2006 IRB Nations Cup

The 2006 IRB Nations Cup was the first 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 and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania and Russia).^[1]

2006 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Argentina XV  Italy A  Portugal  Russia
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Date	13 – 24 June 2006
Tournament statistics
Teams	4
Matches played	6
Attendance	0 (0 per match)
Tries scored	36 (6 per match)
Final
Champions	Argentina XV (1st title)
Runners-up	Italy A
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The tournament took place between 13 and 24 June at Estádio Universitário in Lisbon, Portugal. Argentina Jaguars were the overall winners.

The competition format was a round-robin whereby each team played each of the other 3 teams once. The competition was played over three match days, with two matches played consecutively on each day.

Final standings

2006 IRB Nations Cup
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Argentina XV	3	3	0	0	114	36	+78	14	2	2	0	14
2	Italy A	3	1	1	1	69	81	-12	8	10	1	0	7
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	72	113	-41	9	14	2	1	7
4	Portugal	3	0	1	2	62	87	-25	5	10	0	1	3
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

Round 1

IRB Report

13 June 2006 16:00 WET (UTC+00)

Argentina XV	26 – 11	Italy A
Try: Senillosa de Vedia Agulla Lozada Con: A.N.Other (3/4)	Report	Try: Travagli Pen: Orquera (2)

Estádio Universitário, Lisbon

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13 June 2006 18:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	17 – 37	Russia
Try: Uva Diogo Mateus Con: Leal (2) Pen: Leal (1)	Stats	Try: Grachev Garbuzov Trishin (2) Novikov Con: Novikov (3) Pen: Novikov (2)

Estádio Universitário, Lisbon Referee: C Damasco (Italy)

Round 2

IRB Report

18 June 2006 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Argentina XV	64 – 6[2]	Russia
Try: Senillosa Bosch Petrelli de Vedia (2) Gauthier (2) Agulla Con: Senillosa (7) Pen: Senillosa (1)	Report	Pen: Kushnarev (2)

Estádio Universitário, Lisbon

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18 June 2006 17:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	26 – 26	Italy A
Try: David Mateus Sousa Con: Malheiro (1) Pinto (1) Pen: Malheiro (3) Drop: Malheiro (1)	Stats	Try: Nitoglia Orquera (2) Con: Orquera (1) Pen: Orquera (3)

Estádio Universitário, Lisbon Referee: F Cuesta (Argentina)

Round 3

IRB Report

24 June 2006 15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Italy A	32 – 29	Russia
Try: Spadaro (2) Mandelli Onitoglia Con: Orquera (3/4) Pen: Orquera (2)	Stats	Try: Garbouzov (2) Korobeynikov Fedchenko Con: Korobeynikov (2) Kushnarev Pen: Korobeynikov (1)

Estádio Universitário, Lisbon Referee: Andrew Macpherson (Scotland)

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24 June 2006 17:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	19 – 24	Argentina XV
Try: Carvalho Con: Malheiro (1/1) Pen: Malheiro (4)	Stats	Try: Comerello Senillosa Con: Gauthier (1/2) Pen: Gauthier (3) Drop: Senillosa

Estádio Universitário, Lisbon Referee: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRFU)

See also

• Sports portal

• 2006 IRB Pacific 5 Nations