# 2018 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2018 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the second season under its new format, that saw Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia, Spain and Belgium compete for the title.
This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also served as a key stage of the European region qualification process for the 2019 Rugby World Cup. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualified as Europe 1. As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, results involving that team are discarded for the purposes of Rugby World Cup qualification.
Both the Championship and the Qualification Process were heavily affected by controversial disciplinary issues involving player eligibility and the selection of neutral officials (namely, Romanian referee Vlad Iordachescu in Belgium-Spain). In respect of matters relating to the eligibility of players, following a full review of the evidence, including statements and submissions from World Rugby, Rugby Europe, Belgium, Romania, Spain and Russia, the independent committee found:
* Belgium had fielded one or more ineligible players on 7 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying);
* Romania has fielded one ineligible player on 8 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 6 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying);
* Spain had fielded one or more ineligible players on 9 occasions during the 2017 and 2018 Rugby Europe Championships (of which 8 matches related to Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying).
In respect of sanctions, pursuant to Regulation 18, the independent committee determined the following:
The deduction of 5 points for any match in which a union fielded an ineligible player. in practice this meant the following
* 40-point deduction for Spain
* 30-point deduction for Belgium;
* 30-point deduction for Romania.
Therefore, based on a re-modelling of the Rugby Europe Championship tables in the context of Rugby World Cup 2019 qualifying, Russia would qualify as Europe 1 into Pool A replacing Romania and Germany will replace Spain in the European play-off against Portugal.
Georgia's victory in the 2018 Rugby Europe Championship itself was unaffected. Germany's proposed promotion/relegation play-off with Portugal, however, becomes a Romania-Portugal play-off. Ironically, Germany would now face Portugal in the Rugby World Cup European qualification play-off.

## Table

* Champions
* Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
| Pos. | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| Pos. | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 188 | 35 | +153 | 26 | 2 | +25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 24 |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 142 | 84 | +58 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 359 | −325 | 3 | 55 | −52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 106 | 182 | −76 | 14 | 26 | −12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −1* |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 146 | 74 | +72 | 19 | 4 | +18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −7* |
| 6 | Romania | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 198 | 80 | +118 | 28 | 9 | +19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −11* |
| Source- 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 | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – (not counted towards World Cup qualification) * deducted points |

## Fixtures
### Week 1

* 10 February 2018 14:00 GET (UTC+04)
| (1 TBP) Georgia | 47–0 | Belgium |
| Try: Chilachava 9' c Mamukashvili 16' c Zhvania 26' c Tsiklauri 40+1' c Pruidze 55' m Todua 67' c Sitchinava 79' c Con: Tsiklauri (6/7) 10', 17', 27', 40+2', 68', 79' | Gamesheet | |
* AIA Arena (Kutaisi), Kutaisi Attendance: 4,900 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
| LP | 1 | Zurab Zhvania | | 52' |
| HK | 2 | Shalva Mamukashvili | 41' to 51' | | | 60' |
| TP | 3 | Levan Chilachava | | 52' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze (c) |
| RL | 5 | Nodar Tcheishvili | | 70' |
| BF | 6 | Otar Giorgadze | | 43' to 52' | 43' to 52' |
| OF | 7 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili | | 41' |
| N8 | 8 | Lasha Lomidze |
| SH | 9 | Gela Aprasidze | | 60' |
| FH | 10 | Revaz Jinchvelashvili |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua |
| IC | 12 | Giorgi Kveseladze |
| OC | 13 | David Kacharava | | 60' |
| RW | 14 | Giorgi Pruidze |
| FB | 15 | Beka Tsiklauri |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Giorgi Chkoidze | | 43' | 52' | 60' |
| PR | 17 | Tornike Mataradze | | 52' | 65' |
| PR | 18 | Giorgi Melikidze | | 52' |
| FL | 19 | Mikheil Gachechiladze | | 41' |
| FL | 20 | Guram Shengelia | | 70' |
| SH | 21 | Vasil Lobzhanidze | | 60' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Malaguradze | | 60' |
| WG | 23 | Anzor Sitchinava | | | 65' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
| LP | 1 | Lucas Sotteau | 52' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst (c) | 45' |
| TP | 3 | Sydney Mulumba | 41' |
| LL | 4 | Guillaume Mortier |
| RL | 5 | Sven d'Hooghe |
| BF | 6 | Bertrand Billi |
| OF | 7 | Amin Hamzaoui | 70' |
| N8 | 8 | Brieuc Corradi | 20' |
| SH | 9 | Tom Cocqu | 45' |
| FH | 10 | Vincent Hart |
| LW | 11 | Ervin Muric |
| IC | 12 | Nathan Bontems |
| OC | 13 | Guillaume Piron |
| RW | 14 | Thomas Wallraf |
| FB | 15 | Dazzy Cornez | 41' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Max Dubois | 45' |
| PR | 17 | Bastien Gallaire | 52' |
| PR | 18 | Tom Herenger |
| FL | 19 | Vincent Tauzia | 20' |
| FL | 20 | Isaac Montoisy | 45' |
| SH | 21 | Benjamin Cocu | 41' |
| CE | 22 | Louis Debatty | 70' |
| PR | 23 | Romain Pinte | 41' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
* Touch judges:
* Matteo Liperini (Italy)
* Simone Boaretto (Italy)
* 10 February 2018 15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
| (1 LBP) Russia | 13–20 | Spain |
| Try: Gerasimov 8' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 9' Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 29', 63' | Gamesheet | Try: Rouet (2) 25' m, 31' c Barthère 66' m Con: Linklater (1/3) 32' Pen: Linklater (1/2) 40' |
* Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
| LP | 1 | Andrei Polivalov | 56' |
| HK | 2 | Stanislav Selskii | 46' |
| TP | 3 | Innoentiy Zykov | 79' |
| LL | 4 | Evgeny Elgin |
| RL | 5 | Andrei Ostrikov | 70' |
| BF | 6 | Victor Gresev | 48' |
| OF | 7 | Andrei Temnov |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoy |
| SH | 9 | Alexei Shcherban | 79' |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaisin |
| LW | 11 | Vasily Artemyev (c) | 74' |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| OC | 13 | Igor Galinovskiy | 70' |
| RW | 14 | German Davydov |
| FB | 15 | Yuri Kushnarev |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Valery Tsnobiladze | 46' |
| PR | 17 | Valery Morozov | 56' |
| PR | 18 | Magomed Davudov | 79' |
| FL | 19 | Andrei Garbuzov | 70' |
| LK | 20 | Tagir Gadzhiev | 48' |
| FB | 21 | Vasily Dorofeev | 79' |
| WG | 22 | Vladislav Sozonov | 74' |
| CE | 23 | Sergey Trishin | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Aleksandr Pervukhin ||
| LP | 1 | Beñat Auzqui | 56' |
| HK | 2 | Marco Pinto Ferrer | 71' to 78' | 71' to 78' |
| TP | 3 | Jonathan García | 5' |
| LL | 4 | David Barrera |
| RL | 5 | Lucas Guillaume | 52' |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère |
| OF | 7 | Gautier Gibouin |
| N8 | 8 | Jaime Nava de Olano (c) | 63' |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet | 75' |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie | 74' |
| LW | 11 | Sebastien Ascarat |
| IC | 12 | Dan Snee |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin |
| RW | 14 | Brad Linklater | 68' |
| FB | 15 | Charlie Malié |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Fernando López Pérez | 56' |
| HK | 17 | Juan Anaya Lazaro | 71' | 78' |
| PR | 18 | Anibal Bonán | 52' |
| FL | 19 | Thibaut Visensang | 63' |
| SH | 20 | Sébastien Rouet | 75' |
| CE | 21 | Ignacio Contardi Medina | 68' |
| WG | 22 | Bastien Fuster | 74' |
| PR | 23 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | 5' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
* Touch judges:
* Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland)
* Chris Harrington (Ireland)
* 10 February 2018 16:00 EET (UTC+02)
| (1 TBP) Romania | 85–6 | Germany |
| Try: Faka'osilea (2) 5' c, 60' c Lazăr 15' c Fonovai (2) 27' m, 35' c Macovei (2) 40' m, 69' m Burcea 44' c Kinikinilau (2) 47' c, 62' c Dumitru 51' c Coste 73' c Shennan 80' Con: Vlaicu (8/10) 6', 16', 36', 45', 47', 53', 61', 63' Calafeteanu (2/3) 75', 80+1' | Gamesheet | Pen: Menzel (2/3) 18', 31' |
* Cluj Arena, Cluj Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Max Burlet (Belgium)
| LP | 1 | Mihăiţă Lazăr | 55' |
| HK | 2 | Andrei Rădoi | 70' |
| TP | 3 | Andrei Ursache | 53' |
| LL | 4 | Johan van Heerden | 53' |
| RL | 5 | Marius Antonescu |
| BF | 6 | Valentin Ursache | 60' |
| OF | 7 | Mihai Macovei (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Stelian Burcea |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | 48' |
| FH | 10 | Florin Vlaicu | 66' |
| LW | 11 | Ionuț Dumitru | 55' |
| IC | 12 | Sione Faka'osilea |
| OC | 13 | Paula Kinikinilau |
| RW | 14 | Tangimana Fonovai |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Florin Bărdașu | 70' |
| PR | 17 | Ionel Badiu | 55' |
| PR | 18 | Alexandru Țăruș | 53' |
| LK | 19 | Alin Coste | 53' |
| FL | 20 | Andrei Gorcioaia | 60' |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Calafeteanu | 48' |
| WG | 22 | Stephen Shennan | 55' |
| WG | 23 | Jack Umaga | 66' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
| LP | 1 | Julius Nostadt (c) | 56' |
| HK | 2 | Senzokuhle Ngubane | 69' |
| TP | 3 | Paul Weiss | 77' |
| LL | 4 | Eric Marks |
| RL | 5 | Stefan Mau |
| BF | 6 | Falk Duwe | 77' |
| OF | 7 | Rafael Dutta | 50' |
| N8 | 8 | Luke Dyckhoff |
| SH | 9 | Tim Menzel |
| FH | 10 | Daniel Koch |
| LW | 11 | Christopher Korn | 70' |
| IC | 12 | Yassin Ayachi | 41' |
| OC | 13 | Robin Plümpe | 60' |
| RW | 14 | Paul Pfisterer |
| FB | 15 | Marvin Dieckmann |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Sam Ramsay | 69' |
| PR | 17 | Felix Martel | 77' |
| PR | 18 | Marcus Bender | 56' |
| FL | 19 | Yasar Bauer | 77' |
| N8 | 20 | Carsten Lang | 50' |
| FB | 21 | Jan Piosik | 70' |
| WG | 22 | Mark Sztyndera | 41' |
| CE | 23 | Clemens von Grumbkow | 60' |
| Coach: ||
| Pablo Lemoine ||
* Touch judges:
* John Catteau (Belgium)
* Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium)

### Week 2

* 17 February 2018 15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
| (1 TBP) Russia | 48–7 | Belgium |
| Try: Babaev 7' c Garbuzov 24' m Gadzhiev 39' c Elgin (2) 56' m, 71' c Galinovskiy 65' c Fedotko 74' c Con: Kushnarev (5/7) 8', 40', 66', 72', 75' Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 52' | Gamesheet | Try: Hart 47' c Con: Hart (1/1) 48' |
* Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
| LP | 1 | Sergey Sekisov | 50' |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | 53' |
| TP | 3 | Innoentiy Zykov | 66' |
| LL | 4 | Andrei Garbuzov | 50' |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin |
| BF | 6 | Andrei Temnov | 58' |
| OF | 7 | Tagir Gadzhiev |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoy |
| SH | 9 | Vasily Dorofeev | 57' |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaisin | 66' |
| LW | 11 | Vladislav Sozonov |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| OC | 13 | Mikhail Babaev |
| RW | 14 | German Davydov | 58' |
| FB | 15 | Yuri Kushnarev (c) |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nazir Gazanov | 53' |
| PR | 17 | Andrei Polivalov | 50' |
| PR | 18 | Magomed Davudov | 66' |
| LK | 19 | Bogdan Fedotko | 50' |
| FL | 20 | Viktor Gresev | 58' |
| SH | 21 | Alexei Shcherban | 57' |
| WG | 22 | Igor Galinovskiy | 58' |
| WG | 23 | Denis Simplikevich | 66' |
| Coach: ||
| Aleksandr Pervukhin ||
| LP | 1 | Lucas Sotteau | 45' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst | 45' |
| TP | 3 | Alexis Cuffolo | 59' |
| LL | 4 | Tuur Moelants |
| RL | 5 | Sven d'Hooghe | 63' |
| BF | 6 | Bertrand Billi |
| OF | 7 | Amin Hamzaoui | 45' |
| N8 | 8 | Thomas Demolder |
| SH | 9 | Julien Berger (c) | 48' |
| FH | 10 | Sébastien Guns | 72' | 79' |
| LW | 11 | Louis Debatty | 66' |
| IC | 12 | Nathan Bontems |
| OC | 13 | Guillaume Piron |
| RW | 14 | Thomas Wallraf | | 79' |
| FB | 15 | Vincent Hart |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Max Dubois | 45' |
| PR | 17 | Bastien Gallaire | 45' |
| LK | 18 | Guillaume Mortier | 63' |
| FL | 19 | Maxime Temmerman | 45' |
| WG | 20 | Eliott van Trappen | 66' |
| SH | 21 | Tom Cocqu | 48' |
| SH | 22 | Isaac Montoisy | 72' |
| PR | 23 | Romain Pinte | 59' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
* Touch judges:
* Jorge Molpeceres (Spain)
* Eki Fanlo (Spain)
* 17 February 2018 14:30 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 0–64 | Georgia (1 TBP) |
| | Gamesheet | Try: Kveseladze (3) 10' c, 62' c, 76' m Todua 15' m Chilachava 28' c Peikrishvili 49' c Gachechiladze 59' c Giorgadze 69' c Zhvania 73' m Khmaladze 80+1' c Con: Tsiklauri (7/10) 11', 29', 50', 60', 64', 70', 80+2' |
* Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion, Offenbach am Main Attendance: 2,150 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
| LP | 1 | Marcus Bender | | 75' |
| HK | 2 | Gilles Valette | | 55' |
| TP | 3 | Felix Martel | | 54' |
| LL | 4 | Eric Marks |
| RL | 5 | Stefan Mau | | 60' |
| BF | 6 | Falk Duwe |
| OF | 7 | Kain Rix |
| N8 | 8 | Luke Dyckhoff | | 74' |
| SH | 9 | Oliver Paine | | 65' |
| FH | 10 | Wynston Cameron-Dow |
| LW | 11 | Zani Dembele | | 9' |
| IC | 12 | Clemens von Grumbkow (c) |
| OC | 13 | Robin Plümpe | | 70' |
| RW | 14 | Paul Pfisterer | 51' to 62' |
| FB | 15 | Daniel Koch |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Sam Ramsay | | 75' |
| PR | 17 | Senzokuhle Ngubane | | 55' |
| PR | 18 | Paul Weiss | | 54' |
| LK | 19 | Jens Listmann | | 60' |
| N8 | 20 | Carsten Lang | | 74' |
| FB | 21 | Jan Piosik | | 65' |
| CE | 22 | Yassin Ayachi | | 70' |
| CE | 23 | Pascal Fischer | | 9' |
| Coach: ||
| Pablo Lemoine ||
| LP | 1 | Mikheil Nariashvili | 57' |
| HK | 2 | Shalva Mamukashvili | 57' |
| TP | 3 | Levan Chilachava | 41' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze (c) |
| RL | 5 | Nodar Tcheishvili | 60' |
| BF | 6 | Mikheil Gachechiladze |
| OF | 7 | Viktor Kolelishvili | 64' |
| N8 | 8 | Lasha Lomidze |
| SH | 9 | Gela Aprasidze | 41' |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua | 73' |
| IC | 12 | Giorgi Kveseladze |
| OC | 13 | David Kacharava | 64' |
| RW | 14 | Anzor Sitchinava |
| FB | 15 | Beka Tsiklauri |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Badri Alkhazashvili | 57' |
| PR | 17 | Zurab Zhvania | 57' |
| PR | 18 | Anton Peikrishvili | 41' |
| FL | 19 | Otar Giorgadze | 60' |
| FL | 20 | Giorgi Tsutskiridze | 64' |
| SH | 21 | Vasil Lobzhanidze | 41' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Malaguradze | 64' |
| WG | 23 | Giorgi Pruidze | 73' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
* Touch judges:
* Mike English (Wales)
* Dewi Philips (Wales)
* 18 February 2018 12:45 CET (UTC+01)
| Spain | 22–10 | Romania |
| Try: Auzqui 4' m Ascarat 8' m Pen: Linklater (4/4) 21', 46', 62', 71' | Gamesheet | Try: Faka'osilea 77' c Con: Calafeteanu (1/1) 77' Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 13' |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Thomas Charabas (France)
| LP | 1 | Beñat Auzqui | | 51' |
| HK | 2 | Marco Pinto Ferrer | | 65' |
| TP | 3 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | | 58' |
| LL | 4 | David Barrera |
| RL | 5 | Ilaitia Gavidi | | 53' |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère |
| OF | 7 | Lucas Guillaume | | 69' |
| N8 | 8 | Gautier Gibouin (c) |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet | | 70' |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie | | 35' to 40' | 35' to 40' |
| LW | 11 | Sébastien Ascarat | | | | 78' |
| IC | 12 | Dan Snee | 26' to 36' | 71' |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin |
| RW | 14 | Brad Linklater |
| FB | 15 | Charlie Malié |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Fernando López Pérez | | 51' |
| HK | 17 | Juan Anaya Lazaro | | 65' |
| FL | 18 | Anibal Bonán | | 53' |
| FL | 19 | Thibaut Visensang | | 69' |
| SH | 20 | Sébastien Rouet | | 70' |
| CE | 21 | Ignacio Contardi Medina | | 35' | 40' | 78' |
| WG | 22 | Bastien Fuster | | 71' |
| PR | 23 | Xerom Civil Bonaventure | | 58' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
| LP | 1 | Mihăiţă Lazăr | | 53' |
| HK | 2 | Andrei Rădoi | | 72' |
| TP | 3 | Andrei Ursache | | 69' |
| LL | 4 | Johan van Heerden |
| RL | 5 | Marius Antonescu | | 61' |
| BF | 6 | Valentin Ursache |
| OF | 7 | Mihai Macovei (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Stelian Burcea | | 69' |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | | 62' |
| FH | 10 | Florin Vlaicu | | 70' |
| LW | 11 | Stephen Shennan | | 65' |
| IC | 12 | Sione Faka'osilea |
| OC | 13 | Paula Kinikinilau |
| RW | 14 | Tangimana Fonovai | 1' to 11' |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eugen Căpățână | | 72' |
| PR | 17 | Ionel Badiu | | 53' |
| PR | 18 | Alexandru Țăruș | | 69' |
| LK | 19 | Valentin Popârlan | | 61' |
| FL | 20 | Andrei Gorcioaia | | 69' |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Calafeteanu | | 62' |
| WG | 22 | Ionuț Dumitru | | 65' |
| WG | 23 | Jack Umaga | | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
* Touch judges:
* Vivien Praderie (France)
* Cyrille Le Gall (France)

### Week 3

* 3 March 2018 18:00 GET (UTC+04)
| Georgia | 23–10 | Spain |
| Try: Penalty try 54' Melikidze 80+7' c Con: Matiashvili (1/1) 80+8' Pen: Matiashvili (3/4) 10', 28', 40' | Gamesheet | Try: Tauli 80+4' c Con: Peluchon (1/1) 80+5' Pen: Peluchon (1/2) 34' |
* Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
| LP | 1 | Mikheil Nariashvili | | 58' |
| HK | 2 | Shalva Mamukashvili | | 62' |
| TP | 3 | Levan Chilachava | | 62' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze (c) |
| RL | 5 | Shalva Sutiashvili | | 66' |
| BF | 6 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili | | 66' |
| OF | 7 | Viktor Kolelishvili |
| N8 | 8 | Lasha Lomidze |
| SH | 9 | Vasil Lobzhanidze | | 62' |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze | | 80+6' |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua |
| IC | 12 | Giorgi Kveseladze |
| OC | 13 | David Kacharava | 80+2' to 80+8' |
| RW | 14 | Anzor Sitchinava | | 78' |
| FB | 15 | Soso Matiashvili |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Badri Alkhazashvili | | 62' |
| PR | 17 | Zurab Zhvania | | 58' |
| PR | 18 | Giorgi Melikidze | | 62' |
| FL | 19 | Otar Giorgadze | | 66' |
| FL | 20 | Mikheil Gachechiladze | | 66' |
| SH | 21 | Gela Aprasidze | | 62' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Malaguradze | | 80+6' |
| CE | 23 | Giorgi Koshadze | | 78' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
| LP | 1 | Fernando López Pérez | 62' |
| HK | 2 | Quentin García | 66' |
| TP | 3 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | 48' |
| LL | 4 | David González | 60' |
| RL | 5 | Joshua Peters | 70' |
| BF | 6 | Asier Ussáraga Latierro |
| OF | 7 | Matthew Foulds |
| N8 | 8 | Ilaitia Gavidi | 55' |
| SH | 9 | Sébastien Rouet | 60' |
| FH | 10 | Dan Snee (c) |
| LW | 11 | Silvio Casteglioni Algorriz | 55' |
| IC | 12 | Thibaut Álvarez |
| OC | 13 | Joan Losada Gifra |
| RW | 14 | Javier Carrión Llorens |
| FB | 15 | Mathieu Peluchon |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Jean-Baptiste Custoja | 62' |
| HK | 17 | Stephen Barnes | 66' |
| FL | 18 | Manuel Mora Ruiz | 60' |
| FL | 19 | Lionel Tauli | 55' |
| SH | 20 | Grégory Maiquez | 60' |
| CE | 21 | Iñaki Mateu Spuches | 70' |
| WG | 22 | Julen Goia Iriberri | 55' |
| PR | 23 | Alberto Blanco Alonso | 48' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
* Touch judges:
* Elgan Williams (Wales)
* Gareth John (Wales)
* 3 March 2018 16:00 EET (UTC+02)
| Romania | 25–15 | Russia |
| Try: Penalty try 6' Shennan 49' m Kinikinilau 74' m Căpățână 79' m Pen: Calafeteanu (1/1) 38' | Gamesheet | Try: Gerasimov 30' m Gaisin 69' c Con: Gaisin (1/1) 70' Pen: Kushnarev (1/1) 35' |
* Cluj Arena, Cluj Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Alexandre Ruiz (France)
| LP | 1 | Mihăiţă Lazăr | 50' |
| HK | 2 | Andrei Rădoi | 65' |
| TP | 3 | Alexandru Țăruș | 71' |
| LL | 4 | Johan van Heerden |
| RL | 5 | Valentin Popârlan | 61' |
| BF | 6 | Vlad Nistor | 41' |
| OF | 7 | Andrei Gorcioaia |
| N8 | 8 | Stelian Burcea (c) |
| SH | 9 | Valentin Calafeteanu | 72' |
| FH | 10 | Jack Umaga |
| LW | 11 | Ionuț Dumitru |
| IC | 12 | Sione Faka'osilea |
| OC | 13 | Paula Kinikinilau |
| RW | 14 | Tangimana Fonovai | 34' |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eugen Căpățână | 65' |
| PR | 17 | Ionel Badiu | 50' |
| PR | 18 | Constantin Pristăviță | 71' |
| LK | 19 | Marius Antonescu | 61' |
| FL | 20 | Kuselo Moyake | 41' |
| SH | 21 | Florin Surugiu | 72' |
| WG | 22 | Stephen Shennan | 34' | 57' |
| FH | 23 | Florin Vlaicu | | 57' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
| LP | 1 | Sergey Sekisov | 50' |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | 63' |
| TP | 3 | Innoentiy Zykov | 75' |
| LL | 4 | Andrei Garbuzov |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin | 75' |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev | 71' |
| OF | 7 | Tagir Gadzhiev |
| N8 | 8 | Dmitri Krotov |
| SH | 9 | Vasily Dorofeev | 50' |
| FH | 10 | Yuri Kushnarev (c) | 63' |
| LW | 11 | Evgeni Nepeivoda | 72' |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| OC | 13 | Sergey Trishin |
| RW | 14 | Mikhail Babaev |
| FB | 15 | Ramil Gaisin |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nazir Gazanov | 63' |
| PR | 17 | Andrei Polivalov | 50' |
| PR | 18 | Magomed Davudov | 75' |
| LK | 19 | Anton Sychev | 75' |
| N8 | 20 | Anton Rudoy | 71' |
| SH | 21 | Alexei Shcherban | 50' |
| WG | 22 | Alexey Mikhaltsov | 72' |
| FB | 23 | Alexander Budychenko | 63' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark McDermott ||
* Touch judges:
* Luc Ramos (France)
* Pierre-Baptiste Nuchy (France)
* 3 March 2018 16:00 CET (UTC+01)
| (1 TBP) Belgium | 69–15 | Germany |
| Try: Reynaert (2) 2' m, 79' c Berger 8' c Penalty try 14' Williams 17' m Jadot 21' m Piron (2) 26' c, 54' m Benoy 31' c Hart 50' c d'Hooghe 67' c Con: Williams (6/10) 8', 27', 32', 51', 68', 89' | Gamesheet | Try: Listmann 65' m Harris 76' c Con: Cameron-Dow (1/2) 77' Pen: Cameron-Dow (1/1) 6' |
* Nelson Mandela Sports Centre, Brussels Attendance: 1,600 Referee: Pierre Brousset (France)
| LP | 1 | Alexis Cuffolo | 45' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst | 41' |
| TP | 3 | Maxime Jadot | 53' |
| LL | 4 | Tuur Moelants | 50' |
| RL | 5 | Thomas Vervoort | | | 59' |
| BF | 6 | Gillian Benoy | 10' to 14' | 10' to 14' |
| OF | 7 | Bertrand Billi |
| N8 | 8 | Thomas Demolder |
| SH | 9 | Julien Berger | 55' |
| FH | 10 | Vincent Hart | 55' |
| LW | 11 | Craig Dowsett |
| IC | 12 | Jens Torfs (c) |
| OC | 13 | Guillaume Piron | 55' |
| RW | 14 | Charles Reynaert |
| FB | 15 | Alan Williams |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Victor Paquet | 41' |
| PR | 17 | Lucas Sotteau | 45' |
| LK | 18 | Sven d'Hooghe | 50' |
| FL | 19 | Amin Hamzaoui | 10' | 14' | 59' |
| FH | 20 | Sebastian Guns | 55' |
| SH | 21 | Tom Cocqu | 55' |
| CE | 22 | Nathan Bontems | 55' |
| PR | 23 | Romain Pinte | 53' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
| LP | 1 | Marcus Bender | 73' |
| HK | 2 | Michail Tyumenev | 57' |
| TP | 3 | Paul Weiss | 57' |
| LL | 4 | Jens Listmann | 70' |
| RL | 5 | Stefan Mau | 32' |
| BF | 6 | Falk Duwe |
| OF | 7 | Eric Marks (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Luke Dyckhoff |
| SH | 9 | Oliver Paine | 57' |
| FH | 10 | Wynston Cameron-Dow |
| LW | 11 | Nico Müller |
| IC | 12 | Robin Plümpe | 6' |
| OC | 13 | Sam Harris |
| RW | 14 | Pascal Fischer |
| FB | 15 | Lukas Deichmann |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Sam Ramsay | 73' |
| PR | 17 | Senzokuhle Ngubane | 70' |
| PR | 18 | Felix Martel | 57' |
| FL | 19 | Elias Haase | 32' |
| N8 | 20 | Carsten Lang | 57' |
| FB | 21 | Jan Piosik | 57' |
| FL | 22 | Robert Lehmann | | 70' |
| WG | 23 | Mark Sztyndera | 6' | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Pablo Lemoine ||
* Touch judges:
* Aurélie Groizeleau (France)
* Clara Munarini (Italy)

### Week 4

* 10 March 2018 13:00 EET (UTC+02)
| (1 TBP) Romania | 62–12 | Belgium |
| Try: Penalty try (3) 11', 43', 74' Umaga 17' m Burcea 23' c Moyake (2) 28' c, 51' c Dumitru 54' m Badiu 64' c Con: Calafeteanu (2/3) 24', 30' Fercu (1/2) 52' Vlaicu (1/1) 64' Pen: Calafeteanu 40' | Gamesheet | Try: Cocu 37' m Muric 75' c Con: Vassart (1/1) 76' |
* Stadionul Municipal, Buzău Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
| LP | 1 | Ionel Badiu | | | 66' |
| HK | 2 | Eugen Căpățână |
| TP | 3 | Alexandru Țăruș | 60' |
| LL | 4 | Johan van Heerden | 66' |
| RL | 5 | Valentin Popârlan |
| BF | 6 | Andrei Gorcioaia |
| OF | 7 | Kuselo Moyake |
| N8 | 8 | Stelian Burcea (c) | 39' to 41' | 39' to 41' | 55' |
| SH | 9 | Valentin Calafeteanu | 47' |
| FH | 10 | Jack Umaga |
| LW | 11 | Ionuț Dumitru |
| IC | 12 | Sione Faka'osilea | 56' |
| OC | 13 | Paula Kinikinilau |
| RW | 14 | Marius Simionescu | 73' |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Andrei Rădoi |
| PR | 17 | Constantin Pristăviță | 39' | 41' | 66' |
| PR | 18 | Alex Gordaș | 60' |
| LK | 19 | Adrian Motoc | 66' |
| FL | 20 | Razvan Iliescu | | | 55' |
| SH | 21 | Florin Surugiu | 47' |
| WG | 22 | Robert Neagu | 73' |
| FH | 23 | Florin Vlaicu | 56' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
| LP | 1 | Lucas Sotteau | | 41' |
| HK | 2 | Alexis Cuffolo | | 49' |
| TP | 3 | James Pearse | 70' to 80' |
| LL | 4 | Tom Herenger |
| RL | 5 | Sven d'Hooghe |
| BF | 6 | Gillian Benoy | | 55' |
| OF | 7 | Amin Hamzaoui | 47' to 57' | 72' |
| N8 | 8 | Maxime Temmerman | | 35' |
| SH | 9 | Oliver Claxton |
| FH | 10 | Sebastien Guns | | 64' |
| LW | 11 | Ervin Muric |
| IC | 12 | Florian Piron | | 61' |
| OC | 13 | Benjamin Cocu |
| RW | 14 | Thomas Wallraf |
| FB | 15 | Craig Dowsett (c) | | 55' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Thomas Dienst | | 49' |
| PR | 17 | Romain Pinte | | 41' |
| LK | 18 | Tuur Moelants | | 55' |
| N8 | 19 | Keran Caro | | 35' |
| CE | 20 | Louis Debatty | | 61' |
| SH | 21 | Isaac Montoisy | | 64' |
| CE | 22 | Antoine Vassart | | 55' |
| PR | 23 | Adelin Mehrez | | 72' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac (France) ||
* Touch judges:
* Keith Allen (Scotland)
* Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
* 10 March 2018 15:00 MSK (UTC+03)
| Russia | 9–29 | Georgia (1 TBP) |
| Pen: Kushnarev (3/3) 17', 30', 39' | Gamesheet | Try: Peikrishvili 25' c Asieshvili 66' c Gachechiladze 72' c Kvirikashvili 76' m Con: Matiashvili (3/3) 26', 67', 73' Pen: Matiashvili (1/1) 48' |
* Kuban Stadium, Krasnodar Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Anthony Woodthorpe (England)
| LP | 1 | Sergey Sekisov | 58' |
| HK | 2 | Stanislav Selskiy | 64' |
| TP | 3 | Evgeny Pronenko | 74' |
| LL | 4 | Andrei Garbuzov |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Tagir Gadzhiev | 52' |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoy | 68' |
| SH | 9 | Vasily Dorofeev | 64' |
| FH | 10 | Yuri Kushnarev (c) |
| LW | 11 | Evgeni Nepeivoda | 71' |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| OC | 13 | Sergey Trishin | 74' |
| RW | 14 | Mikhail Babaev |
| FB | 15 | Ramil Gaisin |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nazir Gazanov | 64' |
| PR | 17 | Andrei Polivalov | 58' |
| PR | 18 | Magomed Davudov | 74' |
| LK | 19 | Alexander Ilyin | 68' |
| LK | 20 | Anton Sychev | 52' |
| SH | 21 | Alexei Shcherban | 64' |
| WG | 22 | Alexey Mikhaltsov | 71' |
| FB | 23 | Alexander Budychenko | 74' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark McDermott ||
| LP | 1 | Mikheil Nariashvili | 58' |
| HK | 2 | Shalva Mamukashvili | 68' |
| TP | 3 | Anton Peikrishvili | 49' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze (c) |
| RL | 5 | Nodar Tcheishvili | 61' |
| BF | 6 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili |
| OF | 7 | Viktor Kolelishvili |
| N8 | 8 | Lasha Lomidze |
| SH | 9 | Vasil Lobzhanidze |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze |
| LW | 11 | Soso Matiashvili | 74' |
| IC | 12 | Giorgi Kveseladze | 71' |
| OC | 13 | David Kacharava |
| RW | 14 | Anzor Sitchinava | 76' |
| FB | 15 | Merab Kvirikashvili |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Badri Alkhazashvili | 68' |
| PR | 17 | Karlen Asieshvili | 58' |
| PR | 18 | Giorgi Melikidze | 49' |
| LK | 19 | Shalva Sutiashvili | 61' |
| FL | 20 | Mikheil Gachechiladze |
| SH | 21 | Gela Aprasidze | 76' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Malaguradze | 71' |
| CE | 23 | Giorgi Koshadze | 74' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
* Touch judges:
* Michael Hudson (England)
* Alex Bryzgalin (Russia)
* 11 March 2018 12:30 CET (UTC+01)
| (1 TBP) Spain | 84–10 | Germany |
| Try: Barthère 13' c Contardi Medina 17' c Penalty try 20' Bonán (2) 27' m, 64' m Álvarez 33' c Gibouin 41' López Pérez (2) 49' c, 68' c Visensang 55' c Ascarat 76' m Linklater 80+4' Con: Peluchon (6/7) 13', 18', 33', 41', 49', 55' Linklater (2/4) 68', 80+4' Pen: Peluchon (2/2) 3', 7' | Gamesheet | Try: Hees 60' c Con: Koch (1/1) 60' Pen: Koch (1/1) 52' |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid Attendance: 15,753 Referee: Marius Mitrea (Italy)
| LP | 1 | Beñat Auzqui | 41' |
| HK | 2 | Marco Pinto Ferrer | 41' |
| TP | 3 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | 41' |
| LL | 4 | Anibal Bonán |
| RL | 5 | David Barrera |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère | | | 48' |
| OF | 7 | Gautier Gibouin | 55' |
| N8 | 8 | Jaime Nava de Olano (c) | 25' to 39' | 25' to 39' |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet | 41' |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie | 41' |
| LW | 11 | Sébastien Ascarat |
| IC | 12 | Thibaut Álvarez |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin |
| RW | 14 | Ignacio Contardi Medina |
| FB | 15 | Mathieu Peluchon | 61' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Fernando López Pérez | 41' |
| HK | 17 | Juan Anaya Lazaro | 41' |
| FL | 18 | Ilaitia Gavidi | 55' |
| FL | 19 | Thibaut Visensang | 25' | 39' | 48' |
| SH | 20 | Sébastien Rouet | 41' |
| CE | 21 | Dan Snee | 41' |
| FB | 22 | Brad Linklater | 61' |
| PR | 23 | Alberto Blanco Alfonso | 41' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
| LP | 1 | Senzokuhle Ngubane | | 47' |
| HK | 2 | Michail Tyumenev | | 47' |
| TP | 3 | Matthias Schösser | | 70' |
| LL | 4 | Jens Listmann |
| RL | 5 | Eric Marks (c) | | 79' to 80+4' | 79' to 80+4' |
| BF | 6 | Elias Haase | | 57' |
| OF | 7 | Falk Duwe | 20' to 30' | 70' |
| N8 | 8 | Carsten Lang | | 41' |
| SH | 9 | Jan Piosik |
| FH | 10 | Kieron Davies |
| LW | 11 | Nico Müller | | 41' |
| IC | 12 | Tomás van Gelderen |
| OC | 13 | Yassin Ayachi | | 55' |
| RW | 14 | Zinzan Hees |
| FB | 15 | Daniel Koch |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Sam Ramsay | | 70' |
| PR | 17 | Felix Martel | | 70' |
| PR | 18 | Marcus Bender | | 47' |
| HK | 19 | Gilles Valette | | 47' |
| FL | 20 | Robert Lehmann | | 57' |
| WG | 21 | Christopher Korn | | 55' |
| CE | 22 | Pascal Fischer | | 41' |
| CE | 23 | Kain Rix | | 41' |
| Coach: ||
| Pablo Lemoine ||
* Touch judges:
* Andrea Piardi (Italy)
* Matteo Franco (Italy)

### Week 5

* 18 March 2018 16:00 GET (UTC+04)
| Georgia | 25–16 | Romania |
| Try: Lomidze 20' c Sitchinava 42' c Asieshvili 69' m Con: Matiashvili (2/3) 21', 43' Pen: Matiashvili (2/2) 8', 47' | Gamesheet | Try: Rădoi 78' c Con: Vlaicu (1/1) 78' Pen: Vlaicu (3/3) 11', 37', 60' |
* Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 38,000 Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)
| LP | 1 | Mikheil Nariashvili | | 51' |
| HK | 2 | Shalva Mamukashvili | | 54' |
| TP | 3 | Levan Chilachava | | 60' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze (c) | 36' to 46' |
| RL | 5 | Nodar Tcheishvili | | 54' | 57' | 60' |
| BF | 6 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili |
| OF | 7 | Viktor Kolelishvili | | 54' |
| N8 | 8 | Lasha Lomidze | | | 57' to 60' | 57' to 60' |
| SH | 9 | Vasil Lobzhanidze | | 71' |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze |
| LW | 11 | Soso Matiashvili |
| IC | 12 | Giorgi Kveseladze | | 74' |
| OC | 13 | David Kacharava |
| RW | 14 | Anzor Sitchinava |
| FB | 15 | Merab Kvirikashvili | | 63' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Badri Alkhazashvili | | 54' |
| PR | 17 | Karlen Asieshvili | | 51' |
| PR | 18 | Giorgi Melikidze | | 60' |
| LK | 19 | Shalva Sutiashvili | | 54' |
| FL | 20 | Mikheil Gachechiladze | | 54' |
| SH | 21 | Gela Aprasidze | | 71' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Malaguradze | | 74' |
| WG | 23 | Alexander Todua | | 63' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
| LP | 1 | Ionel Badiu | 19' to 30' | | | 70' |
| HK | 2 | Eugen Căpățână | | 59' |
| TP | 3 | Alexandru Țăruș | | 60' |
| LL | 4 | Johan van Heerden | 48' to 58' |
| RL | 5 | Valentin Popârlan |
| BF | 6 | Dumani Mtya | | 65' |
| OF | 7 | Kuselo Moyake |
| N8 | 8 | Stelian Burcea (c) | | 72' |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | | 62' |
| FH | 10 | Jack Umaga |
| LW | 11 | Ionuț Dumitru | | 19' | 30' |
| IC | 12 | Florin Vlaicu |
| OC | 13 | Paula Kinikinilau | | 41' |
| RW | 14 | Tangimana Fonovai |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu | | 70' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Andrei Rădoi | | 59' |
| PR | 17 | Mihăiţă Lazăr | | 19' | 30' | 70' |
| PR | 18 | Constantin Pristăviță | | 60' |
| LK | 19 | Adrian Motoc | | 72' |
| FL | 20 | Christian Chirica | | 65' |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Calafeteanu | | 62' |
| WG | 22 | Marius Simionescu | | 70' |
| CE | 23 | Sione Faka'osilea | | 41' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
* Touch judges:
* Nicolas Dabas (France)
* Sébastien Boyer (France)
* 18 March 2018 13:00 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 3–57 | Russia (1 TBP) |
| Pen: Müller 6' | Gamesheet | Try: Tsnobiladze (2) 10' c, 18' m Rudoy (3) 26' c, 29' c, 80+1' m Krotov 32' c Budychenko 49' Mikhaltsov (2) 57' c, 75' m Con: Kushnarev (6/7) 11', 26', 30', 34', 50', 58' |
* Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln Attendance: 2,600 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
| LP | 1 | Alexander Lidell | | 66' |
| HK | 2 | Senzokuhle Ngubane |
| TP | 3 | Felix Martel | | 53' |
| LL | 4 | Stefan Mau | 23' to 33' | 55' |
| RL | 5 | Jens Listmann |
| BF | 6 | Eric Marks (c) |
| OF | 7 | Robert Lehmann | | 64' |
| N8 | 8 | Falk Duwe | | 69' |
| SH | 9 | Jan Piosik | | 53' |
| FH | 10 | Oliver Paine |
| LW | 11 | Nico Müller |
| IC | 12 | Pascal Fischer |
| OC | 13 | Christopher Korn |
| RW | 14 | Florian Wehrspann |
| FB | 15 | Manuel Müller |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Sam Ramsay | | 66' |
| PR | 17 | |
| PR | 18 | Marcus Bender | | 53' |
| LK | 19 | Christian Hug | | 55' |
| N8 | 20 | Carsten Lang | | 64' |
| FH | 21 | Kieron Davies | | 53' |
| FL | 22 | Elias Haase | | 69' |
| CE | 23 | Yassin Ayachi |
| Coach: ||
| Pablo Lemoine ||
| LP | 1 | Andrei Polivalov | 53' |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | 53' |
| TP | 3 | Evgeny Pronenko | 61' |
| LL | 4 | Andrei Garbuzov | 53' |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev | 61' |
| OF | 7 | Dmitri Krotov |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoy |
| SH | 9 | Vasily Dorofeev | 58' |
| FH | 10 | Yuri Kushnarev (c) | 69' |
| LW | 11 | Alexey Mikhaltsov |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| OC | 13 | Sergey Trishin | 66' |
| RW | 14 | Mikhail Babaev |
| FB | 15 | Alexander Budychenko |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Stanislav Selskiy | 53' |
| PR | 17 | Sergey Sekisov | 53' |
| PR | 18 | Evgeny Mishechkin | 61' |
| LK | 19 | Alexander Ilyin | 53' |
| FL | 20 | Nikita Vavilin | 61' |
| SH | 21 | Alexei Shcherban | 58' |
| SH | 22 | Konstantin Uzunov | 69' |
| FB | 23 | Viktor Kononov | 66' |
| Coach: ||
| Mark McDermott ||
* Touch judges:
* Simon Harding (England)
* Clive Sharp (England)
* 18 March 2018 13:00 CET (UTC+01)
| Belgium | 18–10 | Spain |
| Pen: Hart (6/7) 20', 24', 29', 37', 49', 76' | Gamesheet | Try: López Pérez 70' c Con: Peluchon (1/1) 70' Pen: Peluchon (1/1) 74' |
* King Baudouin Stadium – Annex 2, Brussels Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
| LP | 1 | Julien Massimi | 46' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst | 61' |
| TP | 3 | Maxime Jadot | 70' |
| LL | 4 | Bertrand Billi | 78' |
| RL | 5 | Tuur Moelants | 60' |
| BF | 6 | Gillian Benoy |
| OF | 7 | Jean-Maurice Decubber | 79' |
| N8 | 8 | Thomas Demolder |
| SH | 9 | Julien Berger | 79' |
| FH | 10 | Vincent Hart |
| LW | 11 | Craig Dowsett |
| IC | 12 | Jens Torfs (c) |
| OC | 13 | Guillaume Piron |
| RW | 14 | Ervin Muric |
| FB | 15 | Charles Reynaert | 63' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Alexis Cuffolo | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Lucas Sotteau | 46' |
| LK | 18 | Sven d'Hooghe | 79' |
| N8 | 19 | Keran Caro | 60' |
| FL | 20 | Amin Hamzaoui | 79' |
| SH | 21 | Sebastien Guns | 79' |
| WG | 22 | Thomas Wallraf | 63' |
| PR | 23 | Romain Pinte | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
| LP | 1 | Beñat Auzqui | 60' |
| HK | 2 | Marco Pinto Ferrer | 56' |
| TP | 3 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | 66' |
| LL | 4 | David Barrera | 49' |
| RL | 5 | Ilaitia Gavidi | 70' |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère |
| OF | 7 | Lucas Guillaume |
| N8 | 8 | Gautier Gibouin (c) |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie |
| LW | 11 | Sébastien Ascarat | 60' |
| IC | 12 | Dan Snee | 66' |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin |
| RW | 14 | Brad Linklater |
| FB | 15 | Charlie Malie |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Fernando López Pérez | 60' |
| HK | 17 | Quentin García | 56' |
| LK | 18 | Anibal Bonán | 49' |
| FL | 19 | Thibaut Visensang | 70' |
| SH | 20 | Sébastien Rouet |
| FB | 21 | Mathieu Peluchon | 66' |
| CE | 22 | Ignacio Contardi Medina | 60' |
| PR | 23 | Alberto Blanco Alfonso | 66' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
* Touch judges:
* Radu Petrescu (Romania)
* Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)

## Relegation/promotion play-off

* 10 November 2018 16:00 EET (UTC+02)
| Romania | 36–6 | Portugal |
| | Gamesheet | |
* Stadionul Lascăr Ghineț (Arena Zimbrilor), Baia Mare Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)