2017 World Rugby Nations Cup

The 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby. It was the first ever tournament to be played outside of Romania and without their national team, with Uruguay hosting the competition.[1][2]

2017 World Rugby Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Argentina XV
 Emerging Italy
 Namibia
 Russia
 Spain
 Uruguay
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date10 – 18 June 2017
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played9
Tries scored57 (6.33 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Felipe Berchesi (26)
Top try scorer(s) Denis Simplikevich (4)
Final
Champions Uruguay (1st title)
Runners-up Russia

Like in 2016, the tournament featured six teams split in two pools of three, where the three European teams; Emerging Italy, Russia and Spain played the other three teams; Argentina XV, Namibia and Uruguay.[3]

Hosts Uruguay won the tournament, the first time they had done so in five previous attempts. It is the third year in a row where the hosts capitalized on the home advantage to claim the title, with previous hosts Romania winning in 2015 and 2016.

Teams

Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (10 June 2017):

Standings

Pool A
Team Games Points Tries Bonus points Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against
1 Uruguay33008664+2298113
2 Argentina XV32019054+36138311
3 Namibia31026168–791026
Source : worldrugby.org
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

Pool B
Team Games Points Tries Bonus points Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against
1 Russia32019980+191512412
2 Spain31023474–404804
3 Emerging Italy30035383–3071111
Source : worldrugby.org
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
10 June 2017
11:00 UYT (UTC-03)
(1 BP) Namibia  13–15  Spain
Try: Botha 49' c
Con: Kotzé (1/1) 50'
Pen: Kotzé (2/2) 40', 61'
 Report[4] Try: Tauli (2) 56' m, 64' c
Con: Linklater (1/1) 65'
Pen: Linklater (1/1) 12'
FB15Chrysander Botha
RW14Lesley Klim
OC13JC Greyling
IC12Johan Deysel 62'
LW11Johann Tromp
FH10Theuns Kotzé
SH9Eugene Jantjies 67'
N88Renaldo Bothma (c)
OF7PJ van Lill
BF6Wian Conradie 67'
RL5Tjiuee Uanivi
LL4Mahepisa Tjeriko 58'
TP3Aranos Coetzee 79'
HK2Torsten van Jaarsveld 75'
LP1Casper Viviers 79'
Replacements:
HK16Louis van der Westhuizen 75'
PR17AJ de Klerk 79'
PR18Collen Smith 79'
FL19Johan Retief 58'
FL20Christo van der Merwe 67'
SH21Damian Stevens 67'
FH22Cliven Loubser
CE23Darryl de la Harpe 62'
Coach:
Phil Davies
FB15Brad Linklater
RW14Brice Labadie 53'
OC13Ignacio Contardi
IC12Andrea Rabago
LW11Jordi Jorba
FH10Daniel Snee
SH9Gregory Maiquez
N88Jaime Nava de Olano (c) 52'
OF7Fred Quercy 61'
BF6Gauthier Gibouin
RL5Victor Sanchez Borrego
LL4Kalokalo Gavidi 52'
TP3Jon Zabala 60'
HK2Juan Anaya Lazaro 58'
LP1Jean-Baptiste Custoja 51'
Replacements:
PR16Fernando Martin López Perez 51'
HK17Dani Marrón 58'
PR18Alberto Blanco 60'
LK19Matthew Foulds 52'
FL20Lucas Guillaume 61'
N821Afa Tauli 52'
FH22Emiliano Calle
WG23Federico Casteglioni 53'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

Notes:

10 June 2017
13:15 UYT (UTC-03)
(2 BP) Argentina XV  38–39  Russia (1 BP)
Try: Gorrissen 2' c
Cappiello (2) 11' m, 41' c
Medrano 51' m
Devoto 57' c
Gigena 69' c
Con: Díaz Bonilla (3/5) 3', 42', 57'
Elías (1/1) 70'
 Report[4] Try: Simplikevich (2) 17' c, 44' c
Temnov 32' c
Uzunov 40' m
Mikhaltsov 73' m
Krotov 78' m
Con: Kushnarev (3/4) 18', 33', 45'
Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 8'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu (Romania)
FB15Fernando Luna
RW14Julian Dominguez
OC13Juan Cappiello
IC12Bruno Devoto
LW11Segundo Tuculet 62'
FH10Joaquín Díaz Bonilla 68'
SH9Felipe Ezcurra 62'
N88Rodrigo Bruni
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c) 62'
BF6Francisco Gorrissen
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Juan Cruz Guillemaín 47'
TP3Cristian Bartoloni 46'
HK2Gaspar Baldunciel 7' 75'
LP1Franco Brarda 61' 75'
Replacements:
HK16Roberto Tejerizo 7'
PR17Facundo Gigena 61'
PR18Santiago Medrano 46'
FL19Santiago Portillo 47'
N820Santiago Montagner 62'
SH21Lautaro Bazán Vélez 62'
FH22Martín Elías 68'
WG23Franco Cuaranta 62'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Vasily Artemyev (c)
RW14Denis Simplikevich
OC13Kirill Gubin 61'
IC12Dmitry Gerasimov
LW11Alexei Mikhaltsov
FH10Yuri Kushnarev 61'
SH9Konstantin Uzunov 66'
N88Anton Rudoy
OF7Tagir Gadzhiev 59'
BF6Andrei Temnov 59'
RL5Bogdan Fedotko
LL4Dmitri Krotov
TP3Azamat Bitiev 53'
HK2Stanislav Selksy 66'
LP1Andrei Polivalov 53'
Replacements:
HK16Sergey Chernyshev 63'
PR17Valery Morozov 53'
PR18Vladimir Podrezov 53'
LK19Vladimir Suslov 59'
FL20Victor Gresev 59'
SH21Alexei Shcherban 66'
CE22Vladimir Rudenko 61'
FH23Ramil Gaisin 61'
Coach:
Alexander Pervukhin

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

Notes:

  • This was the first ever time that Russia has beaten Argentina XV (formally known as Argentina Jaguars).
  • Kirill Gubin (Russia) made his international debut.
10 June 2017
15:30 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  30–21  Emerging Italy
Try: Arata 13' c
Cat 43' c
Lijtenstein 63' c
Con: Albanell (2/2) 14', 44'
Silva (1/1) 64'
Pen: Albanell (2/2) 22', 35'
Silva (1/1) 75'
 Report[4] Try: Buscema 29' c
Iacobs 40' c
Giammarioli 66' c
Con: Azzolini (2/2) 30', 40'
Mantelli (1/1) 67'
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Gastón Gibernau
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Andrés Vilaseca
LW11Leandro Leivas
FH10German Albanell 50'
SH9Santiago Arata 59'
N88Manuel Diana 33' 38'
OF7Gonzalo Soto 55'
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) 60'
RL5Manuel Leindekar 40'
LL4Diego Magno
TP3Juan Echeverría 55'
HK2Germán Kessler 52'
LP1Matías Benítez 27' to 37' 71'
Replacements:
HK16Facundo Gattas 33' 38' 52'
PR17Mateo Sanguinetti 71'
PR18Mario Sagario 55'
LK19Ignacio Dotti 40'
N820Alejandro Nieto 55'
FL21Santiago Hernández 60'
SH22Guillermo Lijtenstein 59'
CE23Agustín Della Corte 50'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Filippo Buscema
RW14Pierre Bruno
OC13Andrea Bettin
IC12Enrico Lucchin
LW11Marco Susio 63'
FH10Maicol Azzolini 56'
SH9Simone Marinaro
N88Renato Giammarioli 68'
OF7Sebastian Negri (c) 5'
BF6Matteo Corazzi
RL5Leonard Krumov
LL4Samuele Ortis 59'
TP3George Iacobs 56'
HK2Engjel Makelara 40'
LP1Derrick Appiah 47'
Replacements:
HK16Adriano Daniele 40'
PR17Niccolò Zago 47'
PR18Roberto Tenga 56'
LK19Davide Fragnito 59'
FL20Mirko Amenta 5'
FB21Leonardo Mantelli 56'
SH22Pietro Gregorio 68'
CE23Giacomo de Santis 63'
Coaches:
Carlo Orlandi
Gianluca Guidi

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

Notes:

Matchday 2
14 June 2017
11:00 UYT (UTC-03)
(1 BP) Namibia  38–22  Emerging Italy
Try: Klim (2) 28' c, 75' c
Bothma 51' m
Greyling 55' c
Kotzé 63' c
Wilson 80' m
Con: Kotzé (4/6) 29', 55', 63', 76'
 Report[5] Try: De Santis 9' m
Marinaro 15' c
Amenta 39' c
Con: Azzolini (2/3) 16', 39'
Pen: Azzolini (1/1) 23'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
FB15Johann Tromp 75'
RW14Lesley Klim
OC13JC Greyling 77'
IC12Darryl de la Harpe
LW11Gino Wilson
FH10Theuns Kotzé
SH9Damian Stevens 50'
N88Renaldo Bothma (c)
OF7Janco Venter
BF6Christo van der Merwe 50'
RL5Tjiuee Uanivi
LL4Ruan Ludick 64'
TP3Aranos Coetzee 71'
HK2Louis van der Westhuizen 77'
LP1Collen Smith 54'
Replacements:
HK16Shaun du Preez 77'
PR17AJ de Klerk 71'
PR18Casper Viviers 54'
FL19PJ van Lill 64'
FL20Wian Conradie 50'
SH21Eugene Jantjies 75'
FH22Cliven Loubser 50'
CE23Justin Newman 77'
Coach:
Phil Davies
FB15Filippo Buscema
RW14Pierre Bruno
OC13Matteo Gabbianelli
IC12Enrico Lucchin
LW11Giacomo De Santis 57'
FH10Maicol Azzolini
SH9Simone Marinaro (c) 78'
N88Mirko Amenta
OF7Renato Giammarioli 77'
BF6Matteo Corazzi
RL5Leonard Krumov
LL4Riccardo Michieletto 40'
TP3George Iacobs 53'
HK2Engjel Makelara 53'
LP1Derrick Appiah 40'
Replacements:
HK16Adriano Daniele 53'
PR17Paolo Buonfiglio 40'
PR18Roberto Tenga 53'
LK19Samuele Ortis 40'
FL20Luca Nostran 77'
SH21Pietro Gregorio 78'
WG22Andrea Bettin 73' 57'
CE23Matteo Manganiello
Coaches:
Carlo Orlandi
Gianluca Guidi

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

14 June 2017
13:15 UYT (UTC-03)
(1 BP) Argentina XV  37–5  Spain
Try: Sábato (2) 1' c, 65' c
Cuaranta 57' m
Cappiello 62' c
Bavaro 70' m
Con: Díaz Bonilla (1/1) 3'
Mare (1/1) 62'
Pen: Díaz Bonilla (1/1) 35'
Elías (2/3) 53', 66'
 Report[5] Try: Contardi 59' m
FB15Martín Elías
RW14Franco Sábato
OC13Juan Cappiello (c) 67'
IC12Santiago Mare
LW11Franco Cuaranta
FH10Joaquín Díaz Bonilla 52'
SH9Lautaro Bazán Vélez 51'
N88Santiago Portillo
OF7Santiago Montagner 54'
BF6Mariano Romanini 28' 37'
RL5Ignacio Larrague 68'
LL4Pedro Ortega
TP3Facundo Gigena 27' to 37'
HK2Roberto Tejerizo 46'
LP1Francisco Ferronato 74'
Replacements:
HK16Agustín Gómez di Nardo 79' to 80' 46'
PR17Franco Brarda 74'
PR18Santiago Medrano 28' 37'
LK19Juan Cruz Guillemaín 68'
FL20Lautaro Bavaro 54'
SH21Felipe Ezcurra 51'
CE22Bruno Devoto 67'
FB23Fernando Luna 52'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Brad Linklater
RW14Federico Casteglioni
OC13Inaki Mateu
IC12Andrea Rabago 40'
LW11Ignacio Contardi 74'
FH10Alvar Gimeno 51'
SH9Tomás Munilla
N88Afa Tauli
OF7Lucas Guillaume
BF6Jaime Nava de Olano (c) 49'
RL5Matthew Foulds 59'
LL4Manuel Mora Ruiz
TP3Alberto Blanco 55'
HK2Dani Marrón 49'
LP1Fernando Martin López Perez 55'
Replacements:
PR16Jean-Baptiste Custoja 55'
HK17Juan Anaya Lazaro 49'
PR18Agustín Ortiz Crivelli 55'
LK19Victor Sanchez Borrego 59'
FL20Fred Quercy 53' to 63' 49'
SH21Gregory Maiquez 74'
FH22Emiliano Calle 40'
WG23Jordi Jorba 51'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

Notes:

  • Emiliano Calle, Inaki Mateu and Tomás Munilla (all Spain) made their international debut.
14 June 2017
15:30 UYT (UTC-03)
(1 BP) Uruguay  32–29  Russia (2 BP)
Try: Silva (2) 23' m, 60' c
Arata 40' c
Gibernau 44' c
Con: Berchesi (3/4) 40', 45', 61'
Pen: Berchesi (2/2) 2', 55'
 Report[5] Try: Gerasimov 5' c
Gritsenko 9' c
Simplikevich 40' c
Rudoy 72' m
Con: Kushnarev (3/4) 5', 10', 40'
Drop: Kushnarev (1/1) 32'
FB15Rodrigo Silva
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Andrés Vilaseca 74'
LW11Gastón Mieres 18'
FH10Felipe Berchesi
SH9Santiago Arata 50'
N88Alejandro Nieto
OF7Franco Lamanna 64' to 74'
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL5Diego Ayala 50'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Mario Sagario 50'
HK2Martín Espiga 72'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 72'
Replacements:
HK16Germán Kessler 72'
PR17Matías Benítez 72'
PR18Juan Echeverría 59'
N819Manuel Diana
LK20Diego Magno 50'
SH21Agustín Ormaechea 50'
WG22Gastón Gibernau 18'
CE23Agustín Della Corte 74'
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Ramil Gaisin 64'
RW14Denis Simplikevich
OC13Vladimir Rudenko 48'
IC12Dmitry Gerasimov
LW11Vasily Artemyev (c)
FH10Yuri Kushnarev
SH9Alexei Shcherban 63'
N88Anton Rudoy
OF7Dmitri Gritsenko
BF6Victor Gresev 46'
RL5Vladimir Suslov 46'
LL4Dmitri Krotov
TP3Azamat Bitiev 40'
HK2Stanislav Selksy 72'
LP1Andrei Polivalov 31' to 40' 50'
Replacements:
HK16Sergey Chernyshev 72'
PR17Valery Morozov 31' 40' 50'
PR18Vladimir Podrezov 40'
FL19Andrei Temnov 46'
FL20Tagir Gadzhiev 46'
SH21Konstantin Uzunov 63'
WG22Evgeni Nepeivoda 64'
FB23Alexander Budychenko 48'
Coach:
Alexander Pervukhin

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

Notes:

  • Alexander Budychenko and Evgeni Nepeivoda (both Russia) made their international debuts.

Matchday 3
18 June 2017
11:00 UYT (UTC-03)
Namibia  10–31  Russia (1 BP)
Try: Botha 21' m
Wilson 60' m
 Report[6] Try: Simplikevich 12' m
Fedotko 17' c
Penalty try 28'
Artemyev 47' m
Podrezov 50' c
Con: Kushnarev (2/4) 18', 51'
FB15Chrysander Botha
RW14Johann Tromp
OC13Justin Newman
IC12Darryl de la Harpe 49'
LW11Gino Wilson
FH10Theuns Kotzé 69'
SH9Damian Stevens 65'
N88Renaldo Bothma (c)
OF7Janco Venter 35' 40' 75'
BF6Wian Conradie
RL5Tjiuee Uanivi 16'
LL4Ruan Ludick
TP3AJ de Klerk 57'
HK2Louis van der Westhuizen 72'
LP1Casper Viviers 57'
Replacements:
HK16Shaun du Preez 72'
PR17Collen Smith 57'
PR18Aranos Coetzee 57'
LK19Mahepisa Tjeriko 35' 40' 75'
FL20PJ van Lill 16'
SH21Eugene Jantjies 65'
FH22Cliven Loubser 69'
CE23JC Greyling 49'
Coach:
Phil Davies
FB15Vasily Artemyev (c)
RW14Denis Simplikevich
OC13Vladimir Rudenko 73'
IC12Dmitry Gerasimov
LW11Alexei Mikhaltsov
FH10Yuri Kushnarev 61'
SH9Alexei Shcherban 51'
N88Anton Rudoy
OF7Tagir Gadzhiev 40'
BF6Andrei Temnov
RL5Bogdan Fedotko 51'
LL4Dmitri Krotov
TP3Vladimir Podrezov 61'
HK2Stanislav Selksy 71'
LP1Valery Morozov 61'
Replacements:
HK16Sergey Chernyshev 71'
PR17Andrei Polivalov 61'
PR18Evgeni Mishechkin 61'
LK19Dmitri Gritsenko 51'
FL20Victor Gresev 40'
SH21Konstantin Uzunov 51'
FB22Alexander Budychenko 73'
FH23Ramil Gaisin 61'
Coach:
Alexander Pervukhin

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

Notes:

18 June 2017
13:15 UYT (UTC-03)
Argentina XV  15–10  Emerging Italy (1 BP)
Try: Cuaranta 4' c
Larrague 76' m
Con: Díaz Bonilla (1/1) 4'
Pen: Díaz Bonilla (1/1) 23'
 Report[6] Try: Minozzi 10' c
Con: Mantelli (1/1) 11'
Pen: Mantelli (1/2) 46'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
FB15Fernando Luna
RW14Julian Dominguez
OC13Juan Cappiello
IC12Bruno Devoto 64'
LW11Franco Cuaranta
FH10Joaquín Díaz Bonilla 47'
SH9Felipe Ezcurra
N88Rodrigo Bruni 48' 59'
OF7Lautaro Bavaro (c) 67'
BF6Francisco Gorrissen
RL5Ignacio Larrague
LL4Pedro Ortega 58'
TP3Santiago Medrano
HK2Agustín Gómez di Nardo 60'
LP1Franco Brarda 47'
Replacements:
HK16Roberto Tejerizo 60'
PR17Francisco Ferronato 47'
PR18Cristian Bartoloni 48' 59'
FL19Santiago Portillo 58'
N820Santiago Montagner 79' to 80' 67'
SH21Lautaro Bazán Vélez
FH22Martín Elías 47'
CE23Segundo Tuculet 64'
Coach:
Felipe Contepomi
FB15Matteo Minozzi
RW14Pierre Bruno 1' to 11'
OC13Matteo Gabbianelli 65'
IC12Enrico Lucchin
LW11Matteo Manganiello
FH10Leonardo Mantelli
SH9Simone Marinaro (c)
N88Mirko Amenta 37'
OF7Renato Giammarioli
BF6Matteo Corazzi
RL5Leonard Krumov
LL4Samuele Ortis
TP3George Iacobs 45' to 55' 55'
HK2Engjel Makelara 77'
LP1Derrick Appiah 50'
Replacements:
HK16Adriano Daniele 77'
PR17Paolo Buonfiglio
PR18Roberto Tenga 55'
PR19Niccolò Zago 50'
FL20Luca Nostran 37'
SH21Pietro Gregorio
FH22Filippo Buscema
WG23Marco Susio 65'
Coaches:
Carlo Orlandi
Gianluca Guidi

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

18 June 2017
15:30 UYT (UTC-03)
Uruguay  24–14  Spain
Try: Arata 40' c
Leivas 79' m
Con: F. Berchesi (1/2) 41'
Pen: F. Berchesi (4/4) 6', 22', 29', 63'
 Report[6] Try: Borrego 73' m
Pen: Linklater (3/3) 18', 43', 61'
Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo
Referee: Vlad Iordachescu (Romania)
FB15Rodrigo Silva 55'
RW14Leandro Leivas
OC13Juan Manuel Cat
IC12Andrés Vilaseca
LW11Gastón Gibernau
FH10Felipe Berchesi
SH9Santiago Arata 47'
N88Alejandro Nieto 77'
OF7Gonzalo Soto
BF6Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)
RL5Diego Ayala 69'
LL4Ignacio Dotti
TP3Mario Sagario 54'
HK2Martín Espiga 40'
LP1Mateo Sanguinetti 60'
Replacements:
HK16Germán Kessler 40'
PR17Matías Benítez 60'
PR18Juan Echeverría 54'
N819Manuel Diana 77'
LK20Diego Magno 69'
SH21Agustín Ormaechea 47'
FH22Francisco Berchesi 55'
CE23Agustín Della Corte
Coach:
Esteban Meneses
FB15Brad Linklater
RW14Jordi Jorba
OC13Federico Casteglioni 54'
IC12Alvar Gimeno
LW11Ignacio Contardi
FH10Daniel Snee
SH9Gregory Maiquez 79'
N88Jaime Nava de Olano (c) 50'
OF7Fred Quercy 59'
BF6Gauthier Gibouin 58' 67'
RL5Victor Sanchez Borrego
LL4Kalokalo Gavidi 63'
TP3Jon Zabala 58'
HK2Juan Anaya Lazaro 63'
LP1Jean-Baptiste Custoja 50' 58' 67'
Replacements:
PR16Fernando Martin López Perez 56' to 66' 50'
HK17Dani Marrón 63'
PR18Alberto Blanco 58'
LK19Manuel Mora Ruiz 63'
FL20Lucas Guillaume 59'
SH21Facundo Munilla 79'
WG22Brice Labadie 54'
N823Afa Tauli 50'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
URU Appt. (Uruguay)
URU Appt. (Uruguay)

See also

References
  1. "Namibia, Russia and Spain to Play in Uruguay in June 2017 - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. worldrugby.org. "Stage set for compelling June internationals". worldrugby.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. "Uruguay Confirm Six Upcoming Internationals - Americas Rugby News". www.americasrugbynews.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
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