| 2009 IRB Nations Cup | |
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| Tournament Format: | Modified Round-robin |
| Date: | 12 – 21 June 2009 |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Riccardo Bocchino (Italy A) (39 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Scott Lawson (Scotland A) Romain Martial (France A) Jim Thompson (Scotland A) Manoa Vosawai (Italy A) Simon Webster (Scotland A) Alexander Yanyushkin (Russia) (2 tries) |
| Count: | 1 |
| Website: | IRB Nations Cup |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2008 IRB Nations Cup |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Next Tournament: | 2010 IRB Nations Cup |
The 2009 IRB Nations Cup was the fourth 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 (France A, Italy A and Scotland A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Russia and Uruguay).[1]
For the third consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. Emerging Springboks did not return to defend their title. Scotland A were the overall winners of the tournament.
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.
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| 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 | 98 | 22 | +76 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 47 | +27 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 53 | +10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 55 | -9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 110 | -71 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 40 | 73 | −33 | 3 | 9 | 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 |
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| 1 | Riccardo Bocchino | 39 | |
| 2 | Ruaridh Jackson | 29 | |
| 3 | Florin Vlaicu | 28 | |
| 4 | Fabrice Estebanez | 20 | |
| Jeronimo Etcheverry | |||
| 6 | Alexander Yanyushkin | 17 | |
| 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | Scott Lawson | 10 | |
| Romain Martial | |||
| Manoa Vosawai | |||
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries | |
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| 1 | Scott Lawson | 2 | ||
| Romain Martial | ||||
| Manoa Vosawai | ||||
| Alexander Yanyushkin | ||||
| 7 | 28 players | 1 |