2021 Rugby Europe Championship Explained

2021 Rugby Europe Championship
Date:6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021
Countries:




Teams:6
Count:13
Grand Slam: (10th title)
Count Antim:14
Count Kiseleff:1
Matches:15
Tries:96
Top Point Scorer: Samuel Marques (74 points)
Top Try Scorer: Raffaele Storti (7 tries)
Previous Year:2020
Previous Tournament:2020 Rugby Europe Championship
Next Year:2022
Next Tournament:2022 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2021 Rugby Europe Championship was the 5th Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union competition contested by the national teams of Georgia, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain and the Netherlands (who promoted to the Championship after defeating Belgium in the promotion/relegation play-off of the 2020 Rugby Europe Championship), and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament spanned from March to December, compared to previous editions where the tournament would have been held between February and March.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the first year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region, where the winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify to the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Squads

See main article: 2021 Rugby Europe Championship squads.

Participants

NationStadiumHead coachCaptain
Home stadiumCapacityLocation
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Caucasus Arena		27,223
1,000		Tbilisi
Telavi		 Levan MaisashviliMerab Sharikadze
NRCA Stadium7,000Amsterdam Zane GardinerDirk Danen
Estádio de Rugby Jamor2,500Lisbon Patrice LagisquetTomás Appleton
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Stadionul Steaua II		8,207
2,000		Bucharest Andy RobinsonAndré Gorin
Fisht Olympic Stadium
Kaliningrad Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium		47,659
35,212
44,899		Sochi
Kaliningrad
Nizhny Novgorod		 Lyn JonesVitaly Zhivatov
Estadio Nacional Complutense12,400Madrid Santiago SantosFernando López

Table

Pos.TeamGamesPointsTriesTable
points
PlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstDiff
1550015373+80226+1630124
25302136104+32169+711014
35302196139+572520+511014
4520397142−451118−71009
55203164109+552114+72207*
6500573252−1791038−280000
Source - [1]
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points 		Draw – 2 points At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point Loss within 7 points – 1 point Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point[2]
* deducted points[3] [4]

Fixtures

Week 1

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FB 22
FB 23
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Eugeniu Procopi (Moldova)
Saba Abulashvili (Georgia)
Television match official:
Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia)----

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21
FH 22
FB 23
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
Television match official:
Stefano Roscini (Italy)

Week 2

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
FB 23
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
CE 23
Coach:
Andy Robinson
Touch judges:
Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)
Richard Duhau (France)
Television match official:
Patrick Dellac (France)----
LP 1 Fernando López (c)
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Sébastien Minery (France)
Jean-Claude Labarbe (France)
Television match official:
Philippe Bonhoure (France)

Week 3

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
FB 23
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
FB 23
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili
Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Matteo Franco (Italy)
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)----
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
CE 22
WG 23
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1 Fernando López (c)
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
CE 22
WG 23
Coach:
Santiago Santos
Touch judges:
Papuna Chiqaberidze (Georgia)
Giga Mshvenieradze (Georgia)
Television match official:
Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)

Week 4

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
FL 19
N8 20
SH 21
FH 22
CE 23
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP 1 Fernando López (c)
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
CE 22
FB 23
Coach:
Santiago Santos
Touch judges:
Cedric Marchat (France)
Stéphane Crapoix (France)
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet (France)
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
FB 23
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FB 22
WG 23
Coach:
Andy Robinson
Touch judges:
Francisco Serra (Portugal)
José Moita (Portugal)
Television match official:
Pedro Mendes Silva (Portugal)

Week 5

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
CE 22
FH 23
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13Bart Wierenga (c)
RW 14
FB 15Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
WG 22
FL 23
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
Touch judges:
Mihai Văcaru (Romania)
Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Cristian Răduță (Romania)

Week 6

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6 Dirk Danen (c)
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14Bart Wierenga
FB 15Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
FL 21
SH 22
CE 23
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13
RW 14Raffaele Storti
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21
FB 22
CE 23
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
Touch judges:
Gareth Newman (Wales)
Dewi Phillips (Wales)
Television match official:
Sean Brickell (Wales)

Week 7

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
CE 23
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
FL 19
FL 20
SH 21
FB 22
CE 23
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
Touch judges:
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Charles Samson (Scotland)

Week 8

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6 Dirk Danen (c)
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14Jordy Hop
FB 15Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
FL 21
SH 22
FH 23
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov (c)
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Lyn Jones
Touch judges:
David Sutherland (Scotland)
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Television match official:
Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Week 9

LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21
CE 22
WG 23
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8 Dirk Danen (c)
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14Jordy Hop
FB 15Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
FL 20
N8 21
SH 22
FH 23
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
Touch judges:
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
PR 16
HK 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21
FH 22
WG 23
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1
HK 2
TP 3
LL 4
RL 5
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov (c)
OF 7
N8 8
SH 9
FH 10
LW 11
IC 12
OC 13
RW 14
FB 15
Replacements:
HK 16
PR 17
PR 18
LK 19
N8 20
SH 21
FH 22
CE 23
Coach:
Lyn Jones
Touch judges:
Jason Bessant (Wales)
Tom Spurrier (Wales)
Television match official:
Wayne Davies (Wales)

Week 10

Touch judges:
Andrew Cole (Ireland)
Jonny Erskine (Ireland)
Television match official:
Colin Stanley (Ireland)

International broadcasters

width=15% CountryBroadcasterSummary
Rugby TV
Imedi TV		All games exclusively live and free on Rugby TV and Imedi TV
ZiggoAll games exclusively live and free on Ziggo
RTP2
Rugby TV Portugal		Home games live and free on RTP2 and Rugby TV Portugal
TVRAll games exclusively live and free on TVR 1
Match TV
Sportrecs.com		All games exclusively broadcast on Match TV and streamed for free on Sportrecs.com
GOL
TEN		Home games live and free on either GOL or TEN, deferred broadcasts on GOL
Rugby EuropeAll games exclusively streamed and free on Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Championship 2021.
  2. Web site: Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual . Rugby Europe . 1 February 2020 . 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 .
  3. Web site: Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023 .
  4. Web site: WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying .

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