2019 Rugby Europe Championship Explained

2019 Rugby Europe Championship
Date:February 2019 – March 2019
Countries:




Teams:6
Count:11
Grand Slam: (8th)
Count Antim:12
Matches:15
Attendance:57900
Tries:93
Top Point Scorer: Florin Vlaicu (39)
Top Try Scorer: Mirian Modebadze (5)
Previous Year:2018
Previous Tournament:2018 Rugby Europe Championship
Next Year:2020
Next Tournament:2020 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2019 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the third season under its new format, that sees Georgia, Germany, Russia, Spain, Belgium and Romania compete for the title. After the eligibility controversy of the 2018 Championship, Romania had to face Portugal for the promotion- / relegation- play-off and defeated them, hence joining the competition as the sixth contender.

Table

Champions
Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
PlaceNationGamesPointsTriesTable
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstDiff
1550016234+128252+2330124
2540112775+52189+920018
3530213086+441412+221015
4520313085+45208+1212011
5510468222-154833-250004
6500563178–115728–210101
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points
Draw – 2 points At least 3 or more tries than opponent – 1 point Loss within 7 points – 1 point Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[1]

Fixtures

Week 1

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Adrian Ion
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Florin Vlaicu
OC 13Cătălin Fercu
RW 14Vlad Zaharia
FB 15Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
CE 22
CE 23
Coach:
Marius Țincu
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze
BF 6
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9
FH 10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11Zurab Dzneladze
IC 12Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14
FB 15Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
WG 22
WG 23Giorgi Aptsiauri
Coach:
Touch judges:
George Clancy (Ireland)
Mark Patton (Ireland)
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LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Le Clercq
HK 2 Thomas Dienst
TP 3 Maxime Jadot
LL 4 Sven d'Hooghe
RL 5 Tom Herenger
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Mathieu Verschelden
N8 8 William Van Bost
SH 9
FH 10Vincent Hart
LW 11Thomas Wallraf
IC 12Jens Torfs (c)
OC 13Craig Dowsett
RW 14Ervin Muric
FB 15Charles Reynaert
Replacements:
PR 16Alexis Cuffolo
PR 17Lucas Sotteau
LK 18Bertrand Billi
FL 19Amin Hamzaoui
CE 20Louis Debatty
FH 21Emiel Vermote
SH 22Isaac Montoisy
PR 23Romain Pinte
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1 Tobias Williams
HK 2 Dasch Barber
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel
LL 4 Eric Marks
RL 5 Jörn Schröder
BF 6 Marcel Henn
OF 7 Jaco Otto (c)
N8 8 Sebastian Ferreira
SH 9
FH 10Raynor Parkinson
LW 11Vito Lammers
IC 12Hagen Schulte
OC 13Wynston Cameron-Dow
RW 14Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB 15Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK 16Kurt Haupt
PR 17Felix Martel
PR 18Antony Dickinson
LK 19Hassan Rayan
FL 20Elias Haase
SH 21Morne Laubscher
CE 22Eden Syme
CE 23Felix Lammers
Coach:
Mike Ford
Touch judges:
Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)
Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)
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LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)
HK 2 Beñat Auzqui
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure
LL 4 Mickael De Marco
RL 5 Joshua Peters
BF 6 Lucas Guillaume
OF 7 Asier Ussáraga Latierro
N8 8 Ilaitia Gavidi
SH 9 Lucas Rubio
FH 10Andrew Norton
LW 11Federico Casteglioni
IC 12Richard Stewart
OC 13Andrea Rabago
RW 14Jordi Jorba Jorge
FB 15Julen Goia Iriberri
Replacements:
PR 16Francisco Blanco Alonso
HK 17Quentin García
LK 18Victor Sánchez Borrego
FL 19Michael Hogg
SH 20Facundo Munilla
CE 21Gauthier Minguillon
FB 22Guillermo Domínguez
PR 23Jon Zabala
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Valery Morozov
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko
RL 5 Andrei Ostrikov
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev
FH 10
LW 11Daniil Potikhanov
IC 12Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14
FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16Evgeni Matveev
PR 17Andrei Polivalov
PR 18Innoentiy Zykov
N8 19Alexander Ilin
LK 20Anton Sychev
SH 21Dmitrii Perov
FH 22Sergei Ianiushkin
WG 23German Davydov
Coach:
Lyn Jones
Touch judges:
Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Chris Busby (Ireland)

Week 2

LP 1 Andrei Polivalov
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko
RL 5
BF 6 Anton Sychev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev
FH 10
LW 11Viktor Kononov
IC 12Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13
RW 14German Davydov
FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16Evgeni Matveev
PR 17Evgeny Mishechkin
PR 18Azamat Bitiev
LK 19Alexander Ilin
CE 20Kirill Golosnitskii
SH 21Dmitrii Perov
N8 22Roman Khodin
FH 23Sergei Ianiushkin
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1 Lucas Sotteau
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)
TP 3 Romain Pinte
LL 4 Sven d'Hooghe
RL 5 Tuur Moelants
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Amin Hamzaoui
N8 8 Bertrand Billi
SH 9 Isaac Montoisy
FH 10Vincent Hart
LW 11Rayane Leduc
IC 12Louis Debatty
OC 13Louis De Moffarts
RW 14Thomas Wallraf
FB 15Emiel Vermote
Replacements:
PR 16Alexis Cuffolo
HK 17Martin Jessen
PR 18Simon Vankeerberghen
LK 19Brieuc Corradi
N8 20Sacha Yoko
FL 21Corentin Lecloux
SH 22Tom Cocqu
PR 23Bastien Gallaire
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
Touch judges:
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Madalin Garbau (Romania)
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LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4 Johan van Heerden
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Adrian Ion
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10Daniel Plai
LW 11Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12Florin Vlaicu
OC 13
RW 14Vladut Zaharia
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16Ovidiu Cojocaru
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20Cristi Chirică
SH 21Alexandru Tigla
CE 22Alexandru Bucur
FB 23
Coach:
Marius Țincu
LP 1 Tobias Williams
HK 2 Kurt Haupt
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel
LL 4 Jörn Schröder
RL 5 Eric Marks
BF 6 Emil Rupf
OF 7 Jaco Otto
N8 8 Sebastian Ferreira (c)
SH 9
FH 10Hagen Schulte
LW 11Felix Lammers
IC 12Wynston Cameron-Dow
OC 13Vito Lammers
RW 14Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB 15Harris Aounallah
Replacements:
HK 16Dasch Barber
PR 17Julius Nostadt
PR 18Matthias Schösser
FL 19Elias Haase
PR 20Felix Martel
SH 21Morne Laubscher
CE 22Eden Syme
CE 23Samuel Harris
Coach:
Mike Ford
Touch judges:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)
Irakli Tchanukvadze (Georgia)
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LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)
BF 6
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11Alexander Todua
IC 12Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13Zurab Dzneladze
RW 14Giorgi Aptsiauri
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
FL 19Grigor Kerdikoshvili
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)
HK 2 Stephen Barnes
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure
LL 4 Manu Mora
RL 5 Mickael De Marco
BF 6 Lucas Guillaume
OF 7 Victor Sánchez Borrego
N8 8 Michael Hogg
SH 9 Lucas Rubio
FH 10Alvar Gimeno
LW 11Julen Goia Iriberri
IC 12Richard Stewart
OC 13Andrea Rabago
RW 14Jordi Jorba Jorge
FB 15Lucas Levy
Replacements:
PR 16Joaquín Manuel Domínguez
HK 17Vicente Del Hoyo
LK 18Michael Walker-Fitton
N8 19Oier Goia Iriberri
SH 20Facundo Munilla
FH 21Andrew Norton
WG 22Federico Castiglioni
PR 23Jon Zabala
Coach:
Santiago Santos
Touch judges:
Jack Makepeace (England)
Tim Wigglesworth (England)

Week 3

LP 1 Tobias Williams
HK 2 Kurt Haupt
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel
LL 4 Jörn Schröder
RL 5 Eric Marks
BF 6 Marcel Henn
OF 7 Jaco Otto
N8 8 Sebastian Ferreira (c)
SH 9
FH 10Christopher Hilsenbeck
LW 11Felix Lammers
IC 12Eden Syme
OC 13Wynston Cameron-Dow
RW 14Nikolai Klewinghaus
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16Dasch Barber
PR 17Julius Nostadt
PR 18Antony Dickinson
FL 19Emil Rupf
FL 20Lee Murray
SH 21Morne Laubscher
WG 22Marcel Coetzee
CE 23Samuel Harris
Coach:
Mike Ford
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov
HK 2 Evgeni Matveev
TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov
LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko
RL 5
BF 6 Anton Sychev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Vasily Dorofeev
FH 10
LW 11Mikhail Babaev
IC 12Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14German Davydov
FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16Stanislav Selskii
PR 17Evgeny Mishechkin
PR 18Vladimir Podrezov
LK 19Alexander Ilin
CE 20Kirill Golosnitskii
SH 21Dmitrii Perov
FL 22Vitaly Zhivatov
FH 23Sergei Ianiushkin
Coach:
Lyn Jones
Touch judges:
Mathieu Noirot (France)
Nicolas Datas (France)
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LP 1 Bastien Gallaire
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)
TP 3 Romain Pinte
LL 4 Bertrand Billi
RL 5 Maxime Ghion
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Romain Honhon
N8 8 Corentin Lecloux
SH 9 Tom Cocqu
FH 10Isaac Montoisy
LW 11Marc Tchangue
IC 12Ervin Muric
OC 13Louis De Moffarts
RW 14Thomas Wallraf
FB 15Vincent Hart
Replacements:
HK 16Martin Jessen
PR 17Charles-Henri Berguet
LK 18Tuur Moelants
LK 19Guillaume Mortier
N8 20Maxime Temmerman
FH 21Emiel Vermote
FH 22Sébastien Kairet
PR 23Samuel Opsomer
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4 Nodar Tcheishvili
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 Otar Giorgadze
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11Zurab Dzneladze
IC 12Giorgi Kveseladze
OC 13Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14Mirian Modebadze
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
FL 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Touch judges:
Mike Todd (Scotland)
Alistair Watt (Scotland)
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LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)
HK 2 Stephen Barnes
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure
LL 4 Mickael De Marco
RL 5 Manu Mora
BF 6 Victor Sánchez Borrego
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Pierre Barthère
SH 9 Facundo Munilla
FH 10Lucas Rubio
LW 11Jordi Jorba Jorge
IC 12Alvar Gimeno
OC 13Richard Stewart
RW 14Julen Goia Iriberri
FB 15Brad Linklater
Replacements:
PR 16Jean-Baptiste Custoja
HK 17Quentin García
LK 26Michael Walker-Fitton
N8 19Oier Goia Iriberri
SH 20Kerman Aurrekoetxea
FH 21Andrea Rabago
FB 22Hugo Alonso
PR 23Jon Zabala
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8 Cristian Chirică
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12
OC 13Cătălin Fercu
RW 14Vladut Zaharia
FB 15Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
HK 16Ovidiu Cojocaru
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20Adrian Ion
SH 21
SH 22
CE 23Nicolas Onotu
Coach:
Marius Țincu
Touch judges:
Aled Evans (Wales)
Richard Brace (Wales)

Week 4

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5 Marius Antonescu
BF 6 Andre Gorin
OF 7 Adrian Ion (c)
N8 8 Cristi Chirică
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11Ionuț Dumitru
IC 12Tangimana Fonovai
OC 13Nicolas Onuțu
RW 14Vladut Zaharia
FB 15Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
HK 16Ovidiu Cojocaru
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19Ionuț Mureșan
FL 20
SH 21Alexandru Tigla
CE 22
FB 23
Coach:
Marius Țincu
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov
RL 5
BF 6 Anton Sychev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Dmitrii Perov
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14German Davydov
FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16Evgeni Matveev
PR 17Evgeny Mishechkin
PR 18Innokenty Zykov
LK 19Bogdan Fedotko
CE 20Vitaly Zhivatov
SH 21Alexey Shcherban
N8 22Ramil Gaisin
FH 23Viktor Kononov
Coach:
Lyn Jones
Touch judges:
Thomas Charabas (France)
Luc Ramos (France)
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LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4 Shalva Sutiashvili
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Otar Giorgadze
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11Soso Matiashvili
IC 12Lasha Malaghuradze
OC 13Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14Mirian Modebadze
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
WG 22
WG 23
Coach:
Milton Haig
LP 1 Julius Nostadt
HK 2 Dasch Barber
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel
LL 4 Jörn Schröder
RL 5 Eric Marks
BF 6 Emil Rupf
OF 7 Felix Martel
N8 8 Jaco Otto (c)
SH 9
FH 10Christopher Hilsenbeck
LW 11Felix Lammers
IC 12Eden Syme
OC 13Wynston Cameron-Dow
RW 14Vito Lammers
FB 15Nikolai Klewinghaus
Replacements:
HK 16Senzo Ngubane
PR 17Tobias Williams
PR 18Antony Dickinson
FL 19Paul Artur Franz Schüle
FL 20Marcus Bender
SH 21Morne Laubscher
WG 22Samuel Harris
CE 23Harris Aounallah
Coach:
Mike Ford
Touch judges:
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)
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LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)
HK 2 Beñat Auzqui
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure
LL 4 Victor Sánchez Borrego
RL 5 Manu Mora
BF 6 Pierre Barthère
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Goia Oier
SH 9
FH 10Sébastien Rouet
LW 11Jordi Jorba Jorge
IC 12Alvar Gimeno
OC 13Fabien Perrin
RW 14Julen Goia Iriberri
FB 15Brad Linklater
Replacements:
PR 16Jean-Baptiste Custoja
HK 17Quentin García
LK 18Michael Walker-Fitton
N8 19Michael Hogg
SH 20Lucas Rubio
FH 21David Mele
FB 22Andrea Rabago
PR 23Jon Zabala
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste De Clercq
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)
TP 3
LL 4 Bertrand Billi
RL 5 Tom Herenger
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Mathieu Verschelden
N8 8 William Van Bost
SH 9 Tom Cocqu
FH 10Isaac Montoisy
LW 11
IC 12Ervin Muric
OC 13Louis De Moffarts
RW 14Thomas Wallraf
FB 15Vincent Hart
Replacements:
PR 16Vincent Tauzia
HK 17Alexis Cuffolo
PR 18Tuur Moelants
LK 19Maxime Ghion
N8 20Corentin Lecloux
FL 21Louis Debatty
SH 22Florian Piron
PR 23Romain Pinte
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
Touch judges:
Vincenzo Schipani (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)

Week 5

LP 1 Valery Morozov
HK 2 Stanislav Selskii
TP 3 Innokenty Zykov
LL 4
RL 5 Andrei Garbuzov
BF 6 Anton Sychev
OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev
N8 8 Vitaly Zhivatov
SH 9 Alexey Shcherban
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Dmitri Gerasimov
OC 13Vladimir Ostroushko
RW 14German Davydov
FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)
Replacements:
HK 16Evgeny Matveev
PR 17Sergey Sekisov
PR 18Azamat Bitiev
LK 19Bogdan Fedotko
CE 20Roman Khodin
SH 21Dmitrii Perov
N8 22Ramil Gaisin
FH 23Viktor Kononov
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze
BF 6
OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze
N8 8 Beka Gorgadze
SH 9
FH 10Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11Giorgi Kveseladze
IC 12
OC 13Merab Sharikadze (c)
RW 14Mirian Modebadze
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
WG 22
WG 23
Coach:
Touch judges:
Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
Phil Watters (England)
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LP 1 Tobias Williams
HK 2 Dasch Barber
TP 3 Sammy Füchsel
LL 4 Jörn Schröder
RL 5 Eric Marks
BF 6 Emil Rupf
OF 7 Jaco Otto (c)
N8 8 Marcel Henn
SH 9
FH 10Nikolai Klewinghaus
LW 11Felix Lammers
IC 12Wynston Cameron-Dow
OC 13Vito Lammers
RW 14Carlos Soteras-Merz
FB 15Marcel Coetzee
Replacements:
HK 16Felix Martel
PR 17Julius Nostadt
PR 18Mathias Schösser
FL 19Antony Dickinson
FL 20Michail Tyumenev
SH 21Morne Laubscher
WG 22Samuel Harris
CE 23Rafael Pyrasch
Coach:
Mike Ford
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c)
HK 2 Quentin García
TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure
LL 4 Michael Walter-Fitton
RL 5 Joshua Peters
BF 6 Victor Sánchez Borrego
OF 7 Lucas Guillaume
N8 8 Manuel Mora
SH 9 Lucas Rubio
FH 10Andrew Norton
LW 11Jordi Jorba
IC 12Álvar Gimeno
OC 13Andrea Rabago
RW 14Julen Goia Iriberri
FB 15Richard Stewart
Replacements:
PR 16Thierry Futen
HK 17Diego Carvajales
LK 18Ien Ascroft-leigh
FL 19Juan Pablo Guido
SH 20Facundo Munilla
CE 21Federico Casteglioni
FB 22Hugo Alonso
PR 23Jon Zabala
Coach:
Santiago Santos
Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Matteo Giacomini (Italy)
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LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Le Clercq
HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c)
TP 3 Maxime Jadot
LL 4 Bertrand Billi
RL 5 Tom Herenger
BF 6 Gillian Benoy
OF 7 Jean-Maurice Decubber
N8 8 Corentin Lecloux
SH 9 Tom Cocqu
FH 10Vincent Hart
LW 11Craig Dowsett
IC 12Ervin Muric
OC 13Nathan Bontems
RW 14Thomas Wallraf
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16Alexis Cuffolo
PR 17Bastien Gallaire
LK 18Lucas Sotteau
FL 19Tuur Moelants
CE 20Amin Hamzaoui
FH 21Louis de Moffarts
SH 22Marc Tchangué
PR 23Romain Pinte
Coach:
Guillaume Ajac
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6 Vlad Nistor
OF 7 Adrian Ion (c)
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10Daniel Plai
LW 11Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12
OC 13Alexandru Bucur
RW 14Vlad Zaharia
FB 15Marius Simionescu
Replacements:
PR 16Ovidiu Cojocaru
HK 17
PR 18Vasile Bălan
LK 19
FL 20Vlad Neculau
SH 21Alexandru Țiglă
CE 22
CE 23
Coach:
Marius Țincu
Touch judges:
Mike English (Wales)
Chris Oliver (Wales)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 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 .