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2014 IRB Nations Cup

{{Infobox European Rugby Cup season

| name = 2014 IRB Nations Cup

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| countries = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
{{ru|ROU}}
{{ru|RUS}}
{{ru|URU}}

| tournament format = Round-robin

| date = 13 – 22 June 2014

| teams = 4

| matches = 6

| attendance = {{#expr:

}}

| tries = 31

| points = 268

| top point scorer = {{flagicon|ROM}} Florin Vlaicu (32 points){{cite web|url=http://www.irb.com/nationscup/statistics/playerStatistics.html |title=Nations Cup |publisher=IRB |accessdate=14 June 2014 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407060902/http://www.irb.com/nationscup/statistics/playerStatistics.html |archivedate=7 April 2014 }}

| top try scorer = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Craig Gilroy (4 tries)

| attendance2 =

| champions = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland

| count =

| runner-up = {{ru|ROM}}

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

| previous year = 2013

| previous tournament = 2013 IRB Nations Cup

| next year = 2015

| next tournament = 2015 World Rugby Nations Cup

}}

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. {{nrut|Romania}} were joined by {{nrut|Uruguay}}, Emerging Ireland and ENC side {{nrut|Russia}} and defended the title they won in 2012 and 2013.{{cite web | url=http://www.irb.com/nationscup/archive/tcode=10513/season=2013/overview.html | archive-url=https://archive.today/20140401172415/http://www.irb.com/nationscup/archive/tcode=10513/season=2013/overview.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=April 1, 2014 | title=2013: Romanian delight at title defence | publisher=International Rugby Board | accessdate=1 April 2014 }} All of the fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the home stadium for the hosts {{nrut|Romania}}.{{cite web | title=Nations Cup central to RWC 2015 preparations | url=http://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2070900.html#nations+cup+central+rwc+2015+preparations | publisher=International Rugby Board | date=1 April 2014 | accessdate=1 April 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408023015/http://www.irb.com/nationscup/news/newsid=2070900.html#nations+cup+central+rwc+2015+preparations | archive-date=2014-04-08 |url-status = dead}}

The Emerging Ireland team won the title for the first time and Robin Copeland was named as the player of the tournament.{{cite web|url = http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/international/2014/0623/625860-ireland-romania/|title= Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland|date=23 June 2014|work=RTE Sport|accessdate=4 September 2014}}{{cite web|url = http://www.espn.co.uk/scrum/rugby/match/220531.html|title= Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland|date=23 June 2014|work=ESPN|accessdate=4 September 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thescore.ie/emerging-ireland-romania-rugby-1531603-Jun2014/|title=Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland|date=23 June 2014|work=The Score|accessdate=4 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904174056/http://www.thescore.ie/emerging-ireland-romania-rugby-1531603-Jun2014/|archive-date=2014-09-04|url-status = dead}}

Standings

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!rowspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef" width="150"|Team

!colspan="4" bgcolor="#efefef" width="100"|Games

!colspan="3" bgcolor="#efefef" width="60"|Points

!colspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef" width="40"|Tries

!colspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef" width="40"|Bounus points

!rowspan="2" bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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| 1

align=left| {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland3300148131352113015
style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"

| 2

align=left| {{ru|ROM}}32016465–167008
style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"

| 3

align=left| {{ru|URU}}31023291–59210004
style="background:#fff; text-align:center;"

| 4

align=left| {{ru|RUS}}30032499–75213022
align=left|

| colspan="14" style="border:0;"| Source : [https://web.archive.org/web/20120625102821/http://www.irb.com/nationscup/standings/index.html 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=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 13 June 2014{{cite web | url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/rugby/irish-international/2014/0401/605919-emerging-ireland-to-compete-in-romania/ | title=Emerging Ireland to compete in Romania | publisher=RTÉ | date = 1 April 2014 | accessdate = 1 April 2014}}

|time = 16:00 EET (UTC+2)

|home = Emerging Ireland {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}}

|score = 66 – 0
Abandoned
at 49'

|report = Report{{cite news|title=Russia left thunderstruck by Ireland|url=https://www.worldrugby.org/news/34678?lang=en|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=World Rugby|date=13 June 2014}}

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 = 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

|con1 = Keatley (5/7) 7', 11', 27', 29', 35'
Hanrahan (3/3) 37', 42', 45'

|pen2 = Gaysin (0/1) 15'

|stadium =

|attendance =

|referee = Ian Davies (Wales)

}}

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
FB15Johne Murphy
RW14Craig Gilroy
OC13Eoin Griffin
IC12Stuart McCloskey
LW11Andrew Conway
FH10Ian Keatley{{suboff|35}}
SH9Paul Marshall
N88Robin Copeland
OF7Tommy O'Donnell
BF6Dominic Ryan (c)
RL5Dave Foley
LL4Michael Kearney
TP3Michael Bent{{suboff|46}}
HK2Niall Annett{{suboff|40}}
LP1Callum Black
colspan=3|Replacements:
HK16James Tracy{{subon|40}}
PR17John Ryan{{subon|46}}
LK18Billy Holland
FL19Sean Dougall
SH20Luke McGrath
FH21JJ Hanrahan{{subon|35}}
CE22Brendan Macken
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Dan McFarland

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|

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FB15Igor Klyuchnikov
RW14Mikhail Babaev
OC13German Davydov
IC12Alexey Makovetskiy
LW11Igor Galinovskiy
FH10Ramil Gaysin
SH9Alexander Ianiushkin{{suboff|46}}
N88Victor Gresev
OF7Andrey Temnov
BF6Andrey Garbuzov
RL5Denis Antonov
LL4Alexander Voytov (c){{suboff|46}}
TP3Sergey Sekisov
HK2Stanislav Selskiy{{sin bin|46|56}}
LP1Alexey Volkov{{suboff|46}}
colspan=3|Replacements:
HK16Valery Tsnobiladze
PR17Grigory Tsnobiladze{{subon|46}}
LK18Alexander Bezverkhov
FL19Artem Fatakhov{{subon|46}}
FL20Pavel Butenko
SH21Alexey Shcherban{{subon|46}}
FH22Sergey Ianiushkin
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA}} {{Interlanguage link|Raphaël Saint-André|fr}}

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Cristian Serban (Romania)


Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)


Television match official:


Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 13 June 2014

|time = 19:00 EET (UTC+2)

|home = {{ru-rt|ROM}}

|score = 34 – 16

|report = IRB

|away = {{ru|URU}}

|try1 = Turashvili 35' c
Macovei 45' c
Ionita 74' m

|con1 = Vlaicu (2/3) 36', 46'

|pen1 = Vlaicu (4/4) 5', 11', 53', 58'

|drop1 = Vlaicu (1/1) 25'

|try2 = Gibernau 29' c

|con2 = Prada (1/1) 30'

|pen2 = Prada (3/4) 24', 26', 61'

|stadium =

|attendance =

|referee = Chris Assmus (Canada)

}}

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style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|

{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
FB15Gabriel Conache
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
OC13Csaba Gál
IC12Florin Vlaicu
LW11Florin Ioniță
FH10Filip Lazăr{{suboff|66}}
SH9Florin Surugiu{{suboff|78}}
N88Daniel Carpo
OF7Mihai Macovei (c)
BF6Viorel Lucaci{{suboff|60}}
RL5Marius Sirbe
LL4Valentin Popârlan{{suboff|66}}
TP3Constantin Pristăviță{{suboff|75}}
HK2Otar Turashvilicolspan=2| {{blood bin|14|23}}
LP1Horaţiu Pungea{{suboff|48}}{{subon|75}}
colspan=3|Replacements:
HK16Eugen Căpăţână{{subon|14}}{{suboff|23}}
PR17Alexandru Ţăruş{{subon|48}}
LK18Dorin Lazăr{{subon|60}}
N819Vlad Nistor{{subon|66}}
CE20Catalin Robert Dascalu{{subon|66}}
SH21Valentin Ivan{{subon|78}}
FH22Daniel Statulescu
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Lynn Howells

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FB15Gastón Mieres
RW14Santiago Gibernau
OC13Joaquín Prada
IC12Alberto Roman
LW11Gaston Gibernau{{suboff|53}}
FH10Alejo Durán{{suboff|53}}
SH9Guillermo Lijtenstein
N88Alejandro Nieto
OF7Diego Magno{{suboff|65}}
BF6Juan de Freitas{{suboff|69}}
RL5Franco Lamanna{{sin bin|62|72}}
LL4Cristofer Soares De Lima{{suboff|49}}
TP3Juan Echeverría{{suboff|49}}{{subon|78}}
HK2Nicolás Klappenbach (c){{suboff|69}}
LP1Alejo Corral{{suboff|78}}
colspan=3|Replacements:
PR16Carlos Arboleya{{subon|49}}
PR17Mateo Sanguinetti{{subon|69}}
LK18Mathias Braun{{subon|49}}
FL19Fernando Bascou{{subon|65}}
FL20Agustin Alonso{{subon|69}}
FB21Jerónimo Etcheverry{{subon|53}}
WG22Federico Favaro{{subon|53}}
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|URU}} Pablo Lemoine

|}

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|

Touch judges:


Razvan Vasiliu (Romania)


Gabriel Seitan (Romania)


Television match official:


Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

=Matchday 2=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 18 June 2014

|time = 16:00 EET (UTC+2)

|home = Emerging Ireland {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}}

|score = 51 – 3

|report = Report{{cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/32082.php|title=Emerging Ireland Enjoy Back-To-Back Bonus Point Wins|website=Irish Rugby|date=18 June 2014|accessdate=14 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140620231516/http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/32082.php|archive-date=20 June 2014|url-status = dead}}

|away = {{ru|URU}}

|try1 = Gilroy 7' c
Kearney 24' c
Butler (2) 33' m, 51' c
Holland 64' c
Marshall 75' m

|con1 = Hanrahan (5/6) 8', 25', 52', 61', 65'

|pen1 = Hanrahan (2/2) 20', 40'
Keatley (1/1) 80'

|drop1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 = Prada (1/2) 4'

|drop2 =

|stadium =

|attendance =

|referee = Marius Mitrea (Italy)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 18 June 2014

|time = 19:00 EET (UTC+2)

|home = {{ru-rt|ROM}}

|score = 20 – 18

|report = Report{{cite news|title=Romania keep Nations Cup title defence alive|url=https://www.worldrugby.org/news/34690|accessdate=8 March 2018|work=World Rugby|date=18 June 2014}}

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 = Penalty Try 70',78'

|con1 = Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 71',79'

|pen1 = Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 8',36'

|drop1 =

|try2 = Andrey Temnov 32', Vladimir Ostroushko 56'

|con2 = Ramil Gaysin (1/2) 33'

|pen2 = Ramil Gaysin (2/3) 22',50'

|drop2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance =

|referee = Chris Assmus

}}

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{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"

width="25"|width="25"|
FB15Gabriel Conache
RW14Stephen Hihetah
OC13Catalin Robert Dascalu
IC12Florin Vlaicu
LW11Ionut Dumitru
FH10Filip Lazăr{{suboff|50}}
SH9Florin Surugiu{{suboff|64}}
N88Daniel Carpo
OF7Dorin Lazăr{{suboff|48}}
BF6Mihai Macovei(c)
RL5Marius Sirbe
LL4Marian Drenceanu{{suboff|45}}
TP3Alexandru Tarus{{suboff|64}}
HK2Eugen Capatana{{suboff|47}}{{subon|64}}
LP1Ionel Badiu{{suboff|48}}
colspan=3|Replacements:
HK16Otar Turashvili{{subon|47}}{{suboff|64}}
PR17Horatiu Pungea{{subon|50}}
LK18Valentin Popârlan{{sin bin|49|59}}{{subon|45}}
N819Viorel Lucaci{{sin bin|51|61}}{{subon|48}}
CE20Csaba Gál{{subon|50}}
SH21Valentin Ivan{{subon|50}}
FH22Andrei Ilie
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|WAL}} Lynn Howells

|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
FB15Igor Klyuchnikov{{suboff|68}}
RW14Mikhail Babaev
OC13Dmitry Gerasimov
IC12Alexey Makovetskiy
LW11Vladimir Ostroushko
FH10Ramil Gaysin
SH9Alexander Ianiushkin{{suboff|61}}
N88Victor Gresev{{sin bin|76|80 }}{{suboff|48}}
OF7Andrey Temnov
BF6Pavel Butenko{{suboff|64}}
RL5Artem Fatakhov{{suboff|69}}
LL4Alexander Voytov(c){{sin bin|8|18}}
TP3Andrey Igretsov{{sin bin|45|55}}{{suboff|68}}
HK2Valery Tsnobiladze{{sin bin|69|79}}
LP1Grigory Tsnobiladze
colspan=3|Replacements:
PR16Stanislav Selskiy{{subon|69}}
PR17Alexander Bezverkhov{{subon|48}}{{suboff|55}}{{subon|68}}{{suboff|76}}
LK18Denis Antonov
FL19Yevgeny Matveyev{{subon|64}}
FL20Igor Galinovskiy{{subon|68}}
FB21Alexey Shcherban{{subon|61}}
WG22Sergey Ianiushkin
colspan=3|Coach:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA}} Raphaël Saint-André

|}

style="width:100%"

|

Touch judges:


Cristian Serban (Romania)


Bogdan Gordin (Romania)


Television match official:


Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

=Matchday 3=

{{Rugbybox

|date = 22 June 2014

|time = 16:00 EET (UTC+2)

|home = {{ru-rt|RUS}}

|score = 6 – 13

|report = Report{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrugby.org/match/14607|title=Russia 6 – 13 Uruguay|website=World Rugby|accessdate=8 March 2018}}

|away = {{ru|URU}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 = Kushnarev (2/4) 11', 14'

|drop1 =

|try2 = Lamanna 60' c

|con2 = Prada (1/1) 61'

|pen2 = Prada (2/5) 52', 77'

|drop2 =

|stadium =

|attendance =

|referee = Marius Mitrea (Italy)

}}

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{{Rugbybox

|date = 22 June 2014

|time = 19:00 EET (UTC+2)

|home = {{ru-rt|ROM}}

|score = 10 – 31

|report = Report{{cite web|url=http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/32096.php|title=Emerging Ireland Are Nations Cup Champions|website=Irish Rugby|date=22 June 2014|accessdate=8 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904215038/http://www.irishrugby.ie/rugby/fixturesandresults/32096.php|archive-date=4 September 2014|url-status = dead}}

|away = {{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland

|try1 = Penalty try 78'

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|drop1 = Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 13'

|try2 = Dominic Ryan 28' c
Craig Gilroy 31' c
Robin Copeland 41' c
Penalty try 80'

|con2 = Ian Keatley (3/3) 31', 36', 50'

|pen2 = Ian Keatley (1/2) 3'

|drop2 =

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf

|attendance =

|referee = Ian Davies (Wales)

}}

Top scorers

{{Col-start}}

{{Col-2}}

=Top points scorers=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Player

!Team

!Points

style="text-align:center;"| 1Florin Vlaicu{{ru|ROM}}style="text-align:center;"| 32
style="text-align:center;"| 2Ian Keatley{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandstyle="text-align:center;"| 27
style="text-align:center;"| 3Joaquin Prada{{ru|URU}}style="text-align:center;"| 22
style="text-align:center;"| 4Craig Gilroy{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandstyle="text-align:center;"| 20
style="text-align:center;"| 5Andrew Conway{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandstyle="text-align:center;"| 15
style="text-align:center;"| 6JJ Hanrahan{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandstyle="text-align:center;"| 12
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 7Robin Copeland{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandrowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 10
Paul Marshall{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
style="text-align:center;"| 9Ramil Gaysin{{ru|RUS}}style="text-align:center;"| 8
style="text-align:center;"| 10Yuri Kushnarev{{ru|RUS}}style="text-align:center;"| 6

{{Col-2}}

=Top try scorers=

class="wikitable"
Rank

!Player

!Team

!Tries

style="text-align:center;"| 1Craig Gilroy{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandstyle="text-align:center;"| 4
style="text-align:center;"| 2Andrew Conway{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandstyle="text-align:center;"| 3
rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 3Robin Copeland{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandrowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 2
Paul Marshall{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
rowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| 5Niall Annett{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Irelandrowspan="11" style="text-align:center;"| 1
Santiago Gibernau{{ru|URU}}
Florin Ionita{{ru|ROM}}
Ian Keatley{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
Mihai Macovei{{ru|ROM}}
Tommy O'Donnell{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
Dominic Ryan{{flagicon|IRE|rugby union}} Emerging Ireland
Otar Turashvili{{ru|ROM}}
Franco Lamanna{{ru|URU}}
Andrey Temnov{{ru|RUS}}
Vladimir Ostroushko{{ru|RUS}}

{{Col-end}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130512231300/http://www.irb.com/nationscup/index.html}}

{{Nations Cup}}

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