2007 IRB Nations Cup

2007 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Argentina XV
 South Africa A
 Georgia
 Italy A
 Namibia
 Romania
Tournament format(s)Modified Round-robin
Date5 – 16 June 2007
Tournament statistics
Teams6
Matches played9
Attendance2,000 (222 per match)
Tries scored42 (4.67 per match)
Top point scorer(s)Peter Grant (Emerging Springboks)
(44 points)
Top try scorer(s)Tonderai Chavhanga (Emerging Springboks)
Marius Delport (Emerging Springboks)
(3 tries)
Final
Champions South Africa A (1st title)
Runners-up Argentina XV
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The 2007 IRB Nations Cup is the second 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, Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Namibia and Georgia).[1]

Originally scheduled to take place in the Tineretului Stadium, Bucharest, Romania,[2] in the event the matches took place at the city's Stadionul Arcul de Triumf.[3]

Argentina Jaguars were the defending champions, but the Emerging Springboks were the overall winners.

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

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2007 IRB Nations Cup
Team Played Won Drawn Lost Points For Points Against Points Difference Tries For Tries Against Try Bonus Losing Bonus Points
1  South Africa A 3 3 0 0 109 24 +85 13 3 1 0 13
2  Argentina XV 3 2 0 1 84 57 +27 11 4 1 0 9
3  Georgia 3 2 0 1 55 62 -7 7 6 0 0 8
4  Romania 3 2 0 1 54 85 -31 4 10 0 0 8
5  Italy A 3 0 0 3 48 68 -20 3 8 0 2 2
6  Namibia 3 0 0 3 47 101 -54 4 11 0 0 0
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

Results

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Round 1

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IRB Report


5 June 2007
17:00 EET (UTC+02)
Georgia 26 – 18 Namibia
Try: Didebulidze
Magrakvelidze
Urjukashvili
Con: Kvirikashvili (1)
Pen: Kvirikashvili (2)
Drop: Kvirikashvili (1)
StatsTry: Visser
van der Westhuizen
Con: Losper (1)
Pen: van der Westhuizen (2)
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 2000
Referee: C Damasco (Italy)

5 June 2007
19:00 EET (UTC+02)
South Africa A 61 – 7 Romania
Try: Brits (2)
Chavhanga
Floors (2)
Joubert
Vermaak (2)
Con: Grant (6)
Pen: Grant (3)
StatsTry: Petre
Con: Vlaicu
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: M Fox (England)

Round 2

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IRB Report


10 June 2007
17:00 EET (UTC+02)
South Africa A 24 – 7 Georgia
Try: Delport (3)
Con: Grant (3)
Pen: Grant (1)
StatsTry: Penalty Try
Con: Kvirikashvili (1)
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: C Damasco (Italy)

10 June 2007
19:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 19 – 8 Italy A
Try: Dumitraș
Fercu
Pen: Calafeteanu (3)
StatsTry: Rosa
Pen: Marcato (1)
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: RS Debney (England)

Round 3

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IRB Report

16 June 2007
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Italy A 20 – 22 Georgia
Try: Sepe
Pen: Orquera (5)
StatsTry: Z Maissuradze
Shkinin
Urjukashvili
Con: Kvirikashvili (2)
Pen: Kvirikashvili (1)
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: RS Debney (England)

16 June 2007
17:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 28 – 16 Namibia
Try: Brezoianu
Con: Calafeteanu (1)
Pen: Calafeteanu (5)
Drop: Calafeteanu (1)
Vlaicu (1)
StatsTry: du Plessis
Con: Losper (1)
Pen: Losper (3)
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

16 June 2007
19:00 EET (UTC+02)
South Africa A 24 – 10 Argentina XV
Try: Chavhanga (2)
Con: Grant (1)
Pen: Grant (3)
Drop: Grant (1)
ReportTry: D Stuart
Con: Fernández (1)
Pen: Fernández (1)
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

Top scorers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ See List of international rugby union teams#National teams - tier classification for more information on the Tiers.
  2. ^ IRB: original schedule Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 15 June 2012
  3. ^ IRB Match Reports on games played at Arcul de Triumf on first Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, second Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine and third Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine days. Accessed: 15 June 2012
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