2007 IRB Nations Cup

Technopedia Center

Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
S1 Informatics S1 Information Systems S1 Information Technology S1 Computer Engineering S1 Electrical Engineering S1 Civil Engineering

faculty of Economics and Business
S1 Management S1 Accountancy

Faculty of Letters and Educational Sciences
S1 English literature S1 English language education S1 Mathematics education S1 Sports Education

2007 IRB Nations Cup - Wikipedia

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (July 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

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
← 2006 (Previous) (Next) 2008 →

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]

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

South Africa A

109

+85

Argentina XV

+27

Georgia

-7

Romania

-31

Italy A

-20

Namibia

101

-54

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

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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
3	Santiago Fernández	Argentina XV	29
5	Tertius Losper	Namibia	21
6	Merab Kvirikashvili	Georgia	20
7	Tonderai Chavhanga	South Africa A	15
7	Marius Delport	South Africa A	15
9	Justinus van der Westhuizen	Namibia	11

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Team	Tries
1	Tonderai Chavhanga	South Africa A	3
1	Marius Delport	South Africa A	3
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

References

^ See List of international rugby union teams#National teams - tier classification for more information on the Tiers.
^ IRB: original schedule Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 15 June 2012
^ IRB Match Reports on games played at Arcul de Triumf on first Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine, second Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine and third Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine days. Accessed: 15 June 2012

External links

v t e World Rugby Nations Cup
2019 teams	Argentina XV Namibia Russia Uruguay
Former teams	Emerging Ireland (2014) Emerging Springboks (2007, 2008) France A (2009) Georgia (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) Portugal (2006, 2011, 2012) Scotland A (2009, 2010) Russia (2014) South African Kings (2011)
Seasons	2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Winners	2006 Argentina A 2007 Emerging Springboks 2008 Emerging Springboks 2009 Scotland A 2010 Namibia 2011 South African Kings 2012 Romania 2013 Romania 2014 Emerging Ireland 2015 Romania 2016 Romania 2017 Uruguay 2018 Uruguay 2019 Uruguay

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Final standings

Results

Round 1

Round 2

Round 3

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Top try scorers

See also

References

External links