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2012 IRB Nations Cup

Field	Value
name	2012 IRB Nations Cup
countries

tournament format	Modified Round-robin
date	8 – 17 June 2012
teams	6
matches	9
attendance	{{#expr:
tries	{{#expr:
top point scorer	Dorin Manole (Romania)
(30 points)
top try scorer	Andrea Bacchetti (Italy A)
Alberto Chiesa (Italy A)
(3 tries)
champions
count	1
runner-up
website	IRB Nations Cup
previous year	2011
previous tournament	2011 IRB Nations Cup
next year	2013
next tournament	2013 IRB Nations Cup

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The 2012 IRB Nations Cup was the seventh edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. It pitted the "A" Teams of the stronger rugby nations (Tier 1, Argentina Jaguars and Italy A) against the Tier 2 (Romania) and Tier 3 (Portugal and Russia) nations. And Uruguay played against Romania, Russia and Portugal.

For the sixth consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. South African Kings did not return to defend their title. For the first time in the competition's history, host nation Romania won.

The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby there three ENC teams (Romania, Russia and Portugal) played the other three teams (Argentina XV, Italy A and Uruguay). The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.

Standings

2012 IRB Nations Cup

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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 |}

Fixtures

Matchday 1

IRB Reports

Fercu 79' c Manole (1/1) 62'

Babaev 19' m Selskiy 31' m Bacchetti (2) 35' c, 39' c Morelli 53' c Chillon (2/2) Chillon (0/1)

De La Fuente 25' c López 54' c Ahaulli 71' c Masera 75' c Madero (2/2)

Matchday 2

IRB Reports

Uva 50' c Chillon 55' c Barbini 60' c

Fercu 48' c Calafeteanu (0/1) Madero 71' c

Kotov 39' m Shakirov 49' c Berchesi (1/2) 54'

Matchday 3

IRB Reports

Bollini 74' c Ponce 79' c Madero (0/1) 67'

Ormaechea 35' m Soares 42' c Mieres 78' c Berchesi (1/1) Etcheverry (1/1) 19'

Penalty Try 70' c Calafeteanu (1/1) Calafeteanu (0/1)

Top scorers

Top points scorers

Rank	Player	Points
1	Dorin Manole	30
2	Benjamín Madero	26
3	Alberto Chillon	24
Santiago González Iglesias
5	Pedro Leal	22
6	Agustín Ormaechea	21
7	Andrea Bacchetti	15
Alberto Chiesa
Sergey Sugrobov
10	Valentin Calafeteanu	14

Source: irb.com

Top try scorers

Rank	Player	Tries
1	Andrea Bacchetti	3
Alberto Chiesa
2	Cătălin Fercu	2
Matias Masera
5	28 players, Penalty Try	1

Source: irb.com

References

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

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