# 2019 World Rugby Nations Cup

The 2019 World Rugby Nations Cup was the fourteenth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby.
Like in 2018, the tournament featured 4 teams. Argentina XV and Uruguay remained from the previous year, with Namibia and Russia returning to the competition after not participating in 2018.
Hosts Uruguay won the tournament for the third year in a row, having triumphed in 2017 and 2018.
As of 2023 this is the most recent edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup to take place.

## Teams

Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (4 June 2019):
* Argentina XV (n/a)
* Namibia (23)
* Russia (20)
* Uruguay (16)

## Standings

| | Team | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Bounus points | Points |
| | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Difference | For | Against | Bounus points | Points |
| 1 | Uruguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 104 | 71 | +33 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 11 |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 94 | 88 | +6 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | Argentina XV | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 94 | 101 | –7 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Namibia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 55 | 87 | –32 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| Points breakdown:4 points for a win2 points for a draw1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match |||||||||||||

## Results
### Round 1

* 4 June 2019 15:30 UYT (UTC-03)
| (1 BP) Argentina XV | 39–25 | Namibia |
| Try: Montero 28' m Penalty try 40' Sbrocco 47' c Cordero (2) 52' c, 72' c Con: Castiglioni (2/3) 48', 53' Roger (1/1) 73' Pen: Castiglioni (0/1) Roger (2/2) 67', 80' | Report | Try: Nortjé 18' m Mouton 34' c Greyling 42' c Con: Loubser (2/3) 35', 43' Pen: Loubser (2/3) 61', 70' |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Attendance: 500 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
| FB | 15 | Tomás Albornoz | 68' | | |
| RW | 14 | Facundo Cordero | | | |
| OC | 13 | Agustín Segura | | | |
| IC | 12 | Bautista Ezcurra | | | |
| LW | 11 | Manuel Montero | 1' | 9' | |
| FH | 10 | Teo Castiglioni | 53' | | |
| SH | 9 | Martín Landajo | 73' | | |
| N8 | 8 | Santiago Montagner | 40' | | |
| OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) | | | |
| BF | 6 | Nicolás Sbrocco | 60' | | |
| RL | 5 | Jerónimo Ureta | | | |
| LL | 4 | Ignacio Calas | | | |
| TP | 3 | Lucas Favre | 68' | | |
| HK | 2 | Jose Luis González | 53' | | |
| LP | 1 | Nicolás Solveyra | 62' | | |
| Replacements: | Replacements: | Replacements: | | | |
| HK | 16 | Diego Fortuny | 53' | | |
| PR | 17 | Rodrigo Martínez | 62' | | |
| PR | 18 | Luciano Ortíz | 68' | | |
| LK | 19 | Lucas Santa Cruz | 60' | | |
| FL | 20 | Rodrigo Bruni | 40' | | |
| SH | 21 | Manuel Nogués | 73' | | |
| FH | 22 | Martín Roger | 1' | 9' | 53' |
| WG | 23 | Tomás Cubilla | 68' | | |
| Coach: | Coach: | Coach: | | | |
| Ignacio Fernández Lobbe ||
| FB | 15 | Johann Tromp | 53' |
| RW | 14 | JC Greyling | | | |
| OC | 13 | Johan Deysel (c) | | | |
| IC | 12 | Darryl de la Harpe | 75' | | |
| LW | 11 | Oderich Mouton | | | |
| FH | 10 | Cliven Loubser | | | |
| SH | 9 | Eugene Jantjies | 66' | | |
| N8 | 8 | Janco Venter | | | |
| OF | 7 | Max Katjijeko | | | |
| BF | 6 | Thomasau Forbes | 40' | 49' | 66' |
| RL | 5 | Tjiuee Uanivi | 73' | | |
| LL | 4 | Johan Retief | | | |
| TP | 3 | Aranos Coetzee | 40' to 50' | | |
| HK | 2 | Obert Nortjé | | | |
| LP | 1 | Desiderius Sethie | 53' | | |
| Replacements: | Replacements: | Replacements: | | | |
| HK | 16 | Niel van Vuuren | | | |
| PR | 17 | André Rademeyer | 53' | | |
| PR | 18 | AJ De Klerk | 40' | 49' | |
| LK | 19 | Wian Conradie | 66' | | |
| FL | 20 | Prince !Gaoseb | 73' | | |
| SH | 21 | TC Kisting | 66' | | |
| CE | 22 | Justin Newman | 75' | | |
| WG | 23 | PW Steenkamp | 53' | | |
| Coach: | |
| Phil Davies | Phil Davies | Phil Davies | Phil Davies | | |
* 4 June 2019 18:00 UYT (UTC-03)
| (1 BP) Uruguay | 48–26 | Russia (1 BP) |
| Try: Kessler 1' c Freitas (2) 13' m, 20' c Gaminara 34' c Civetta 55' c Magno 72' c Echeverría 78' m Con: Favaro (5/7) 2', 21', 35', 56', 73' Pen: Favaro (1/1) (40') | Report | Try: Matveev (3) 5' c, 26' m, 58' c Golosnitskiy 61' c Con: Kushnarev (1/2) 6' Gaisin (2/2) 59', 62' |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)
| FB | 15 | Felipe Etcheverry | |
| RW | 14 | Federico Favaro | |
| OC | 13 | Nicolás Freitas | |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca | |
| LW | 11 | Rodrigo Silva | 73' |
| FH | 10 | Juan Manuel Cat | |
| SH | 9 | Tomás Inciarte | 59' |
| N8 | 8 | Manuel Diana | 56' |
| OF | 7 | Santiago Civetta | |
| BF | 6 | Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) | 73' |
| RL | 5 | Manuel Leindekar | |
| LL | 4 | Gonzalo Soto Mera | 59' |
| TP | 3 | Juan Pedro Rombys | 66' |
| HK | 2 | Germán Kessler | 73' |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | 73' |
| Replacements: | |
| HK | 16 | Guillermo Pujadas | 73' |
| PR | 17 | Facundo Gattas | 73' |
| PR | 18 | Juan Echeverría | 66' |
| LK | 19 | Diego Magno | 59' |
| FL | 20 | Alejandro Nieto | 56' |
| FL | 21 | Manuel Ardao | 73' |
| SH | 22 | Santiago Arata | 59' |
| WG | 23 | Juan Pablo Costabile | 73' |
| Coach: | |
| Esteban Meneses ||
| FB | 15 | Vasili Artemiev (c) |
| RW | 14 | German Davydov | |
| OC | 13 | Vladimir Ostroushko | |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov | 59' |
| LW | 11 | Kirill Golosnitskiy | |
| FH | 10 | Yuri Kushnarev | 54' |
| SH | 9 | Dmitri Perov | 59' |
| N8 | 8 | Viktor Gresev | |
| OF | 7 | Tagir Gadzhiev | |
| BF | 6 | Patris Peki | 59' |
| RL | 5 | Bogdan Fedotko | |
| LL | 4 | Evgeny Elgin | 59' |
| TP | 3 | Kirill Gotovtsev | 68' |
| HK | 2 | Evgeny Matveev | 59' |
| LP | 1 | Andrei Polivalov | 59' |
| Replacements: | |
| PR | 16 | Sergei Chernyshev | 59' |
| HK | 17 | Evgeny Mishechkin | 59' |
| PR | 18 | Vladimir Podrezov | 68' |
| LK | 19 | Alexander Ilin | 59' |
| FL | 20 | Roman Khodin | 59' |
| SH | 21 | Vasili Dorofeev | 59' |
| FH | 22 | Ramil Gaisin | 54' |
| WG | 23 | Vladislav Sozonov | 59' |
| Coach: ||
| Lyn Jones ||

### Round 2

* 9 June 2019 14:00 UYT (UTC-03)
| (1 BP) Argentina XV | 40–48 | Russia (1 BP) |
| Try: Sbrocco 14' c Ureta 26' c Montagner 52' c Cordero (3) 58' c, 62' c, 72' m Con: Roger (5/6) 15', 27', 53', 59', 63' | Report | Try: Davydov (2) 3' c, 31' c Godlyuk 6' c Golosnitskiy (2) 34' c, 39' c Garbuzov 43' c Con: Gaisin (6/6) 4', 7', 32', 35', 40', 44' Pen: Gaisin (1/1) 12' Yanyushkin (1/1) 76' |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Attendance: 500 Referee: Francisco González (URU)
| FB | 15 | Facundo Cordero | |
| RW | 14 | Julián Domínguez | |
| OC | 13 | Tomás Cubilla | |
| IC | 12 | Lucas Mensa | 44' |
| LW | 11 | Manuel Montero | 40' |
| FH | 10 | Martín Roger | |
| SH | 9 | Martín Landajo | |
| N8 | 8 | Nicolás Sbrocco | 22' |
| OF | 7 | Lautaro Bavaro (c) | |
| BF | 6 | Jerónimo Ureta | |
| RL | 5 | Carlos Repetto | 40' |
| LL | 4 | Ignacio Calas | |
| TP | 3 | Martín Fernández Segurotti | 69' |
| HK | 2 | Diego Fortuny | 44' |
| LP | 1 | Nicolás Solveyra | 44' |
| Replacements: | |
| HK | 16 | José Luis González | 44' |
| PR | 17 | Rodrigo Martínez | 44' |
| PR | 18 | Luciano Ortíz | 69' |
| LK | 19 | Lucas Santa Cruz | 40' |
| FL | 20 | Santiago Montagner | 22' |
| SH | 21 | Manuel Nogués | |
| CE | 22 | Bautista Ezcurra | 44' |
| WG | 23 | Tomás Albornoz | 40' |
| Coach: | |
| Ignacio Fernández Lobbe ||
| FB | 15 | German Godlyuk | 71' |
| RW | 14 | German Davydov | | | |
| OC | 13 | Vladimir Ostroushko | | | |
| IC | 12 | Kirill Golosnitskiy | | | |
| LW | 11 | Vladislav Sozonov | | | |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaisin | 69' | | |
| SH | 9 | Vasili Dorofeev | 63' | | |
| N8 | 8 | Viktor Gresev (c) | | | |
| OF | 7 | Vitali Zhivatov | | | |
| BF | 6 | Roman Khodin | 63' | | |
| RL | 5 | Andrei Garbuzov | | | |
| LL | 4 | Evgeny Elgin | 59' | | |
| TP | 3 | Kirill Gotovtsev | 56' | 59' | 63' |
| HK | 2 | Evgeny Matveev | 56' | | |
| LP | 1 | Evgeny Mishechkin | 56' | | |
| Replacements: | Replacements: | Replacements: | | | |
| HK | 16 | Sergei Chernyshev | 56' | | |
| PR | 17 | Andrei Polivalov | 56' | | |
| PR | 18 | Innokenty Zykov | 56' | 59' | 63' |
| LK | 19 | Alexander Ilin | 59' | | |
| FL | 20 | Tagir Gadzhiev | 63' | | |
| SH | 21 | Dmitri Perov | 63' | | |
| FH | 22 | Sergei Yanyushkin | 69' | | |
| FB | 23 | Vasili Artemiev | 71' | | |
| Coach: | |
| Lyn Jones ||
* 9 June 2019 16:30 UYT (UTC-03)
| (2 BP) Uruguay | 28–30 | Namibia |
| Try: Vilaseca (2) 37' c, 45' c Ardao 72' c Kessler 78' c Con: Favaro (4/4) 38', 46', 73', 79' Pen: Favaro (0/1) | Report | Try: Venter (2) 21' c, 26' c Greyling 63' c Con: Loubser (3/3) 22', 27', 64' Pen: Loubser (3/4) 10', 43', 80' |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (WRU)
| FB | 15 | Felipe Etcheverry | | |
| RW | 14 | Federico Favaro | | |
| OC | 13 | Tomás Inciarte | | |
| IC | 12 | Andrés Vilaseca | | |
| LW | 11 | Nicolás Freitas | | |
| FH | 10 | Juan Manuel Cat | | |
| SH | 9 | Santiago Arata | 50' | |
| N8 | 8 | Alejandro Nieto | 20' | 27' |
| OF | 7 | Juan Diego Ormaechea | 50' | |
| BF | 6 | Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) | 67' | |
| RL | 5 | Manuel Leindekar | | |
| LL | 4 | Diego Magno | 50' | |
| TP | 3 | Juan Pedro Rombys | 67' | |
| HK | 2 | Germán Kessler | 16' to 26' | |
| LP | 1 | Mateo Sanguinetti | 60' | |
| Replacements: | Replacements: | Replacements: | | |
| HK | 16 | Guillermo Pujadas | 20' | 27' |
| PR | 17 | Facundo Gattas | 60' | |
| PR | 18 | Juan Echeverría | 67' | |
| LK | 19 | Ignacio Dotti | 50' | |
| FL | 20 | Santiago Civetta | 50' | |
| SH | 21 | Agustín Ormaechea | 50' | |
| SH | 22 | Juan Pablo Costabile | | |
| FL | 23 | Manuel Ardao | 67' | |
| Coach: | Coach: | Coach: | | |
| Esteban Meneses ||
| FB | 15 | Johann Tromp |
| RW | 14 | JC Greyling | |
| OC | 13 | Johan Deysel (c) | |
| IC | 12 | Darryl de la Harpe | |
| LW | 11 | Oderich Mouton | 55' to 65' |
| FH | 10 | Cliven Loubser | |
| SH | 9 | Damian Stevens | 50' |
| N8 | 8 | Janco Venter | 60' |
| OF | 7 | Max Katjijeko | |
| BF | 6 | Wian Conradie | 60' |
| RL | 5 | Tjiuee Uanivi | |
| LL | 4 | Johan Retief | |
| TP | 3 | Aranos Coetzee | 73' |
| HK | 2 | Obert Nortjé | 79' |
| LP | 1 | André Rademeyer | 58' |
| Replacements: | |
| HK | 16 | Niel van Vuuren | 79' |
| PR | 17 | Desiderius Sethie | 58' |
| PR | 18 | AJ De Klerk | 73' |
| LK | 19 | Thomasau Forbes | 60' |
| FL | 20 | Adriaan Booysen | 60' |
| SH | 21 | Eugene Jantjies | 50' |
| CE | 22 | Justin Newman | |
| WG | 23 | Dumarcho Hartung | |
| Coach: ||
| Phil Davies ||

### Round 3

* 15 June 2019 15:30 UYT (UTC-03)
| Namibia | 0–20 | Russia |
| | Report | Try: Gadzhiev Gresev Con: Kushnarev (2/2) Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Referee: Francisco González (URU)
| FB | 15 | TC Kisting |
| RW | 14 | JC Greyling |
| OC | 13 | Justin Newman |
| IC | 12 | Johan Deysel (c) |
| LW | 11 | Dumarcho Hartung |
| FH | 10 | Cliven Loubser |
| SH | 9 | Damian Stevens |
| N8 | 8 | Janco Venter |
| OF | 7 | Max Katjijeko |
| BF | 6 | Prince !Gaoseb |
| RL | 5 | Tjiuee Uanivi |
| LL | 4 | Johan Retief |
| TP | 3 | Aranos Coetzee |
| HK | 2 | Obert Nortjé |
| LP | 1 | Desiderius Sethie |
| Replacements: | |
| HK | 16 | Niel van Vuuren |
| PR | 17 | AJ de Klerk |
| PR | 18 | Jason Benade |
| FL | 19 | Wian Conradie |
| FL | 20 | Adriaan Booysen |
| SH | 21 | Eugene Jantjies |
| WG | 22 | Darryl de la Harpe |
| CE | 23 | PW Steenkamp |
| Coach: | |
| Phil Davies ||
| FB | 15 | Vasili Artemiev (c) |
| RW | 14 | German Davydov |
| OC | 13 | Vladimir Ostroushko |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| LW | 11 | Vladislav Sozonov |
| FH | 10 | Yuri Kushnarev |
| SH | 9 | Dmitri Perov |
| N8 | 8 | Viktor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Tagir Gadzhiev |
| BF | 6 | Vitali Zhivatov |
| RL | 5 | Andrei Garbuzov |
| LL | 4 | Alexander Ilin |
| TP | 3 | Vladimir Podrezov |
| HK | 2 | Sergei Chernyshev |
| LP | 1 | Andrei Polivalov |
| Replacements: | |
| HK | 16 | Leonid Kalinin |
| PR | 17 | Evgeni Mishechkin |
| PR | 18 | Innokenty Zykov |
| LK | 19 | Evgeni Elgin |
| FL | 20 | Eme Patris Peki |
| SH | 21 | Ramil Gaisin |
| SH | 22 | Sergey Yanyushkin |
| WG | 23 | Nikita Churashov |
| Coach: ||
| Lyn Jones ||
* 15 June 2019 18:00 UYT (UTC-03)
| Uruguay | 28–15 | Argentina XV |
| Try: Leindekar 7' c Kessler (2) 40' c, 44' m Con: Favaro (2/3) (8', 40') Pen: Favaro (3/3) 20', 28', 75' | Report | Try: Portillo 35' c Cruz 60' m Con: Roger (1/2) 36' Pen: Roger (1/2) 18' |
* Estadio Charrúa, Montevideo Attendance: 2000 Referee: Frank Murphy (IRFU)