2020 Rugby Europe Championship

Date

1 February 2020 – 7 February 2021

Countries

Belgium

Georgia

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Spain

Tournament statistics

Champions

Georgia (12th title)

Grand Slam

Georgia (9th title)

Antim Cup

Georgia (13th title)

Matches played

Attendance

67,792 (5,649 per match)

Official website

Rugby Europe International Championships

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The 2020 Rugby Europe Championship is the fourth season of the Rugby Europe International Championships, the premier rugby union competition for European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship. The competing teams are Belgium, Georgia, Romania, Russia and Spain (the top five teams from 2019), and Portugal, who qualified after defeating Germany in the promotion/relegation play-off of the 2019 Championship.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
Belgium	Stade Communal Fallon	2,500	Brussels	Frédéric Cocqu	Julien Berger
Georgia	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Aia Arena	54,600 27,223 5,000	Tbilisi Tbilisi Kutaisi	Levan Maisashvili (interim)	Merab Sharikadze
Portugal	Estádio Universitário de Lisboa Complexo Desportivo da Caldas da Rainha Stade Jean-Bouin	8,000 3,250 20,000	Lisbon Caldas da Rainha Paris	Patrice Lagisquet	Tomás Appleton
Romania	Stadionul Municipal Stadionul Ion Oblemenco	7,782 30,983	Botoșani Craiova	Andy Robinson	Mihai Macovei
Russia	Fisht Olympic Stadium Kaliningrad Stadium Kuban Stadium	47,659 35,212 35,200	Sochi Kaliningrad Krasnodar	Lyn Jones	Andrey Garbuzov
Spain	Estadio Nacional Complutense	12,400	Madrid	Santiago Santos	Gauthier Gibouin

Table

Champions

Advances to promotion/relegation play-off

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
1	Georgia	5	5	0	0	197	60	+137	28	7	+21	3	0	1	24
2	Spain	5	3	0	2	103	93	+10	14	8	+6	1	0	0	13
3	Romania	5	2	0	3	101	82	+19	7	14	−7	1	1	0	10
4	Portugal	5	2	0	3	98	111	-13	11	14	−3	0	1	0	9
5	Russia	5	2	0	3	82	128	−46	10	15	−5	0	0	0	8
6	Belgium	5	1	0	4	84	171	−87	9	21	−12	1	2	0	7
Source:^[1] 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^[2]

Fixtures

Week 1

1 February 2020
14:00 MSK (UTC+03)

Russia	12–31	Spain (1 TBP)
Try: Gaisin (2) 4' c, 73' m Con: Gaisin (1/2)	RE Report WR Report	Try: Sánchez Borrego 37' c Jorba 40' c Del Hoyo Portoles 45' m Linklater 76' m Quercy 80' c Con: Linklater (2/4) Rabago (1/1)

Fisht Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 8,237
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Team details


LP	1	Andrey Polivalov	55'
HK	2	Stanislav Sel'skiy	58'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov	66'
LL	4	Yegor Zykov
RL	5	Andrey Garbuzov	67'
BF	6	Nikita Vavilin
OF	7	Vitaly Zhivatov	66'
N8	8	Victor Gresev
SH	9	Vasily Dorofeev	58'
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin
LW	11	Daniil Potikhanov	52'
IC	12	Kirill Golosnitsky
OC	13	Dmitry Gerasimov	64'
RW	14	German Davydov
FB	15	Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK	16	Evgeny Matveev	58'
LK	17	Evgeny Mishechkin	55'
PR	18	Azamat Bitiev	66'
LK	19	Evgeny Elgin	67'
FL	20	Anton Sychev	66'
SH	21	Aleksey Shcherban	58'
FH	22	Yuri Kushnarev	64'
WG	23	Vladislav Sozonov	52'
Coach:
Lyn Jones


LP	1	Fernando Martín López (c)	57'
HK	2	Vicente del Hoyo Portoles	75'
TP	3	Alberto Alonso Blanco	41'
LL	4	Lucas Guillaume
RL	5	Michael Walkter-Fitton	41'
BF	6	Victor Sánchez Borrego
OF	7	Gautier Gibouin	70'
N8	8	Lionel Tauli	64'
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet
FH	10	Brad Linklater
LW	11	Jordi Jorba	52'
IC	12	Thibault Álvarez	41'
OC	13	Richard Stewart
RW	14	Ignacio Contardi	61'
FB	15	J. W. Bell
Replacements:
PR	16	Thierry Futeu	57'
HK	17	Matthew Bebe Smith	75'
PR	18	Jon Zabala	41'
N8	19	Nathan Paila	64'
FL	20	Fréderic Quercy	41'
SH	21	Lucas Rubio	61'
CE	22	Andrea Rabago	41'
WG	23	Julen Goia	70'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Federico Boraso (Italy)
Emanuele Tomo (Italy)

1 February 2020
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	23–17	Belgium (1 LBP)
Try: Cardoso Pinto 13' c Vareta 33' c Con: Antunes (2/2) Pen: Antunes (3/3)	RE Report WR Report	Try: Penalty try 43' De Molder 52' c Con: Williams (1/1) Pen: Williams (1/1)

Estádio Universitário de Lisboa, Lisbon
Attendance: 955
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)

Team details


LP	1	Ivo Morais	56'
HK	2	Lionel Campergue
TP	3	Diogo Hasse Ferreira
LL	4	José Madeira
RL	5	José Rebelo de Andrade	52'
BF	6	David Wallis
OF	7	João Granate
N8	8	Thibault de Freitas	72'
SH	9	João Belo	76'
FH	10	João Lima
LW	11	José Vareta	39'
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	António Vidinha
RW	14	Dany Antunes
FB	15	Manuel Cardoso Pinto
Replacements:
PR	16	Francisco Bruno	56'
HK	17	Rodrigo Bento
LK	18	Duarte Torgal	52'
FL	19	Manuel Picão	72'
SH	20	Duarte Azevedo	76'
SH	21	Jorge Abecasis
FB	22	João Freudenthal	39'
PR	23	João Vasco Côrte-Real
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet


LP	1	Bastien Gallaire	53'
HK	2	Thomas Dienst	53'
TP	3	Maxime Jadot	66'
LL	4	Guillaume Mortier	51'
RL	5	Mathieu Verschelden	40'
BF	6	Lucas de Connick
OF	7	Jean Maurice Deccuber	71'
N8	8	Gillian Benoy
SH	9	Julien Berger (c)	74'
FH	10	Ryan Godsmark
LW	11	Gaspard Lalli
IC	12	Guillaume Piron	46'
OC	13	Nathan Bontems
RW	14	Craig Dowsett
FB	15	Alan Williams
Replacements:
HK	16	Vincent Tauzia	53'
PR	17	Julien Massimi	53'
LK	18	Bertrand Billi	71'
FL	19	Thomas de Molder	40'
FL	20	William van Bost	51'
SH	21	Tom Cocqu	74'
CE	22	Louis de Moffarts	46'
PR	23	Bruno Vliegen	66'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac

Touch judges:
Ian Kenny (Scotland)
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)

1 February 2020
18:00 GET (UTC+04)

(1 TBP) Georgia	41–13	Romania
Try: Abzhandadze 6' m Modebadze 45' m Gigashvili 58' c Kacharava (2) 64' c, 74' c Chkoidze 78' c Con: Abzhandadze (4/6) Pen: Abzhandadze (1/1)	RE Report WR Report	Try: Vlaicu 49' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) Pen: Vlaicu (2/3)

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Tom Foley (England)

Team details


LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili (c)	60'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	76'
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	72'
LL	4	Nodar Tcheishvili
RL	5	Konstantin Mikautadze	59'
BF	6	Otar Giorgadze
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze	67'
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	65'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Alexander Todua
IC	12	Giorgi Kveseladze	17'
OC	13	Davit Kacharava
RW	14	Mirian Modebadze
FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze	76'
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze	76'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	60'
PR	18	Giorgi Melikidze	72'
LK	19	Shalva Sutiashvili	59'
FL	20	Mikheil Gachechiladze	67'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze	65'
FH	22	Lasha Malaghuradze	17'
FB	23	Soso Matiashvili	76'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili


LP	1	Constantin Pristăviță		60'
HK	2	Eugen Căpățână		60'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș
LL	4	Ionuț Mureșan
RL	5	Johannes van Heerden		65'
BF	6	Dorin Lazăr		45'
OF	7	Dragoș Ser
N8	8	Cristi Chirică
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	(c)
FH	10	Daniel Plai		70'
LW	11	Ionuț Dumitru
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu
OC	13	Cătălin Fercu
RW	14	Marius Simionescu		70'
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK	16	Ovidiu Cojocaru		60'
PR	17	Iulian Hartig		60'
LK	18	Adrian Moțoc		65'
FL	19	Adrian Ion		45'
FH	20	Tudor Boldor		70'
SH	21	Tudorel Bratu
WG	22	Robert Neagu		70'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
J. P. Doyle (England)
Paul Dix (England)

Week 2

8 February 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Belgium	38–12	Russia
Try: Dienst 36' c Jadot 45' c Berger 50' c Deccuber 55' c Verschelden 69' c Con: Williams (5/5) Pen: Williams (1/1) 28'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Sozonov 19' m Elgin 25' c Con: Gaisin (1/2)

Stade Communal Fallon, Brussels
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

Team details


LP	1	Alexis Cuffolo		46'
HK	2	Thomas Dienst		59'
TP	3	Maxime Jadot		67'	74'
LL	4	Tom Herenger		67'
RL	5	Gilian Benoy		55'
BF	6	Lucas de Connick
OF	7	Jean Maurice Deccuber		71'
N8	8	Thomas de Molder
SH	9	Julien Berger (c)		59'
FH	10	Antoine Vassart
LW	11	Gaspard Lalli		74'
IC	12	Guillaume Piron		61'
OC	13	Craig Dowsett
RW	14	Thomas Wallraf
FB	15	Alan Williams		67'
Replacements:
HK	16	Vincent Tauzia		59'
PR	17	Bastien Gallaire		46'
LK	18	Mathieu Verschelden		55'
LK	19	Bertrand Billi		67'
SH	20	Tom Cocqu		59'
CE	21	Louis de Moffarts		61'
WG	22	Cédric Wieme		67'
PR	23	Julien Massimi	63' to 74'	63'	74'
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac


LP	1	Valery Morozov	55'
HK	2	Evgeny Matveev	60'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov	60'
LL	4	Yegor Zykov
RL	5	Alexsandr Il`in	8'
BF	6	Vitaly Zhivatov
OF	7	Anton Sychev	71'
N8	8	Victor Gresev
SH	9	Aleksey Shcherban	38'
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev	13'
LW	11	Vladislav Sozonov	71'
IC	12	Kirill Golosnitsky
OC	13	German Davydov
RW	14	Vasily Artemyev (c)
FB	15	Ramil Gaisin
Replacements:
HK	16	Sergey Chernyshev	60'
LK	17	Evgeny Mishechkin	55'
PR	18	Azamat Bitiev	60'
LK	19	Evgeny Elgin	8'
FL	20	Eme Peki	71'
SH	21	Stepan Khokhlov	38'
WG	22	Khetag Dzobelov	71'
CE	23	Dmitry Gerasimov	13'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)
Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)

8 February 2020
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Portugal	22–11	Romania
Try: Antunes (2) 11' m, 29' m Tadjer 51' m Con: Antunes (2/3) Pen: Antunes (1/1)	RE Report WR Report	Try: Simionescu 64' m Pen: Vlaicu (2/3)

Complexo Desportivo da Caldas da Rainha, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)

Team details


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes		58'
HK	2	Mike Tadjer		67'
TP	3	Ivo Morais		44'
LL	4	Jean Sousa
RL	5	José Rebelo de Andrade		60'
BF	6	João Granate		42'	43'
OF	7	David Wallis
N8	8	Manuel Picão		40'
SH	9	Duarte Azevedo	56' to 66'	66'
FH	10	João Lima
LW	11	Dany Antunes		60'
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	António Vidinha		61'
RW	14	Rodrigo Marta
FB	15	Manuel Cardoso Pinto		74'
Replacements:
HK	16	Lionel Campergue		67'
PR	17	David Costa		58'
LK	18	José Madeira		42'	43'	60'
FL	19	Thibault de Freitas		40'
FB	20	João Freudenthal		74'
FH	21	Pedro Lucas		66'
CE	22	José Lima		61'
PR	23	Diogo Hasse Ferreira		44'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet


LP	1	Ionel Badiu		58'
HK	2	Ovidiu Cojocaru		56'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș		40'
LL	4	Ionuț Mureșan		52'
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Mihai Macovei (c)
OF	7	Dragoș Ser	51' to 61'
N8	8	Kamil Sobota		62'
SH	9	Florin Surugiu		71'
FH	10	Tudor Boldor
LW	11	Ionuț Dumitru		60'
IC	12	Florin Vlaicu
OC	13	Taylor Gontineac		40'
RW	14	Marius Simionescu
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK	16	Eugen Căpățână		56'
PR	17	Constantin Pristăviță		58'
LK	18	Johannes van Heerden		52'
FL	19	Adrian Ion		62'
SH	20	Tudorel Bratu		71'
CE	21	Vlăduț Popa		40'
WG	22	Nicolas Onuțu		60'
PR	23	Costel Burțilă		40'
Coach:
Andy Robinson (England)

Touch judges:
Laurent Cardona (France)
Thierry Mallet (France)

9 February 2020
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

Spain	10–23	Georgia
Try: Pinto Ferrer 8' m Del Hoyo Portoles 78' m	RE Report WR Report	Try: Mamukashvili 3' m Tabutsadze 20' c Mamukashvili 37' m Con: Abzhandadze (1/3) Pen: Abzhandadze (2/2)

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Team details


LP	1	Fernando Martín López (c)		19'
HK	2	Marco Pinto Ferrer		58'
TP	3	Alberto Alonso Blanco		46'
LL	4	Josh Peters		61'
RL	5	Lucas Guillaume	10' to 18'
BF	6	Fréderic Quercy
OF	7	Gautier Gibouin
N8	8	Lionel Tauli		46'
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet		68'
FH	10	Brad Linklater
LW	11	J. W. Bell
IC	12	Andrea Rabago
OC	13	Richard Stewart		40'
RW	14	Jordi Jorba		4'
FB	15	Charly Malie
Replacements:
PR	16	Thierry Futeu		19'
HK	17	Vicente del Hoyo Portoles		58'
PR	18	Jon Zabala		46'
FL	19	Victor Sánchez Borrego		10'	18'	61'
N8	20	Nathan Paila		46'
SH	21	Tomás Munilla		68'
CE	22	Pierre Nueno		40'
WG	23	Martín Alonso		4'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili (c) 52'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili 67'
TP	3	Levan Chilachava 50'
LL	4	Shalva Sutiashvili 69'
RL	5	Nodar Tcheishvili 64'
BF	6	Beka Saghinadze
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8	8	Beka Gorgadze
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze 64'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze 64'
LW	11	Aka Tabutsadze
IC	12	Tamaz Mchedlidze 75'
OC	13	Davit Kacharava
RW	14	Alexander Todua
FB	15	Soso Matiashvili 76'
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze 67'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili 50'
PR	18	Beka Gigashvili 52'
LK	19	Davit Gigauri 64'
FL	20	Mikheil Gachechiladze 69'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze 64'
FH	22	Lasha Malaghuradze 75'
FB	23	Lasha Khmaladze 64'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Aled Evans (Wales)
Mike English (Wales)

Week 3

22 February 2020
15:00 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	24−7	Spain
	RE Report WR Report

Stadionul Municipal, Botoșani
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)

Team details


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)
Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)

22 February 2020
15:00 GET (UTC+04)

(1 TBP) Georgia	78−6	Belgium
Try: Tabutsadze 7' m, 52' m, 77' m, 80' m Karkadze 14' m Matiashvili 17' m Dzneladze 26' m, 69' m Penalty Try 39' m Begadze 43' m Gorgadze 56' m Tkhilaishvili 63' m Con: Abzhandadze (9/11)	RE Report WR Report	Pen: Vassart 20' m, 39' m

Aia Arena, Kutaisi
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Cristian Șerban (Romania)

Team details


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Mihai Văcaru (Romania)

22 February 2020
16:00 KALT (UTC+02)

Russia	19−18	Portugal (1 LBP)
	RE Report WR Report

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Inigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)

Team details


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:
Iñaki Muñoz Martin (Spain)
Jon Ibisate Alday (Spain)

Week 4

7 March 2020
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 LBP) Belgium	23–30	Spain
	RE Report WR Report

Stade Communal Fallon, Brussels
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)

Team details


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:
Chris Busby (Ireland)
John Carvill (Ireland)

7 March 2020
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)

Russia	32–25	Romania (1 LBP)
	RE Report WR Report

Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Dan Jones (Wales)

Team details


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:
Mike English (Wales)
Tom Spurrier (Wales)

7 March 2020
16:00 CET (UTC+01)

Portugal	24–39	Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: Costa Cardoso Pinto 6' Antunes 22' Belo 41' Con: Antunes 7', 23', 42' Pen: Antunes 64'	RE Report WR Report	Try: Mamukashvili 3' Gorgadze 9' Kacharava 34' Saginadze 58' Tapladze 71' Matiashvili 75' Con: Matiashvili 4'

Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Team details


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:
Ross Mabon (Scotland)
Neil Muir (Scotland)

Week 5

N/A
N/A

(1 TBP) Romania	28–0^[3]	Belgium
	WR Report

Team details


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:

7 February 2021^[4]^[5]
15:00 GET (UTC+04)^[6]

Georgia	16–7	Russia
Try: Vasil Lobzhanidze 45' Con: Tedo Abzhandadze 46' Pen: Tedo Abzhandadze 53', 66', 75'	RE report WR Report	Try: Bogdan Fedotko 60' Con: Ramil Gaisin 61'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)

Team details


LP	1	Zurabi Zhvania
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani
RL	5	Giorgi Javakhia
BF	6	Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF	7	Beka Saghinadze
N8	8	Tornike Jalaghonia
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Mirian Modebadze
IC	12	Tamaz Mchedlidze
OC	13	Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze
FB	15	Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze
PR	17	Giorgi Nutsubidze
PR	18	Giorgi Melikidze
LK	19	Davit Gigauri
SH	20	Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
FH	21	Gela Aprasidze
CE	22	Lasha Khmaladze
WG	23	Demur Tapladze
Coach: Levan Maisashvili


LP	1
HK	2
TP	3
LL	4
RL	5
BF	6
OF	7
N8	8
SH	9
FH	10
LW	11
IC	12
OC	13
RW	14
FB	15
Replacements:
HK	16
PR	17
PR	18
LK	19
SH	20
FH	21
CE	22
WG	23
Coach:

Touch judges:
Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)

7 February 2021^[4]^[5]
12:45 CET (UTC+01)^[6]

Spain	25–11	Portugal
	RE report WR Report

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 0
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)

Team details


LP	1	Fernando Martín López (c)	49'
HK	2	Vicente del Hoyo	55'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	68'
LL	4	Josh Peters	49'
RL	5	Víctor Sánchez
BF	6	Matthew Robert Foulds	61'
OF	7	Gautier Gibouin
N8	8	Fred Quercy
SH	9	Tomás Munilla	66'
FH	10	Bautista Eduardo Guemes
LW	11	Gautier Minguillón
IC	12	Alvar Gimeno	21'
OC	13	Richard Stewart
RW	14	Julen Goia
FB	15	John Wessell Bell	71'
Replacements:
LP	16	Bastien Didieu	49'
HK	17	Stephen John Barnes	55'
TP	18	Alberto Blanco	68'
LK	19	Manuel Mora	49'
FK	20	Facundo Domínguez	61'
SH	21	Facundo Munilla	66'
CE	22	Manuel Ordás	21'
WG	23	Guillermo Domínguez	71'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	55'
HK	2	Loic Bournonville	59'
TP	3	Anthony Alves	55'
LL	4	José Madeira
RL	5	Eric Madeira	59'
BF	6	Federico Couto
OF	7	Valentín Ambrosio
N8	8	Thibaut de Freitas
SH	9	João Belo	68'
FH	10	João Lima
LW	11	António Monteiro	55'
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	José Vareta
RW	14	Rodrigo Marta
FB	15	Manuel Cardoso Pinto	38'
Replacements:
TP	16	Diogo Ferreira (rugby union)	55'
HK	17	Rodrigo Bento	59'
LP	18	David Costa	55'
LK	19	Duarte Torgal	59'
FK	20	Manuel Eusebio
SH	21	Pedro Lucas	68'
WG	22	Rafaelle Storti	55'
FB	23	Dany Antunes	38'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Yann Benoit (Switzerland)
Ethan Glass (Switzerland)

Relegation/promotion play-off

29 May 2021^[7]^[8]
14:00 CEST (UTC+02)

Belgium	21–23	Netherlands
	RE report WR Report

ASUB Rugby Field, Waterloo
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

International broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster	Summary
Belgium
Belgium	Auvio Eén	Selected games exclusively live on RTBF Sport and selected games are also free on Eén under the name Sporza
Georgia	Rugby TV Imedi TV	All games exclusively live and free on Rugby TV and Imedi TV
Portugal	Sport TV Rugby TV Portugal	Selected games live on Sport TV 5 and free on Rugby TV Portugal
Romania	TVR	All games exclusively live and free on TVR 1
Russia	Match TV VKontakte	All games exclusively broadcast on Match TV and streamed for free on VKontakte
Spain	TVE	All games exclusively live and free on TVE
Europe	Rugby Europe TV	All games exclusively streamed and free on Rugby Europe TV

References

^ "Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Decisions on Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
^ ^a ^b "2019-20 REIC Men XV | Rugby Europe". Archived from the original on 30 December 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Officiating Appointments".
^ ^a ^b "Rugby Europe Championship 2020".
^ https://www.facebook.com/BelgianRugby ^{[user-generated source]}
^ "Belgium v Netherlands - REC Play-off date confirmed".

External links

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Rugby Europe International Championships

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