2013 IRB Nations Cup

The 2013 IRB Nations Cup was the eighth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the seventh time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 8 June and 16 June and ran alongside the 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. All fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the Home stadium for Hosts Romania.^[1]

2013 IRB Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries	Argentina XV  Italy A  Romania  Russia
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Date	8 – 16 June 2013
Tournament statistics
Teams	4
Matches played	6
Attendance	7,000 (1,167 per match)
Tries scored	22 (3.67 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Florin Vlaicu (Romania) (51 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Cătălin Fercu (Romania) (3 tries)
Final
Champions	Romania (2nd title)
Runners-up	Italy A
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Hosts Romania were joined by ENC side Russia and regular A sides Italy A and 2012 IRB Nations cup runners-up, Argentina Jaguars.

Romania retained the title they won in 2012 by winning all three of their matches.^[2]

Standings

	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	86	41	45	8	4	0	0	12
2	Italy A	3	2	0	1	66	51	15	5	3	0	0	8
3	Argentina XV	3	1	0	2	44	73	-29	4	7	0	0	4
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	56	87	-31	5	8	0	0	0
Source : www.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

Fixtures

Matchday 1

8 June 2013 18:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	30 – 20	Russia
Try: Matei 21' c Fercu 24' c Macovei 42' c Con: Vlaicu (3/3) Pen: Vlaicu (3/3) 13', 53', 78'	ESPN IRB	Try: Kurashov 4' c Kushnarev 17' c Con: Kushnarev (2/2) Pen: Kushnarev (2/3) 38', 51'

Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU)

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8 June 2013 20:00 EET (UTC+2)

Argentina XV	6 – 26	Italy A
Pen: Poet (2/4) 12', 40'	ESPN IRB	Try: Ruffolo (2) 10' c, 20' c Con: Ambrosini (2/2) Pen: Ambrosini (3/4) 38', 48', 80' Drop: Ambrosini (1/1) 15'

Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Neil Patterson (SRU)

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Matchday 2

12 June 2013 18:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	30 – 8	Argentina XV
Try: Popârlan 40' c Macovei 53' c Vlaicu 80' c Con: Vlaicu (3/3) Pen: Vlaicu (3/5) 5', 20', 59'	ESPN IRB	Try: Isaack 79' m Pen: Taboada (1/1) 16'

Referee: Claudio Blessano (FIR)

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12 June 2013 20:00 EET (UTC+2)

Russia	19 – 27	Italy A
Try: Sugrobov 75' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) Pen: Kushnarev (4/4) 4', 15', 27', 35'	ESPN IRB	Try: Castagnoli 38' c Ragusi 79' m Con: Ragusi (1/2) Pen: Ragusi (5/6) 6', 24', 36', 42', 62'

Referee: Neil Patterson (SRU)

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Matchday 3

16 June 2013 19:00 EET (UTC+2)

Argentina XV	30 – 17	Russia
Try: Villaluenga 8' c Cappiello 36' c Bruno 76' c Con: Poet (2/2) Bonilla (1/1) Pen: Poet (1/1) 31' Bonilla (2/2) 60', 63'	ESPN IRB	Try: Kotov 23' c Sugrobov 72' c Con: Kushnarev (2/2) Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 52'

Attendance: 6,000[2] Referee: Claudio Blessano (FIR)

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16 June 2013 21:00 EET (UTC+2)

Romania	26 – 13	Italy A
Try: Fercu 23' c, 78' c Con: Vlaicu (2/2) Pen: Vlaicu (4/6) 27', 35', 52', 71'	ESPN IRB	Try: Pratichetti 28' c Con: Ambrosini (1/1) Pen: Ambrosini (2/5) 18', 32'

Attendance: 6,000[2] Referee: Joaquín Montes (URU)

Top scorers

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Points[3] 1 Florin Vlaicu  Romania 51 2 Yury Kushnarev  Russia 36 3 James Ambrosini  Italy A 24 4 Simone Ragusi  Italy A 22 5 Cătălin Fercu  Romania 15 6 Sebastián Poet  Argentina XV 13 7 Mihai Macovei  Romania 10 Edoardo Ruffolo  Italy A 9 Joaquin Diaz Bonilla  Argentina XV 8

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Tries[3] 1 Cătălin Fercu  Romania 3 2 Mihai Macovei  Romania 2 Edoardo Ruffolo  Italy A 4 15 players 1

See also

• 2013 IRB Pacific Nations Cup
• 2013 IRB Tbilisi Cup