2021 Rugby Europe Championship

2021 Rugby Europe Championship
Date6 March 2021 – 18 December 2021
Countries Georgia
 Netherlands
 Portugal
 Spain
 Romania
 Russia
Tournament statistics
Champions Georgia (13th title)
Grand Slam Georgia (10th title)
Antim Cup Georgia (14th title)
Kiseleff Cup Russia (1st title)
Matches played15
Attendance35,339 (2,356 per match)
Tries scored96 (6.4 per match)
Top point scorer(s) Samuel Marques (74 points)
Top try scorer(s) Raffaele Storti (7 tries)
Official website2021 Rugby Europe Championship
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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

Main article: 2021 Rugby Europe Championship squads

Participants

Nation Stadium Head coach Captain
Home stadium Capacity Location
 Georgia Mikheil Meskhi Stadium
Caucasus Arena 		27,223
1,000 		Tbilisi
Telavi 		Levan Maisashvili Merab Sharikadze
 Netherlands NRCA Stadium 7,000 Amsterdam Zane Gardiner Dirk Danen
 Portugal Estádio de Rugby Jamor 2,500 Lisbon Patrice Lagisquet Tomás Appleton
 Romania Stadionul Arcul de Triumf
Stadionul Steaua II 		8,207
2,000 		Bucharest Andy Robinson André Gorin
 Russia Fisht Olympic Stadium
Kaliningrad Stadium
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium 		47,659
35,212
44,899 		Sochi
Kaliningrad
Nizhny Novgorod 		Lyn Jones Vitaly Zhivatov
 Spain Estadio Nacional Complutense 12,400 Madrid Santiago Santos Fernando López

Table

Champions
Pos. Team Games Points Tries TBP LBP GS Table
points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Diff For Against Diff
1  Georgia 5 5 0 0 153 73 +80 22 6 +16 3 0 1 24
2  Romania 5 3 0 2 136 104 +32 16 9 +7 1 1 0 14
3  Portugal 5 3 0 2 196 139 +57 25 20 +5 1 1 0 14
4  Russia 5 2 0 3 97 142 −45 11 18 −7 1 0 0 9
5  Spain 5 2 0 3 164 109 +55 21 14 +7 2 2 0 7*
6  Netherlands 5 0 0 5 73 252 −179 10 38 −28 0 0 0 0
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

6 March 2021
15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia 18–13 Romania (1 LBP)
Pen: Gaisin 2', 24', 45', 57', 64', 72'ReportTry: Antonescu 7'
Con: Vlaicu 8'
Pen: Vlaicu 21', 76'
Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 2,895
Referee: Shota Tevzadze (Georgia)
LP 1 Valery Morozov  76'
HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy  59'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev  19'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov
RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko
BF 6 Nikita Vavilin
OF 7 Vladislav Perestyak  45'
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky
OC 13 German Davydov
RW 14 Andrei Karzanov
FB 15 Alexandr Budychenko
Replacements:
HK 16 Shamil Magomedov  59'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  76'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov  19'
LK 19 German Silenko
FL 20 Anton Sychev  45'
SH 21 Alexandr Belosludtsev
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev
WG 23 Khetag Dzobelov
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1 Ionel Badiu  41'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  76'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  58'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc  71'
BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)
OF 7 Dragoș Ser  54'
N8 8 André Gorin
SH 9 Florin Surugiu
FH 10 Tudor Boldor
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Vlăduț Popa
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Ionel Melinte  73'
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru  76'
PR 17 Alexandru Savin  41'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș  58'
LK 19 Ionuț Mureșan
FL 20 Cristi Chirică  54'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu
FB 22 Daniel Plai  73'
FB 23 Paul Popoaia
Coach:
Andy Robinson

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

6 March 2021
15:00 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal 16–29 Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: Marta 39'
Con: Marques 40'
Pen: Marques 5', 14', 44'		ReportTry: Modebadze 18'
Bregvadze 29'
Melikidze 50'
Kharaishvili 66'
Jalaghonia 80+5'
Con: Matiashvili 51', 80+6'
Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
LP 1 Geoffrey Moïse 43' to 51'  65'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer  75'
TP 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira  70'
LL 4 Rafael Simões
RL 5 José Rebelo de Andrade  55'
BF 6 João Granate
OF 7 José Madeira
N8 8 Luigi Dias  60'
SH 9 Samuel Marques  80'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c) 65' to 75'
OC 13 José Lima
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Dany Antunes  75'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa  43'  51'  65'
HK 17 Nuno Mascarenhas  75'
PR 18 Thibault Nardi  70'
LK 19 Francisco Sousa  55'
N8 20 Eric dos Santos  60'
SH 21 Théo Entraygues  80'
FH 22 Jorge Abecasis
FB 23 Nuno Sousa Guedes  75'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili  60'
HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze  53'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze  53'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani
RL 5 Nodar Tcheishvili  78'
BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili 55' to 65'  65'
OF 7 Beka Saghinadze
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze  66'
FH 10 Lasha Khmaladze
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze 35' to 45'
RW 14 Mirian Modebadze  67'
FB 15 Soso Matiashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Shalva Mamukashvili  53'
PR 17 Beka Gigashvili  60'
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili  53'
LK 19 Davit Gigauri  78'
FL 20 Irakli Tskhadadze  65'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania  66'
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili
WG 23 Demur Tapladze  67'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

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

Week 2

13 March 2021
13:00 WET (UTC+00)
(1 LBP) Portugal 27–28 Romania
Try: Antunes 10'
Portela 34'
Storti 66'
Con: Marques 11', 35', 67'
Pen: Marques 17', 60'		ReportTry: Savin 49'
Onuțu 74'
Cojocaru 79'
Con: Melinte 75', 80'
Pen: Vlaicu 4', 21', 29'
Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 30
Referee: Luc Ramos (France)
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes  71'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer 40+4' to 54'
TP 3 Anthony Alves  53'
LL 4 Rafael Simões  49'
RL 5 José Rebelo de Andrade 3' to 13' 32' to 39'
BF 6 João Granate
OF 7 José Madeira
N8 8 Manuel Picão
SH 9 Samuel Marques
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela  40'
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Dany Antunes  40+4'  49'  53'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa  71'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz  40+4'  49'
PR 18 Geoffrey Moïse  53'
LK 19 Eric dos Santos  32'  39'  49'  79'
FL 20 Francisco Sousa
SH 21 Théo Entraygues
FH 22 Jorge Abecasis  40'
FB 23 Nuno Sousa Guedes  53'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP 1 Alexandru Savin  59'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână 23' to 33'  54'
TP 3 Alex Gordaș  40'
LL 4 Ionuț Mureșan  68'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Johannes van Heerden
OF 7 Cristi Chirică  23'
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  68'
FH 10 Tudor Boldor  68'
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu  64'
OC 13 Vlăduț Popa
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru  23'  34'
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru  23'  33'  54'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  59'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă  40'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc  68'
FL 20 Vlad Neculau  23'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu  68'
FH 22 Daniel Plai  68'
CE 23 Paul Popoaia  64'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)
Richard Duhau (France)
Television match official:
Patrick Dellac (France)

14 March 2021
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
(1 LBP) Spain 19–25 Georgia
Try: Linklater 4'
Con: Güemes 4'
Pen: Güemes 40', 47'
Linklater 64', 69'		ReportTry: Jalaghonia 3'
Tabutsadze 48'
Bregvadze 67'
Con: Abzhandadze 3', 68'
Pen: Abzhandadze 14', 61'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 0
Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)  40'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  40'
TP 3 Jon Zabala  42'
LL 4 Victor Sánchez  9'  14'  18'  32'
RL 5 Manuel Mora  61'
BF 6 Kalokalo Gavidi
OF 7 Pierre Barthere  58'
N8 8 Fréderic Quercy
SH 9 Tomás Munilla  67'
FH 10 Bautista Güemes  53'
LW 11 Jordi Jorba  50'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno
OC 13 Alejandro Alonso
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charly Malié
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu  40'
HK 17 Vicento del Hoyo  40'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz  42'
LK 19 Aníbal Bonan  9'  14'  18'  32'
FL 20 Brice Ferrer  58'
SH 21 Kerman Aurrekoetxea  67'
FH 22 Gonzalo Vinuesa  53'
WG 23 Federico Casteglioni  50'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Beka Gigashvili  52'
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  40'
TP 3 Giorgi Kharaishvili  52'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani
RL 5 Davit Gigauri
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Irakli Tskhadadze  58'
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze  66'  78'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze
LW 11 Demur Tapladze
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Jaba Bregvadze  40'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili  52'
PR 18 Giorgi Melikidze  52'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili
FL 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  58'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania  66'  78'
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili
WG 23 Alexander Todua
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

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

Week 3

20 March 2021
13:00 KALT (UTC+02)
Russia 6–23 Georgia (1 TBP)
Pen: Gaisin 38', 48'ReportTry: Tabutsadze 29'
Abzhandadze 39'
Niniashvili 60'
Con: Abzhandadze 61'
Pen: Abzhandadze 3', 21'
Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 9,564
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
LP 1 Valery Morozov  62'
HK 2 Stanislav Sel'skiy  63'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov  63'
LL 4 Andrei Ostrikov
RL 5 Bogdan Fedotko  67'
BF 6 German Silenko
OF 7 Nikita Vavilin  14'  28'  41'
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov  72'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin
LW 11 Vasily Artemyev
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky  50'  53'  70'
OC 13 German Davydov
RW 14 Andrei Karzanov
FB 15 Alexandr Budychenko  66'
Replacements:
HK 16 Shamil Magomedov  63'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  63'
PR 18 Stepan Seryakov  63'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin  67'
FL 20 Anton Sychev  14'  28'  41'
SH 21 Denis Barabantsev  72'
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev  50'  53'  70'
FB 23 Khetag Dzobelov  66'
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1 Beka Gigashvili  50'
HK 2 Giorgi Chkoidze  50'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze  50'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani  63'
RL 5 Davit Gigauri
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili  75'
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze  77'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze  68'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Davit Niniashvili  70'
Replacements:
HK 16 Jaba Bregvadze  50'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili  50'
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili  50'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili  63'
FL 20 Irakli Tskhadadze  75'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania  77'
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili  68'
FB 23 Soso Matiashvili  70'
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili

Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Matteo Franco (Italy)
Television match official:
Matteo Liperini (Italy)

20 March 2021
15:00 EET (UTC+02)
Romania 22–16 Spain (1 LBP)
Try: Căpățână 60'
Melinte 79'
Pen: Vlaicu 25', 40', 47', 52'		ReportTry: Rouet 42'
Con: Ordas 43'
Pen: Ordas 8', 34', 77'
Stadionul Steaua II, Bucharest
Attendance: 50
Referee: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
LP 1 Alexandru Savin  73'
HK 2 Eugen Căpățână  73'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș
LL 4 Marius Antonescu  80'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Johannes van Heerden  77'
OF 7 Vlad Neculau
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9 Florin Surugiu
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu
IC 12 Florin Vlaicu
OC 13 Vlăduț Popa  40'
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru  70'
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Ovidiu Cojocaru  73'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  73'
PR 18 Alex Gordaș
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc  80'
FL 20 Cristi Boboc  77'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu
CE 22 Tudor Boldor  40'
WG 23 Paul Popoaia  70'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1 Fernando López (c)  63'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  64'
TP 3 Jon Zabala  70'
LL 4 Lucas Guillaume
RL 5 Manuel Mora 49' to 59'  72'
BF 6 Gauthier Gibouin
OF 7 Matthew Foulds  77'
N8 8 Fréderic Quercy  58'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet 66' to 76'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas
LW 11 Fabien Perrin
IC 12 Bautista Güemes  54'
OC 13 Álvar Gimeno
RW 14 Brad Linklater  78'
FB 15 Charly Malié 70' to 80'
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu  63'
HK 17 Vicento del Hoyo  64'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz  70'
LK 19 Josh Peters  72'
FL 20 Brice Ferrer  77'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla
CE 22 Richard Stewart  54'
WG 23 Jordi Jorba  78'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Papuna Chiqaberidze (Georgia)
Giga Mshvenieradze (Georgia)
Television match official:
Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia)

Week 4

27 March 2021
16:00 WET (UTC+00)
Portugal 43–28 Spain
Try: Simões 28'
Portela 39'
Marta 47'
Storti 59'
Marques 77'
Fernandes 80'
Con: Marques 29', 40', 48', 59', 79
Pen: Marques 71'		ReportTry: Pinto Ferrer 6'
Rouet 16'
Linklater 36'
Ordas 80'
Con: Ordas 7', 17', 37', 80'
Estádio de Rugby Jamor, Lisbon
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
LP 1 Geoffrey Moïse  45'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer
TP 3 Anthony Alves  68'
LL 4 José Madeira 17' to 27'
RL 5 Eric dos Santos
BF 6 João Granate  19'
OF 7 Manuel Picão
N8 8 Rafael Simões  57'
SH 9 Samuel Marques 8' to 18'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela  79'
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima  68'
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes
Replacements:
PR 16 Francisco Fernandes  45'
HK 17 Loïc Bournonville  71'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira  68'
FL 19 Duarte Torgal  19'
N8 20 Francisco Sousa  57'
SH 21 Théo Entraygues
FH 22 Jorge Abecasis  79'
CE 23 Dany Antunes  68'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet
LP 1 Fernando López (c)  45'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  54'
TP 3 Jon Zabala  51'
LL 4 Victor Sánchez
RL 5 Manuel Mora  51'
BF 6 Lucas Guillaume
OF 7 Kalokalo Gavidi  64'
N8 8 Gautier Gibouin
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  68'
FH 10 Manuel Ordas
LW 11 Fabien Perrin  49'
IC 12 Bautista Güemes  56'
OC 13 Álvar Gimeno
RW 14 Brad Linklater
FB 15 Charly Malié 61' to 71'  71'
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu  45' 45' to 55'
HK 17 Vicente del Hoyo  54'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz  51'
LK 19 Aníbal Bonan  51'
FL 20 Matthew Foulds  64'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla  68'
CE 22 Richard Stewart  56'
FB 23 Jordi Jorba  71'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Cedric Marchat (France)
Stéphane Crapoix (France)
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet (France)

28 March 2021
15:00 GET (UTC+04)
Georgia 28–17 Romania
Try: Penalty try 10'
Gigashvili 51'
Tabutsadze 70'
Con: Abzhandadze 52'
Pen: Abzhandadze 20', 40'
Drop: Babunashvili 80'		ReportTry: Gorin 21'
Căpățână 61'
Con: Plai 22'
Vlaicu 62'
Pen: Vlaicu 44'
Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Paulo Duarte (Portugal)
LP 1 Beka Gigashvili
HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili  18'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze  56'
LL 4 Lasha Jaiani
RL 5 Davit Gigauri  64'
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze  24'
OF 7 Beka Saghinadze
N8 8 Tornike Jalaghonia
SH 9 Gela Aprasidze
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze  65'
LW 11 Alexander Todua
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK 16 Giorgi Chkoidze  24'
PR 17 Nika Abuladze
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili  56'
LK 19 Nodar Tcheishvili  64'
FL 20 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili
SH 21 Mikheil Alania
FH 22 Giorgi Babunashvili  65'
FB 23 Soso Matiashvili
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili
LP 1 Alexandru Savin 6' to 16'  30'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru  54'
TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș  63'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu  72'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Cristi Chirică  56'
OF 7 Cristi Boboc
N8 8 André Gorin (c)
SH 9 Florin Surugiu  64'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Nicolas Onuțu  35'
IC 12 Tudor Boldor
OC 13 Alexandru Bucur
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru
FB 15 Ionel Melinte  32'
Replacements:
HK 16 Eugen Căpățână  54'
PR 17 Constantin Pristăviță  30'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă  63'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc  72'
FL 20 Johannes van Heerden  56'
SH 21 Gabriel Rupanu  64'
FB 22 Florin Vlaicu  35'
WG 23 Paul Popoaia  32'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Francisco Serra (Portugal)
José Moita (Portugal)
Television match official:
Pedro Mendes Silva (Portugal)

Week 5

26 June 2021[5][6][7]
17:00 GET (UTC+04)
(1 TBP) Georgia 48–15 Netherlands
Try: Niniashvili 10', 72', 79'
Tabutsadze 25', 65'
Lobzhanidze 37'
Gogichashvili 54'
Javakhia 60'
Con: Abzhandadze 55'
Babunashvili 61', 66', 73'		ReportTry: Hop 35'
v. Dijk 75'
Con: Wierenga 76'
Pen: Rademaker 16'
Caucasus Arena, Telavi[8]
Attendance: 700
Referee: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
LP 1 Nika Khatiashvili  40'
HK 2 Jaba Bregvadze  40'
TP 3 Giorgi Melikidze  40'
LL 4 Nodar Tcheishvili
RL 5 Konstantin Mikautadze  58'
BF 6 Mikheil Gachechiladze
OF 7 Beka Saghinadze  69'
N8 8 Ilia Spanderashvili 34' to 44'
SH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze  63'
FH 10 Tedo Abzhandadze  56'
LW 11 Mirian Modebadze
IC 12 Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC 13 Giorgi Kveseladze  63'
RW 14 Aka Tabutsadze
FB 15 Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK 16 Shalva Mamukashvili  40'
PR 17 Guram Gogichashvili  40'
PR 18 Giorgi Kharaishvili  40'
LK 19 Giorgi Javakhia  58'
FL 20 Irakli Tskhadadze  69'
SH 21 Mikheil Alania  63'
CE 22 Demur Tapladze  63'
FH 23 Giorgi Babunashvili  56'
Coach:
Levan Maisahvili
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan  40'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson  73'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington  73'
LL 4 Koen Bloemen  60'
RL 5 Mark Wokke  73'
BF 6 Niels van de Ven  67'
OF 7 Wolf van Dijk 63' to 73'
N8 8 Dave Koelman
SH 9 Amir Rademaker  60'
FH 10 Mees van Oord
LW 11 Jordy Hop
IC 12 David Weersma 4' to 14'
OC 13 Bart Wierenga (c)
RW 14 Siem Noorman  9'
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Michael Mbaud  73'
PR 17 Lodi Buijs  40'
PR 18 Delano van der Sligte  73'
LK 19 Marijn Huis  60'
FL 20 Jim Boelrijk  73'
SH 21 Hugo Schöller  60'
WG 22 Daily Limmen  9'
FL 23 Blake Nightingale  67'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Mihai Văcaru (Romania)
Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Cristian Răduță (Romania)

Week 6

10 July 2021
15:00 CEST (UTC+02)
Netherlands 28–61 Portugal (1 TBP)
Try: Wierenga 37'
Campbell 54', 84'
Hop 65'
Con: Weersma 38', 54', 66', 85'		ReportTry: Tadjer 2'
Storti 12', 14', 60', 75', 80'
Marta 37', 50', 67'
Con: Marques 9', 13', 15', 40', 51', 61', 68', 76'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,600 [9]
Referee: Aled Evans (Wales)
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan  73'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson  73'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington  40'
LL 4 Koen Bloemen
RL 5 Christopher van Leeuwen  62'
BF 6 Dirk Danen (c)  49'
OF 7 Niels van de Ven
N8 8 Dave Koelman  17'
SH 9 Amir Rademaker  62'
FH 10 Mees van Oord
LW 11 Jordy Hop
IC 12 David Weersma
OC 13 Daily Limmen  73'
RW 14 Bart Wierenga
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Michael Mbaud  73'
PR 17 Robin Moenen  40'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs  73'
LK 19 Mark Wokke  62'
N8 20 Marijn Huis  17'
FL 21 Blake Nightingale  49'
SH 22 Hugo Schöller  62'
CE 23 Robbin Schut  73'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes  62'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer  71'
TP 3 Anthony Alves  55'
LL 4 José Madeira
RL 5 Jean Sousa  71'
BF 6 João Granate
OF 7 Rafael Simões
N8 8 Thibault de Freitas  66'
SH 9 Samuel Marques  78'
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima  66'
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes  69'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa  62'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz  71'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira  55'
LK 19 José Rebelo de Andrade  71'
N8 20 Manuel Picão  66'
SH 21 Pedro Lucas  78'
FB 22 Manuel Cardoso Pinto  69'
CE 23 Pedro Bettencourt  66'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Gareth Newman (Wales)
Dewi Phillips (Wales)
Television match official:
Sean Brickell (Wales)

Week 7

17 July 2021
13:30 MSK (UTC+03)
Russia 26–49 Portugal
Try: Gresev 29'
Silenko 38', 59'
Sychev 77'
Con: Kushnarev 30', 39', 77		ReportTry: Appleton 7'
Granate 15'
Lima 45'
Simões 56'
Penalty try 61'
Portela 67'
Con: Marques 8', 16', 46', 68'
Pen: Marques 3', 32', 50'
Nizhny Novgorod Stadium, Nizhny Novgorod
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
LP 1 Valery Morozov  66'
HK 2 Shamil Magomedov  14'
TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov  63'
LL 4 Evgeny Elgin  65'
RL 5 German Silenko  60'
BF 6 Nikita Bekov
OF 7 Nikita Vavilin 12' to 22'
N8 8 Victor Gresev (c)
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov  78'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin  12'
LW 11 Andrei Karzanov
IC 12 Dmitry Gerasimov
OC 13 Denis Simplikevich  54'
RW 14 German Davydov
FB 15 Nikita Churashov 61' to 71'
Replacements:
HK 16 Shamil Davudov  14'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  66'
PR 18 Magomed Davudov  63'
LK 19 Vadim Zharkov  60'
FL 20 Anton Sychev  65'
SH 21 Stepan Khokhlov  78'
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev  12'
CE 23 Luc Brocas  54'
Coach:
Lyn Jones
LP 1 Francisco Fernandes  50'
HK 2 Mike Tadjer  68'  78'
TP 3 Anthony Alves  50'
LL 4 José Madeira 26' to 36'
RL 5 Jean Sousa
BF 6 João Granate  68'
OF 7 Rafael Simões  63'
N8 8 Thibault de Freitas  78'
SH 9 Samuel Marques
FH 10 Jerónimo Portela
LW 11 Rodrigo Marta
IC 12 Tomás Appleton (c)
OC 13 José Lima  73'
RW 14 Raffaele Storti
FB 15 Nuno Sousa Guedes  65'
Replacements:
PR 16 David Costa  50'
HK 17 Duarte Diniz  68'
PR 18 Diogo Hasse Ferreira  50' 73' to 83'
FL 19 José Rebelo de Andrade  68'
FL 20 Manuel Picão  63'
SH 21 Pedro Lucas
FB 22 Manuel Cardoso Pinto  65'
CE 23 Pedro Bettencourt  73'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Television match official:
Charles Samson (Scotland)

Week 8

6 November 2021
15:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands 8–35 Russia (1 TBP)
Try: van der Avoird 58'
Pen: Weersma 42'		ReportTry: Zhivatov 8'
Brocas 28'
Karzanov 43'
Morozov 51'
Ivanov 54'
Con: Gaisin 9', 29', 44', 52', 55'
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Keith Allen (Scotland)
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan  70'
HK 2 Mark Darlington  52'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington  56'
LL 4 Christopher van Leeuwen
RL 5 Jim Boelrijk  52'
BF 6 Dirk Danen (c)  63'
OF 7 Wolf van Dijk
N8 8 Niels van de Ven  70'
SH 9 Amir Rademaker  56'
FH 10 David Weersma  52'
LW 11 Daan van der Avoird
IC 12 Oliva Sialau
OC 13 Bart Wierenga
RW 14 Jordy Hop
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Ross Bennie-Coulson  52'
PR 17 Robin Moenen  70'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs  56'
LK 19 Rikkert Verhofstad  70'
FL 20 Blake Nightingale  52'
FL 21 Christopher Raymond  63'
SH 22 Hugo Schöller  56'
FH 23 Mees van Oord  52'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner
LP 1 Valery Morozov  68'
HK 2 Alexander Ivanov  70'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev  65'
LL 4 Igor Zykov  68'
RL 5 German Silenko
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov (c)
OF 7 Artémy Gallo  70'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov  72'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin  72'
LW 11 Andrei Karzanov
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky
OC 13 Luc Brocas
RW 14 Daniil Potikhanov 65' to 75'  75'
FB 15 German Davydov
Replacements:
HK 16 Alishan Umarov  70'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  68'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov  65'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin  68'
FL 20 Anton Sychev  70'
SH 21 Stepan Khokhlov  72'
FH 22 Yuri Kushnarev  72'
WG 23 Victor Kononov  75'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
David Sutherland (Scotland)
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Television match official:
Neil Paterson (Scotland)

Week 9

13 November 2021
17:30 EET (UTC+02)
(1 TBP) Romania 56–15 Netherlands
Try: Simionescu 10'
Dumitru 19', 48', 56'
Cojocaru 29', 43'
Vaovasa 31'
Bărdașu 80'
Con: Melinte 11', 20', 30', 32', 44', 49', 57', 80'		ReportTry: Bloemen 25'
van de Avoird 71'
Con: van Oord 26'
Pen: van Oord 35'
Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest[10]
Attendance: 0
Referee: Peter Martin (Ireland)
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță  60'
HK 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru  60'
TP 3 Vasile Bălan  60'
LL 4 Marius Antonescu  73'
RL 5 Adrian Moțoc
BF 6 Cristi Chirică
OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c) 29' to 32'
N8 8 André Gorin  65'
SH 9 Gabriel Rupanu  49'
FH 10 Daniel Plai
LW 11 Marius Simionescu
IC 12 Jason Tomane
OC 13 Hinckley Vaovasa  57'
RW 14 Ionuț Dumitru  65'
FB 15 Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK 16 Florin Bărdașu  60'
PR 17 Alexandru Savin  60'
PR 18 Costel Burțilă  60'
LK 19 Marius Iftimiciuc  73'
N8 20 Florian Roșu  29'  32'  65'
SH 21 Florin Surugiu  49'
CE 22 Taylor Gontineac  57'
WG 23 Paul Popoaia  65'
Coach:
Andy Robinson
LP 1 Hugo Langelaan  73'
HK 2 Ross Bennie-Coulson  57'
TP 3 Andrew Darlington  60'
LL 4 Koen Bloemen
RL 5 Louis Bruinsma  52'
BF 6 Wolf van Dijk
OF 7 Blake Nightingale  52'
N8 8 Dirk Danen (c)  58'
SH 9 Hugo Schöller  57'
FH 10 Mees van Oord  57'
LW 11 Daan van der Avoird
IC 12 Oliva Sialau
OC 13 Bart Wierenga
RW 14 Jordy Hop
FB 15 Te Campbell
Replacements:
HK 16 Ross Bennie-Coulson  57'
PR 17 Robin Moenen  73'
PR 18 Lodi Buijs  60'
LK 19 Marijn Huis  52'
FL 20 Niels van de Ven  52'
N8 21 Christopher Raymond  58'
SH 22 Amir Rademaker  57'
FH 23 Storm Carroll  57'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Stuart Douglas (Ireland)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

14 November 2021
12:45 CET (UTC+01)
(1 TBP) Spain 49–12 Russia
Try: Pinto Ferrer 7'
Gimeno 23'
Mora 35', 44'
Perrin 62'
Losada 67'
Aboitiz 73'
Con: Güemes 7', 23', 36', 45'
Ordas 63', 68', 73'		ReportTry: Uzonov 47'
Kononov 65'
Con: Golov 65'
Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid[11]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)
LP 1 Fernando López (c)  50'
HK 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer  64'
TP 3 Jon Zabala  66'
LL 4 Manuel Mora  66'  80'
RL 5 Lucas Guillaume
BF 6 Gautier Gibouin
OF 7 Matthew Foulds
N8 8 Afaese Tauli  43'
SH 9 Guillaume Rouet  64'
FH 10 Bautista Güemes  47'
LW 11 Gauthier Minguillon  68'
IC 12 Álvar Gimeno 41' to 51'
OC 13 Fabien Perrin
RW 14 Joan Losada
FB 15 J. W. Bell
Replacements:
PR 16 Thierry Futeu  50'
HK 17 Santiago Ovejero  64'
PR 18 Bittor Aboitiz  66'
LK 19 Victor Sánchez  66'
N8 20 Facundo Domínguez  43'  80'
SH 21 Tomás Munilla  64'
FH 22 Manuel Ordas  47'
WG 23 Jordi Jorba  68'
Coach:
Santiago Santos
LP 1 Valery Morozov  10'
HK 2 Alexander Ivanov  41'  73'
TP 3 Kirill Gotovtsev  55'
LL 4 Igor Zykov  55'
RL 5 German Silenko
BF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov (c)  16'
OF 7 Artémy Gallo 34' to 44'
N8 8 Nikita Vavilin  58'
SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov  65'
FH 10 Ramil Gaisin  68'
LW 11 Andrei Karzanov
IC 12 Kirill Golosnitsky  63'
OC 13 Luc Brocas
RW 14 Daniil Potikhanov
FB 15 German Davydov
Replacements:
HK 16 Dmitry Parkhomenko  41'  73'
PR 17 Evgeny Mishechkin  16'
PR 18 Vladimir Podrezov  55'
LK 19 Alexander Ilin  55'
N8 20 Anton Sychev  58'
SH 21 Stepan Khokhlov  65'
FH 22 Alexei Golov  68'
CE 23 Victor Kononov  63'
Coach:
Lyn Jones

Touch judges:
Jason Bessant (Wales)
Tom Spurrier (Wales)
Television match official:
Wayne Davies (Wales)

Week 10

18 December 2021[12]
14:00 CET (UTC+01)
Netherlands 7–52 Spain (1 TBP)
Report
NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 0
Referee: Eoghan Cross (Ireland)

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

International broadcasters

Country Broadcaster Summary
Georgia Rugby TV
Imedi TV 		All games exclusively live and free on Rugby TV and Imedi TV
Netherlands Ziggo All games exclusively live and free on Ziggo
Portugal RTP2
Rugby TV Portugal 		Home games live and free on RTP2 and Rugby TV Portugal
Romania TVR All games exclusively live and free on TVR 1
Russia Match TV
Sportrecs.com 		All games exclusively broadcast on Match TV and streamed for free on Sportrecs.com
Spain GOL
TEN 		Home games live and free on either GOL or TEN, deferred broadcasts on GOL
Europe Rugby Europe All games exclusively streamed and free on Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

See also

References

  1. ^ "Championship 2021".
  2. ^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
  4. ^ "WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying".
  5. ^ "2021 Rugby Europe Championship Fixtures announced".
  6. ^ "New dates unveiled for Rugby Europe Championship".
  7. ^ "Netherlands confirm REC home fixtures".
  8. ^ "ზაფხულის სანაკრებო სეზონი თელავში გაიხსნება". 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  9. ^ "2020/21 Men - Women Rugby Europe International Championships Game Sheet - Netherlands v Portugal" (PDF). Rugby Europe. 10 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Stejarii vor întâlni Uruguay, Țările de Jos și Tonga în meciurile din luna noiembrie, pe Stadionul Național de Rugby Arcul de Triumf". Rugby Romania (in Romanian). 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Italia A, Fiyi y Rusia, rivales en un otoño de nivel para el XV del León en Madrid". FER (in Spanish). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Championship 2021".
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