points Difference

Tries For

Tries Against

Try Bonus

Losing Bonus

Points

1

Scotland A

3

0

98

22

+76

12

1

0

13

2

Italy A

3

2

0

1

74

47

+27

8

6

1

0

9

3

France A

3

2

0

1

63

53

+10

7

2

1

0

9

4

Romania

3

1

0

2

46

55

-9

4

6

0

1

5

Russia

3

1

0

2

39

110

-71

5

15

1

0

5

6

Uruguay

3

0

3

40

73

−33

3

9

0

2

Source : 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

Round 1

Report^[2]

12 June 2009
16:00 EET (UTC+02)

Italy A	15 – 31	France A
Pen: Bocchino (5/5) 11', 17', 39', 60', 67'	Stats	Try: Mazars 14' m Martial 21' c Tomas 35' c Estebanez 61' c Montes 78' m Con: Estebanez (3/5)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

12 June 2009
18:00 EET (UTC+02)

Scotland A	49 – 7	Russia
Try: Dewey 1' m Thompson (2) 6' m, 22' m Kellock 12' c Lawson 34' m Cusiter 46' m Jackson 47' m MacDonald 53' m Cairns 59' c Con: Jackson (2/9) Pen: Jackson (1/1) 21'	Stats	Try: Luhin 37' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: Chris Draper (United States)

12 June 2009
20:00 EET (UTC+02)

Uruguay	11 – 17	Romania
Try: Campomar 69' m Pen: Etcheverry (2/2) 6', 39'	Stats	Try: Vlaicu 8' c Manta 21' c Con: Vlaicu (2/2) Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 4'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: David Smortchevsky (Canada)

Round 2

Report^[3]

16 June 2009
16:00 EET (UTC+02)

Scotland A	27 – 3	Uruguay
Try: Webster (2) 19' c, 52' c Lawson 70' c Con: Blair (3/3) Pen: Blair (2/2) 39', 45'	Stats	Drop: Etcheverry 64'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

16 June 2009
18:00 EET (UTC+02)

Italy A	35 – 3	Russia
Try: Bocchino 19' c Ravalle 41' c Sepe 48' c Vosawai (2) 70' c, 79' c Con: Bocchino (5/5)	Stats	Pen: Kushnarev 42'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: David Smortchevsky (Canada)

16 June 2009
20:00 EET (UTC+02)

France A	20 – 16	Romania
Try: Martial 20' c Forestier 24' c Con: Porical (2/2) Pen: Porical 11' Audy 80'	Stats	Try: Dumitras 49' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) Pen: Dumitras (1/1) 31' Vlaicu (2/2) 44', 60'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

Round 3

Report^[4]

21 June 2009
16:00 EET (UTC+02)

Russia	29 – 26	Uruguay
Try: Ostroushko 7' m Yanyushkin (2) 35' c, 60' c Bazhenov 49' c Con: Yanyushkin (2/3) Kushnarev (1/1) Pen: Yanyushkin (1/1) 47'	Stats	Try: Sanchez 38' c Espiga 77' c Con: Morales (1/1) Etcheverry (1/1) Pen: Etcheverry (2/2) 23', 65' Morales (1/1) 59' Drop: Etcheverry (1) 5'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: Chris Draper (United States)

21 June 2009
18:00 EET (UTC+02)

Italy A	24 – 13	Romania
Try: Pavanello 64' c Pratichetti 69' c Bacchetti 79' c Con: Bocchino (3/3) Pen: Bocchino (1/1) 30'	Stats	Try: Calafeteanu 52' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) Pen: Vlaicu (2/2) 27', 43'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)

21 June 2009
20:00 EET (UTC+02)

France A	12 – 22	Scotland A
Pen: Estebanez (3/3) 28', 47', 56' Drop: Lespinas (1/1) 61'	Stats	Try: Vernon 71' c Con: Jackson (1/1) Pen: Jackson (5/5) 3', 13', 20', 39', 44'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: JP Doyle (England)

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Points
1	Riccardo Bocchino	Italy A	39
2	Ruaridh Jackson	Scotland A	29
3	Florin Vlaicu	Romania	28
4	Fabrice Estebanez	France A	20
4	Jeronimo Etcheverry	Uruguay	20
6	Alexander Yanyushkin	Russia	17
7	David Blair	Scotland A	12
8	Scott Lawson	Scotland A	10
	Romain Martial	France A
	Jim Thompson	Scotland A
	Manoa Vosawai	Italy A
	Simon Webster	Scotland A

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Scott Lawson	Scotland A	2
	Romain Martial	France A
	Jim Thompson	Scotland A
	Manoa Vosawai	Italy A
	Simon Webster	Scotland A
	Alexander Yanyushkin	Russia
7	28 players		1

Source: irb.com

References

^ See List of international rugby union teams#National teams - tier classification for more information on the Tiers.
^ http://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2032065.html#nations+cup+day+round Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine IRB
^ http://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2032241.html#nations+cup+day+review Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine IRB
^ http://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2032475.html#scotland+a+claim+irb+nations+cup+crown Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine IRB

External links

[1] See List of international rugby union teams#National teams - tier classification for more information on the Tiers.

[2] ttps://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2032065.html#nations+cup+day+round Archived 2009-06-15 at the Wayback Machine IRB

[3] ttps://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2032241.html#nations+cup+day+review Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine IRB

[4] ttps://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2032475.html#scotland+a+claim+irb+nations+cup+crown Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine IRB

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v t e World Rugby Nations Cup
2019 teams	Argentina XV Namibia Russia Uruguay
Former teams	Emerging Ireland (2014) Emerging Springboks (2007, 2008) France A (2009) Georgia (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Portugal (2006, 2011, 2012) Scotland A (2009, 2010) Russia (2014) South African Kings (2011)
Seasons	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Winners	2006 Argentina A 2007 Emerging Springboks 2008 Emerging Springboks 2009 Scotland A 2010 Namibia 2011 South African Kings 2012 Romania 2013 Romania 2014 Emerging Ireland 2015 Romania 2016 Romania 2017 Uruguay 2018 Uruguay 2019 Uruguay

Final standings

Fixtures

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

See also

References

External links