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2008 IRB Nations Cup


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name2008 IRB Nations Cup
countries
tournament formatModified Round-robin
date11 – 20 June 2008
teams6
matches9
attendance{{#expr:
tries{{#expr:
top point scorerMatias Arocena (Uruguay)
(34 points)
top try scorerFlorin Corodeanu (Romania)
Dato Gasviani (Georgia)
Howard Noble (Emerging Springboks)
(2 tries)
champions
count2
runner-up
websiteIRB Nations Cup
previous year2007
previous tournament2007 IRB Nations Cup
next year2009
next tournament2009 IRB Nations Cup
  • 0 + 0 + 0
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  • 7 + 1 + 1
  • 2 + 3 + 1
  • 3 + 3 + 4 (34 points) Dato Gasviani (Georgia) Howard Noble (Emerging Springboks) (2 tries) | runner-up = The 2008 IRB Nations Cup was the third edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pits the "A" Teams of the stronger (Tier 1) rugby nations (Emerging Springboks and Italy A) against some of the Tier 2 and 3 nations (Romania, Georgia, Russia and Uruguay).

For the second consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. The Emerging Springboks were the overall winners for their second consecutive year.

The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.

Final standings

TeamPlayedWonDrawnLostPoints ForPoints AgainstPoints DifferenceTries ForTries AgainstTry BonusLosing BonusPoints
PosTeamPWDLPFPAPDTFTATBLB
133005635216200
232014832165100
332013643−73300
43102606006711
531024749−22402
630034674−283802
Source : irb.com
Points breakdown:
*4 points for a win
*2 points for a draw
*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less
*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match

Results

Round 1

Stats Galante 20' c Sepe 42' m Derbyshire 63' c Giovanchelli 74' m Khrokin 60' c

Stats

Stats Caffera (1/1) 76'

Round 2

Stats Gasviani 44' c

Stats Jansen 50' c

Stats

Round 3

Stats Conti 80' c

Stats Gundishvili 40' c Tsiklauri 78' c Uchava (1/1)

Stats Noble 51' c Jenneker 77' m Dimofte (1/1) 33'

Top scorers

Top points scorers

RankPlayerTeamPoints
1Matias Arocena34
2Alexander Yanyushkin28
3Paolo Buso25
4Lasha Malaguradze18
5Isma-eel Dollie16
6Dănuț Dumbravă11
7Florin Corodeanu10
Dato Gasviani
Morgan Newman
Howard Noble

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

RankPlayerTeamTries
1Florin Corodeanu2
Dato Gasviani
Howard Noble
418 players, 1 Penalty try1

Source: irb.com

References

References

  1. See [[List of international rugby union teams#National teams - tier classification]] for more information on the Tiers.
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