2007 IRB Nations Cup

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]

2007 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Argentina XV  South Africa A  Georgia  Italy A  Namibia  Romania
Tournament format(s)	Modified Round-robin
Date	5 – 16 June 2007
Tournament statistics
Teams	6
Matches played	9
Attendance	2,000 (222 per match)
Tries scored	42 (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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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

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

Round 1

IRB Report

5 June 2007 15:00 EET (UTC+02)

Argentina XV	27 – 20	Italy A
Try: Amelong Arocena Planez Pen: Fernández (3) Drop: Fernández (1)	Report	Try: Sepe Pen: Orquera (4) Drop: Orquera (1)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

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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)	Stats	Try: Visser van der Westhuizen Con: Losper (1) Pen: van der Westhuizen (2)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 2000 Referee: C Damasco (Italy)

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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)	Stats	Try: Petre Con: Vlaicu

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: M Fox (England)

Round 2

IRB Report

10 June 2007 15:00 EET (UTC+02)

Namibia	13 – 47	Argentina XV
Try: Nieuwenhuis Con: Losper (1) Pen: Losper (2)	Stats	Try: Ascarate Camacho (2) de Achaval Miralles Sanz J Stuart Con: Fernández (3) Pen: Fernández (2)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Romain Poite (France)

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10 June 2007 17:00 EET (UTC+02)

South Africa A	24 – 7	Georgia
Try: Delport (3) Con: Grant (3) Pen: Grant (1)	Stats	Try: Penalty Try Con: Kvirikashvili (1)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: C Damasco (Italy)

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10 June 2007 19:00 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	19 – 8	Italy A
Try: Dumitraș Fercu Pen: Calafeteanu (3)	Stats	Try: Rosa Pen: Marcato (1)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: RS Debney (England)

Round 3

IRB Report

16 June 2007 15:00 EET (UTC+02)

Italy A	20 – 22	Georgia
Try: Sepe Pen: Orquera (5)	Stats	Try: Z Maissuradze Shkinin Urjukashvili Con: Kvirikashvili (2) Pen: Kvirikashvili (1)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: RS Debney (England)

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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)	Stats	Try: du Plessis Con: Losper (1) Pen: Losper (3)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Romain Poite (France)

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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)	Report	Try: D Stuart Con: Fernández (1) Pen: Fernández (1)

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest

Top scorers

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Points 1 Peter Grant  South Africa A 44 2 Luciano Orquera  Italy A 30 3 Valentin Calafeteanu  Romania 29 Santiago Fernández  Argentina XV 5 Tertius Losper  Namibia 21 6 Merab Kvirikashvili  Georgia 20 7 Tonderai Chavhanga  South Africa A 15 Marius Delport  South Africa A 9 Justinus van der Westhuizen  Namibia 11 Source: irb.com

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Tries 1 Tonderai Chavhanga  South Africa A 3 Marius Delport  South Africa A 3 Schalk Brits  South Africa A 2 Gonzalo Camacho  Argentina XV Kabamba Floors  South Africa A Michele Sepe  Italy A Malkhaz Urjukashvili  Georgia Jano Vermaak  South Africa A 9 23 players, 1 Penalty Try 1 Source: irb.com

See also

• Sports portal

• 2007 IRB Pacific Nations Cup