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2018 Rugby Europe Championship

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.

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
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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

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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

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Week 1

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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   52'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   41' to 51'   60'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava   52'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili   70'
BF 6 Otar Giorgadze   43' to 52'
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili   41'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze   60'
FH 10 Revaz Jinchvelashvili
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava   60'
RW 14 Giorgi Pruidze
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze   43'   52'   60'
PR 17 Tornike Mataradze   52'   65'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze   52'
FL 19 Mikheil Gachechiladze   41'
FL 20 Guram Shengelia   70'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze   60'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze   60'
WG 23 Anzor Sitchinava   65'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau   52'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)   45'
TP 3 Sydney Mulumba   41'
LL 4 Guillaume Mortier
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe
BF 6 Bertrand Billi
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui   70'
N8 8 Brieuc Corradi   20'
SH 9 Tom Cocqu   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   41'
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois   45'
PR 17 Bastien Gallaire   52'
PR 18 Tom Herenger
FL 19 Vincent Tauzia   20'
FL 20 Isaac Montoisy   45'
SH 21 Benjamin Cocu   41'
CE 22 Louis Debatty   70'
PR 23 Romain Pinte   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   56'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii   46'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov   79'
LL 4 Evgeny Elgin
RL 5 Andrei Ostrikov   70'
BF 6 Victor Gresev   48'
OF 7 Andrei Temnov
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Alexei Shcherban   79'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev (c)   74'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Igor Galinovskiy   70'
RW 14 German Davydov
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev
Replacements:
HK 16 Valery Tsnobiladze   46'
PR 17 Valery Morozov   56'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov   79'
FL 19 Andrei Garbuzov   70'
LK 20 Tagir Gadzhiev   48'
FB 21 Vasily Dorofeev   79'
WG 22 Vladislav Sozonov   74'
CE 23 Sergey Trishin   70'
Coach:
Aleksandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui   56'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   71' to 78'
TP 3 Jonathan García   5'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Lucas Guillaume   52'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)   63'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   75'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie   74'
LW 11 Sebastien Ascarat
IC 12 Dan Snee
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater   68'
FB 15 Charlie Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez   56'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro   71'   78'
PR 18 Anibal Bonán   52'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang   63'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet   75'
CE 21 Ignacio Contardi Medina   68'
WG 22 Bastien Fuster   74'
PR 23 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   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   55'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi   70'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache   53'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden   53'
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Valentin Ursache   60'
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Stelian Burcea
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   48'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu   66'
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru   55'
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Florin Bărdașu   70'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu   55'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș   53'
LK 19 Alin Coste   53'
FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia   60'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu   48'
WG 22 Stephen Shennan   55'
WG 23 Jack Umaga   66'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Julius Nostadt (c)   56'
HK 2 Senzokuhle Ngubane   69'
TP 3 Paul Weiss   77'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Stefan Mau
BF 6 Falk Duwe   77'
OF 7 Rafael Dutta   50'
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff
SH 9 Tim Menzel
FH 10 Daniel Koch
LW 11 Christopher Korn   70'
IC 12 Yassin Ayachi   41'
OC 13 Robin Plümpe   60'
RW 14 Paul Pfisterer
FB 15 Marvin Dieckmann
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay   69'
PR 17 Felix Martel   77'
PR 18 Marcus Bender   56'
FL 19 Yasar Bauer   77'
N8 20 Carsten Lang   50'
FB 21 Jan Piosik   70'
WG 22 Mark Sztyndera   41'
CE 23 Clemens von Grumbkow   60'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

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

Week 2

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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   50'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze   53'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov   66'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov   50'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Andrei Temnov   58'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev   57'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin   66'
LW 11 Vladislav Sozonov
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Mikhail Babaev
RW 14 German Davydov   58'
FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov   53'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov   50'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov   66'
LK 19 Bogdan Fedotko   50'
FL 20 Viktor Gresev   58'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban   57'
WG 22 Igor Galinovskiy   58'
WG 23 Denis Simplikevich   66'
Coach:
Aleksandr Pervukhin
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau   45'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst   45'
TP 3 Alexis Cuffolo   59'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe   63'
BF 6 Bertrand Billi
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui   45'
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger (c)   48'
FH 10 Sébastien Guns   72'   79'
LW 11 Louis Debatty   66'
IC 12 Nathan Bontems
OC 13 Guillaume Piron
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf   79'
FB 15 Vincent Hart
Replacements:
HK 16 Max Dubois   45'
PR 17 Bastien Gallaire   45'
LK 18 Guillaume Mortier   63'
FL 19 Maxime Temmerman   45'
WG 20 Eliott van Trappen   66'
SH 21 Tom Cocqu   48'
SH 22 Isaac Montoisy   72'
PR 23 Romain Pinte   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   75'
HK 2 Gilles Valette   55'
TP 3 Felix Martel   54'
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Stefan Mau   60'
BF 6 Falk Duwe
OF 7 Kain Rix
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff   74'
SH 9 Oliver Paine   65'
FH 10 Wynston Cameron-Dow
LW 11 Zani Dembele   9'
IC 12 Clemens von Grumbkow (c)
OC 13 Robin Plümpe   70'
RW 14 Paul Pfisterer   51' to 62'
FB 15 Daniel Koch
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay   75'
PR 17 Senzokuhle Ngubane   55'
PR 18 Paul Weiss   54'
LK 19 Jens Listmann   60'
N8 20 Carsten Lang   74'
FB 21 Jan Piosik   65'
CE 22 Yassin Ayachi   70'
CE 23 Pascal Fischer   9'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili   57'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   57'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava   41'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili   60'
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili   64'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze   41'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua   73'
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava   64'
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava
FB 15 Beka Tsiklauri
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili   57'
PR 17 Zurab Zhvania   57'
PR 18 Anton Peikrishvili   41'
FL 19 Otar Giorgadze   60'
FL 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze   64'
SH 21 Vasil Lobzhanidze   41'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze   64'
WG 23 Giorgi Pruidze   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   51'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   65'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   58'
LL 4 David Barrera
RL 5 Ilaitia Gavidi   53'
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume   69'
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin (c)
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   70'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie   35' to 40'
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat   78'
IC 12 Dan Snee   26' to 36'   71'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charlie Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez   51'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro   65'
FL 18 Anibal Bonán   53'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang   69'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet   70'
CE 21 Ignacio Contardi Medina   35'   40'   78'
WG 22 Bastien Fuster   71'
PR 23 Xerom Civil Bonaventure   58'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr   53'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi   72'
TP 3 Andrei Ursache   69'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Marius Antonescu   61'
BF 6 Valentin Ursache
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Stelian Burcea   69'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   62'
FH 10 Florin Vlaicu   70'
LW 11 Stephen Shennan   65'
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai   1' to 11'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână   72'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu   53'
PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș   69'
LK 19 Valentin Popârlan   61'
FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia   69'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu   62'
WG 22 Ionuț Dumitru   65'
WG 23 Jack Umaga   70'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

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

Week 3

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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   58'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   62'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava   62'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Shalva Sutiashvili   66'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili   66'
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   62'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze   80+6'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13 David Kacharava   80+2' to 80+8'
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava   78'
FB 15 Soso Matiashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili   62'
PR 17 Zurab Zhvania   58'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze   62'
FL 19 Otar Giorgadze   66'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze   66'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze   62'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze   80+6'
CE 23 Giorgi Koshadze   78'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez   62'
HK 2 Quentin García   66'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   48'
LL 4 David González   60'
RL 5 Joshua Peters   70'
BF 6 Asier Ussáraga Latierro
OF 7 Matthew Foulds
N8 8 Ilaitia Gavidi   55'
SH 9 Sébastien Rouet   60'
FH 10 Dan Snee (c)
LW 11 Silvio Casteglioni Algorriz   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   62'
HK 17 Stephen Barnes   66'
FL 18 Manuel Mora Ruiz   60'
FL 19 Lionel Tauli   55'
SH 20 Grégory Maiquez   60'
CE 21 Iñaki Mateu Spuches   70'
WG 22 Julen Goia Iriberri   55'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alonso   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   50'
HK 2 Andrei Rădoi   65'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   71'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan   61'
BF 6 Vlad Nistor   41'
OF 7 Andrei Gorcioaia
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c)
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu   72'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai   34'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână   65'
PR 17 Ionel Badiu   50'
PR 18 Constantin Pristăviță   71'
LK 19 Marius Antonescu   61'
FL 20 Kuselo Moyake   41'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu   72'
WG 22 Stephen Shennan   34'   57'
FH 23 Florin Vlaicu   57'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Sergey Sekisov   50'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze   63'
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov   75'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin   75'
BF 6 Viktor Gresev   71'
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Dmitri Krotov
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev   50'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c)   63'
LW 11 Evgeni Nepeivoda   72'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov   63'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov   50'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov   75'
LK 19 Anton Sychev   75'
N8 20 Anton Rudoy   71'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban   50'
WG 22 Alexey Mikhaltsov   72'
FB 23 Alexander Budychenko   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   45'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst   41'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot   53'
LL 4 Tuur Moelants   50'
RL 5 Thomas Vervoort   59'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy   10' to 14'
OF 7 Bertrand Billi
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger   55'
FH 10 Vincent Hart   55'
LW 11 Craig Dowsett
IC 12 Jens Torfs (c)
OC 13 Guillaume Piron   55'
RW 14 Charles Reynaert
FB 15 Alan Williams
Replacements:
PR 16 Victor Paquet   41'
PR 17 Lucas Sotteau   45'
LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe   50'
FL 19 Amin Hamzaoui   10'   14'   59'
FH 20 Sebastian Guns   55'
SH 21 Tom Cocqu   55'
CE 22 Nathan Bontems   55'
PR 23 Romain Pinte   53'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Marcus Bender   73'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev   57'
TP 3 Paul Weiss   57'
LL 4 Jens Listmann   70'
RL 5 Stefan Mau   32'
BF 6 Falk Duwe
OF 7 Eric Marks (c)
N8 8 Luke Dyckhoff
SH 9 Oliver Paine   57'
FH 10 Wynston Cameron-Dow
LW 11 Nico Müller
IC 12 Robin Plümpe   6'
OC 13 Sam Harris
RW 14 Pascal Fischer
FB 15 Lukas Deichmann
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay   73'
PR 17 Senzokuhle Ngubane   70'
PR 18 Felix Martel   57'
FL 19 Elias Haase   32'
N8 20 Carsten Lang   57'
FB 21 Jan Piosik   57'
FL 22 Robert Lehmann   70'
WG 23 Mark Sztyndera   6'   70'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

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

Week 4

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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   33' to 43'   66'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden   66'
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan
BF 6 Andrei Gorcioaia
OF 7 Kuselo Moyake
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c)   39' to 41'   55'
SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu   47'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea   56'
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau
RW 14 Marius Simionescu   73'
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță   39'   41'   66'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș   60'
LK 19 Adrian Motoc   66'
FL 20 Razvan Iliescu   55'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu   47'
WG 22 Robert Neagu   73'
FH 23 Florin Vlaicu   56'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau   41'
HK 2 Alexis Cuffolo   49'
TP 3 James Pearse   70' to 80'
LL 4 Tom Herenger
RL 5 Sven d'Hooghe
BF 6 Gillian Benoy   55'
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui   47' to 57'   72'
N8 8 Maxime Temmerman   35'
SH 9 Oliver Claxton
FH 10 Sebastien Guns   64'
LW 11 Ervin Muric
IC 12 Florian Piron   61'
OC 13 Benjamin Cocu
RW 14 Thomas Wallraf
FB 15 Craig Dowsett (c)   55'
Replacements:
HK 16 Thomas Dienst   49'
PR 17 Romain Pinte   41'
LK 18 Tuur Moelants   55'
N8 19 Keran Caro   35'
CE 20 Louis Debatty   61'
SH 21 Isaac Montoisy   64'
CE 22 Antoine Vassart   55'
PR 23 Adelin Mehrez   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   58'
HK 2 Stanislav Selskiy   64'
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko   74'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev   52'
N8 8 Anton Rudoy   68'
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev   64'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c)
LW 11 Evgeni Nepeivoda   71'
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin   74'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK 16 Nazir Gazanov   64'
PR 17 Andrei Polivalov   58'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov   74'
LK 19 Alexander Ilyin   68'
LK 20 Anton Sychev   52'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban   64'
WG 22 Alexey Mikhaltsov   71'
FB 23 Alexander Budychenko   74'
Coach:
Mark McDermott
LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili   58'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   68'
TP 3 Anton Peikrishvili   49'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili   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   74'
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze   71'
OC 13 David Kacharava
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava   76'
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili   68'
PR 17 Karlen Asieshvili   58'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze   49'
LK 19 Shalva Sutiashvili   61'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze   76'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze   71'
CE 23 Giorgi Koshadze   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   41'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   41'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   41'
LL 4 Anibal Bonán
RL 5 David Barrera
BF 6 Pierre Barthère   48'
OF 7 Gautier Gibouin   55'
N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)   25' to 39'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet   41'
FH 10 Mathieu Bélie   41'
LW 11 Sébastien Ascarat
IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Ignacio Contardi Medina
FB 15 Mathieu Peluchon   61'
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez   41'
HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro   41'
FL 18 Ilaitia Gavidi   55'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang   25'   39'   48'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet   41'
CE 21 Dan Snee   41'
FB 22 Brad Linklater   61'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alfonso   41'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Senzokuhle Ngubane   47'
HK 2 Michail Tyumenev   47'
TP 3 Matthias Schösser   70'
LL 4 Jens Listmann
RL 5 Eric Marks (c)   79' to 80+4'
BF 6 Elias Haase   57'
OF 7 Falk Duwe   20' to 30'   70'
N8 8 Carsten Lang   41'
SH 9 Jan Piosik
FH 10 Kieron Davies
LW 11 Nico Müller   41'
IC 12 Tomás van Gelderen
OC 13 Yassin Ayachi   55'
RW 14 Zinzan Hees
FB 15 Daniel Koch
Replacements:
HK 16 Sam Ramsay   70'
PR 17 Felix Martel   70'
PR 18 Marcus Bender   47'
HK 19 Gilles Valette   47'
FL 20 Robert Lehmann   57'
WG 21 Christopher Korn   55'
CE 22 Pascal Fischer   41'
CE 23 Kain Rix   41'
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine

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

Week 5

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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   51'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili   54'
TP 3 Levan Chilachava   60'
LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)   36' to 46'
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili   54'   57'   60'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
OF 7 Viktor Kolelishvili   54'
N8 8 Lasha Lomidze   57' to 60'
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze   71'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Soso Matiashvili
IC 12 Giorgi Kveseladze   74'
OC 13 David Kacharava
RW 14 Anzor Sitchinava
FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili   63'
Replacements:
HK 16 Badri Alkhazashvili   54'
PR 17 Karlen Asieshvili   51'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze   60'
LK 19 Shalva Sutiashvili   54'
FL 20 Mikheil Gachechiladze   54'
SH 21 Gela Aprasidze   71'
FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze   74'
WG 23 Alexander Todua   63'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Ionel Badiu   19' to 30'   70'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână   59'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș   60'
LL 4 Johan van Heerden   48' to 58'
RL 5 Valentin Popârlan
BF 6 Dumani Mtya   65'
OF 7 Kuselo Moyake
N8 8 Stelian Burcea (c)   72'
SH 9 Florin Surugiu   62'
FH 10 Jack Umaga
LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru   19'   30'
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Paula Kinikinilau   41'
RW 14 Tangimana Fonovai
FB 15 Cătălin Fercu   70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Andrei Rădoi   59'
PR 17 Mihăiţă Lazăr   19'   30'   70'
PR 18 Constantin Pristăviță   60'
LK 19 Adrian Motoc   72'
FL 20 Christian Chirica   65'
SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu   62'
WG 22 Marius Simionescu   70'
CE 23 Sione Faka'osilea   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   66'
HK 2 Senzokuhle Ngubane
TP 3 Felix Martel   53'
LL 4 Stefan Mau   23' to 33'   55'
RL 5 Jens Listmann
BF 6 Eric Marks (c)
OF 7 Robert Lehmann   64'
N8 8 Falk Duwe   69'
SH 9 Jan Piosik   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   66'
PR 17
PR 18 Marcus Bender   53'
LK 19 Christian Hug   55'
N8 20 Carsten Lang   64'
FH 21 Kieron Davies   53'
FL 22 Elias Haase   69'
CE 23 Yassin Ayachi
Coach:
Pablo Lemoine
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov   53'
HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze   53'
TP 3 Evgeny Pronenko   61'
LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov   53'
RL 5 Evgeny Elgin
BF 6 Viktor Gresev   61'
OF 7 Dmitri Krotov
N8 8 Anton Rudoy
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev   58'
FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev (c)   69'
LW 11 Alexey Mikhaltsov
IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13 Sergey Trishin   66'
RW 14 Mikhail Babaev
FB 15 Alexander Budychenko
Replacements:
HK 16 Stanislav Selskiy   53'
PR 17 Sergey Sekisov   53'
PR 18 Evgeny Mishechkin   61'
LK 19 Alexander Ilyin   53'
FL 20 Nikita Vavilin   61'
SH 21 Alexei Shcherban   58'
SH 22 Konstantin Uzunov   69'
FB 23 Viktor Kononov   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   46'
HK 2 Thomas Dienst   61'
TP 3 Maxime Jadot   70'
LL 4 Bertrand Billi   78'
RL 5 Tuur Moelants   60'
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Jean-Maurice Decubber   79'
N8 8 Thomas Demolder
SH 9 Julien Berger   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   63'
Replacements:
PR 16 Alexis Cuffolo   61'
PR 17 Lucas Sotteau   46'
LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe   79'
N8 19 Keran Caro   60'
FL 20 Amin Hamzaoui   79'
SH 21 Sebastien Guns   79'
WG 22 Thomas Wallraf   63'
PR 23 Romain Pinte   70'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Beñat Auzqui   48' to 58'   60'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer   56'
TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez   66'
LL 4 David Barrera   49'
RL 5 Ilaitia Gavidi   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   60'
IC 12 Dan Snee   66'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charlie Malie
Replacements:
PR 16 Fernando López Pérez   60'
HK 17 Quentin García   56'
LK 18 Anibal Bonán   49'
FL 19 Thibaut Visensang   70'
SH 20 Sébastien Rouet
FB 21 Mathieu Peluchon   66'
CE 22 Ignacio Contardi Medina   60'
PR 23 Alberto Blanco Alfonso   66'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

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

Relegation/promotion play-off

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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

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References

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  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
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