| 2008 IRB Nations Cup | |
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| Tournament Format: | Modified Round-robin |
| Date: | 11 – 20 June 2008 |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Matias Arocena (Uruguay) (34 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Florin Corodeanu (Romania) Dato Gasviani (Georgia) Howard Noble (Emerging Springboks) (2 tries) |
| Count: | 2 |
| Website: | IRB Nations Cup |
| Previous Year: | 2007 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2007 IRB Nations Cup |
| Next Year: | 2009 |
| Next Tournament: | 2009 IRB Nations Cup |
The 2008 IRB Nations Cup was the third 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 (Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Georgia, Russia and Uruguay).[1]
For the second consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. The Emerging Springboks were the overall winners for their second consecutive year.
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.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points For | Points Against | Points Difference | Tries For | Tries Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points< | -- | Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | TF | TA | TB | LB | Pts--> | |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 48 | 32 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 60 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 47 | 49 | −2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 74 | −28 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | Player | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 34 | ||
| 2 | 28 | ||
| 3 | Paolo Buso | 25 | |
| 4 | 18 | ||
| 5 | 16 | ||
| 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 10 | ||
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florin Corodeanu | 2 | ||
| Dato Gasviani | ||||
| Howard Noble | ||||
| 4 | 1 |