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
Date	11 February – 18 March 2017
Countries	Belgium  Georgia  Germany  Romania  Russia  Spain
Tournament statistics
Champions	Romania (5th title)
Antim Cup	Romania (6th title)
Matches played	15
Attendance	114,976 (7,665 per match)
Tries scored	79 (5.27 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Brad Linklater (51)
Top try scorer(s)	Giorgi Koshadze (4) Giorgi Tkhilaishvili (4)
Official website	Rugby 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 was not applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament.^[2]

Table

Champions

Advances to promotion/relegation play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff
4	Romania	5	4	0	1	122	78	+44	16	9	+7	2	1	0	19*
1	Georgia	5	4	0	1	136	44	+92	19	4	+15	2	1	0	19
5	Spain	5	3	0	2	91	54	+37	9	5	+4	1	0	0	13*
2	Russia	5	2	0	3	107	117	–10	14	14	0	1	0	0	9
3	Germany	5	2	0	3	121	201	–80	14	28	−14	0	0	0	8
6	Belgium	5	0	0	5	70	153	–83	7	19	−12	0	2	0	2*
Source- [3] Points were awarded to the teams as follows: Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[4] *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).[5][6][7]

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)

LP 1 Julius Nostadt  58' HK 2 Michail Tyumenev  53' TP 3 Damien Tussac LL 4 Eric Marks RL 5 Michael Poppmeier (c)  48' BF 6 Jacobus Otto OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira N8 8 Jarrid Els SH 9 Tim Menzel  48' FH 10 Raynor Parkinson LW 11 Marcel Coetzee IC 12 Carlo Sotera-Merz  51' OC 13 Clemens von Grumbkow RW 14 Steffen Liebig FB 15 Harris Aounallah  57' Replacements: HK 16 Dash Barber  53' PR 17 Jörn Schröder PR 18 Samy Füchsel  58' N8 19 Timo Vollenkemper  48' FL 20 Kehoma Brenner FH 21 Christopher Hilsenbeck  57' SH 22 Sean Armstrong  48' CE 23 Jamie Murphy  51' Coach: Jacobus Potgieter

LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr (c) HK 2 Otar Turashvili  50' TP 3 Andrei Ursache  58' LL 4 Valentin Popârlan RL 5 Johan van Heerden BF 6 Viorel Lucaci OF 7 Vlad Nistor N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia  73' SH 9 Florin Surugiu  76' FH 10 Jody Rose 17' to 27' LW 11 Stephen Shennan IC 12 Florin Vlaicu OC 13 Jack Umaga RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru FB 15 Cătălin Fercu Replacements: HK 16 Eugen Căpățână  50' PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș  58' LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan FL 20 Dorin Lazăr SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu  76' WG 22 Mădălin Lemnaru WG 23 Luke Samoa  73' Coach: Lynn Howells

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

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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)

LP 1 Lucas Sotteau  2' HK 2 Thomas Dienst  79' TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq LL 4 Brieuc Corradi  40' RL 5 Thomas Vervoort  52' BF 6 Tom Coupe 29' to 39' OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura N8 8 Thomas Demolder SH 9 Julien Berger FH 10 Kevin Williams (c)  80+1' LW 11 Charles Reynaert IC 12 Guillaume Brebant OC 13 Guillaume Piron RW 14 Craig Dowsett FB 15 Nicolas Meeus  40' Replacements: HK 16 Max Dubois  79' PR 17 Sep de Backer 27' to 37'  2'  52' LK 18 Bertrand Billi  40' FL 19 Gillian Benoy  52' CE 20 Nathan Bontems SH 21 Tom Cocqu  80+1' FH 22 Alan Williams  40' PR 23 Christopher Debaty  29'  39'  52' Coach: Guillaume Ajac

LP 1 Giorgi Tetrashvili  52' HK 2 Badri Alkhazashvili  80+6' TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze  52' LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili  52' BF 6 Lasha Lomidze OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  80+8' N8 8 Beka Gorgadze SH 9 Giorgi Begadze  80+6' FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze LW 11 Alexander Todua IC 12 Merab Sharikadze  80+6' OC 13 Giorgi Koshadze RW 14 Giorgi Pruidze FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili (c) 51' to 61'  80+6' Replacements: HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze  80+6' PR 17 Tornike Mataradze  52' PR 18 Soso Bekoshvili  52' FL 19 Otar Giorgadze  52' FL 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze  80+8' SH 21 Vazha Khutsishvili  80+6' FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze  80+6' FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri  80+6' Coach: Milton Haig

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

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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)

LP 1 Fernando López Pérez  65' HK 2 Beñat Auzqui TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  47' LL 4 Iñaki Villanueva  50' RL 5 David Barrera BF 6 Pierre Barthère OF 7 Gautier Gibouin N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) SH 9 Guillaume Rouet FH 10 Mathieu Bélie LW 11 Jordi Jorba IC 12 Dan Snee  50' OC 13 Fabien Perrin RW 14 Sébastien Ascarat FB 15 Brad Linklater Replacements: HK 16 Francisco Blanco Alonso  65' PR 17 Unai Lasa Arratibel LK 18 Jonathan Garcia  47' FL 19 Aníbal Bonán  50' LK 20 Víctor Sánchez Borrego SH 21 Sébastien Rouet WG 22 Thibaut Álvarez  50' CE 23 Javier Carrión Coach: Santiago Santos

LP 1 Andrei Polivalov HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze  61' TP 3 Azamat Bitiev  61' LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov  75' RL 5 Evgeny Elgin BF 6 Viktor Gresev OF 7 Pavel Butenko N8 8 Anton Rudoy 74' to 80+1' SH 9 Alexei Shcherban FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev  51' LW 11 Igor Galinovskiy IC 12 Sergey Trishin OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov RW 14 Vasily Artemyev (c) FB 15 Ramil Gaisin Replacements: HK 16 Nazir Gasanov  61' PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov PR 18 Evgeni Pronenko  61' FL 19 Dmitri Krotov  75' FL 20 Tagir Gadzhiev SH 21 Anton Riabov FH 22 Sergey Sugrobov FB 23 Igor 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: Brad Linklater (1/2) 20'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)

LP 1 Mihăiţă Lazăr (c) HK 2 Otar Turashvili  64' TP 3 Andrei Ursache  67' LL 4 Valentin Popârlan  77' RL 5 Johan van Heerden BF 6 Viorel Lucaci  77' OF 7 Vlad Nistor N8 8 Dorin Lazăr SH 9 Florin Surugiu  64' FH 10 Luke Samoa LW 11 Stephen Shennan IC 12 Florin Vlaicu OC 13 Jack Umaga RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru  70' FB 15 Cătălin Fercu Replacements: HK 16 Eugen Căpățână  64' PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță PR 18 Alexandru Țăruș  67' LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan  77' FL 20 Andrei Gorcioaia  77' SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu  64' WG 22 Mădălin Lemnaru FH 23 Jody Rose  70' Coach: Lynn Howells

LP 1 Fernando López Pérez  62' HK 2 Beñat Auzqui  73' TP 3 Jonathan Garcia  30' LL 4 Iñaki Villanueva  62' RL 5 David Barrera  58' BF 6 Pierre Barthère OF 7 Gautier Gibouin N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  68' FH 10 Mathieu Bélie LW 11 Jordi Jorba IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez  52' OC 13 Fabien Perrin RW 14 Javier Carrión  76' FB 15 Brad Linklater Replacements: HK 16 Francisco Blanco Alonso  62' PR 17 Stephen Barnes  73' PR 18 Alberto Blanco Alonso  30' LK 19 David González  58' LK 20 Víctor Sánchez Borrego  62' SH 21 Sébastien Rouet  68' FH 22 Dan Snee  52' WG 23 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz  76' Coach: Santiago Santos

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

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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)

LP 1 Martin Bonnel  41' HK 2 Thomas Dienst TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq  57' LL 4 Tuur Moelants  72' RL 5 Thomas Vervoort  50' BF 6 Gillian Benoy OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura N8 8 Thomas Demolder SH 9 Tom Cocqu  70' FH 10 Julien Berger (c) LW 11 Ervin Muric IC 12 Nathan Bontems  64' OC 13 Jens Torfs RW 14 Charles Reynaert FB 15 Alan Williams Replacements: HK 16 Max Dubois PR 17 Christopher Debaty  57' FL 18 Amin Hamzaoui FL 19 Paul van Laer  50' CE 20 Louis Debatty  72' FH 21 Kevin Williams  70' CE 22 Guillaume Brebant  64' PR 23 Sep de Backer  41' Coach: Guillaume Ajac

LP 1 Andrei Polivalov  74' HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze  59' TP 3 Evgeni Pronenko  49' LL 4 Andrei Garbuzov (c) RL 5 Evgeny Elgin BF 6 Viktor Gresev OF 7 Pavel Butenko  59' N8 8 Anton Rudoy SH 9 Alexei Shcherban FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev LW 11 Igor Galinovskiy  75' IC 12 Sergey Sugrobov OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov RW 14 Igor Kurashov FB 15 Ramil Gaisin Replacements: HK 16 Nazir Gasanov  59' PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov  74' PR 18 Azamat Bitiev  49' FL 19 Dmitri Krotov  59' FL 20 Bogdan Fedotko SH 21 Anton Riabov FH 22 Alexei Mikhaltsov  75' FB 23 Konstantin Uzunov Coach: Alexandr Pervukhin

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

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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)

LP 1 Tornike Mataradze 72' to 80+1' HK 2 Badri Alkhazashvili  30' TP 3 Soso Bekoshvili  54' LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze  68' RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili  57' BF 6 Lasha Lomidze OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili N8 8 Beka Gorgadze SH 9 Giorgi Begadze  57' FH 10 Revaz Jinchvelashvili LW 11 Alexander Todua IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c) OC 13 Giorgi Koshadze RW 14 Giorgi Pruidze FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili  78' Replacements: HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze  30'  48' PR 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili  48' PR 18 Lasha Tabidze  54' LK 19 Giorgi Mchedlishvili  68' FL 20 Saba Shubitidze  57' SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  57'  62' FH 22 Lasha Khmaladze  78' FH 23 Lasha Malaguradze  62' Coach: Milton Haig

LP 1 Julius Nostadt  22' HK 2 Dash Barber  65' TP 3 Samy Füchsel  77' LL 4 Robert May  60' RL 5 Eric Marks (c) BF 6 Tom Behrendt  50' OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira N8 8 Timo Vollenkemper SH 9 Sean Armstrong (c) FH 10 Raynor Parkinson LW 11 Alistair Ledingham  50' IC 12 Jamie Murphy OC 13 Marcel Coetzee RW 14 Oliver Paine  68' FB 15 Harris Aounallah Replacements: HK 16 Dale Garner  65' PR 17 Jörn Schröder  22' PR 18 Anthony Dickinson  77' LK 19 Sven van Niekerk  60' FL 20 Jarrid Els  50' WG 21 Mark Sztyndera  68' FH 22 Daniel Koch CE 23 Mathieu 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'

Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)

LP 1 Andrei Polivalov  60' HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze  60' TP 3 Innokentiy Zykov  71' LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko  54' RL 5 Evgeny Elgin  64' BF 6 Viktor Gresev OF 7 Pavel Butenko N8 8 Anton Rudoy SH 9 Alexei Shcherban  60' FH 10 Ramil Gaisin LW 11 Denis Simplikevich IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov OC 13 Vasily Artemyev (c) RW 14 Igor Galinovskiy FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev Replacements: HK 16 Nazir Gasanov  60' PR 17 Valery Morozov  60' PR 18 Azamat Bitiev  55' FL 19 Dmitri Krotov  64' FL 20 Andrei Temnov  71' FB 21 Konstantin Uzunov  60' FH 22 Alexei Mikhaltsov FB 23 Igor Kurashov Coach: Alexandr Pervukhin

LP 1 Ionel Badiu  46' HK 2 Otar Turashvili  71' TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  52' LL 4 Marius Antonescu  61' RL 5 Johan van Heerden BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c) OF 7 Vlad Nistor N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu FH 10 Florin Vlaicu  40' LW 11 Mădălin Lemnaru IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea OC 13 Jack Umaga RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru  77' FB 15 Cătălin Fercu Replacements: HK 16 Eugen Căpățână  71' PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  46' PR 18 Alex Gordaș  52' LK 19 Valentin Popârlan  61' LK 20 Ionuț Mureșan SH 21 Florin Surugiu FH 22 Jody Rose 64' to 74'  40' WG 23 Stephen Shennan  77' Coach: Lynn Howells

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

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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)

LP 1 Fernando López Pérez  41' HK 2 Stephen Barnes  41' TP 3 Alberto Blanco Alonso  41'  76'  79' LL 4 Ilaitia Gavidi 54' to 60' 76' to 79' RL 5 Víctor Sánchez Borrego  61' BF 6 Iñaki Villanueva OF 7 Javier Canosa Schack  46' N8 8 Gautier Gibouin (c) SH 9 Sébastien Rouet  61' FH 10 Mathieu Bélie  52' LW 11 Jordi Jorba IC 12 Thibaut Álvarez OC 13 Dan Snee RW 14 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz  69' FB 15 Brad Linklater Replacements: HK 16 Francisco de Blanco Alonso  41' PR 17 Beñat Auzqui  41' PR 18 Jon Zabala Arrieta 69' to 79'  41' LK 19 Lucas Guillaume  54'  60'  61' N8 20 Matthew Foulds  46' SH 21 Juan Ramos Martín  61' CE 22 Alvar Gimeno Soria  52' CE 23 Gauthier Minguillon  69' Coach: Santiago Santos

LP 1 Giorgi Tetrashvili  52' HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  52' TP 3 Soso Bekoshvili  58' LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze  75' BF 6 Otar Giorgadze  55' OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili N8 8 Lasha Lomidze SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  59' FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze LW 11 Alexander Todua  76' IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)  17' OC 13 David Kacharava RW 14 Soso Matiashvili FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili Replacements: HK 16 Jaba Bregvadze  52' PR 17 Tornike Mataradze  52' PR 18 Lasha Tabidze  58' FL 19 Giorgi Tsutskiridze  55' FL 20 Saba Shubitidze  75' SH 21 Giorgi Begadze  59' CE 22 Badri Liparteliani  17' FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri  76' Coach: Milton Haig

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

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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)

LP 1 Julius Nostadt  78' HK 2 Dash Barber  53' TP 3 Samy Füchsel  78' LL 4 Eric Marks RL 5 Robert May  53' BF 6 Jacobus Otto OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira N8 8 Jarrid Els SH 9 Sean Armstrong (c)  70' FH 10 Raynor Parkinson 76' to 80+1' LW 11 Pierre Mathurin  20' IC 12 Clemens von Grumbkow OC 13 Marcel Coetzee RW 14 Steffen Liebig FB 15 Harris Aounallah Replacements: HK 16 Michail Tyumenev  53' PR 17 Jörn Schröder  78' PR 18 Christopher Howells  78' N8 19 Timo Vollenkemper FL 20 Kehoma Brenner  53' SH 21 Tim Menzel  70' CE 22 Oliver Paine CE 23 Jamie Murphy  20' Coach: Jacobus Potgieter

LP 1 Sep de Backer (c)  53' HK 2 Max Dubois  43' TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq  55' LL 4 Tuur Moelants RL 5 Thomas Vervoort BF 6 Gillian Benoy  43' OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura  43' N8 8 Thomas Demolder SH 9 Julien Berger FH 10 Alan Williams LW 11 Ervin Muric  68' IC 12 Nathan Bontems  21' OC 13 Jens Torfs RW 14 Louis Debatty  47' FB 15 Charles Reynaert Replacements: HK 16 Thomas Dienst  43' PR 17 Christopher Debaty  55' LK 18 Bertrand Billi  43' FL 19 Paul van Laer  43' CE 20 Guillaume Brebant  68' SH 21 Tom Cocqu  21' WG 22 Kevin Williams  47' PR 23 James 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)

LP 1 Sep de Backer  40' HK 2 Thomas Dienst  61' TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq  61' LL 4 Tuur Moelants RL 5 Clement Veeckman  45' BF 6 Gillian Benoy OF 7 Bertrand Billi N8 8 Brieuc Corradi  73' SH 9 Tom Cocqu FH 10 Kevin Williams LW 11 Craig Dowsett  52' IC 12 Nathan Bontems OC 13 Jens Torfs (c)  76' RW 14 Charles Reynaert FB 15 Alan Williams Replacements: HK 16 Max Dubois  61' PR 17 Christopher Debaty  61' LK 18 Sven d'Hooghe  73' FL 19 Baptiste Lescarboura  45' CE 20 Hendrik Brouwers FB 21 Nicolas Meeus  52' FB 22 Florian Piron  76' PR 23 Julien Massimi  40' Coach: Guillaume Ajac

LP 1 Ionel Badiu HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  78' TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  56' LL 4 Johan van Heerden RL 5 Marius Antonescu  60' BF 6 Viorel Lucaci  70' OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c) N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu  78' FH 10 Florin Vlaicu  78' LW 11 Jack Cobden IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea OC 13 Jack Umaga RW 14 Mădălin Lemnaru  70' FB 15 Cătălin Fercu Replacements: HK 16 Andrei Radoi  78' PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță PR 18 Alex Gordaș  56' LK 19 Valentin Popârlan  60' LK 20 Dorin Lazăr  70' SH 21 Florin Surugiu  78' FH 22 Jody Rose  78' WG 23 Stephen Shennan  70' Coach: Lynn Howells

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

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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)

LP 1 Julius Nostadt  76' HK 2 Michail Tyumenev  44' TP 3 Samy Füchsel LL 4 Eric Marks RL 5 Timo Vollenkemper  44' BF 6 Jacobus Otto OF 7 Sebastian Ferreira N8 8 Jarrid Els SH 9 Sean Armstrong (c)  22' FH 10 Raynor Parkinson LW 11 Pierre Mathurin IC 12 Jamie Murphy OC 13 Marcel Coetzee 54' to 64' RW 14 Bastian Himmer  69' FB 15 Harris Aounallah Replacements: PR 16 Jörn Schröder  76' PR 17 Christopher Howells LK 18 Robert May HK 19 Dash Barber  44' FL 20 Kehoma Brenner  44' SH 21 Tim Menzel  22' CE 22 Oliver Paine  76' CE 23 Rafael Pyrasch  69'  76' Coach: Jacobus Potgieter

LP 1 Beñat Auzqui  71' HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer 54' to 64'  71' TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  56' LL 4 David Barrera RL 5 Iñaki Villanueva  56' BF 6 Pierre Barthère 58' to 65'  71' OF 7 Gautier Gibouin N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  71' FH 10 Mathieu Bélie  76' LW 11 Jordi Jorba IC 12 Dan Snee OC 13 Fabien Perrin  41' RW 14 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz FB 15 Brad Linklater Replacements: PR 16 Fernando López Pérez  58'  65'  71' HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro  71' PR 18 Alberto Blanco Alonso  56' LK 19 David González  71' FL 20 Aníbal Bonán  56' SH 21 Sébastien Rouet  71' CE 22 Thibaut Álvarez  41' CE 23 Alvar Gimeno Soria  76' Coach: Santiago Santos

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

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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)

LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili  67' HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze  67' TP 3 Lasha Tabidze  43' LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze  57' BF 6 Giorgi Tsutskiridze  69' OF 7 Mamuka Gorgodze (c) N8 8 Beka Gorgadze SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  73' FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze LW 11 Alexander Todua IC 12 Davit Kacharava OC 13 Giorgi Koshadze RW 14 Irakli Svanidze FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili Replacements: HK 16 Zurab Zhvania  67' PR 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili  67' PR 18 Soso Bekoshvili  43' FL 19 Lasha Lomidze  57' FL 20 Saba Shubitidze  69' SH 21 Gela Aprasidze  73' FH 22 Revaz Jinchvelashvili FB 23 Beka Tsiklauri Coach: Milton Haig

LP 1 Valery Morozov 15' to 26'  26' HK 2 Nazir Gasanov  68' TP 3 Azamat Bitiev LL 4 Evgeny Elgin RL 5 Innokentiy Zykov  68' BF 6 Viktor Gresev OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev  15'  26' N8 8 Pavel Butenko SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov FH 10 Ramil Gaisin LW 11 Denis Simplikevich IC 12 Vasily Artemyev (c) OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov  58' RW 14 Igor Kurashov  69' FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev Replacements: PR 16 Sergey Chernyshev  68' PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov PR 18 Evgeni Pronenko  68' FL 19 Bogdan Fedotko  15' FL 20 Dmitri Gritsenko  58' SH 21 Anton Riabov FH 22 Alexei Mikhaltsov  69' CE 23 Evgeni 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

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)

LP 1 Beñat Auzqui  59'  80' HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  62' TP 3 Jesús Moreno Rodríguez  44' LL 4 David Barrera RL 5 Iñaki Villanueva  57' BF 6 Pierre Barthère  48' OF 7 Gautier Gibouin N8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c)  70' SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  77' FH 10 Mathieu Bélie  48' LW 11 Jordi Jorba IC 12 Dan Snee OC 13 Fabien Perrin 45' to 55'  72' RW 14 Federico Casteglioni Algorriz FB 15 Brad Linklater Replacements: PR 16 Fernando López Pérez  59' HK 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro  62' PR 18 Alberto Blanco Alonso  48'  80' FL 19 Aníbal Bonán  70' LK 20 Ilaitia Gavidi  57' SH 21 Sébastien Rouet  77' CE 22 Thibaut Álvarez 76' to 80+6'  48' CE 23 Alvar Gimeno Soria  72' Coach: Santiago Santos

LP 1 Julien Massimi  41' HK 2 Thomas Dienst  53' TP 3 Jean-Baptiste de Clercq  65' LL 4 Clement Veeckman  37' RL 5 Thomas Vervoort  70'  80+1' BF 6 Bertrad Billi  41' OF 7 Baptiste Lescarboura N8 8 Thomas Demolder SH 9 Tom Cocqu  64' FH 10 Kevin Williams  57' LW 11 Craig Dowsett 76' to 80+6' IC 12 Guillaume Piron OC 13 Jens Torfs (c) RW 14 Charles Reynaert FB 15 Alan Williams Replacements: HK 16 Max Dubois  53' PR 17 Christopher Debaty  41' LK 18 Tuur Moelants  37'  80+1' FL 19 Gillian Benoy  41' LK 20 Sven d'Hooghe  70' CE 21 Isaac Montoisy  64' SH 22 Nathan Bontems  57' PR 23 Maxime Jadot  65' Coach: Guillaume Ajac

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

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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'

Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cedric Marchat (France)

LP 1 Adrei Polivalov 39' to 41'  50' HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze  61' TP 3 Innokentiy Zykov  50'  53' LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko  67' RL 5 Evgeny Elgin BF 6 Viktor Gresev OF 7 Dmitri Krotov  53' N8 8 Anton Rudoi  50' SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov  54' FH 10 Ramil Gaisin LW 11 Vasily Artemyev (c) IC 12 Igor Galinovskiy  73' OC 13 Dmitri Gerasimov RW 14 Denis Simplikevich  70' FB 15 Yuri Kushnarev 59' to 69' Replacements: PR 16 Nazir Gasanov  61' PR 17 Vladimir Podrezov  39'  41'  50' PR 18 Azamat Bitiev  50' N8 19 Pavel Butenko 50' to 60'  50' FL 20 Tagir Gadzhiev  67' SH 21 Alexei Shcherban  54' CE 22 Sergey Trishin  73' FH 23 Alexei Mikhaltsov  70' Coach: Alexandr Pervukhin

LP 1 Julius Nostadt  61' HK 2 Dash Barber  46' TP 3 Samy Füchsel  76' LL 4 Eric Marks (c) RL 5 Sebastian Ferreira  67' BF 6 Jacobus Otto OF 7 Kehoma Brenner  51' N8 8 Jarrid Els SH 9 Tim Menzel  58' FH 10 Christopher Hilsenbeck LW 11 Pierre Mathurin IC 12 Raynor Parkinson OC 13 Marcel Coetzee  66' RW 14 Bastian Himmer  40' FB 15 Harris Aounallah Replacements: PR 16 Jörn Schröder  61' PR 17 Anthony Dickinson  76' N8 18 Timo Vollenkemper  67' HK 19 Michail Tyumenev  46' FL 20 Thore Schmidt  51' SH 21 Sean Armstrong  58' CE 22 Oliver Paine  66' CE 23 Jamie Murphy  40' Coach: Jacobus Potgieter

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

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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)

LP 1 Ionel Badiu  63' HK 2 Otar Turashvili  63' TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  51'  70' LL 4 Johan van Heerden RL 5 Marius Antonescu BF 6 Viorel Lucaci  71' OF 7 Andrei Gorcioaia N8 8 Mihai Macovei (c) 40' to 41'  74' SH 9 Florin Surugiu  70' FH 10 Florin Vlaicu LW 11 Ionuț Dumitru IC 12 Sione Faka'osilea OC 13 Jack Umaga RW 14 Stephen Shennan  60' FB 15 Cătălin Fercu Replacements: HK 16 Eugen Căpățână  63' PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  63' PR 18 Alex Gordaș  51'  70' LK 19 Valentin Popârlan  74' LK 20 Dorin Lazăr  40'  41'  71' SH 21 Valentin Calafeteanu  70' FH 22 Jody Rose WG 23 Mădălin Lemnaru  60' Coach: Lynn Howells

LP 1 Mikheil Nariashvili HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze  63' TP 3 Soso Bekoshvili  47' LL 4 Giorgi Nemsadze  5' RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili OF 7 Mamuka Gorgodze (c)  71' N8 8 Beka Gorgadze SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  70' FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze LW 11 Alexander Todua IC 12 Merab Sharikadze OC 13 Davit Kacharava RW 14 Irakli Svanidze  65' FB 15 Merab Kvirikashvili Replacements: HK 16 Zurab Zhvania  63' PR 17 Tornike Mataradze PR 18 Lasha Tabidze  47' FL 19 Lasha Lomidze  5' FL 20 Giorgi Tsutskiridze  71' SH 21 Giorgi Begadze  70' FH 22 Lasha Malaguradze CE 23 Giorgi 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

King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels

See also

• Rugby Europe International Championships
• 2016–17 Rugby Europe International Championships
• Six Nations Championship
• Antim Cup