2017 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2017 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. It is the inaugural Championship under its new format, that saw Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia and Spain compete for the title.

2017 Rugby Europe Championship
Date11 February – 18 March 2017
Countries
Tournament statistics
Champions Romania (5th title)
Antim Cup Romania (6th title)
Matches played15
Attendance114,976 (7,665 per match)
Tries scored79 (5.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Bradley Linklater (51)
Top try scorer(s) Giorgi Koshadze (4)
Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (4)
Official websiteRugby International Championship
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This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also served as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualifies as Europe 1.[1] As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, in the event of a Georgian win, the runner-up will take the Europe 1 qualification spot. In respect of matters relating to the eligibility of players, following a full review of the evidence, including statements and submissions from World Rugby, Rugby Europe, Belgium, Romania, Spain and Russia, the independent committee found: Belgium had fielded one or more ineligible players on 7 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) Romania has fielded one ineligible player on 8 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) Spain had fielded one or more ineligible players on 9 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 8 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying) In respect of the sanctions, pursuant to Regulation 18, the independent committee determined the following: The deduction of 5 points for any match in which a union fielded an ineligible player (40-point deduction for Spain, and a 30-point deduction for both Belgium and Romania). Therefore, based on a re-modelling of the Rugby Europe Championship tables in the context of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying, Russia would qualify as Europe 1 into Pool A replacing Romania and Germany will replace Spain in the European play-off against Portugal. As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction were not be applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament.[2]

Table
Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
Place Nation Games Points Tries Try
BP		 Losing
BP		 Grand Slam
BP		 Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
4 Romania540112278+44169+721019*
1 Georgia540113644+92194+1521019
5 Spain53029154+3795+410013*
2 Russia5203107117–10141401009
3 Germany5203121201–801428−140008
6 Belgium500570153–83719−120202*
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win - 4 points
Draw - 2 points
At least 3 or more tries than opponent - 1 point
Loss within 7 points - 1 point
Loss greater than 7 points - 0 points
Completing a Grand Slam - 1 points (not counted towards World Cup qualification)[3]
*As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction should not be applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament (para 51). [4][5][6]

Fixtures

Week 1
11 February 2017
13:15 CET (UTC+01)
Germany  41–38  Romania (1 LBP)
Try: Penalty try 34' c
Otto 36' c
Barber (2) 57' c, 70' c
Coetzee 74' c
Con: Parkinson (5/5) 34', 37', 57', 71', 75'
Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 7'
Drop: Parkinson (1/1) 18'
 Gamesheet Try: Ursache (2) 19' c, 46' c
Umaga 23' c
Dumitru (2) 29' c, 49' c
Con: Vlaicu (5/5) 20', 24', 30', 47', 50'
Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 3'
Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Maxime Chalon (France)
LP1Julius Nostadt 58'
HK2Michail Tyumenev 53'
TP3Damien Tussac
LL4Eric Marks
RL5Michael Poppmeier (c) 48'
BF6Jacobus Otto
OF7Sebastian Ferreira
N88Jarrid Els
SH9Tim Menzel 48'
FH10Raynor Parkinson
LW11Marcel Coetzee
IC12Carlo Sotera-Merz 51'
OC13Clemens von Grumbkow
RW14Steffen Liebig
FB15Harris Aounallah 57'
Replacements:
HK16Dash Barber 53'
PR17Jörn Schröder
PR18Samy Füchsel 58'
N819Timo Vollenkemper 48'
FL20Kehoma Brenner
FH21Christopher Hilsenbeck 57'
SH22Sean Armstrong 48'
CE23Jamie Murphy 51'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter
LP1Mihăiţă Lazăr (c)
HK2Otar Turashvili 50'
TP3Andrei Ursache 58'
LL4Valentin Popârlan
RL5Johan van Heerden
BF6Viorel Lucaci
OF7Vlad Nistor
N88Andrei Gorcioaia 73'
SH9Florin Surugiu 76'
FH10Jody Rose 17' to 27'
LW11Stephen Shennan
IC12Florin Vlaicu
OC13Jack Umaga
RW14Ionuț Dumitru
FB15Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK16Eugen Căpățână 50'
PR17Constantin Pristăviță
PR18Alexandru Țăruș 58'
LK19Ionuț Mureșan
FL20Dorin Lazăr
SH21Valentin Calafeteanu 76'
WG22Mădălin Lemnaru
WG23Luke Samoa 73'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Dely Mathieu (France)
Vallon Alexandre (France)

11 February 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium  6–31  Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Williams 42', 56'
 Gamesheet Try: Tkhilaishvili 21' c
Koshadze 37' c
Penalty try 75' c
Gorgadze 80+10' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (3/3) 22', 37', 75'
Malaghuradze (1/1) 80+10'
Pen: Kvirikashvili 12'
King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
LP1Lucas Sotteau 2'
HK2Thomas Dienst 79'
TP3Jean-Baptiste de Clercq
LL4Brieuc Corradi 40'
RL5Thomas Vervoort 52'
BF6Tom Coupe 29' to 39'
OF7Baptiste Lescarboura
N88Thomas Demolder
SH9Julien Berger
FH10Kevin Williams (c) 80+1'
LW11Charles Reynaert
IC12Guillaume Brebant
OC13Guillaume Piron
RW14Craig Dowsett
FB15Nicolas Meeus 40'
Replacements:
HK16Max Dubois 79'
PR17Sep de Backer 27' to 37' 2' 52'
LK18Bertrand Billi 40'
FL19Gillian Benoy 52'
CE20Nathan Bontems
SH21Tom Cocqu 80+1'
FH22Alan Williams 40'
PR23Christopher Debaty 29' 39' 52'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP1Giorgi Tetrashvili 52'
HK2Badri Alkhazashvili 80+6'
TP3Giorgi Melikidze 52'
LL4Giorgi Nemsadze
RL5Nodar Tcheishvili 52'
BF6Lasha Lomidze
OF7Giorgi Tkhilaishvili 80+8'
N88Beka Gorgadze
SH9Giorgi Begadze 80+6'
FH10Lasha Khmaladze
LW11Alexander Todua
IC12Merab Sharikadze 80+6'
OC13Giorgi Koshadze
RW14Giorgi Pruidze
FB15Merab Kvirikashvili (c) 51' to 61' 80+6'
Replacements:
HK16Giorgi Chkoidze 80+6'
PR17Tornike Mataradze 52'
PR18Soso Bekoshvili 52'
FL19Otar Giorgadze 52'
FL20Giorgi Tsutskiridze 80+8'
SH21Vazha Khutsishvili 80+6'
FH22Lasha Malaguradze 80+6'
FB23Beka Tsiklauri 80+6'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Sean Brickell (Wales)
Stuart Kibble (Wales)

11 February 2017
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  16–6  Russia
Try: Bélie 7' c
Con: Linklater (1/1) 8'
Pen: Linklater 5', 20', 80'
 Gamesheet Pen: Kushnarev 11', 34'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
LP1Fernando López Pérez 65'
HK2Beñat Auzqui
TP3Jesús Moreno Rodríguez 47'
LL4Iñaki Villanueva 50'
RL5David Barrera
BF6Pierre Barthère
OF7Gautier Gibouin
N88Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
SH9Guillaume Rouet
FH10Mathieu Bélie
LW11Jordi Jorba
IC12Daniel Snee 50'
OC13Fabien Perrin
RW14Sébastien Ascarat
FB15Bradley Linklater
Replacements:
HK16Francisco Blanco Alonso 65'
PR17Unai Lasa Arratibel
LK18Jonathan Garcia 47'
FL19Aníbal Bonán 50'
LK20Víctor Sánchez Borrego
SH21Sébastien Rouet
WG22Thibaut Álvarez 50'
CE23Javier Carrión
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP1Andrei Polivalov
HK2Valery Tsnobiladze 61'
TP3Azamat Bitiev 61'
LL4Andrei Garbuzov 75'
RL5Evgeny Elgin
BF6Viktor Gresev
OF7Pavel Butenko
N88Anton Rudoy 74' to 80+1'
SH9Alexei Shcherban
FH10Yuri Kushnarev 51'
LW11Igor Galinovskiy
IC12Sergey Trishin
OC13Dmitri Gerasimov
RW14Vasily Artemyev (c)
FB15Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK16Nazir Gasanov 61'
PR17Vladimir Podrezov
PR18Evgeni Pronenko 61'
FL19Dmitri Krotov 75'
FL20Tagir Gadzhiev
SH21Anton Riabov
FH22Sergey Sugrobov
FB23Igor Kurashov 51'
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin

Touch judges:
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Richard Kerr (Ireland)

Week 2
18 February 2017
13:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  13–3  Spain
Try: Florin Vlaicu 15' c
Con: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 16'
Pen: Luke Samoa (0/1)
Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 29', 57'
Jack Umaga (0/1)
 Gamesheet Pen: Bradley Linklater (1/2) 20'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 3,750
Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)
LP1Mihăiţă Lazăr (c)
HK2Otar Turashvili 64'
TP3Andrei Ursache 67'
LL4Valentin Popârlan 77'
RL5Johan van Heerden
BF6Viorel Lucaci 77'
OF7Vlad Nistor
N88Dorin Lazăr
SH9Florin Surugiu 64'
FH10Luke Samoa
LW11Stephen Shennan
IC12Florin Vlaicu
OC13Jack Umaga
RW14Ionuț Dumitru 70'
FB15Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK16Eugen Căpățână 64'
PR17Constantin Pristăviță
PR18Alexandru Țăruș 67'
LK19Ionuț Mureșan 77'
FL20Andrei Gorcioaia 77'
SH21Valentin Calafeteanu 64'
WG22Mădălin Lemnaru
FH23Jody Rose 70'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP1Fernando López Pérez 62'
HK2Beñat Auzqui 73'
TP3Jonathan Garcia 30'
LL4Iñaki Villanueva 62'
RL5David Barrera 58'
BF6Pierre Barthère
OF7Gautier Gibouin
N88Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
SH9Guillaume Rouet 68'
FH10Mathieu Bélie
LW11Jordi Jorba
IC12Thibaut Álvarez 52'
OC13Fabien Perrin
RW14Javier Carrión 76'
FB15Bradley Linklater
Replacements:
HK16Francisco Blanco Alonso 62'
PR17Stephen Barnes 73'
PR18Alberto Blanco Alonso 30'
LK19David González 58'
LK20Víctor Sánchez Borrego 62'
SH21Sébastien Rouet 68'
FH22Daniel Snee 52'
WG23Federico Casteglioni Algorriz 76'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
Stefano Roscini (Italy)

18 February 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Belgium  18–25  Russia
Try: Muric 36' m
Demolder 47' c
Con: Williams (1/2) 47'
Pen: Williams (2/3) 5', 62'
 Gamesheet Try: Gresev 3' c
Garbuzov 10' m
Elgin 80' c
Con: Kushnarev (2/3) 3', 80'
Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 55', 71'
King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Salem Atallah (France)
LP1Martin Bonnel 41'
HK2Thomas Dienst
TP3Jean-Baptiste de Clercq 57'
LL4Tuur Moelants 72'
RL5Thomas Vervoort 50'
BF6Gillian Benoy
OF7Baptiste Lescarboura
N88Thomas Demolder
SH9Tom Cocqu 70'
FH10Julien Berger (c)
LW11Ervin Muric
IC12Nathan Bontems 64'
OC13Jens Torfs
RW14Charles Reynaert
FB15Alan Williams
Replacements:
HK16Max Dubois
PR17Christopher Debaty 57'
FL18Amin Hamzaoui
FL19Paul van Laer 50'
CE20Louis Debatty 72'
FH21Kevin Williams 70'
CE22Guillaume Brebant 64'
PR23Sep de Backer 41'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP1Andrei Polivalov 74'
HK2Valery Tsnobiladze 59'
TP3Evgeni Pronenko 49'
LL4Andrei Garbuzov (c)
RL5Evgeny Elgin
BF6Viktor Gresev
OF7Pavel Butenko 59'
N88Anton Rudoy
SH9Alexei Shcherban
FH10Yuri Kushnarev
LW11Igor Galinovskiy 75'
IC12Sergey Sugrobov
OC13Dmitri Gerasimov
RW14Igor Kurashov
FB15Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK16Nazir Gasanov 59'
PR17Vladimir Podrezov 74'
PR18Azamat Bitiev 49'
FL19Dmitri Krotov 59'
FL20Bogdan Fedotko
SH21Anton Riabov
FH22Alexei Mikhaltsov 75'
FB23Konstantin Uzunov
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin

Touch judges:
Nicolas Datas (France)
Bruno Gabaldon (France)

19 February 2017
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia  50–6  Germany
Try: Koshadze (2) 3' c, 27' c
Pruidze 17' c
Tkhilaishvili (2) 47' m, 68' c
Gorgadze (2) 56' m, 64' m
Sharikadze 80' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (4/7) 4', 18', 28', 69'
Koshadze (1/1) 80+1'
 Gamesheet Pen: Parkinson (2/3) 8', 24'
Rustavi Rugby Stadium, Rustavi
Attendance: 3,300
Referee: Max Burlet (Belgium)
LP1Tornike Mataradze 72' to 80+1'
HK2Badri Alkhazashvili 30'
TP3Soso Bekoshvili 54'
LL4Giorgi Nemsadze 68'
RL5Nodar Tcheishvili 57'
BF6Lasha Lomidze
OF7Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
N88Beka Gorgadze
SH9Giorgi Begadze 57'
FH10Revaz Jinchvelashvili
LW11Alexander Todua
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC13Giorgi Koshadze
RW14Giorgi Pruidze
FB15Merab Kvirikashvili 78'
Replacements:
HK16Giorgi Chkoidze 30' 48'
PR17Giorgi Tetrashvili 48'
PR18Lasha Tabidze 54'
LK19Giorgi Mchedlishvili 68'
FL20Saba Shubitidze 57'
SH21Gela Aprasidze 57' 62'
FH22Lasha Khmaladze 78'
FH23Lasha Malaguradze 62'
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP1Julius Nostadt 22'
HK2Dash Barber 65'
TP3Samy Füchsel 77'
LL4Robert May 60'
RL5Eric Marks (c)
BF6Tom Behrendt 50'
OF7Sebastian Ferreira
N88Timo Vollenkemper
SH9Sean Armstrong (c)
FH10Raynor Parkinson
LW11Alistair Ledingham 50'
IC12Jamie Murphy
OC13Marcel Coetzee
RW14Oliver Paine 68'
FB15Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK16Dale Garner 65'
PR17Jörn Schröder 22'
PR18Anthony Dickinson 77'
LK19Sven van Niekerk 60'
FL20Jarrid Els 50'
WG21Mark Sztyndera 68'
FH22Daniel Koch
CE23Mathieu Docau 50'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter

Touch judges:
John Catteau (Belgium)
Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium)

Week 3
4 March 2017
13:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia  10–30  Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Morozov 79' c
Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 79'
Pen: Kushnarev 40'
 Gamesheet Try: Badiu 6' c
Lemnaru 26' c
Popârlan 69' m
Rose 80' m
Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 8', 27'
Pen: Calafeteanu 45', 47'
Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
LP1Andrei Polivalov 60'
HK2Valery Tsnobiladze 60'
TP3Innokentiy Zykov 71'
LL4Bogdan Fedotko 54'
RL5Evgeny Elgin 64'
BF6Viktor Gresev
OF7Pavel Butenko
N88Anton Rudoy
SH9Alexei Shcherban 60'
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Denis Simplikevich
IC12Dmitri Gerasimov
OC13Vasily Artemyev (c)
RW14Igor Galinovskiy
FB15Yuri Kushnarev
Replacements:
HK16Nazir Gasanov 60'
PR17Valery Morozov 60'
PR18Azamat Bitiev 55'
FL19Dmitri Krotov 64'
FL20Andrei Temnov 71'
FB21Konstantin Uzunov 60'
FH22Alexei Mikhaltsov
FB23Igor Kurashov
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin
LP1Ionel Badiu 46'
HK2Otar Turashvili 71'
TP3Alexandru Țăruș 52'
LL4Marius Antonescu 61'
RL5Johan van Heerden
BF6Mihai Macovei (c)
OF7Vlad Nistor
N88Andrei Gorcioaia
SH9Valentin Calafeteanu
FH10Florin Vlaicu 40'
LW11Mădălin Lemnaru
IC12Sione Faka'osilea
OC13Jack Umaga
RW14Ionuț Dumitru 77'
FB15Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK16Eugen Căpățână 71'
PR17Constantin Pristăviță 46'
PR18Alex Gordaș 52'
LK19Valentin Popârlan 61'
LK20Ionuț Mureșan
SH21Florin Surugiu
FH22Jody Rose 64' to 74' 40'
WG23Stephen Shennan 77'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Kieran Barry (Ireland)
Karol Collins (Ireland)

4 March 2017
16:00 CET (UTC+01)
Spain  10–20  Georgia
Try: Gavidi 22' c
Con: Linklater (1/1) 23'
Pen: Linklater 2'
 Gamesheet Try: Tkhilaishvili 49' c
Matiashvili 57' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (2/2) 50', 58'
Pen: Kvirikashvili 20', 78'
Estadio Municipal, Medina del Campo
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
LP1Fernando López Pérez 41'
HK2Stephen Barnes 41'
TP3Alberto Blanco Alonso 41' 76' 79'
LL4Ilaitia Gavidi 54' to 60' 76' to 79'
RL5Víctor Sánchez Borrego 61'
BF6Iñaki Villanueva
OF7Javier Canosa Schack 46'
N88Gautier Gibouin (c)
SH9Sébastien Rouet 61'
FH10Mathieu Bélie 52'
LW11Jordi Jorba
IC12Thibaut Álvarez
OC13Daniel Snee
RW14Federico Casteglioni Algorriz 69'
FB15Bradley Linklater
Replacements:
HK16Francisco de Blanco Alonso 41'
PR17Beñat Auzqui 41'
PR18Jon Zabala Arrieta 69' to 79' 41'
LK19Lucas Guillaume 54' 60' 61'
N820Matthew Foulds 46'
SH21Juan Ramos Martín 61'
CE22Alvar Gimeno Soria 52'
CE23Gauthier Minguillon 69'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP1Giorgi Tetrashvili 52'
HK2Shalva Mamukashvili 52'
TP3Soso Bekoshvili 58'
LL4Giorgi Nemsadze
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze 75'
BF6Otar Giorgadze 55'
OF7Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
N88Lasha Lomidze
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze 59'
FH10Lasha Khmaladze
LW11Alexander Todua 76'
IC12Merab Sharikadze (c) 17'
OC13David Kacharava
RW14Soso Matiashvili
FB15Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK16Jaba Bregvadze 52'
PR17Tornike Mataradze 52'
PR18Lasha Tabidze 58'
FL19Giorgi Tsutskiridze 55'
FL20Saba Shubitidze 75'
SH21Giorgi Begadze 59'
CE22Badri Liparteliani 17'
FB23Beka Tsiklauri 76'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Wayne Davies (Wales)
Justin Williams (Wales)

4 March 2017
16:15 CET (UTC+01)
Germany  34–29  Belgium (1 LBP)
Try: Otto 6' c
Els 33' c
Armstrong 45' c
Murphy 67' c
Con: Parkinson (4/4) 6', 34', 46', 67'
Pen: Parkinson (2/2) 9', 15'
 Gamesheet Try: Williams 52' c
Pearce 60' m
Muric 77' m
Con: Williams (1/3) 53'
Pen: Williams (4/4) 3', 20', 65', 80+1'
Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach
Attendance: 4,126
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
LP1Julius Nostadt 78'
HK2Dash Barber 53'
TP3Samy Füchsel 78'
LL4Eric Marks
RL5Robert May 53'
BF6Jacobus Otto
OF7Sebastian Ferreira
N88Jarrid Els
SH9Sean Armstrong (c) 70'
FH10Raynor Parkinson 76' to 80+1'
LW11Pierre Mathurin 20'
IC12Clemens von Grumbkow
OC13Marcel Coetzee
RW14Steffen Liebig
FB15Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK16Michail Tyumenev 53'
PR17Jörn Schröder 78'
PR18Christopher Howells 78'
N819Timo Vollenkemper
FL20Kehoma Brenner 53'
SH21Tim Menzel 70'
CE22Oliver Paine
CE23Jamie Murphy 20'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter
LP1Sep de Backer (c) 53'
HK2Max Dubois 43'
TP3Jean-Baptiste de Clercq 55'
LL4Tuur Moelants
RL5Thomas Vervoort
BF6Gillian Benoy 43'
OF7Baptiste Lescarboura 43'
N88Thomas Demolder
SH9Julien Berger
FH10Alan Williams
LW11Ervin Muric 68'
IC12Nathan Bontems 21'
OC13Jens Torfs
RW14Louis Debatty 47'
FB15Charles Reynaert
Replacements:
HK16Thomas Dienst 43'
PR17Christopher Debaty 55'
LK18Bertrand Billi 43'
FL19Paul van Laer 43'
CE20Guillaume Brebant 68'
SH21Tom Cocqu 21'
WG22Kevin Williams 47'
PR23James Pearce 53'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Jorge Molpeceres (Spain)
Marc Riera (Spain)

Week 4
11 March 2017
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Belgium  17–33  Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Reynaert 42' c
De Clercq 54' c
Con: Williams (2/2) 43', 55'
Pen: Williams 66'
 Gamesheet Try: Cobden (2) 9' c, 20' c
Lucaci 49' c
Gordaș 71' c
Vlaicu 77' m
Con: Vlaicu (4/5) 10', 21', 51', 82'
King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Claudio Biessano (Italy)
LP1Sep de Backer 40'
HK2Thomas Dienst 61'
TP3Jean-Baptiste de Clercq 61'
LL4Tuur Moelants
RL5Clement Veeckman 45'
BF6Gillian Benoy
OF7Bertrand Billi
N88Brieuc Corradi 73'
SH9Tom Cocqu
FH10Kevin Williams
LW11Craig Dowsett 52'
IC12Nathan Bontems
OC13Jens Torfs (c) 76'
RW14Charles Reynaert
FB15Alan Williams
Replacements:
HK16Max Dubois 61'
PR17Christopher Debaty 61'
LK18Sven d'Hooghe 73'
FL19Baptiste Lescarboura 45'
CE20Hendrik Brouwers
FB21Nicolas Meeus 52'
FB22Florian Piron 76'
PR23Julien Massimi 40'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP1Ionel Badiu
HK2Eugen Căpățână 78'
TP3Alexandru Țăruș 56'
LL4Johan van Heerden
RL5Marius Antonescu 60'
BF6Viorel Lucaci 70'
OF7Mihai Macovei (c)
N88Andrei Gorcioaia
SH9Valentin Calafeteanu 78'
FH10Florin Vlaicu 78'
LW11Jack Cobden
IC12Sione Faka'osilea
OC13Jack Umaga
RW14Mădălin Lemnaru 70'
FB15Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK16Andrei Radoi 78'
PR17Constantin Pristăviță
PR18Alex Gordaș 56'
LK19Valentin Popârlan 60'
LK20Dorin Lazăr 70'
SH21Florin Surugiu 78'
FH22Jody Rose 78'
WG23Stephen Shennan 70'
Coach:
Lynn Howells

Touch judges:
Stefano Bolzonella (Italy)
Francis Giacomini (Italy)

11 March 2017
16:15 CET (UTC+01)
Germany  15–32  Spain
Try: Otto 54' m
Marks 66' c
Con: Parkinson (1/2) 67'
Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 10'
 Gamesheet Try: Linklater 4' c
Casteglioni Algorriz 26' c
Jorba 36' m
Rouet 39' c
Con: Linklater (3/4) 5', 26', 40'
Pen: Linklater (2/3) 13', 62'
Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)
LP1Julius Nostadt 76'
HK2Michail Tyumenev 44'
TP3Samy Füchsel
LL4Eric Marks
RL5Timo Vollenkemper 44'
BF6Jacobus Otto
OF7Sebastian Ferreira
N88Jarrid Els
SH9Sean Armstrong (c) 22'
FH10Raynor Parkinson
LW11Pierre Mathurin
IC12Jamie Murphy
OC13Marcel Coetzee 54' to 64'
RW14Bastian Himmer 69'
FB15Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
PR16Jörn Schröder 76'
PR17Christopher Howells
LK18Robert May
HK19Dash Barber 44'
FL20Kehoma Brenner 44'
SH21Tim Menzel 22'
CE22Oliver Paine 76'
CE23Rafael Pyrasch 69' 76'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter
LP1Beñat Auzqui 71'
HK2Marco Pinto Ferrer 54' to 64' 71'
TP3Jesús Moreno Rodríguez 56'
LL4David Barrera
RL5Iñaki Villanueva 56'
BF6Pierre Barthère 58' to 65' 71'
OF7Gautier Gibouin
N88Jaime Nava de Olano (c)
SH9Guillaume Rouet 71'
FH10Mathieu Bélie 76'
LW11Jordi Jorba
IC12Daniel Snee
OC13Fabien Perrin 41'
RW14Federico Casteglioni Algorriz
FB15Bradley Linklater
Replacements:
PR16Fernando López Pérez 58' 65' 71'
HK17Juan Anaya Lazaro 71'
PR18Alberto Blanco Alonso 56'
LK19David González 71'
FL20Aníbal Bonán 56'
SH21Sébastien Rouet 71'
CE22Thibaut Álvarez 41'
CE23Alvar Gimeno Soria 76'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Greame Ormiston (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)

12 March 2017
18:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia  28–14  Russia
Try: Koshadze 3' c
Lobzhanidze (2) 26' c, 48' c
Kacharava 65' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (4/4) 3', 26', 48', 65
 Gamesheet Try: Gaisin 55' c
Fedotko 75' c
Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 56', 76'
Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
LP1Mikheil Nariashvili 67'
HK2Jaba Bregvadze 67'
TP3Lasha Tabidze 43'
LL4Giorgi Nemsadze
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze 57'
BF6Giorgi Tsutskiridze 69'
OF7Mamuka Gorgodze (c)
N88Beka Gorgadze
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze 73'
FH10Lasha Khmaladze
LW11Alexander Todua
IC12Davit Kacharava
OC13Giorgi Koshadze
RW14Irakli Svanidze
FB15Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK16Zurab Zhvania 67'
PR17Giorgi Tetrashvili 67'
PR18Soso Bekoshvili 43'
FL19Lasha Lomidze 57'
FL20Saba Shubitidze 69'
SH21Gela Aprasidze 73'
FH22Revaz Jinchvelashvili
FB23Beka Tsiklauri
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP1Valery Morozov 15' to 26' 26'
HK2Nazir Gasanov 68'
TP3Azamat Bitiev
LL4Evgeny Elgin
RL5Innokentiy Zykov 68'
BF6Viktor Gresev
OF7Tagir Gadzhiev 15' 26'
N88Pavel Butenko
SH9Konstantin Uzunov
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Denis Simplikevich
IC12Vasily Artemyev (c)
OC13Dmitri Gerasimov 58'
RW14Igor Kurashov 69'
FB15Yuri Kushnarev
Replacements:
PR16Sergey Chernyshev 68'
PR17Vladimir Podrezov
PR18Evgeni Pronenko 68'
FL19Bogdan Fedotko 15'
FL20Dmitri Gritsenko 58'
SH21Anton Riabov
FH22Alexei Mikhaltsov 69'
CE23Evgeni Kolomiytsev
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin

Touch judges:
Steve Lee (England)
Nigel Carric (England)

Week 5
18 March 2017
15:45 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain  30–0  Belgium
Try: Villanueva 10' c
Perrin 17' c
Gavidi 75' c
Con: Linklater (3/3) 11', 18', 75'
Pen: Linklater 2', 28', 78'
 Gamesheet
LP1Beñat Auzqui 59' 80'
HK2Marco Pinto Ferrer 62'
TP3Jesús Moreno Rodríguez 44'
LL4David Barrera
RL5Iñaki Villanueva 57'
BF6Pierre Barthère 48'
OF7Gautier Gibouin
N88Jaime Nava de Olano (c) 70'
SH9Guillaume Rouet 77'
FH10Mathieu Bélie 48'
LW11Jordi Jorba
IC12Daniel Snee
OC13Fabien Perrin 45' to 55' 72'
RW14Federico Casteglioni Algorriz
FB15Bradley Linklater
Replacements:
PR16Fernando López Pérez 59'
HK17Juan Anaya Lazaro 62'
PR18Alberto Blanco Alonso 48' 80'
FL19Aníbal Bonán 70'
LK20Ilaitia Gavidi 57'
SH21Sébastien Rouet 77'
CE22Thibaut Álvarez 76' to 80+6' 48'
CE23Alvar Gimeno Soria 72'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP1Julien Massimi 41'
HK2Thomas Dienst 53'
TP3Jean-Baptiste de Clercq 65'
LL4Clement Veeckman 37'
RL5Thomas Vervoort 70' 80+1'
BF6Bertrad Billi 41'
OF7Baptiste Lescarboura
N88Thomas Demolder
SH9Tom Cocqu 64'
FH10Kevin Williams 57'
LW11Craig Dowsett 76' to 80+6'
IC12Guillaume Piron
OC13Jens Torfs (c)
RW14Charles Reynaert
FB15Alan Williams
Replacements:
HK16Max Dubois 53'
PR17Christopher Debaty 41'
LK18Tuur Moelants 37' 80+1'
FL19Gillian Benoy 41'
LK20Sven d'Hooghe 70'
CE21Isaac Montoisy 64'
SH22Nathan Bontems 57'
PR23Maxime Jadot 65'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

19 March 2017
14:00 MSK (UTC+03)
(1 TBP) Russia  52–25  Germany
Try: Gaisin 3' c
Simplikevich 31' m
Gerasimov (2) 41' c, 72' c
Elgin 57' c
Artemyev 64' c
Krotov 67' m
Mikhaltsov 75' c
Con: Kushnarev (5/6) 4', 42', 58', 72', 76'
Gaisin (1/2) 65'
 Gamesheet Try: Parkinson 11' c
Mathurin (2) 60' c, 80+3' m
Con: Parkinson (1/1) 12'
Hilsenbeck (1/2) 61'
Pen: Parkinson (0/1)
Hilsenbeck (2/2) 47', 54'
Sochi Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Cedric Marchat (France)
LP1Adrei Polivalov 39' to 41' 50'
HK2Valery Tsnobiladze 61'
TP3Innokentiy Zykov 50' 53'
LL4Bogdan Fedotko 67'
RL5Evgeny Elgin
BF6Viktor Gresev
OF7Dmitri Krotov 53'
N88Anton Rudoi 50'
SH9Konstantin Uzunov 54'
FH10Ramil Gaisin
LW11Vasily Artemyev (c)
IC12Igor Galinovskiy 73'
OC13Dmitri Gerasimov
RW14Denis Simplikevich 70'
FB15Yuri Kushnarev 59' to 69'
Replacements:
PR16Nazir Gasanov 61'
PR17Vladimir Podrezov 39' 41' 50'
PR18Azamat Bitiev 50'
N819Pavel Butenko 50' to 60' 50'
FL20Tagir Gadzhiev 67'
SH21Alexei Shcherban 54'
CE22Sergey Trishin 73'
FH23Alexei Mikhaltsov 70'
Coach:
Alexandr Pervukhin
LP1Julius Nostadt 61'
HK2Dash Barber 46'
TP3Samy Füchsel 76'
LL4Eric Marks (c)
RL5Sebastian Ferreira 67'
BF6Jacobus Otto
OF7Kehoma Brenner 51'
N88Jarrid Els
SH9Tim Menzel 58'
FH10Christopher Hilsenbeck
LW11Pierre Mathurin
IC12Raynor Parkinson
OC13Marcel Coetzee 66'
RW14Bastian Himmer 40'
FB15Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
PR16Jörn Schröder 61'
PR17Anthony Dickinson 76'
N818Timo Vollenkemper 67'
HK19Michail Tyumenev 46'
FL20Thore Schmidt 51'
SH21Sean Armstrong 58'
CE22Oliver Paine 66'
CE23Jamie Murphy 40'
Coach:
Jacobus Potgieter

Touch judges:
Thomas Charabas (France)
Thomas Dejean (France)

19 March 2017
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania  8–7  Georgia (1 LBP)
Try: Fercu 3' m
Pen: Vlaicu (1/3) 53'
 Gamesheet Try: Sharikadze 40' c
Con: Kvirikashvili (1/1) 40'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
LP1Ionel Badiu 63'
HK2Otar Turashvili 63'
TP3Alexandru Țăruș 51' 70'
LL4Johan van Heerden
RL5Marius Antonescu
BF6Viorel Lucaci 71'
OF7Andrei Gorcioaia
N88Mihai Macovei (c) 40' to 41' 74'
SH9Florin Surugiu 70'
FH10Florin Vlaicu
LW11Ionuț Dumitru
IC12Sione Faka'osilea
OC13Jack Umaga
RW14Stephen Shennan 60'
FB15Cătălin Fercu
Replacements:
HK16Eugen Căpățână 63'
PR17Constantin Pristăviță 63'
PR18Alex Gordaș 51' 70'
LK19Valentin Popârlan 74'
LK20Dorin Lazăr 40' 41' 71'
SH21Valentin Calafeteanu 70'
FH22Jody Rose
WG23Mădălin Lemnaru 60'
Coach:
Lynn Howells
LP1Mikheil Nariashvili
HK2Jaba Bregvadze 63'
TP3Soso Bekoshvili 47'
LL4Giorgi Nemsadze 5'
RL5Konstantin Mikautadze
BF6Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
OF7Mamuka Gorgodze (c) 71'
N88Beka Gorgadze
SH9Vasil Lobzhanidze 70'
FH10Lasha Khmaladze
LW11Alexander Todua
IC12Merab Sharikadze
OC13Davit Kacharava
RW14Irakli Svanidze 65'
FB15Merab Kvirikashvili
Replacements:
HK16Zurab Zhvania 63'
PR17Tornike Mataradze
PR18Lasha Tabidze 47'
FL19Lasha Lomidze 5'
FL20Giorgi Tsutskiridze 71'
SH21Giorgi Begadze 70'
FH22Lasha Malaguradze
CE23Giorgi Koshadze 65'
Coach:
Milton Haig

Touch judges:
Sean Brickell (Wales)
Wayne Davies (Wales)

Relegation/promotion play-off
20 May 2017
16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Belgium  29–18  Portugal

See also

References
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