2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy Explained
| 2018-19 Rugby Europe Trophy |
| Date: | 28 September 2018 – 14 April 2019 |
| Countries: | |
| Teams: | 6 |
| Count: | 3 |
| Grand Slam: | (3) |
| Matches: | 14 |
| Attendance: | 29521 |
| Tries: | 94 |
| Top Point Scorer: | Jorge Abecassis (49) |
| Top Try Scorer: | João Belo (5)
Rodrigo Marta (5) |
| Previous Year: | 2017–18 |
| Previous Tournament: | 2017-18 Rugby Europe Trophy |
| Next Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Tournament: | 2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy |
The 2018–19 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the third Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Czech Republic, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off.
This year's competition sees Lithuania joining the Trophy after winning the Trophy-Conference 1 promotion play-off against Malta. After the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off of the 2017-18 season, which was played on 3 November 2018 between Portugal and Romania after the eligibility case of the 2018 Rugby Europe Championship, Portugal remained on the Trophy level and lost the relegation play-off for the second year in a row.[1]
Table
Champions and advances to
Promotion/relegation play-off |
| Relegated |
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| Place | Nation | Games | Points | Try
BP | Losing
BP | Grand Slam
BP | Table
points |
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| played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | diff |
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| 1 | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 31 | +241 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 164 | 58 | +106 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 108 | 138 | −20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 104 | 164 | -60 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 63 | 175 | −112 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 59 | 205 | −146 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pre-Tournament rankings in parentheses.[2]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:[3]
Win - 4 points | Draw - 2 points | Loss - 0 points
Match bonus points:
Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent - 1 point | Losing by 7 points or less - 1 point | Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) - 1 point |
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Fixtures
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| FB | 15 | Martin Kovář | | RW | 14 | Tomáš Forst | | OC | 13 | Jiří Pantůček | | IC | 12 | Karel Berounský | | LW | 11 | Daniel Stárka | | | | FH | 10 | Albert Froněk | | | | SH | 9 | Matyáš Hopp | | | | N8 | 8 | Dan Hošek | | OF | 7 | James Faktor | | BF | 6 | Vojtěch Havel | | RL | 5 | Jiří Frank | | | | LL | 4 | Robert Trefný | | | | TP | 3 | Martin Havlíček | | | | HK | 2 | Matouš Hodek | | | | LP | 1 | Anthony Kent | | | | Replacements: | | 16 | Adam Leitmančik | | | | 17 | Michal Průša | | | | 18 | Štěpán Pekař | | | | 19 | Jan Olbrich | | | | 20 | Radim Hutník | | | | 21 | Zbyněk Schütz | | | | 22 | Jakub Čížek | | | | 23 | František Ševčík | | | | Coach: | | Phil Pretorius | |
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| FB | 15 | Krystian Pogorzelski | | | | RW | 14 | Andrzej Charlat | | OC | 13 | Michał Jurczyński | | IC | 12 | Daniel Gdula | | LW | 11 | Grzegorz Szczepański | | | | FH | 10 | Mateusz Adamski | | | | SH | 9 | Mateusz Plichta | | N8 | 8 | Piotr Zeszutek | | OF | 7 | Lawrie Seydak | | BF | 6 | | | | | RL | 5 | Stanisław Powała-Niedżwieck | | LL | 4 | Adam Piotrowski | | | | TP | 3 | Robizon Kelberashvili | | | | HK | 2 | Adrian Chróściel | | LP | 1 | Kamil Bobryk | | | | Replacements: | | 16 | Michał Gadomski | | | | | 17 | Radosław Bysewski | | | | 18 | Wojciech Król | | | | 19 | Marek Mirosz | | | | 20 | Artur Fursenko | | 21 | Wojciech Piotrowicz | | | | 22 | Maciej Grabowski | | | | 23 | Sebastian Kostałkwoski | | Coach: | | Duaine Lindsay | |
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| Man of the Match: Touch judges:
Oisin Quinn
Daniel Carson
Television Match Official
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Notes:----
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| FB | 15 | Dainius Tamoliūnas | | RW | 14 | Domantas Bagužis | | OC | 13 | Mantautas Vilimavičius | | IC | 12 | Donatas Vilimavičius | | LW | 11 | Matas Miežys | | FH | 10 | Tautvydas Krasauskas | | SH | 9 | Tomas Bagdonas | | N8 | 8 | Žygimantas Radžius | | OF | 7 | Justinas Urbonas | | BF | 6 | Paulius Stingūnas | | RL | 5 | Karolis Navickas | | | LL | 4 | Darius Vaitkevičius | | TP | 3 | Modestas Bekeris | | HK | 2 | Tomas Zibolis | | LP | 1 | Tautvydas Mažylis | | Replacements: | | 16 | Donatas Trumpickas | | 17 | Sigitas Čiakas | | 18 | Vaidas Kizilaitis | | 19 | Airidas Savickas | | 20 | Deividas Vorašilka | | 21 | Aurimas Streckis | | 22 | Kęstutis Karbauskas | | 23 | Daivaras Jonaitis | | Coach: | | Ntando Manyosha | |
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| FB | 15 | Jakub Čížek | | RW | 14 | Michal Neužil | | OC | 13 | Jan Tieber | | IC | 12 | Karel Berounský | | LW | 11 | František Ševčík | | FH | 10 | Albert Froněk | | SH | 9 | Zbyněk Schütz | | N8 | 8 | Dan Hošek | | OF | 7 | Radim Hutník | | BF | 6 | Vojtěch Havel | | RL | 5 | Lukáš Chytil | | LL | 4 | Robert Trefný | | TP | 3 | Martin Havlíček | | HK | 2 | Matouš Hodek | | LP | 1 | Anthony Kent | | Replacements: | | 16 | Adam Leitmančik | | 17 | Michal Průša | | 18 | Štěpán Pekař | | 19 | Václav Monček | | 20 | Petr Máslo | | 21 | Matyáš Hopp | | 22 | Ali Samet | | 23 | Žemlička Jaroslav | | Coach: | | Phil Pretorius | |
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| Man of the Match: Touch judges:
José Termudo
Fernando Mendes
Television Match Official
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Notes:----
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| FB | 15 | Manuel Marta | | | | RW | 14 | Rodrigo Marta | | OC | 13 | Rodrigo Freudenthal | | IC | 12 | Tomás Appleton | | | | LW | 11 | António Cortes | | FH | 10 | Jorge Abecassis | | SH | 9 | João Belo | | | | | N8 | 8 | Vasco Baptista | | OF | 7 | Salvador Vassalo | | BF | 6 | João Granate | | RL | 5 | Jean Sousa | | | | LL | 4 | José D'alte | | | | TP | 3 | Diogo Hasse Ferriera | | HK | 2 | Nuno Mascarenhas | | | | LP | 1 | João Corte-Real | | | | Replacements: | | 16 | Bruno Rocha | | | | 17 | Duarte Diniz | | | | 18 | José Andrade | | | | 19 | Sebastião Villax | | 20 | Martim Cardoso | | | | | 21 | Vasco Ribeiro | | | | 22 | António Marques | | | | 23 | Francisco Bruno | | | | Coach: | | Martim Aguiar | |
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| FB | 15 | Przemysław Rajewski | | | | RW | 14 | Michał Jurczyński | | OC | 13 | Daniel Gdula | | IC | 12 | Kewin Bracik | | LW | 11 | Grzegorz Szczepański | | FH | 10 | Wojciech Piotrowicz | | SH | 9 | Mateusz Plichta | | N8 | 8 | Piotr Zeszutek | | | OF | 7 | Aleksander Nowicki | | BF | 6 | Piotr Wiśniewski | | | | RL | 5 | Mateusz Bartoszek | | LL | 4 | Ronan Seydak | | TP | 3 | Radosław Bysewski | | | | HK | 2 | Grzegorz Buczek | | | | LP | 1 | Michał Gadomski | | | | Replacements: | | 16 | Adrian Potrykus | | | | 25 | Adrian Chróściel | | | | | 18 | Hugo Mazur | | 19 | Kostiantyn Bezverkhyi | | | | 20 | Adrian Niemiee | | 21 | Dawid Plitcha | | | | 22 | Artur Fursenko | | | | 23 | Robizon Kelberashvili | | | | Coach: | | Duaine Lindsay | |
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| Man of the Match: Touch judges:
 Gabriel Chirnoaga
Filippo Bertelli
Television Match Official
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Notes:----
Top scorers
Top points scorers
| Pos | Name | Team | Pts |
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| 1 | Jorge Abecassis | | 49 |
| 2 | Simon Perrod | | 39 |
| 3 | Rodrigo Marta | | 34 |
| 4 | João Belo | | 25 |
| Rodrigo Marta | |
| Wojciech Piotrowicz | |
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Top try scorers
| Pos | Name | Team | Tries |
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| 1 | Rodrigo Marta | | 5 |
| João Belo | |
| 3 | Manuel Marta | | 4 |
| Lucas Heinrich | |
| 5 | Domantas Bagužis | | 3 |
| Caetano Branco | |
| António Vidinha | |
| Piotr Zeszutek | |
| Josh Gascoigne | |
| Amir Rademaker | |
| Wolf van Dijk | |
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Game Overview . Rugby Europe . 2018-11-11 . 2018-11-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181111215341/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/play-championship-v-trophy . dead .
- Web site: Men's Rankings . World Rugby . 24 September 2018 . 14 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171014133153/https://www.worldrugby.org/rankings/mru#! . dead .
- Web site: Competition Manual 2018-19 . 11 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190108081622/https://www.rugbyeurope.eu/sites/default/files/document/180908_bj_am_re_manual_reic_2018-2019_v2.pdf . 8 January 2019 . dead .
