# 2014 IRB Nations Cup

The 2014 IRB Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the eighth time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 13 and 22 June and ran alongside the 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. Romania were joined by Uruguay, Emerging Ireland and ENC side Russia and defended the title they won in 2012 and 2013. All of the fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the home stadium for the hosts Romania.
The Emerging Ireland team won the title for the first time and Robin Copeland was named as the player of the tournament.

## Standings

| | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bounus points | Bounus points | Points |
| | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | For | Against | Try Bonus | Losing Bonus | Points |
| 1 | Emerging Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 148 | 13 | 135 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Romania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 64 | 65 | –1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Uruguay | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 91 | –59 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 99 | –75 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Source : www.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 ||||||||||||||

## Fixtures
### Matchday 1

* 13 June 2014 16:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Emerging Ireland | 66 – 0 Abandoned at 49' | Russia |
| Try: Keatley 3' m Conway (3) 6' c, 23' m, 26' c Annett 10' c Gilroy (2) 28' c, 44' c Copeland 34' c O'Donnell 36' c Marshall 41' c Con: Keatley (5/7) 7', 11', 27', 29', 35' Hanrahan (3/3) 37', 42', 45' | Report | Pen: Gaysin (0/1) 15' |
* Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
| FB | 15 | Johne Murphy |
| RW | 14 | Craig Gilroy |
| OC | 13 | Eoin Griffin |
| IC | 12 | Stuart McCloskey |
| LW | 11 | Andrew Conway |
| FH | 10 | Ian Keatley | 35' |
| SH | 9 | Paul Marshall |
| N8 | 8 | Robin Copeland |
| OF | 7 | Tommy O'Donnell |
| BF | 6 | Dominic Ryan (c) |
| RL | 5 | Dave Foley |
| LL | 4 | Michael Kearney |
| TP | 3 | Michael Bent | 46' |
| HK | 2 | Niall Annett | 40' |
| LP | 1 | Callum Black |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | James Tracy | 40' |
| PR | 17 | John Ryan | 46' |
| LK | 18 | Billy Holland |
| FL | 19 | Sean Dougall |
| SH | 20 | Luke McGrath |
| FH | 21 | JJ Hanrahan | 35' |
| CE | 22 | Brendan Macken |
| Coach: ||
| Dan McFarland ||
| FB | 15 | Igor Klyuchnikov |
| RW | 14 | Mikhail Babaev |
| OC | 13 | German Davydov |
| IC | 12 | Alexey Makovetskiy |
| LW | 11 | Igor Galinovskiy |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaysin |
| SH | 9 | Alexander Ianiushkin | | 46' |
| N8 | 8 | Victor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Andrey Temnov |
| BF | 6 | Andrey Garbuzov |
| RL | 5 | Denis Antonov |
| LL | 4 | Alexander Voytov (c) | | 46' |
| TP | 3 | Sergey Sekisov |
| HK | 2 | Stanislav Selskiy | 46' to 56' |
| LP | 1 | Alexey Volkov | | 46' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Valery Tsnobiladze |
| PR | 17 | Grigory Tsnobiladze | | 46' |
| LK | 18 | Alexander Bezverkhov |
| FL | 19 | Artem Fatakhov | | 46' |
| FL | 20 | Pavel Butenko |
| SH | 21 | Alexey Shcherban | | 46' |
| FH | 22 | Sergey Ianiushkin |
| Coach: ||
| Raphaël Saint-André [fr] ||
* Touch judges:
* Cristian Serban (Romania)
* Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
* Television match official:
* Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)
* 13 June 2014 19:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Romania | 34 – 16 | Uruguay |
| Try: Turashvili 35' c Macovei 45' c Ionita 74' m Con: Vlaicu (2/3) 36', 46' Pen: Vlaicu (4/4) 5', 11', 53', 58' Drop: Vlaicu (1/1) 25' | IRB | Try: Gibernau 29' c Con: Prada (1/1) 30' Pen: Prada (3/4) 24', 26', 61' |
* Referee: Chris Assmus (Canada)
| FB | 15 | Gabriel Conache |
| RW | 14 | Ionuț Dumitru |
| OC | 13 | Csaba Gál |
| IC | 12 | Florin Vlaicu |
| LW | 11 | Florin Ioniță |
| FH | 10 | Filip Lazăr | 66' |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | 78' |
| N8 | 8 | Daniel Carpo |
| OF | 7 | Mihai Macovei (c) |
| BF | 6 | Viorel Lucaci | 60' |
| RL | 5 | Marius Sirbe |
| LL | 4 | Valentin Popârlan | 66' |
| TP | 3 | Constantin Pristăviță | | 75' |
| HK | 2 | Otar Turashvili | 14' to 23' | 14' to 23' |
| LP | 1 | Horaţiu Pungea | 48' | 75' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eugen Căpăţână | 14' | 23' |
| PR | 17 | Alexandru Ţăruş | 48' |
| LK | 18 | Dorin Lazăr | 60' |
| N8 | 19 | Vlad Nistor | 66' |
| CE | 20 | Catalin Robert Dascalu | 66' |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Ivan | 78' |
| FH | 22 | Daniel Statulescu |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
| FB | 15 | Gastón Mieres |
| RW | 14 | Santiago Gibernau |
| OC | 13 | Joaquín Prada |
| IC | 12 | Alberto Roman |
| LW | 11 | Gaston Gibernau | | 53' |
| FH | 10 | Alejo Durán | | 53' |
| SH | 9 | Guillermo Lijtenstein |
| N8 | 8 | Alejandro Nieto |
| OF | 7 | Diego Magno | | 65' |
| BF | 6 | Juan de Freitas | | 69' |
| RL | 5 | Franco Lamanna | 62' to 72' |
| LL | 4 | Cristofer Soares De Lima | | 49' |
| TP | 3 | Juan Echeverría | | 49' | 78' |
| HK | 2 | Nicolás Klappenbach (c) | | 69' |
| LP | 1 | Alejo Corral | | | 78' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Carlos Arboleya | | 49' |
| PR | 17 | Mateo Sanguinetti | | 69' |
| LK | 18 | Mathias Braun | | 49' |
| FL | 19 | Fernando Bascou | | 65' |
| FL | 20 | Agustin Alonso | | 69' |
| FB | 21 | Jerónimo Etcheverry | | 53' |
| WG | 22 | Federico Favaro | | 53' |
| Coach: ||
| Pablo Lemoine ||
* Touch judges:
* Razvan Vasiliu (Romania)
* Gabriel Seitan (Romania)
* Television match official:
* Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

### Matchday 2

* 18 June 2014 16:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Emerging Ireland | 51 – 3 | Uruguay |
| Try: Gilroy 7' c Kearney 24' c Butler (2) 33' m, 51' c Holland 64' c Marshall 75' m Con: Hanrahan (5/6) 8', 25', 52', 61', 65' Pen: Hanrahan (2/2) 20', 40' Keatley (1/1) 80' | Report | Pen: Prada (1/2) 4' |
* Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 18 June 2014 19:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Romania | 20 – 18 | Russia |
| Try: Penalty Try 70',78' Con: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 71',79' Pen: Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 8',36' | Report | Try: Andrey Temnov 32', Vladimir Ostroushko 56' Con: Ramil Gaysin (1/2) 33' Pen: Ramil Gaysin (2/3) 22',50' |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Chris Assmus
| FB | 15 | Gabriel Conache |
| RW | 14 | Stephen Hihetah |
| OC | 13 | Catalin Robert Dascalu |
| IC | 12 | Florin Vlaicu |
| LW | 11 | Ionut Dumitru |
| FH | 10 | Filip Lazăr | | 50' |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | | 64' |
| N8 | 8 | Daniel Carpo |
| OF | 7 | Dorin Lazăr | | 48' |
| BF | 6 | Mihai Macovei | | (c) |
| RL | 5 | Marius Sirbe |
| LL | 4 | Marian Drenceanu | | 45' |
| TP | 3 | Alexandru Tarus | | 64' | |
| HK | 2 | Eugen Capatana | | 47' | 64' |
| LP | 1 | Ionel Badiu | | 48' | |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Otar Turashvili | | 47' | 64' |
| PR | 17 | Horatiu Pungea | | 50' |
| LK | 18 | Valentin Popârlan | 49' to 59' | 45' |
| N8 | 19 | Viorel Lucaci | 51' to 61' | 48' |
| CE | 20 | Csaba Gál | | 50' |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Ivan | | 50' |
| FH | 22 | Andrei Ilie |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
| FB | 15 | Igor Klyuchnikov | | 68' |
| RW | 14 | Mikhail Babaev |
| OC | 13 | Dmitry Gerasimov |
| IC | 12 | Alexey Makovetskiy |
| LW | 11 | Vladimir Ostroushko | | |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaysin | | |
| SH | 9 | Alexander Ianiushkin | | 61' |
| N8 | 8 | Victor Gresev | 76' to 80 ' | 48' | |
| OF | 7 | Andrey Temnov | | |
| BF | 6 | Pavel Butenko | | 64' |
| RL | 5 | Artem Fatakhov | | 69' |
| LL | 4 | Alexander Voytov(c) | 8' to 18' |
| TP | 3 | Andrey Igretsov | 45' to 55' | 68' | |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | 69' to 79' | |
| LP | 1 | Grigory Tsnobiladze | | | |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Stanislav Selskiy | | 69' |
| PR | 17 | Alexander Bezverkhov | | 48' | 55' | 68' | 76' |
| LK | 18 | Denis Antonov | | |
| FL | 19 | Yevgeny Matveyev | | 64' |
| FL | 20 | Igor Galinovskiy | | 68' |
| FB | 21 | Alexey Shcherban | | 61' |
| WG | 22 | Sergey Ianiushkin | | |
| Coach: ||
| Raphaël Saint-André ||
* Touch judges:
* Cristian Serban (Romania)
* Bogdan Gordin (Romania)
* Television match official:
* Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)

### Matchday 3

* 22 June 2014 16:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Russia | 6 – 13 | Uruguay |
| Pen: Kushnarev (2/4) 11', 14' | Report | Try: Lamanna 60' c Con: Prada (1/1) 61' Pen: Prada (2/5) 52', 77' |
* Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
* 22 June 2014 19:00 EET (UTC+2)
| Romania | 10 – 31 | Emerging Ireland |
| Try: Penalty try 78' Drop: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 13' | Report | Try: Dominic Ryan 28' c Craig Gilroy 31' c Robin Copeland 41' c Penalty try 80' Con: Ian Keatley (3/3) 31', 36', 50' Pen: Ian Keatley (1/2) 3' |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)