Nations Cup

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Nations Cup
Sport	Rugby union
Founded	2006
No. of teams	6
Country(ies)	Argentina  Italy  Namibia  Georgia  South Africa  Romania
Most recent champion(s)	Emerging Springboks

The Nations Cup is a rugby union competition that was first held in 2006 at Estadio Universitario de Lisboa, Lisbon with Argentina A, Italy A, Portugal and Russia taking part. The tournament is part of the International Rugby Board's US $50 million Strategic Investment programme, which also includes the Pacific Nations Cup, North America 4 and the Pacific Rugby Cup.

The Nations Cup is aimed at providing more competition for tier one A sides, as well as offering opportunities for third tier nations such as Portugal, Russia, Namibia and Romania. The IRB expanded the tournament in 2007 to include 6 teams. The Nations Cup is an important tournament for both Italy and Argentina, who between the two sides, have only nine players that do not play in their respective domestic competitions. The inaugural tournament was won by Argentina A.

The Nations Cup was expanded in 2007, with six teams instead of four. Argentina A and Italy A returned, along with Namibia, Georgia, Romania and the Emerging Springboks. This was in part to allow Namibia, Georgia and Romania to warm up for the 2007 Rugby World Cup. All fixtures were played at the Tineretului Stadium in Bucharest.

Contents 1 2008 tournament 2 2007 tournament 2.1 Current standings 2.2 Results 2.2.1 Round 1 2.2.2 Round 2 2.2.3 Round 3 3 2006 tournament 3.1 Results 3.1.1 Round 1 3.1.2 Round 2 3.1.3 Round 3 4 Results 5 External links

[edit] 2008 tournament

Fixtures/Results

[edit] 2007 tournament

[edit] Current standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts
1	Emerging Springboks	3	3	0	0	109	24	85	1	13
2	Argentina A	3	2	0	1	84	57	27	1	9
3	Georgia	3	2	0	1	55	62	-7	0	8
4	Romania	3	2	0	1	54	85	-31	0	8
5	Italy A	3	0	0	3	48	68	-20	2	2
6	Namibia	3	0	0	3	47	101	-54	0	0

[edit] Results

[edit] Round 1

• 5 June Argentina A 27 - 20 Italy A
• 5 June Romania 8 - 61 Emerging Springboks
• 5 June Georgia 26 - 18 Namibia

[edit] Round 2

• 10 June Namibia 13 - 47 Argentina A
• 10 June Romania 19 - 8 Italy A
• 10 June Emerging Springboks 24 - 12 Georgia

[edit] Round 3

• 16 June Romania 28 - 16 Namibia
• 16 June Emerging Springboks 24 - 10 Argentina A
• 16 June Italy A 20 - 22 Georgia

[edit] 2006 tournament

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts
1	Argentina A	3	3	0	0	114	36	78	2	14
2	Italy A	3	1	1	1	69	81	-12	1	7
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	72	113	-45	3	7
4	Portugal	3	0	1	2	62	87	-25	1	3

[edit] Results

[edit] Round 1

• 13 June Argentina A 26 - 11 Italy A
• 13 June Portugal 17 - 27 Russia

[edit] Round 2

• 18 June Argentina A 64 - 6 Russia
• 18 June Portugal 26 - 26 Italy A

[edit] Round 3

• 24 June Italy A 32 - 29 Russia
• 24 June Portugal 19 - 24 Argentina A

[edit] Results

Year	Winner
2006	Argentina A
2007	Emerging Springboks

[edit] External links

• Nations Cup set for kick-off
• IRB Nations Cup for 2007

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