2006 IRB Nations Cup

{{Infobox European Rugby Cup season

| name = 2006 IRB Nations Cup

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| countries = {{ruA|ARG}}
{{ruA|ITA}}
{{ru|PRT}}
{{ru|RUS}}

| tournament format = Round-robin

| date = 13 – 24 June 2006

| teams = 4

| matches = 6

| attendance = {{#expr:

+ 0 + 0

}}

| tries ={{#expr:

+ 5 + 7

+ 8 + 5

+ 8 + 3

}}

| top point scorer =

| top try scorer =

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| champions = {{ruA|ARG}}

| count = 1

| runner-up = {{ruA|ITA}}

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20130512231300/http://www.irb.com/nationscup/index.html IRB Nations Cup]

| previous year =

| previous tournament =

| next year = 2007

| next tournament = 2007 IRB Nations Cup

}}

The 2006 IRB Nations Cup was the first 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 (Argentina Jaguars and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania and Russia).See List of international rugby union teams#National teams - tier classification for more information on the Tiers.

The tournament took place between 13 and 24 June at Estádio Universitário in Lisbon, Portugal. Argentina Jaguars were the overall winners.

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

Final standings

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style="border:0px"|2006 IRB Nations Cup

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!bgcolor="#efefef" width="160"|Team

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Played

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Won

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Drawn

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Lost

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Points For

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Points Against

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Points Difference

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Tries For

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Tries Against

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Try Bonus

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Losing Bonus

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20" |Points

|- bgcolor=#D0F0C0 align=center

| 1 ||align=left| {{ruA|ARG}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 114 || 36 || +78 || 14 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 14

|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center

| 2 ||align=left| {{ruA|ITA}} || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 69 || 81 || -12 || 8 || 10 || 1 || 0 || 7

|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center

| 3 ||align=left| {{ru|RUS}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 72 || 113 || -41 || 9 || 14 || 2 || 1 || 7

|- bgcolor=#ffffff align=center

| 4 ||align=left| {{ru|POR}} || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 62 || 87 || -25 || 5 || 10 || 0 || 1 || 3

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|colspan="14" style="border:0px"| Source : [https://web.archive.org/web/20141027220053/http://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=278759.html#argentina+irb+nations+cup 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