2019 World Rugby Nations Cup Explained

The 2019 World Rugby Nations Cup was the fourteenth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby.

2019 World Rugby Nations Cup
Countries:
Tournament Format:	Round-robin
Date:	4 – 15 June 2019
Teams:	4
Matches:	6
Count:	3
Previous Year:	2018
Previous Tournament:	2018 World Rugby Nations Cup

Like in 2018, the tournament featured 4 teams. Argentina XV and Uruguay remained from the previous year, with Namibia and Russia returning to the competition after not participating in 2018.^[1]

Hosts Uruguay won the tournament for the third year in a row, having triumphed in 2017 and 2018.

As of 2023 this is the most recent edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup to take place.^[2]

Teams

Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (4 June 2019):^[3]

• Argentina XV (n/a)
• Namibia (23)
• Russia (20)
• Uruguay (16)

Standings

	Team	Games				Points			Tries		Bounus points	Points
		Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	For	Against
1		3	2	0	1	104	71	+33	14	9	3	11
2		3	2	0	1	94	88	+6	12	13	2	10
3		3	1	0	2	94	101	–7	13	12	2	6
4		3	1	0	2	55	87	–32	6	11	0	4
Points breakdown:4 points for a win2 points for a draw1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Results

Round 1

FB 15 Tomás Albornoz RW 14 Facundo Cordero OC 13 Agustín Segura IC 12 Bautista Ezcurra LW 11 Manuel Montero FH 10 Teo Castiglioni SH 9 Martín Landajo N8 8 Santiago Montagner OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c) BF 6 Nicolás Sbrocco RL 5 Jerónimo Ureta LL 4 Ignacio Calas TP 3 Lucas Favre HK 2 Jose Luis González LP 1 Nicolás Solveyra Replacements: HK 16 Diego Fortuny PR 17 Rodrigo Martínez PR 18 Luciano Ortíz LK 19 Lucas Santa Cruz FL 20 Rodrigo Bruni SH 21 Manuel Nogués FH 22 Martín Roger WG 23 Tomás Cubilla Coach: Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

FB 15 Johann Tromp RW 14 JC Greyling OC 13 Johan Deysel (c) IC 12 Darryl de la Harpe LW 11 Oderich Mouton FH 10 Cliven Loubser SH 9 Eugene Jantjies N8 8 Janco Venter OF 7 Max Katjijeko BF 6 Thomasau Forbes RL 5 Tjiuee Uanivi LL 4 Johan Retief TP 3 Aranos Coetzee HK 2 Obert Nortjé LP 1 Desiderius Sethie Replacements: HK 16 Niel van Vuuren PR 17 André Rademeyer PR 18 AJ De Klerk LK 19 Wian Conradie FL 20 Prince !Gaoseb SH 21 TC Kisting CE 22 Justin Newman WG 23 PW Steenkamp Coach: Phil Davies

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FB 15 Felipe Etcheverry RW 14 Federico Favaro OC 13 Nicolás Freitas IC 12 Andrés Vilaseca LW 11 Rodrigo Silva FH 10 Juan Manuel Cat SH 9 Tomás Inciarte N8 8 Manuel Diana OF 7 Santiago Civetta BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) RL 5 Manuel Leindekar LL 4 Gonzalo Soto Mera TP 3 Juan Pedro Rombys HK 2 Germán Kessler LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti Replacements: HK 16 Guillermo Pujadas PR 17 Facundo Gattas PR 18 Juan Echeverría LK 19 Diego Magno FL 20 Alejandro Nieto FL 21 Manuel Ardao SH 22 Santiago Arata WG 23 Juan Pablo Costabile Coach: Esteban Meneses

FB 15 Vasili Artemiev (c) RW 14 German Davydov OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov LW 11 Kirill Golosnitskiy FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev SH 9 Dmitri Perov N8 8 Viktor Gresev OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Patris Peki RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko LL 4 Evgeny Elgin TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev HK 2 LP 1 Andrei Polivalov Replacements: PR 16 Sergei Chernyshev HK 17 Evgeny Mishechkin PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov LK 19 Alexander Ilin FL 20 Roman Khodin SH 21 Vasili Dorofeev FH 22 WG 23 Vladislav Sozonov Coach: Lyn Jones

Round 2

FB 15 Facundo Cordero RW 14 Julián Domínguez OC 13 Tomás Cubilla IC 12 Lucas Mensa LW 11 Manuel Montero FH 10 Martín Roger SH 9 Martín Landajo N8 8 Nicolás Sbrocco OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c) BF 6 Jerónimo Ureta RL 5 Carlos Repetto LL 4 Ignacio Calas TP 3 Martín Fernández Segurotti HK 2 Diego Fortuny LP 1 Nicolás Solveyra Replacements: HK 16 José Luis González PR 17 Rodrigo Martínez PR 18 Luciano Ortíz LK 19 Lucas Santa Cruz FL 20 Santiago Montagner SH 21 Manuel Nogués CE 22 Bautista Ezcurra WG 23 Tomás Albornoz Coach: Ignacio Fernández Lobbe

FB 15 RW 14 German Davydov OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko IC 12 Kirill Golosnitskiy LW 11 Vladislav Sozonov FH 10 Ramil Gaisin SH 9 Vasili Dorofeev N8 8 Viktor Gresev (c) OF 7 BF 6 Roman Khodin RL 5 Andrei Garbuzov LL 4 Evgeny Elgin TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev HK 2 LP 1 Evgeny Mishechkin Replacements: HK 16 Sergei Chernyshev PR 17 Andrei Polivalov PR 18 Innokenty Zykov LK 19 Alexander Ilin FL 20 Tagir Gadzhiev SH 21 Dmitri Perov FH 22 FB 23 Vasili Artemiev Coach: Lyn Jones

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FB 15 Felipe Etcheverry RW 14 Federico Favaro OC 13 Tomás Inciarte IC 12 Andrés Vilaseca LW 11 Nicolás Freitas FH 10 Juan Manuel Cat SH 9 Santiago Arata N8 8 Alejandro Nieto OF 7 Juan Diego Ormaechea BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) RL 5 Manuel Leindekar LL 4 Diego Magno TP 3 Juan Pedro Rombys HK 2 Germán Kessler LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti Replacements: HK 16 Guillermo Pujadas PR 17 Facundo Gattas PR 18 Juan Echeverría LK 19 Ignacio Dotti FL 20 Santiago Civetta SH 21 Agustín Ormaechea SH 22 Juan Pablo Costabile FL 23 Manuel Ardao Coach: Esteban Meneses

FB 15 Johann Tromp RW 14 JC Greyling OC 13 Johan Deysel (c) IC 12 Darryl de la Harpe LW 11 Oderich Mouton FH 10 Cliven Loubser SH 9 Damian Stevens N8 8 Janco Venter OF 7 Max Katjijeko BF 6 Wian Conradie RL 5 Tjiuee Uanivi LL 4 Johan Retief TP 3 Aranos Coetzee HK 2 LP 1 André Rademeyer Replacements: HK 16 Niel van Vuuren PR 17 Desiderius Sethie PR 18 AJ De Klerk LK 19 Thomasau Forbes FL 20 Adriaan Booysen SH 21 Eugene Jantjies CE 22 WG 23 Dumarcho Hartung Coach: Phil Davies

Round 3

FB 15 TC Kisting RW 14 JC Greyling OC 13 Justin Newman IC 12 Johan Deysel (c) LW 11 Dumarcho Hartung FH 10 Cliven Loubser SH 9 Damian Stevens N8 8 Janco Venter OF 7 Max Katjijeko BF 6 Prince !Gaoseb RL 5 Tjiuee Uanivi LL 4 Johan Retief TP 3 Aranos Coetzee HK 2 Obert Nortjé LP 1 Desiderius Sethie Replacements: HK 16 Niel van Vuuren PR 17 AJ de Klerk PR 18 Jason Benade FL 19 Wian Conradie FL 20 Adriaan Booysen SH 21 Eugene Jantjies WG 22 Darryl de la Harpe CE 23 PW Steenkamp Coach: Phil Davies

FB 15 Vasili Artemiev (c) RW 14 German Davydov OC 13 Vladimir Ostroushko IC 12 Dmitri Gerasimov LW 11 Vladislav Sozonov FH 10 Yuri Kushnarev SH 9 Dmitri Perov N8 8 OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Vitali Zhivatov RL 5 Andrei Garbuzov LL 4 Alexander Ilin TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov HK 2 LP 1 Andrei Polivalov Replacements: HK 16 Leonid Kalinin PR 17 Evgeni Mishechkin PR 18 Innokenty Zykov LK 19 Evgeni Elgin FL 20 Eme Patris Peki SH 21 Ramil Gaisin SH 22 WG 23 Nikita Churashov Coach: Lyn Jones

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Notes and References

1. Web site: worldrugby.org . World Rugby Nations Cup 2019 match schedule announced as teams prepare for Rugby World Cup 2019 World Rugby . 2022-08-10 . www.world.rugby.
2. Web site: worldrugby.org . Uruguay win World Rugby Nations Cup World Rugby . 2022-08-10 . www.world.rugby.
3. Web site: worldrugby.org . Men's Rankings World Rugby worldrugby.org . 2022-08-10 . www.world.rugby.