2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy Explained

2016-17 Rugby Europe Trophy
Date:24 September 2016 – 22 April 2017
Countries:
    Teams:6
    Count:1
    Grand Slam: (1)
    Matches:15
    Attendance:37627
    Tries:89
    Top Point Scorer: David Weersma (52)
    Top Try Scorer: Sep Visser (6)
    Previous Year:2014–16
    Previous Tournament:2014–16 European Nations Cup First Division
    Next Year:2017-2018
    Next Tournament:2017-18 Rugby Europe Trophy

    The 2016–17 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the inaugural Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Switzerland and Ukraine compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off.

    This years competition sees Portugal drop down out of the top six, outside the Rugby Europe Championship, replacing Belgium who earned Promotion to the Championship for 2017.[1]

    Table

    Champions and advances to
    Promotion/relegation play-off
    Relegated
    PlaceNationGamesPointsTry
    BP    		Losing
    BP    		Grand Slam
    BP    		Table
    points
    playedwondrawnlostforagainstdiff
    1550017937+14240125
    2530215994+6521015
    35302140122+1810013
    453027373000012
    55104100162–621106
    6500552215–1630000
    Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[2]
    Win - 4 points
    Draw - 2 points
    At least 3 more tries than opponent- 1 point
    Loss within 8 points - 1 point
    Loss greater than 8 points - 0 points
    Completing a Grand Slam - 1 point (will not be counted towards World Cup Qualification)

    Fixtures

    FB 15Mateusz Lament
    RW 14Szymon Sirocki
    OC 13
    IC 12Patryk Reksulak
    LW 11Radoslaw Rakowski
    FH 10Wojciech Piotrowicz
    SH 9 Dawid Plichta
    N8 8
    OF 7 Aleksander Nowicki
    BF 6 Mateusz Bartoszek
    RL 5 Paweł Poniatowski
    LL 4
    TP 3 Radosław Bysewski
    HK 2 Kamil Bobryk (c)
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16Łukasz Kujawa
    17Adrian Chróściel
    18
    19Piotr Zeszutek
    20Rafał Janeczko
    21
    22
    25
    Coach:
    Blikkies Groenewald
    FB 15
    RW 14
    OC 13Sergii Garkavyi
    IC 12Viachesla Ponomarkeno
    LW 11Oleg Kosariev
    FH 10Sergiy Tserkovniy
    SH 9
    N8 8
    OF 7
    BF 6
    RL 5
    LL 4 Oleksand Lomakin
    TP 17
    HK 20 Mykola Kirsanov (c)
    LP 3
    Replacements:
    18
    1
    16
    2
    19
    23
    21
    22
    Coach:
    Valerii Kochanov
    Touch judges:
    Simon Mills (Wales)
    Elgan Williams (Wales)
    ----
    FB 15Ihor Snisarenko
    RW 14
    OC 13Oleg Kosariev
    IC 12Viachesla Ponomarkeno
    LW 11Andrii Shakura
    FH 10Sergii Garkavyi
    SH 9
    N8 8 Ruslan Radchuck
    OF 7
    BF 6 Valentyn Lytvynenko
    RL 5 Oleksand Tsapenko
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2 Mykola Kirsanov (c)
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    22
    23
    21Volodymy Voitov
    17
    19
    20
    18
    Coach:
    Valerii Kochanov
    FB 15
    RW 14
    OC 13Josh Gascoigne
    IC 12David Weersma
    LW 11Sep Visser
    FH 10
    SH 9 Amir Rademaker
    N8 8
    OF 7
    BF 6 Dirk Danen (c)
    RL 5 Chesney Crosby
    LL 4 Rob Verbakel
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    23
    22
    21
    Coach:
    Gareth Gilbert
    Touch judges:
    P. Mendes Silva (Portugal)
    J. Costa (Portugal)
    ----
    FB 15Illie Lotca
    RW 11Andrei Cibotari
    OC 13Victor Arhip
    IC 12Ion Cavcaliuc
    LW 14Grigore Lotca
    FH 10
    SH 9 Alexandru Ungureanu
    N8 6 Maxim Gargalic
    OF 8 Oleg Prepelita
    BF 7 Veaceslav Titica (c)
    RL 4 Andrei Mahu
    LL 5
    TP 3 Gheorghe Gajon
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    17Christian Ojovan
    16
    18Ion Busila
    19
    20
    21Vadim Preguza
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Sergiu Motoc
    FB 15Ihor Snisarenko
    RW 14
    OC 13Oleg Kosariev
    IC 12Viacheslav Ponomarenko
    LW 11
    FH 10Volodymy Voitov
    SH 9 Sergii Ianchui
    N8 8 Ruslan Radchuk
    OF 7 Valentyn Lytvynenko
    BF 6 Serhii Cherniachenko
    RL 5 Oleksand Tsapenko
    LL 4 Oleksand Lomakin
    TP 3
    HK 2 Mykola Kirsanov (c)
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20Vitalii Kuznietsov
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Valerii Kochanov
    Touch judges:
    Adrien Descottes (France)
    Thierry Guilloton (France)
    ----
    FB 15
    RW 14
    OC 22Rik Roovers
    IC 12David Weersma
    LW 11Sep Visser
    FH 10Storm Carroll
    SH 9
    N8 8
    OF 7
    BF 6 Dirk Danen
    RL 5 Chesney Crosby
    LL 4 Rob Verbakel
    TP 16
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    18
    17
    3
    19
    20
    21
    13
    23
    Coach:
    Gareth Gilbert
    FB 15
    RW 14
    OC 13Victor Arhip
    IC 12Ion Cavcaliuc
    LW 11Grigore Lotca
    FH 10Mihai Golubenco
    SH 9
    N8 8 Maxim Gargalic
    OF 7
    BF 6 Veaceslav Titica
    RL 5
    LL 4 Andrei Romanov
    TP 3
    HK 2 Igor Orgheanu
    LP 1 Ruslan Dorogan
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20Andrei Lungu
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Sergiu Motoc
    Touch judges:
    Finlay Brown (Scotland)
    Neil Muir (Scotland)
    ----
    FB 15Thibault Grey
    RW 14
    OC 13Ghislain Montiel
    IC 12Benjamin Doy
    LW 11
    FH 10
    SH 9 Simon Perrod
    N8 8 Cyril Lin (c)
    OF 7
    BF 6 Jonathan Wullschleger
    RL 5 Nicolas Guyou
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Olivier Nier
    FB 15Nuno Guedes
    RW 14José Vareta
    OC 13Tomás Appleton
    IC 12
    LW 11Gonçalo Foro
    FH 10Nuno Costa
    SH 9 Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)
    N8 8 Vasco Mendes
    OF 7
    BF 6 João Lino
    RL 5 Gonçalo Uva
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Ian Smith
    Touch judges:
    Manuel Bottino (Italy)
    Yves Bressy (France)
    ----
    FB 15Thibault Grey
    RW 14
    OC 13
    IC 12
    LW 11Florian Escoffier
    FH 10Benjamin Doy
    SH 9 Simon Perrod
    N8 8 Cyril Lin (c)
    OF 7
    BF 6 Jonathan Wullschleger
    RL 5 Nicolas Guyou
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Olivier Nier
    FB 15
    RW 11
    OC 13Victor Arhip
    IC 12Ion Cavcaliuc
    LW 14Vasile Buzgan
    FH 10Mihai Golubenco
    SH 9
    N8 6 Maxim Gargalic (c)
    OF 8 Oleg Prepelita
    BF 7
    RL 4 Andrei Mahu
    LL 5
    TP 3 Cristian Ojovan
    HK 1 Igor Orgheanu
    LP 2
    Replacements:
    17
    16Ion Dascal
    18Ion Busila
    19
    20
    23Grigore Lotca
    22
    21
    Coach:
    Sergiu Motoc
    Touch judges:
    Daniel Maughan (Germany)
    Joshua Jahn (Germany)
    ----
    FB 15Nuno Sousa Guedes
    RW 14
    OC 13Tomás Appleton
    IC 12José Lima
    LW 11Adérito Esteves
    FH 10Nuno Penha e Costa
    SH 9 Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)
    N8 8 Vasco Fragoso Mendes
    OF 7
    BF 6
    RL 5 José Fino
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Martim Aguiar
    FB 15
    RW 14Szymon Sirocki
    OC 13Patryk Reksulak
    IC 12Daniel Gdula
    LW 11Radoslaw Rakowski
    FH 10Wojciech Piotrowicz
    SH 9
    N8 8 Piotr Zeszutek
    OF 7 Aleksander Nowicki
    BF 6 Mateusz Bartoszek
    RL 5
    LL 4 Piotr Karpiński II
    TP 3
    HK 2 Kamil Bobryk (c)
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16Łukasz Kujawa
    17
    18
    19Adrian Ignakzak
    20
    21
    22
    23Tomasz Rokicki
    Coach:
    Blikkies Groenewald
    Touch judges:
    David Sutherland (Scotland)
    Steven Turnbull (Scotland)
    ----
    FB 15
    RW 14
    OC 13Josh Gascoigne
    IC 12David Weersma
    LW 11Sep Visser
    FH 10Storm Carroll
    SH 9 Rik Roovers (c)
    N8 8 Vincent Wright
    OF 7
    BF 6
    RL 5
    LL 4 Rob Verbakel
    TP 16
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    3
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Gareth Gilbert
    FB 15Manuel Vilela
    RW 14Gonçalo Foro
    OC 13Tomás Appleton
    IC 12Vasco Ribeiro
    LW 11
    FH 10Nuno Penha e Costa
    SH 9 Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)
    N8 8 Vasco Fragoso Mendes
    OF 7
    BF 6 João Lino
    RL 5 Gonçalo Uva
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Martim Aguiar
    Touch judges:
    Alan Falzone (Italy)
    Andrea Spadoni (Italy)
    ----
    FB 15
    RW 14Gonçalo Foro
    OC 13
    IC 12Vasco Ribeiro
    LW 11Adérito Esteves
    FH 10Nuno Penha e Costa
    SH 9 Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)
    N8 8
    OF 7 Miguel Macedo
    BF 6
    RL 5
    LL 4 Fernando Almeida
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Martim Aguiar
    FB 15
    RW 14Vasili Buzgan
    OC 13Mihail Boian
    IC 12
    LW 11Andrei Cibotari
    FH 10
    SH 9
    N8 8
    OF 7 Veaceslav Titica (c)
    BF 18 Ion Busila
    RL 5 Andrei Romanov
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    6
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Sergiu Motoc
    Touch judges:
    Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
    Chris Harrington (Ireland)
    ----
    FB 15Thibault Géry
    RW 14Florian Escoffier
    OC 13
    IC 12Ghislain Montiel
    LW 11
    FH 10Julien Gros
    SH 9
    N8 8 Cyril Lin (c)
    OF 7
    BF 6 Jonathan Wullschläger
    RL 5
    LL 4 Tim Vogtli
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23Liam Kavanagh
    Coach:
    Olivier Nier
    FB 15Volodymy Voitov
    RW 14Ihor Snisarenko
    OC 13
    IC 12Viacheslav Ponomarenko
    LW 11Oleg Kosariev
    FH 10Sergiy Tserkovniy
    SH 9
    N8 8 Ruslan Radchuk
    OF 7
    BF 6 Valentyn Lytvynenko
    RL 5 Oleksand Tsapenko
    LL 4 Roman Kulakivskyi
    TP 3
    HK 2 Mykola Kirsanov (c)
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18Oleg Lytvynenko
    19
    20Vitalii Kuznietsov
    21Maksym Kravchenko
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Valerii Kochanov
    Touch judges:
    Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
    Emanuel Gorodea (Romania)
    ----
    FB 15Dorin Petrache
    RW 14
    OC 13Vasili Buzgan
    IC 12Ion Cavcaliuc
    LW 11Andrei Cibotari
    FH 10Ion Constantin
    SH 9
    N8 8
    OF 7 Veaceslav Titica (c)
    BF 6 Maxim Gargalic
    RL 5 Andrei Romanov
    LL 4 Andrei Mahu
    TP 3 Ion Dascal
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18Ion Spatari
    19
    20Andrei Lungu
    21
    22
    23Mihail Boian
    Coach:
    Sergiu Motoc
    FB 15
    RW 14Wojciech Brzezicki
    OC 13Daniel Gdula
    IC 12Grzegorz Szczepański
    LW 11Radosław Rakowski
    FH 10Wojciech Piotrowicz
    SH 9 Dawid Plichta
    N8 8 Piotr Zeszutek (c)
    OF 7 Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki
    BF 6 Mateusz Bartoszek
    RL 5
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    23
    20
    25Tomasz Rokicki
    22
    19Adrian Chróściel
    Coach:
    Blikkies Groenewald
    Touch judges:
    Artur Kaptyukh (Russia)
    Georgy Kopp (Russia)
    ----
    FB 15Josh Gascoigne
    RW 14
    OC 23Rik Roovers (c)
    IC 12David Weersma
    LW 11Sep Visser
    FH 10
    SH 9
    N8 8 Vincent Wright
    OF 7
    BF 6
    RL 5 Chesney Crosby
    LL 4
    TP 18
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    3
    19
    20
    21
    22
    13
    Coach:
    Gareth Gilbert
    FB 15
    RW 14Florian Escoffier
    OC 13
    IC 12Baptiste Cariat
    LW 11Lucas Heinrich
    FH 10Benjamin Doy
    SH 9
    N8 8 Cyril Lin (c)
    OF 7 Corentin Delabays
    BF 6 Tim Vogtli
    RL 5 Nicolas Guyou
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20Cédric Curdy
    21
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Olivier Nier
    Touch judges:
    Marc Riera (Spain)
    Alfonso Mirat (Spain)
    ----
    FB 15Volodymyr Voitov
    RW 14
    OC 13Sergii Garkavyi
    IC 12Viacheslav Ponomarenko
    LW 11
    FH 10Sergiy Tserkovniy
    SH 9
    N8 8 Ruslan Radchuk
    OF 7 Serhii Cherniachenko
    BF 6 Valentyn Lytvynenko
    RL 5 Oleksandr Tsapenko
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2 Mykola Kirsanov (c)
    LP 20
    Replacements:
    16
    17Konstyantyn Hurylov
    18Oleg Lytvynenko
    19
    1
    21
    22
    23Maksym Churaev
    Coach:
    Valerii Kochanov
    FB 15Nuno Sousa Guedes
    RW 14Gonçalo Foro
    OC 13Bernardo Seara Cardoso
    IC 12Manuel Vilela
    LW 11
    FH 10Nuno Penha e Costa
    SH 9 Francisco Pinto Magalhães (c)
    N8 8
    OF 7 Miguel Macedo
    BF 6 João Lino
    RL 5 José Fino
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16
    17
    18
    19
    20
    21Afonso Rodrigues
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Martim Aguiar
    Touch judges:
    Madalin Girbau (Romania)
    Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
    ----
    FB 15Mateusz Lament
    RW 14Wojciech Brzezicki
    OC 13Grzegorz Szczepański
    IC 12Daniel Gdula
    LW 11Andrzej Charlat
    FH 10
    SH 9
    N8 8 Piotr Zeszutek (c)[3]
    OF 7 Michał Mirosz
    BF 6
    RL 5
    LL 4 Piotr Karpiński II
    TP 25
    HK 2 Adrian Ignaczak
    LP 1 Marcin Wilczuk
    Replacements:
    16
    17Sebastian Kostałkowski
    18
    19
    20Piotr Wiśniewski
    21Maciej Panasiuk
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Blikkies Groenewald
    FB 15Josh Gascoigne
    RW 14
    OC 22Rik Roovers (c)[4]
    IC 12
    LW 11Sep Visser
    FH 10
    SH 9 Amir Rademaker
    N8 8 Vincent Wright
    OF 7 Robin Kok
    BF 6
    RL 5 Chesney Crosby
    LL 4
    TP 18
    HK 2
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16Roy Schermer
    17
    3
    19
    20
    21
    13
    23
    Coach:
    Gareth Gilbert
    Touch judges:
    Flavien Hourquet (France)
    Mikael Simon (France)
    ----
    FB 15Mateusz Lament
    RW 14
    OC 13Grzegorz Szczepański
    IC 12
    LW 11Tomasz Gasik
    FH 10Mateusz Plichta
    SH 9 Dawid Plichta
    N8 8 Piotr Zeszutek (c)
    OF 7 Michał Mirosz
    BF 6
    RL 5 Stanisław Powała-Niedźwiecki
    LL 4
    TP 3 Sebastian Kacprzak
    HK 2 Adrian Ignaczak
    LP 1
    Replacements:
    16Paweł Grabski
    17Sebastian Kostałkowski
    18
    19
    20
    21
    22
    23Adam Piotrowski
    Coach:
    Blikkies Groenewald
    FB 15Iain Mowat
    RW 14
    OC 13Erwan Meudic
    IC 12Francis Gangath-Samba
    LW 11Lucas Heinrich
    FH 10Baptiste Cariat
    SH 9 Gaëtan Hirsch
    N8 8 Cyril Lin (c)
    OF 7
    BF 6 Jonhathan Wullschläger
    RL 5
    LL 4
    TP 3
    HK 2 Maxime Luçon
    LP 1 Nathan Pelsy
    Replacements:
    16Simon Wood
    17Romain Chamand
    18
    19
    20
    21Pascal Chevaillier-Wullschleger
    22
    23
    Coach:
    Olivier Nier
    Touch judges:
    Andrew Jackson (England)
    Clare Daniels (England)

    Statistics

    Top points scorers

    PosNameTeamPts
    1David Weersma52
    2Simon Perrod44
    3Wojciech Piotrowicz36
    4Nuno Penha e Costa35
    5Nuno Sousa Guedes33
    6Sep Visser30
    7Josh Gascoigne28
    8Oleg Prepelita20
    Oleg Kosariev
    Mihai Golubenco
    11Dirk Danen15
    Vasco Ribeiro
    Victor Arhip

    Top try scorers

    PosNameTeamTries
    1Sep Visser6
    2Josh Gascoigne5
    3Oleg Prepelita4
    4Nuno Penha e Costa3
    Dirk Danen
    Vasco Ribeiro
    Victor Arhip
    8Nuno Sousa Guedes2
    Cyril Lin
    Fernando Almeida
    Francisco Pinto Magalhães
    Gonçalo Foro
    Julien Gros
    Lucas Heinrich
    Maxim Gargalic
    Thibault Géry
    Valentyn Lytvynenko
    Veaceslav Titica

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Archived copy . 2017-04-12 . 2017-04-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170413132639/http://old.rugbyeurope.tv/competition-128.htm . dead .
    2. Book: Rugby Europe. Staff Manual REC 2016-17. 14. 19 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170305034942/http://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/170217_re_staff_manual_rec_2016-2017_-_add_1.pdf. 2017-03-05. dead.
    3. Web site: Poznaliśmy skład na Holandię . Polski Związek Rugby . 7 April 2017 . 12 April 2017 .
    4. Web site: Holandia gotowa do meczu . Polski Związek Rugby . 7 April 2017 . 12 April 2017 .

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