| 2010 IRB Nations Cup | |
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| Tournament Format: | Modified Round-robin |
| Date: | 11 – 20 June 2010 |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Matches: | 9 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Luciano Orquera (Italy A) (55 points) |
| Top Try Scorer: | Cătălin Fercu (Romania) Bryan Rennie (Scotland A) Joaquín Tuculet (Argentina Jaguars) (2 tries) |
| Count: | 1 |
| Website: | IRB Nations Cup |
| Previous Year: | 2009 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2009 IRB Nations Cup |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Next Tournament: | 2011 IRB Nations Cup |
The 2010 IRB Nations Cup was the fifth 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, Italy A and Scotland A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Namibia and Georgia).[1]
For the fourth consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. Scotland A returned to defend their title, but Namibia 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 | 65 | 53 | +12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 68 | 51 | +17 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 50 | +15 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 59 | +2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 41 | 63 | -22 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 54 | 78 | -24 | 5 | 6 | 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 | Luciano Orquera | 55 | |
| 2 | Dănuț Dumbravă | 42 | |
| 3 | Chrysander Botha | 33 | |
| 4 | Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias | 27 | |
| 5 | Greig Laidlaw | 23 | |
| 6 | Irakli Kiasashvili | 17 | |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| Malkhaz Urjukashvili | |||
| 9 | Cătălin Fercu | 10 | |
| Joaquín Tuculet |
| Rank | Player | Team | Tries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cătălin Fercu | 2 | ||
| Joaquín Tuculet | ||||
| 4 | 19 players | 1 |