2015 Rugby League European Championship C

The 2015 European Championship C tournament was the eighth staging of the Rugby League European Bowl tournament played in the respective European countries participating between 26 September to 17 October 2015.

2015 (2015) European Championship C  ()
Number of teams3
Host country Europe
Winner Spain (1st title)
Matches played3
Top try scorer Daniel Garcia (3)
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A preliminary match was played between Latvia and Spain on 9 May 2015 for the third place in the competition. The winner of the competition will join the top three 2014–15 European Championship B nations along with Ireland and Wales in a two group round robin competition to qualify for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[1]

Standings
TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferencePoints
 Spain220011634824
 Malta21016040202
 Greece20024106-1020

Preliminary play-off

Latvia vs Spain
9 May 2015
15:00
Latvia  12–32  Spain
Tries: Ozols 56'
Gabrāns 62'
Garokalns 79'
Goals: Brovackis 0/2
Bajārs 0/1		 Report Tries: Pérez-Fuster 8'
D'Alessandro (3) 27', 35', 38,
Pilkington 46'
Garcia 78'
Goals: Garcia 3/6
Pilkington 1/1
Upesciema Stadionā, Riga
Attendance: 150
Referee: Chris Hancock
Man of the Match: Mikus Ozols, Daniel Garcia

Spain vs Malta
26 September 2015
18:00
Spain  40–30  Malta
Tries: Morro
Garcia (3)
O'Doutres
Puerta
Pilkington
Goals: Garcia 6/7		 Report Tries: Blyton-Keep
Francois Hussain
Burke Zarb
Lynch
Goals: Blyton-Keep 5/5
Polideportivo Quatre Carreres, Valencia
Man of the Match: Daniel Garcia
FB1Daniel Garcia
RW2Hadriel Mehamed González
RC3Alex O'Doutres
LC4Antonio Puerta
LW5Diego Lagunas
SO6Ivan Mendez
SH7Miguel Blanco
PR8Luis Thorp
HK9Gonzalo Morro
PR10Dani Moreno
SR11Cedric Bringuier
SR12Matt Dulley
LF13Aitor Davila
Substitutions:
IC14Ezequiel Perez-Fuster
IC15Andy Pilkington
IC16Isaac Pulgar
IC17Adrian Alonso
Coach:
Darren Fisher
FB1Andrew Muscat
RW2Jean-Pierre Zarb
RC3Sam Blyton-Keep
LC4Christian Briffa
LW5Zachariah Micallef
FE6Robin Cutajar
HB7Danny Burke
PR8Jeremy Dela
HK9Justin Barlogio
PR10Pete Debono
SR11Jake Lynch
SR12Pete Ingham
LK13Chris Parker
Substitutions:
IC14Shan Francois Hussain
IC15Joe Paolella
IC16Joseph Pio Mizzi
IC17Sam Firth
Coach:
Chris Parker

Malta vs Greece
10 October 2015
Malta  30–01  Greece
Notes
  1. ^ Malta were awarded a 30-0 victory by the RLEF after Greece defaulted. The Hellenic Federation of Rugby League has struggled to keep financially stable due to Greece's recent economic troubles. The Greek side was unable to make the trip to Malta following the withdrawal of two sponsors.[2]

Greece vs Spain
17 October 2015
16:30
Greece  4–76  Spain
Tries: Roussos 57'
Goals: Koutsimbogiorgos 0/1		 Report Tries: Puerta (2) 11', 47'
Lopez (2) 24', 64'
Lagunas (2) 33', 75'
Doutres 4'
Blanco 7'
Dulley 16'
Morro 18'
Mehamed González 27'
Thorp 61'
Perez-Fuster 68'
Bringuier 78'
Goals: Doutres 8/12
Ivan Mendez 1/1
Aitor Davila 1/1
FB1Pavlos Polymeneas
RW2Alexandros Kesipis
RC3Konstantinos Arvanitis
LC4Giannis Giannimaras
LW5Andreas Psarakis
SO6Panagiotis Varypatis
SH7Grigoris Koutsimbogiorgos
PR8Panagiotis Papadopoulos
HK9Kostas Roussos
PR10Artemis Pittaras
SR11Panagiotis Karefilis
SR12Alexandros Goumas
LF13Konstantinos Lambrakis
Substitutions:
IC14Vasilis Ventoyrae
IC15Giorgos Zdanov
IC16Touki Arimanana
IC17Giorgin Syti
Coach:
Matthew Ashill
FB1Alex Doutres
RW2Hadriel Mehamed González
RC3Antonio Puerta
LC4Andy Pilkington
LW5Chris Lopez
FE6Ivan Mendez
HB7Miguel Blanco
PR8Luis Thorp
HK9Gonzalo Morro
PR10Adrian Alonso
SR11Cedric Bringuier
SR12Matt Dulley
LK13Aitor Davila
Substitutions:
IC14Diego Lagunas
IC15Ezequiel Perez-Fuster
IC16Dani Moreno
IC17Jose Manuel Munoz
Coach:
Darren Fisher

See also

References
  1. "European Qualifiers for World Cup 2017 Announced". rlif.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. "Greece withdraw from Malta trip". rlef.eu.com. 2015-09-02. Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
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