2022 Rugby Europe Championship

{{Infobox Rugby Europe International Championships

| name = 2022 Rugby Europe Championship

| image =

| imagesize =

| caption =

| date = 5 February 2022 – 20 March 2022

| countries = {{plainlist|

  • {{ru|GEO}}
  • {{ru|NED}}
  • {{ru|POR}}
  • {{ru|ROU}}
  • {{ru|RUS}}
  • {{ru|ESP}}

}}

| champions = {{ru|GEO}}

| count = 14

| grand slam =

| antim cup = {{ru|GEO}}

| count_antim = 15

| kiseleff cup = {{ru|ROU}}

| count_kiseleff = 1

| matches = 12

| attendance = {{#expr:

2700 + 2000 + 7000

+ 0 + 900 + 2700

+ 2500 + 5000

+ 6000 + 6000

+ 1200 + 11000

}}

| tries = {{#expr:

4 + 3 + 7 + 0 + 3 + 3

+ 4 + 5 + 1 + 12 + 4 + 4

+ 9 + 0 + 5 + 3

+ 2 + 4 + 4 + 3

+ 2 + 6 + 6 + 2

}}

| top point scorer = {{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Ordas (55 points)

| top try scorer = {{flagicon|GEO}} Aka Tabutsadze (6 tries)

| previous year = 2021

| previous tournament = 2021 Rugby Europe Championship

| next year = 2023

| next tournament = 2023 Rugby Europe Championship

}}

The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship was the sixth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup).

The 2022 Championship was contested by Georgia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia and Spain.

Georgia enter the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table after winning all of their matches in the 2021 tournament, claiming their 13th title and 10th Grand Slam as a result.{{Cite news|title=Georgia secure fourth consecutive Rugby Europe Championship title|work=Rugby World Cup|url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/649030/georgia-secure-fourth-consecutive-rugby-europe-championship-title|access-date=15 December 2021}}

As in several other sports, Russia were disqualified after Week 3 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the second year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify for the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Participants

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!rowspan="2" width=15% |Nation

!colspan="3"|Stadium

!rowspan="2"|Head coach

!rowspan="2"|Captain

Home stadium

!Capacity

!Location

{{ru|GEO}}

|Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

|54,202

|Tbilisi

|{{flagicon|GEO}} Levan Maisashvili

|Merab Sharikadze

{{ru|NED}}

|NRCA Stadium

|7,000

|Amsterdam

|{{flagicon|NZL}} Zane Gardiner

|Bart Wierenga

{{ru|POR}}

|Campo de Rugby do Jamor

|2,500

|Lisbon

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Patrice Lagisquet

|Tomás Appleton

{{ru|ROU}}

|Stadionul Arcul de Triumf

|8,207

|Bucharest

|{{flagicon|ENG}} Andy Robinson

|Mihai Macovei

{{ru|RUS}}

|Slava Metreveli Central Stadium

|10,200

|Sochi

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Dick Muir

|Victor Gresev

{{ru|ESP}}

|Estadio Nacional Complutense

|15,800

|Madrid

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Santiago Santos

|Fernando López

Table

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width=30px bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|Champions

width=10px bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

|Disqualified

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!rowspan="2"|Pos.

!rowspan="2"|Team

!colspan="4"|Games

!colspan="3"|Points

!colspan="3"|Tries

!rowspan="2"|{{tooltip|TBP|Try BP}}

!rowspan="2"|{{tooltip|LBP|Losing BP}}

!rowspan="2"|{{tooltip|GS|Grand Slam BP}}

!rowspan="2"|Table
points

Played

!Won

!Drawn

!Lost

!For

!Against

!Diff

!For

!Against

!Diff

bgcolor="#ccffcc"

|1

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2style="text-align:left"|{{ru|ROU}}5302153128+251918+111014
3style="text-align:left"|{{ru|ESP}}5401170135+352316+710012*
4style="text-align:left"|{{ru|POR}}521213998+411911+811012{{ref label|Alpha|a}}
5style="text-align:left"|{{ru|NED}}510425212|
187334|
310004{{ref label|Alpha|a}}
bgcolor="#DCDCDC"

|6

style="text-align:left"|{{ru|RUS}}50056275|
1379|
20101
colspan="100%" style="text-align:center"|Source - {{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/rugby-europe-championship-2022/|title = 2022 Rugby Europe Championship standings}}
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 | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
{{note label|Alpha|a}} Georgia, Portugal and Netherlands awarded 4 points for cancelled games against Russia{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/180908_bj_am_re_manual_reic_2018-2019_v2.pdf|title=Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual|publisher=Rugby Europe|access-date=1 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108081622/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/180908_bj_am_re_manual_reic_2018-2019_v2.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2019|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/696563/georgia-qualify-for-rugby-world-cup-2023|title=Georgia qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023 | Rugby World Cup 2023}}
* deducted points{{Cite web | url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/710182/independent-judicial-committee-decision-rugby-world-cup-2023-european-qualifying | title=Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying | Rugby World Cup 2023 }}{{Cite web | url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/wr-independent-judicial-committee-decision-rwc-2023-european-qualifying/?fbclid=IwAR0hNqDOi7_N1hLM-seG052Q1a-zSEXrgU01luhll8A4SDs6azNbb236a0s | title=WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying }}

Fixtures

=Week 1=

{{rugbybox

|date = 5 February 2022

|time = 14:30 EET (UTC+02)

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

|score = 34–25

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/wf3pg4d2/220205-rec22-rouvrus-gamesheet.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 = Cojocaru (2) 11' c, 25' c
Macovei 40' c
Rupanu 72' c

|con1 = Boldor (3/3) 11', 25', 40'
Plai 72'

|pen1 = Boldor (1/2) 38'
Plai (1/1) 72'

|try2 = Penalty try 6'
Parkhomenko (2) 62' c, 75' m

|con2 = Gaisin (1/2) 62'

|pen2 = Gaisin (2/3) 43', 47'

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance = 2,700

|referee = Adam Leal (England)

}}

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Vasile Bălan{{suboff|74}}
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru{{suboff|73}}
TP3Alex Gordaș{{suboff|60}}
LL4Marius Antonescu
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Cristi Chirică{{blood bin|49|58}} {{suboff|64}}
OF7Dragoș Ser{{sin bin|6|16}}
N88Mihai Macovei (c)
SH9Gabriel Rupanu
FH10Tudor Boldor{{suboff|64}}
LW11Nicolas Onuțu
IC12Jason Tomane{{suboff|75}}
OC13Hinckley Vaovasa{{suboff|70}}
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
FB15Marius Simionescu{{yel|80}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Tudor Butnariu{{subon|73}}
PR17Constantin Pristăvița{{subon|74}}
PR18Alexandru Țăruș{{subon|60}}
LK19Marius Iftimiciuc
N820André Gorin{{subon|49}} {{suboff|58}} {{subon|64}}
WG21Paul Popoaia{{subon|70}}
FH22Daniel Plai{{subon|64}}
CE23Alexandru Bucur{{subon|75}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Andy Robinson

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LP1Nikoloz Kazalikashvili{{suboff|57}}
HK2Shamil Magomedov{{suboff|57}}
TP3Kirill Gotovtsev (c){{suboff|64}}
LL4German Silenko{{suboff|76}}
RL5Maxim Gargalîc{{suboff|59}} {{subon|76}}
BF6Victor Arhip{{sin bin|69|79}}
OF7Nikita Bekov{{suboff|74}}
N88Nikita Vavilin
SH9Alexey Sherban{{suboff|62}}
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Vasily Artemyev{{suboff|60}}
IC12German Davydov
OC13Daniil Potikhanov{{suboff|74}}
RW14Andrei Karzanov
FB15Dmitry Sukhin
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Dmitry Parkhomenko{{subon|57}}
PR17Azamat Bitiev{{subon|57}}
PR18Vladimir Podrezov{{subon|64}}
LK19Anton Makarenko{{subon|59}} {{sin bin|77|80}}
FL20Vladimir Geraskin{{subon|74}}
SH21Efim Ryabishchuk{{subon|62}}
WG22Daniil Semenov{{subon|60}}
CE23Victor Kononov{{subon|74}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Dick Muir

|}

Touch judges:


George Selwood (England)


Mike Woods (England)

Television match official:


Rowan Kitt (England)

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{{rugbybox

|date = 5 February 2022

|time = 16:00 CET (UTC+01)

|home = (1 TBP) {{ru-rt|ESP}}

|score = 43–0

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/xtbgy0bb/220205-rec22-espvned-gamesheet.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|try1 = Usárraga 10' c
López 23' c
Jorba 38' m
Gimeno 44' c
Ordas 56' m
Minguillon 65' m
Ovejero 71' c

|con1 = Ordas (3/6) 11', 24', 45'
Bélie (1/1) 72'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 2,000

|referee = Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

}}

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Fernando López (c){{suboff|46}}
HK2Marco Pinto{{suboff|46}}
TP3Jon Zabala{{suboff|27}} {{subon|40}} {{suboff|46}}
LL4Manuel Mora{{suboff|51}}
RL5Víctor Sánchez
BF6Asier Usárraga{{suboff|67}}
OF7Matthew Foulds
N88Facundo Domínguez
SH9Guillaume Rouet{{suboff|57}}
FH10Manuel Ordas
LW11Julen Goia{{suboff|48}}
IC12Álvar Gimeno
OC13Fabien Perrin{{suboff|60}}
RW14Jordi Jorba
FB15Gauthier Minguillon
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Gavin van den Berg{{subon|46}}
HK17Santiago Ovejero{{subon|46}}
PR18Joel Merkler{{subon|27}} {{suboff|40}} {{subon|46}}
LK19Aníbal Bonan{{subon|51}}
FL20Michael Hogg{{subon|67}}
SH21Tomás Munilla{{subon|57}}
FB22Mathieu Bélie{{subon|48}}
CE23Bautista Güemes{{subon|60}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Santiago Santos

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

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width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Hugo Langelaan{{suboff|58}}
HK2Ross Bennie-Coulson{{sin bin|22|32}} {{suboff|51}}
TP3Andrew Darlington{{suboff|51}}
LL4Christopher van Leeuwen
RL5Louis Bruinsma{{suboff|51}}
BF6Christopher Raymond{{blood bin|25|32}} {{suboff|68}}
OF7Wolf van Dijk
N88Dirk Danen (c)
SH9Caleb Korteweg{{suboff|51}}
FH10David Weersma
LW11Daan van der Avoird
IC12Oliva Sialau
OC13Bart Wierenga{{suboff|1}}
RW14Jordy Hop
FB15Te Hauora Campbell
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Mike Mbaud{{subon|25}} {{suboff|32}} {{subon|51}}
PR17Robin Moenen{{subon|58}}
PR18Lodi Buijs{{subon|51}}
LK19Dennis van Dijken{{subon|51}}
FL20Jade Plane{{subon|68}}
SH21Mark Coebergh{{subon|51}}
FH22Mees van Oord{{subon|1}} {{suboff|64}}
CE23Storm Carroll{{subon|64}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Zane Gardiner

|}

Touch judges:


Manuel Bottino (Italy)


Leonardo Masini (Italy)

Television match official:


Emanuele Tomo (Italy)

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{{rugbybox

|date = 6 February 2022

|time = 15:00 GET (UTC+04)

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

|score = 25–25

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/iyelvd0w/220206-rec22-geovpor-gamesheet.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Tabutsadze 29' c
Kerdikoshvili 40' m
Jalagonia 64' c

|con1 = Abzhandadze (2/3) 30', 64'

|pen1 = Abzhandadze (2/2) 26', 46'

|try2 = Cardoso Pinto 36' m
Marta 50' c
Lima 58' c

|con2 = Marques (2/3) 52', 59'

|pen2 = Marques (2/2) 10', 28'

|stadium = Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi

|attendance = 7,000

|referee = Romain Poite (France)

}}

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

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Guram Gogichashvili{{suboff|55}} {{subon|68}}
HK2Vano Karkadze{{suboff|46}}
TP3Beka Gigashvili{{suboff|22}}
LL4Grigor Kerdikoshvili{{suboff|61}}
RL5Lasha Jaiani
BF6Otar Giorgadze{{suboff|67}}
OF7Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
N88Tornike Jalagonia
SH9Gela Aprasidze
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Mirian Modebadze{{sin bin|48|58}} {{suboff|59}}
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c){{blood bin|59|67}}
OC13Demur Tapladze
RW14Aka Tabutsadze
FB15Lasha Khmaladze
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Luka Nioradze{{subon|46}}
PR17Mikheil Nariashvili{{subon|55}}
PR18Luka Japaridze{{subon|22}} {{suboff|68}}
LK19Nodar Tcheishvili{{subon|61}}
FL20Nikoloz Aptsiauri{{subon|67}}
SH21Vasil Lobzhanidze
CE22Lasha Lomidze{{subon|59}} {{suboff|67}}
WG23Davit Meskhi{{subon|59}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Levan Maisashvili

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Francisco Fernandes{{suboff|52}}
HK2Lionel Campergue{{blood bin|19|30}} {{suboff|40}}
TP3Diogo Hasse Ferreira{{suboff|59}} {{subon|67}}
LL4José Madeira
RL5Jean Sousa{{suboff|64}}
BF6João Granate{{suboff|61}}
OF7Steevy Cerqueira{{suboff|61}}
N88Rafael Simões
SH9Samuel Marques
FH10Jerónimo Portela{{suboff|55}}
LW11Rodrigo Marta{{suboff|59}}
IC12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC13José Lima
RW14Vincent Pinto
FB15Manuel Cardoso Pinto
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Geoffrey Moïse{{subon|52}}
HK17Duarte Diniz{{subon|19}} {{suboff|30}} {{subon|40}}
PR18João Mateus{{subon|59}} {{suboff|67}}
LK19Duarte Torgal{{subon|64}}
FL20David Wallis{{subon|61}}
N821Thibault de Freitas{{subon|61}}
SH22Pedro Lucas{{subon|55}}
WG23Simão Bento{{subon|59}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Patrice Lagisquet

|}

Touch judges:


Ludovic Cayre (France)


Stéphane Boyer (France)

Television match official:


Denis Grenouillet (France)

=Week 2=

{{rugbybox

|date = 12 February 2022

|time = 13:00 MSK (UTC+03)

|home = (1 LBP) {{ru-rt|RUS}}

|score = 37–41

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/k0xnz1ul/rec22-rusvesp.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|ESP}}

|try1 = Gresev 30' c
Ryabishchuk 33' c
Davydov 61' c
Zhivatov 76' c

|con1 = Gaisin (4/4) 30', 34', 62', 77'

|pen1 = Gaisin (3/3) 9', 42', 66'

|try2 = Gimeno 3' c
Minguillon (2) 16' m, 36' m
Pinto 40' m
Ovejero 80' c

|con2 = Ordas (2/5) 3', 80'

|pen2 = Ordas (4/4) 27', 59', 65', 71'

|stadium = Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi

|attendance = 0

|referee = Andrea Piardi (Italy)

}}

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Nikoloz Kazalikashvili{{suboff|60}}
HK2Dmitry Parkhomenko{{suboff|49}}
TP3Vladimir Podrezov{{suboff|49}}
LL4Maxim Gargalîc{{suboff|60}}
RL5Anton Makarenko{{sin bin|40|50}} {{suboff|50}}
BF6Victor Arhip
OF7Nikita Vavilin
N88Victor Gresev (c)
SH9Efim Ryabishchuk{{suboff|60}}
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Vasily Artemyev{{suboff|65}}
IC12German Davydov
OC13Daniil Potikhanov
RW14Andrei Karzanov
FB15Dmitry Sukhin
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Shamil Magomedov{{subon|49}} {{yel|80}}
PR17Azamat Bitiev{{subon|60}}
PR18Nikoloz Narmania{{subon|49}}
LK19Nikita Bekov{{subon|60}}
FL20Vitaly Zhivatov{{subon|50}}
SH21Alexey Sherban{{subon|60}}
CE22Dmitry Gerasimov{{subon|65}}
WG23Daniil Potikhanov
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Dick Muir

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Fernando López (c){{suboff|51}}
HK2Marco Pinto{{suboff|62}}
TP3Jon Zabala{{suboff|62}} {{subon|74}}
LL4Lucas Guillaume{{suboff|2}}
RL5Manuel Mora
BF6Matthew Foulds{{suboff|41}}
OF7Frédéric Quercy
N88Facundo Domínguez
SH9Guillaume Rouet{{suboff|71}}
FH10Manuel Ordas
LW11Gauthier Minguillon{{suboff|74}}
IC12Álvar Gimeno{{suboff|29}} {{subon|37}}
OC13Fabien Perrin{{suboff|77}}
RW14Jordi Jorba{{suboff|69}}
FB15Charly Malié{{sin bin|50|60}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu{{subon|51}}
HK17Santiago Ovejero{{subon|62}}
PR18Joel Merkler{{subon|62}} {{sin bin|73|80}}
LK19Víctor Sánchez{{subon|2}}
FL20Gautier Gibouin{{subon|41}}
SH21Tomás Munilla{{subon|71}}
FH22Mathieu Bélie{{subon|69}}
CE23Bautista Güemes{{subon|29}} {{suboff|37}} {{subon|77}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Santiago Santos

|}

Touch judges:


Federico Vedovelli (Italy)


Filippo Bertelli (Italy)

Television match official:


Stefano Roscini (Italy)

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{{rugbybox

|date = 12 February 2022

|time = 13:15 CET (UTC+01)

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

|score = 10–72

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/uvij2ygn/nedvgeo.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|GEO}} (1 TBP)

|try1 = Danen 49' c

|con1 = Weersma (1/1) 50'

|pen1 = Weersma (1/1) 17'

|try2 = Giorgadze (3) 8' m, 46' c, 59' c
Tabutsadze (2) 14' m, 38' m
Japaridze 24' c
Lobzhanidze (2) 28' c, 53' c
Jalagonia 52' c
Modebadze 66' m
Chkoidze (2) 76' m, 82' m

|con2 = Abzhandadze (6/12) 25', 29', 47', 53', 54', 60'

|stadium = NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance = 900

|referee = Ludovic Cayre (France)

}}

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Hugo Langelaan{{suboff|65}}
HK2Mark Darlington{{suboff|54}}
TP3Andrew Darlington{{suboff|43}}
LL4Dennis van Dijken{{suboff|65}}
RL5Jim Boelrijk{{suboff|54}}
BF6Louis Bruinsma
OF7Spike Salman
N88Dirk Danen (c)
SH9Caleb Korteweg{{suboff|54}}
FH10David Weersma{{suboff|65}}
LW11Daan van der Avoird{{suboff|54}}
IC12Oliva Sialau
OC13Bart Wierenga
RW14Jordy Hop
FB15Te Hauora Campbell
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Ross Bennie-Coulson{{subon|54}}
PR17Robin Moenen{{subon|65}}
PR18Lodi Buijs{{subon|43}}
LK19Liam Stone{{subon|54}}
LK20Jade Plane{{subon|65}}
SH21Hugo Schöller{{subon|54}}
FH22Mees van Oord{{subon|65}}
WG23Jules Godfroy{{subon|54}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Zane Gardiner

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Mikheil Nariashvili{{suboff|51}}
HK2Vano Karkadze{{suboff|61}}
TP3Luka Japaridze{{suboff|51}}
LL4Nodar Tcheishvili{{suboff|61}}
RL5Lasha Jaiani
BF6Otar Giorgadze
OF7Giorgi Tsutskiridze{{suboff|68}}
N88Tornike Jalagonia
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze{{suboff|61}}
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Davit Meskhi
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c){{suboff|54}}
OC13Demur Tapladze
RW14Aka Tabutsadze{{suboff|65}}
FB15Lasha Khmaladze
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Giorgi Chkoidze{{subon|610}}
PR17Guram Gogichashvili{{subon|51}}
PR18Nikoloz Khatiashvili{{subon|51}}
LK19Giorgi Javakhia{{subon|61}}
FL20Sandro Mamamtavrishvili{{subon|68}}
SH21Gela Aprasidze{{subon|61}}
CE22Tornike Kakhoidze{{subon|54}}
WG23Mirian Modebadze{{subon|65}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Levan Maisashvili

|}

Touch judges:


Cédric Marchat (France)


Stéphane Crapoix (France)

Television match official:


Patrick Pechambert (France)

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{{rugbybox

|date = 12 February 2022

|time = 17:30 EET (UTC+02)

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

|score = 37–27

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/qq5f0rr4/rouvpor-full-time.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}}

|try1 = Ser 40' c
Cojocaru 54' c
Savin 67' c
Gorin 80' c

|con1 = Melinte (3/3) 41', 55', 67'
Plai (1/1) 80'

|pen1 = Melinte (3/3) 5', 36', 75'

|try2 = Lima 24' m
Marta 31' c
Pinto (2) 37' c, 49' m

|con2 = Marques (2/4) 33', 39'

|pen2 = Marques (1/1) 28'

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance = 2,700

|referee = Frank Murphy (Ireland)

}}

style="width:100%"
style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Vasile Bălan{{suboff|46}}
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru{{suboff|79}}
TP3Alex Gordaș{{suboff|46}}
LL4Marius Antonescu{{suboff|79}}
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Cristi Chirică{{suboff|46}}
OF7Dragoș Ser
N88Mihai Macovei (c)
SH9Gabriel Rupanu{{suboff|50}}
FH10Daniel Plai
LW11Marius Simionescu
IC12Jason Tomane
OC13Hinckley Vaovasa
RW14Ionuț Dumitru{{suboff|79}}
FB15Ionel Melinte
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Tudor Butnariu{{subon|79}}
PR17Alexandru Savin{{subon|46}}
PR18Alexandru Țăruș{{subon|46}}
LK19Marius Iftimiciuc{{subon|79}}
N820André Gorin{{subon|46}}
SH21Florin Surugiu{{subon|50}}
CE22Vlăduț Popa
WG23Nicolas Onuțu{{subon|79}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Andy Robinson

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Francisco Fernandes{{suboff|51}}
HK2Lionel Campergue{{suboff|22}}
TP3Diogo Hasse Ferreira{{suboff|51}} {{subon|75}}
LL4José Madeira
RL5Rafael Simões
BF6João Granate{{suboff|68}}
OF7Steevy Cerqueira
N88Thibault de Freitas{{suboff|56}}
SH9Samuel Marques{{sin bin|52|62}}
FH10Jorge Abecasis
LW11Rodrigo Marta
IC12Tomás Appleton (c){{suboff|68}}
OC13José Lima
RW14Vincent Pinto
FB15Manuel Cardoso Pinto{{suboff|77}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Geoffrey Moïse{{subon|51}}
HK17Duarte Diniz{{subon|22}}
PR18Cody Thomas{{subon|51}} {{suboff|75}}
LK19Duarte Torgal{{subon|56}} {{suboff|77}}
FL20David Wallis{{subon|68}}
CE21Pedro Bettencourt{{subon|68}}
SH22Pedro Lucas{{subon|77}}
FB23Simão Bento{{subon|77}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Patrice Lagisquet

|}

Touch judges:


Oisin Quinn (Ireland)


Nigel Correll (Ireland)

Television match official:


Leo Colgan (Ireland)

=Week 3=

{{rugbybox

|date = 26 February 2022

|time = 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

|home = (1 TBP) {{ru-rt|POR}}

|score = 59–3

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/cuippzjt/portugal-netherlands-final.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|try1 = Belo 14' c
Diniz 22' m
Bettencourt (2) 30' c, 63' c
Simões (2) 38' c, 43' m
Marta 47' c
Storti 54' c
Antunes 76'

|con1 = Antunes (7/9) 15', 31', 39', 48', 55', 64', 77'

|pen2 = Te Hauora Campbell (1/1) 1'

|stadium = Campo de Rugby Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha

|attendance = 2,500

|referee = Federico Vedovelli (Italy)

}}

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

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Francisco Fernandes{{suboff|59}}
HK2Duarte Diniz{{suboff|45}}
TP3Anthony Alvès{{suboff|52}}
LL4José Madeira
RL5José Rebelo de Andrade{{suboff|65}}
BF6Steevy Cerqueira
OF7David Wallis
N88Rafael Simões{{suboff|57}}
SH9João Belo{{suboff|61}}
FH10Jerónimo Portela{{suboff|72}}
LW11Rodrigo Marta
IC12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC13Pedro Bettencourt
RW14Dany Antunes
FB15Nuno Sousa Guedes{{suboff|41}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16David Costa{{subon|59}}
HK17Nuno Mascarenhas{{subon|45}}
PR18Diogo Hasse Ferreira{{subon|52}}
FL19João Granate{{subon|65}}
N820Manuel Picão{{subon|57}}
SH21João Dias{{subon|61}}
CE22José Lima{{subon|72}}
WG23Raffaele Storti{{subon|41}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Patrice Lagisquet

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Hugo Langelaan{{suboff|65}}
HK2Ross Bennie-Coulson{{suboff|56}}
TP3Lodi Buijs{{suboff|65}}
LL4Dennis van Dijken
RL5Jim Boelrijk{{suboff|50}}
BF6Christopher Raymond
OF7Spike Salman
N88Dave Koelman{{sin bin|34|44}} {{suboff|44}}
SH9Mark Coebergh{{suboff|50}}
FH10Mees van Oord{{suboff|50}}
LW11Daan van der Avoird{{suboff|68}}
IC12Oliva Sialau
OC13Bart Wierenga (c)
RW14Jordy Hop
FB15Te Hauora Campbell
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Mike Mbaud{{subon|56}}
PR17Robin Moenen{{subon|65}}
PR18Gabor Besuijen{{subon|65}}
LK19Monty Leverstein{{subon|50}}
FL20Liam Stone{{subon|44}}
SH21Caleb Korteweg{{subon|50}}
CE22Storm Caroll{{subon|50}}
CE23Daily Limmen{{subon|68}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Zane Gardiner

|}

Touch judges:


Riccardo Angelucci (Italy)


Simone Boaretto (Italy)

Television match official:


Alan Falzone (Italy)

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 27 February 2022

|time = 12:45 CET (UTC+01)

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

|score = 38–21

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/qs5lrt20/espvrou-27022022.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}}

|try1 = Marco Pinto 6' c
Foulds 10' c
Quercy (2) 19' c, 59' c
Gimeno 27' c

|con1 = Ordas (5/5) 7', 11', 20', 27', 60'

|pen1 = Ordas (1/1) 55'

|try2 = Hinckley Vaovasa (2) 16' c, 65' c
Marius Simionescu 70' c

|con2 = Plai (3/3) 17', 66', 71'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 5,000

|referee = Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

}}

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

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Fernando López (c){{suboff|47}}
HK2Marco Pinto{{suboff|44}}
TP3Jon Zabala{{suboff|58}}
LL4Lucas Guillaume
RL5Manuel Mora{{sin bin|77|80}}
BF6Matthew Foulds{{suboff|45}}
OF7Frédéric Quercy
N88Afaese Tauli{{sin bin|14|24}} {{suboff|71}}
SH9Guillaume Rouet{{suboff|62}}
FH10Manuel Ordas{{suboff|66}}
LW11Gauthier Minguillon
IC12Álvar Gimeno
OC13Fabien Perrin
RW14Jordi Jorba
FB15Charly Malié{{suboff|60}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu{{subon|47}}
HK17Santiago Ovejero{{subon|44}}
PR18Joel Merkler{{subon|58}}
LK19Víctor Sánchez{{subon|71}}
FL20Facundo Domínguez{{subon|45}}
SH21Tomás Munilla{{subon|62}}
FH22Mathieu Bélie{{subon|60}}
FB23Iñaki Mateu{{subon|66}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Santiago Santos

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Alexandru Savin{{suboff|53}}
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru{{suboff|53}}
TP3Alexandru Țăruș{{suboff|55}}
LL4Marius Antonescu{{suboff|50}}
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Mihai Macovei (c)
OF7Dragoș Ser
N88André Gorin{{suboff|50}}
SH9Florin Surugiu{{suboff|50}}
FH10Daniel Plai
LW11Marius Simionescu
IC12Jason Tomane{{suboff|62}}
OC13Hinckley Vaovasa
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
FB15Ionel Melinte{{suboff|55}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Florin Bărdașu{{subon|53}}
PR17Vasile Bălan{{subon|53}}
PR18Costel Burțilă{{subon|53}}
LK19Florian Roșu{{subon|50}}
FL20Cristi Chirică{{subon|50}}
SH21Gabriel Rupanu{{subon|50}}
CE22Vlăduț Popa{{subon|62}}
WG23Nicolas Onuțu{{subon|55}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Andy Robinson

|}

Touch judges:


Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)


Jonny Perriam (Scotland)

Television match official:


Neil Paterson (Scotland)

----

{{rugbybox

|date = N/A

|time = N/A

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

|score = Cancelled[https://www.world.rugby/news/693011/world-rugby-confirms-sporting-sanctions-for-russia World Rugby confirms sporting sanctions for Russia and Belarus]

|report = N/A

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|drop1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|drop2 =

|stadium = N/A

|attendance = N/A

|referee = N/A

}}

  • Georgia awarded 4 points.

=Week 4=

{{rugbybox

|date = N/A

|time = N/A

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

|score = Cancelled

|report = N/A

|away = {{ru|NED}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|drop1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|drop2 =

|stadium = N/A

|attendance = N/A

|referee = N/A

}}

  • Netherlands awarded 4 points.

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 12 March 2022

|time = 17:30 EET (UTC+02)

|home = (1 LBP) {{ru-rt|ROU}}

|score = 23–26

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/iq5pso51/220312-gamesheet-rec22-rouvgeo.pdf Rerport]

|away = {{ru|GEO}}

|try1 = Cojocaru 7' m
Bărdașu 73' c

|con1 = Melinte (2/2) 39', 73'

|pen1 = Melinte (3/4) 17', 21', 43'

|try2 = Lobzhanidze 9' c
Sharikadze 28' c
Todua 34' c
Tabutsadze 70' m

|con2 = Abzhandadze (3/4) 10', 28', 34'

|stadium = Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Ben Breakspear (Wales)

}}

style="width:100%"
style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Andrei Ursache{{suboff|71}}
HK2Ovidiu Cojocaru{{suboff|69}}
TP3Vasile Bălan
LL4Marius Iftimiciuc
RL5Adrian Moțoc
BF6Cristi Chirică{{suboff|71}}
OF7Dragoș Ser
N88Mihai Macovei (c){{suboff|69}}
SH9Gabriel Rupanu{{suboff|51}}
FH10Tudor Boldor{{suboff|46}}
LW11Marius Simionescu{{suboff|63}}
IC12Jason Tomane
OC13Nicolas Onuțu
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
FB15Ionel Melinte
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Florin Bărdașu{{subon|69}}
PR17Constantin Pristăvița{{subon|71}}
PR18Costel Burțilă
FL19Florian Roșu{{subon|71}}
N820André Gorin{{subon|69}}
SH21Florin Surugiu{{subon|51}}
FH22Daniel Plai{{subon|46}}
CE23Vlăduț Popa{{subon|63}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Andy Robinson

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Mikheil Nariashvili{{suboff|40}}
HK2Shalva Mamukashvili{{suboff|59}}
TP3Beka Gigashvili{{suboff|56}}
LL4Lasha Jaiani
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze{{suboff|48}}
BF6Luka Ivanishvili
OF7Beka Saghinadze
N88Tornike Jalagonia
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze{{suboff|56}}
FH10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW11Alexander Todua
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC13Giorgi Kveseladze
RW14Aka Tabutsadze{{sin bin|5|15}}
FB15Davit Niniashvili
colspan="4"|Replacements:
HK16Jaba Bregvadze{{subon|59}}
PR17Guram Gogichashvili{{subon|40}}
PR18Nikoloz Khatiashvili{{subon|56}}
LK19Grigor Kerdikoshvili{{subon|48}}
FL20Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
SH21Gela Aprasidze{{subon|56}} {{sin bin|63|73}}
FB22Lasha Khmaladze
CE23Demur Tapladze
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Levan Maisashvili

|}

Touch judges:


Gareth Newman (Wales)


Mark Butcher (Wales)

Television match official:


Elgan Williams (Wales)

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 13 March 2022

|time = 12:45 CET (UTC+01)

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

|score = 33–28

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/ggnaoby1/220313-gamesheet-rec-espvpor.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|POR}} (1 LBP)

|try1 = Zabala 7' m
Quercy (2) 17' c, 25' c
Pinto 38' m

|con1 = Ordas (2/4) 18', 26'

|pen1 = Ordas (3/3) 44', 51', 58'

|try2 = Bento 10' c
Bettencourt 32' c
Madeira 79' m

|con2 = Marques (2/2) 11', 33'

|pen2 = Marques (3/3) 6', 46', 54'

|stadium = Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid

|attendance = 6,000

|referee = Tual Trainini (France)

}}

style="width:100%"
style="vertical-align:top; width:50%"|

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

width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Fernando López (c){{suboff|44}}
HK2Marco Pinto{{suboff|48}} {{subon|77}}
TP3Jon Zabala{{suboff|66}}
LL4Lucas Guillaume
RL5Manuel Mora
BF6Matthew Foulds{{suboff|71}}
OF7Frédéric Quercy
N88Afaese Tauli{{suboff|62}}
SH9Guillaume Rouet{{suboff|66}}
FH10Manuel Ordas{{suboff|68}}
LW11Gauthier Minguillon{{suboff|74}}
IC12Álvar Gimeno
OC13Fabien Perrin{{suboff|76}}
RW14Jordi Jorba
FB15Charly Malié{{sin bin|79|80}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16Thierry Futeu{{subon|44}}
HK17Santiago Ovejero{{subon|48}} {{suboff|77}}
PR18Joel Merkler{{subon|66}}
LK19Víctor Sánchez{{subon|71}}
N820Facundo Domínguez{{subon|62}}
SH21Tomás Munilla{{subon|66}}
FH22Bautista Güemes{{subon|68}}
CE23Alejandro Alonso{{subon|76}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Santiago Santos

|style="vertical-align:top"|

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

cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="margin:auto"
width="25"|width="25"|
LP1Francisco Fernandes{{suboff|59}}
HK2Loic Bournonville{{suboff|50}}
TP3Anthony Alves{{suboff|54}}
LL4José Madeira
RL5Jean Sousa{{suboff|67}}
BF6Steevy Cerqueira
OF7David Wallis{{suboff|50}}
N88Rafael Simões{{suboff|26}} {{subon|36}} {{suboff|40}} {{subon|67}}
SH9Samuel Marques{{suboff|77}}
FH10Jerónimo Portela
LW11Rodrigo Marta
IC12José Lima (c)
OC13Pedro Bettencourt
RW14Vincent Pinto{{suboff|63}}
FB15Simão Bento{{suboff|58}}
colspan="4"|Replacements:
PR16David Costa{{subon|59}}
HK17Nuno Mascarenhas{{subon|50}}
PR18Diogo Hasse Ferreira{{subon|54}}
LK19José Maria de Andrade{{subon|50}}
N820Thibault de Freitas{{subon|26}} {{suboff|36}} {{subon|40}}
SH21João Belo{{subon|77}}
WG22Raffaele Storti{{subon|63}}
FB23Manuel Cardoso Pinto{{subon|58}}
colspan="4"|Coach:
colspan="4"| Patrice Lagisquet

|}

Touch judges:


David Beun (France)


Christophe Bultet (France)

Television match official:


Eric Briquet-Campin (France)

=Week 5=

{{rugbybox

|date = 19 March 2022

|time = 13:00 CET (UTC+01)

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

|score = 12–38

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/gjehahjl/220319-rec22-nedvrou-gamesheet.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|ROU}} (1 TBP)

|try1 = Weersma 34' m
Raymond 40' c

|con1 = Weersma (1/2) 40'

|try2 = Rupanu 3' c
Vaovasa 14' c
Dumitru 17' c
Cojocaru 28' m
Bucur 71' m
Macovei 77' c

|con2 = Melinte (4/6) 3', 15', 17'm 77'

|stadium = NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam

|attendance = 1,200

|referee = Ben Blain (Scotland)

}}

Touch judges:
Ru Campbell (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)
Television match official:
Andrew Mac Menemy (Scotland)

----

{{rugbybox

|date = N/A

|time = N/A

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

|score = Cancelled

|report = N/A

|away = {{ru|RUS}}

|try1 =

|con1 =

|pen1 =

|drop1 =

|try2 =

|con2 =

|pen2 =

|drop2 =

|stadium = N/A

|attendance = N/A

|referee = N/A

}}

  • Portugal awarded 4 points.

----

{{rugbybox

|date = 20 March 2022

|time = 18:00 GET (UTC+04)

|home = (1 TBP) {{ru-rt|GEO}}

|score = 49–15

|report = [https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/media/oosoznzt/220320-rec22-geovesp-gamesheet.pdf Report]

|away = {{ru|ESP}}

|try1 = Tabutsadze (2) 27' c, 68' c
Giorgadze (2) 34' m, 73' c
Sharikadze 62' c
Chkoidze 80' c

|con1 = Abzhandadze (5/6) 28', 63', 69', 74', 80'

|pen1 = Abzhandadze (2/3) 15', 54'

|drop1 = Lobzhanidze (1/1) 3'

|try2 = Jorba 24' m
Ovejero 49' c

|con2 = Ordas (1/2) 51'

|pen2 = Ordas (1/2) 8'

|stadium = Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/competitions/rugby-europe-championship-2022/georgia-v-spain/|title=Georgia v Spain}}

|attendance = 11,000

|referee = Craig Evans (Wales)

}}

Touch judges:
Ben Breakspear (Wales)
Ian Davies (Wales)
Television match official:
Jon Mason (Wales)

International broadcasters

class="wikitable"
width=15% |Country

!Broadcaster{{Cite web|url=https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/news/where-to-watch-rugby-europe-championship-2022/|title=Where to Watch: Rugby Europe Championship 2022}}

!Summary

{{Flag|Georgia}}

|[https://www.facebook.com/RugbyTVGeorgia Rugby TV]
Imedi TV

|Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on [https://www.facebook.com/RugbyTVGeorgia Rugby TV] Facebook page

{{Flag|Netherlands}}

|Ziggo

|Selected games live on Ziggo Sport

{{Flag|Portugal}}

|RTP

|Portugal games shown live via RTP 2 and their VoD service [http://www.rtp.pt/play RTP Play]

{{Flag|Romania}}

|TVR

|Romania games shown live via TVR 1

{{Flag|Russia}}

|Спортивный (Tricolor TV)
[https://kino.tricolor.tv/channels/watch/nash-sport-20/ Наш спорт 20]

|Russia games shown live via Спортивный (Tricolor TV) and available via streaming through their VoD service [https://kino.tricolor.tv/channels/watch/nash-sport-20/ Наш спорт 20] (Russia only)

{{Flag|Spain}}

|Teledeporte
[https://www.rtve.es/play/deportes/ RTVE.es]

|Spain games shown live via Teledeporte and available via streaming through their VoD service [https://www.rtve.es/play/deportes/ TVE Play]

{{Flag|France}}

|[https://www.RUGBYZONE.TV RugbyZone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201110916/https://rugbyzone.tv/ |date=2022-02-01 }}

|All games available through streaming via [https://www.RUGBYZONE.TV RugbyZone] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220201110916/https://rugbyzone.tv/ |date=2022-02-01 }}

North America

|FloSports

|All games available through streaming via FloSports

Rest of the World

|[https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/ Rugby Europe]

|All games available through streaming via [https://www.rugbyeurope.tv/ Rugby Europe] (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCos7Q3U8Mb1_jaLzBCEXz3Q Rugby Europe Youtube channel]

See also

References