# 2017 Rugby Europe Championship

The 2017 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. It is the inaugural Championship under its new format, that saw Belgium, Georgia, Germany, Romania, Russia and Spain compete for the title.
This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship also served as the 2019 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The team with the best record across the 2017 and 2018 Championships qualifies as Europe 1. As Georgia have already secured qualification automatically, in the event of a Georgian win, the runner-up will take the Europe 1 qualification spot. 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 the 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 (40-point deduction for Spain, and a 30-point deduction for both Belgium and 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. As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction was not applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament.

## Table

* Champions
* Advances to promotion/relegation play-off
| Place | Nation | Games | Games | Games | Games | Points | Points | Points | Tries | Tries | Tries | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| Place | Nation | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Diff | For | Against | Diff | TBP | LBP | GS | Table points |
| 4 | Romania | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 122 | 78 | +44 | 16 | 9 | +7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19* |
| 1 | Georgia | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 136 | 44 | +92 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 54 | +37 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13* |
| 2 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 107 | 117 | –10 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 121 | 201 | –80 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 70 | 153 | –83 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2* |
| 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 – 1 point *As the tournament for 2017 had been completed and issues of relegation had been decided in that year, the points deduction should not be applied to the 2017 Rugby Europe tournament (para 51). |

## Fixtures
### Week 1

* 11 February 2017 13:15 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 41–38 | Romania (1 LBP) |
| Try: Penalty try 34' c Otto 36' c Barber (2) 57' c, 70' c Coetzee 74' c Con: Parkinson (5/5) 34', 37', 57', 71', 75' Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 7' Drop: Parkinson (1/1) 18' | Gamesheet | Try: Ursache (2) 19' c, 46' c Umaga 23' c Dumitru (2) 29' c, 49' c Con: Vlaicu (5/5) 20', 24', 30', 47', 50' Pen: Vlaicu (1/1) 3' |
* Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Maxime Chalon (France)
| LP | 1 | Julius Nostadt | 58' |
| HK | 2 | Michail Tyumenev | 53' |
| TP | 3 | Damien Tussac |
| LL | 4 | Eric Marks |
| RL | 5 | Michael Poppmeier (c) | 48' |
| BF | 6 | Jacobus Otto |
| OF | 7 | Sebastian Ferreira |
| N8 | 8 | Jarrid Els |
| SH | 9 | Tim Menzel | 48' |
| FH | 10 | Raynor Parkinson |
| LW | 11 | Marcel Coetzee |
| IC | 12 | Carlo Sotera-Merz | 51' |
| OC | 13 | Clemens von Grumbkow |
| RW | 14 | Steffen Liebig |
| FB | 15 | Harris Aounallah | 57' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dash Barber | 53' |
| PR | 17 | Jörn Schröder |
| PR | 18 | Samy Füchsel | 58' |
| N8 | 19 | Timo Vollenkemper | 48' |
| FL | 20 | Kehoma Brenner |
| FH | 21 | Christopher Hilsenbeck | 57' |
| SH | 22 | Sean Armstrong | 48' |
| CE | 23 | Jamie Murphy | 51' |
| Coach: ||
| Jacobus Potgieter ||
| LP | 1 | Mihăiţă Lazăr (c) |
| HK | 2 | Otar Turashvili | | 50' |
| TP | 3 | Andrei Ursache | | 58' |
| LL | 4 | Valentin Popârlan |
| RL | 5 | Johan van Heerden |
| BF | 6 | Viorel Lucaci |
| OF | 7 | Vlad Nistor |
| N8 | 8 | Andrei Gorcioaia | | 73' |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | | 76' |
| FH | 10 | Jody Rose | 17' to 27' |
| LW | 11 | Stephen Shennan |
| IC | 12 | Florin Vlaicu |
| OC | 13 | Jack Umaga |
| RW | 14 | Ionuț Dumitru |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eugen Căpățână | | 50' |
| PR | 17 | Constantin Pristăviță |
| PR | 18 | Alexandru Țăruș | | 58' |
| LK | 19 | Ionuț Mureșan |
| FL | 20 | Dorin Lazăr |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Calafeteanu | | 76' |
| WG | 22 | Mădălin Lemnaru |
| WG | 23 | Luke Samoa | | 73' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
* Touch judges:
* Dely Mathieu (France)
* Vallon Alexandre (France)
* 11 February 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01)
| Belgium | 6–31 | Georgia (1 TBP) |
| Pen: Williams 42', 56' | Gamesheet | Try: Tkhilaishvili 21' c Koshadze 37' c Penalty try 75' c Gorgadze 80+10' c Con: Kvirikashvili (3/3) 22', 37', 75' Malaghuradze (1/1) 80+10' Pen: Kvirikashvili 12' |
* King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
| LP | 1 | Lucas Sotteau | | 2' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst | | 79' |
| TP | 3 | Jean-Baptiste de Clercq |
| LL | 4 | Brieuc Corradi | | 40' |
| RL | 5 | Thomas Vervoort | | 52' |
| BF | 6 | Tom Coupe | | 29' to 39' | 29' to 39' |
| OF | 7 | Baptiste Lescarboura |
| N8 | 8 | Thomas Demolder |
| SH | 9 | Julien Berger |
| FH | 10 | Kevin Williams (c) | | 80+1' |
| LW | 11 | Charles Reynaert |
| IC | 12 | Guillaume Brebant |
| OC | 13 | Guillaume Piron |
| RW | 14 | Craig Dowsett |
| FB | 15 | Nicolas Meeus | | 40' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Max Dubois | | 79' |
| PR | 17 | Sep de Backer | 27' to 37' | 2' | | 52' |
| LK | 18 | Bertrand Billi | | 40' |
| FL | 19 | Gillian Benoy | | 52' |
| CE | 20 | Nathan Bontems |
| SH | 21 | Tom Cocqu | | 80+1' |
| FH | 22 | Alan Williams | | 40' |
| PR | 23 | Christopher Debaty | | 29' | 39' | 52' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
| LP | 1 | Giorgi Tetrashvili | | 52' |
| HK | 2 | Badri Alkhazashvili | | 80+6' |
| TP | 3 | Giorgi Melikidze | | 52' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze |
| RL | 5 | Nodar Tcheishvili | | 52' |
| BF | 6 | Lasha Lomidze |
| OF | 7 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili | | 80+8' |
| N8 | 8 | Beka Gorgadze |
| SH | 9 | Giorgi Begadze | | 80+6' |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua |
| IC | 12 | Merab Sharikadze | | 80+6' |
| OC | 13 | Giorgi Koshadze |
| RW | 14 | Giorgi Pruidze |
| FB | 15 | Merab Kvirikashvili (c) | 51' to 61' | 80+6' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Giorgi Chkoidze | | 80+6' |
| PR | 17 | Tornike Mataradze | | 52' |
| PR | 18 | Soso Bekoshvili | | 52' |
| FL | 19 | Otar Giorgadze | | 52' |
| FL | 20 | Giorgi Tsutskiridze | | 80+8' |
| SH | 21 | Vazha Khutsishvili | | 80+6' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Malaguradze | | 80+6' |
| FB | 23 | Beka Tsiklauri | | 80+6' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
* Touch judges:
* Sean Brickell (Wales)
* Stuart Kibble (Wales)
* 11 February 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01)
| Spain | 16–6 | Russia |
| Try: Bélie 7' c Con: Linklater (1/1) 8' Pen: Linklater 5', 20', 80' | Gamesheet | Pen: Kushnarev 11', 34' |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
| LP | 1 | Fernando López Pérez | 65' |
| HK | 2 | Beñat Auzqui |
| TP | 3 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | 47' |
| LL | 4 | Iñaki Villanueva | 50' |
| RL | 5 | David Barrera |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère |
| OF | 7 | Gautier Gibouin |
| N8 | 8 | Jaime Nava de Olano (c) |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie |
| LW | 11 | Jordi Jorba |
| IC | 12 | Dan Snee | 50' |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin |
| RW | 14 | Sébastien Ascarat |
| FB | 15 | Brad Linklater |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Francisco Blanco Alonso | 65' |
| PR | 17 | Unai Lasa Arratibel |
| LK | 18 | Jonathan Garcia | 47' |
| FL | 19 | Aníbal Bonán | 50' |
| LK | 20 | Víctor Sánchez Borrego |
| SH | 21 | Sébastien Rouet |
| WG | 22 | Thibaut Álvarez | 50' |
| CE | 23 | Javier Carrión |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
| LP | 1 | Andrei Polivalov |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | | 61' |
| TP | 3 | Azamat Bitiev | | 61' |
| LL | 4 | Andrei Garbuzov | | 75' |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Pavel Butenko |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoy | 74' to 80+1' |
| SH | 9 | Alexei Shcherban |
| FH | 10 | Yuri Kushnarev | | 51' |
| LW | 11 | Igor Galinovskiy |
| IC | 12 | Sergey Trishin |
| OC | 13 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| RW | 14 | Vasily Artemyev (c) |
| FB | 15 | Ramil Gaisin |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nazir Gasanov | | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Vladimir Podrezov |
| PR | 18 | Evgeni Pronenko | | 61' |
| FL | 19 | Dmitri Krotov | | 75' |
| FL | 20 | Tagir Gadzhiev |
| SH | 21 | Anton Riabov |
| FH | 22 | Sergey Sugrobov |
| FB | 23 | Igor Kurashov | | 51' |
| Coach: ||
| Alexandr Pervukhin ||
* Touch judges:
* Nigel Correll (Ireland)
* Richard Kerr (Ireland)

### Week 2

* 18 February 2017 13:00 EET (UTC+02)
| Romania | 13–3 | Spain |
| Try: Florin Vlaicu 15' c Con: Florin Vlaicu (1/1) 16' Pen: Luke Samoa (0/1) Florin Vlaicu (2/2) 29', 57' Jack Umaga (0/1) | Gamesheet | Pen: Brad Linklater (1/2) 20' |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 3,750 Referee: Elia Rizzo (Italy)
| LP | 1 | Mihăiţă Lazăr (c) |
| HK | 2 | Otar Turashvili | 64' |
| TP | 3 | Andrei Ursache | 67' |
| LL | 4 | Valentin Popârlan | 77' |
| RL | 5 | Johan van Heerden |
| BF | 6 | Viorel Lucaci | 77' |
| OF | 7 | Vlad Nistor |
| N8 | 8 | Dorin Lazăr |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | 64' |
| FH | 10 | Luke Samoa |
| LW | 11 | Stephen Shennan |
| IC | 12 | Florin Vlaicu |
| OC | 13 | Jack Umaga |
| RW | 14 | Ionuț Dumitru | 70' |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eugen Căpățână | 64' |
| PR | 17 | Constantin Pristăviță |
| PR | 18 | Alexandru Țăruș | 67' |
| LK | 19 | Ionuț Mureșan | 77' |
| FL | 20 | Andrei Gorcioaia | 77' |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Calafeteanu | 64' |
| WG | 22 | Mădălin Lemnaru |
| FH | 23 | Jody Rose | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
| LP | 1 | Fernando López Pérez | 62' |
| HK | 2 | Beñat Auzqui | 73' |
| TP | 3 | Jonathan Garcia | 30' |
| LL | 4 | Iñaki Villanueva | 62' |
| RL | 5 | David Barrera | 58' |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère |
| OF | 7 | Gautier Gibouin |
| N8 | 8 | Jaime Nava de Olano (c) |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet | 68' |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie |
| LW | 11 | Jordi Jorba |
| IC | 12 | Thibaut Álvarez | 52' |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin |
| RW | 14 | Javier Carrión | 76' |
| FB | 15 | Brad Linklater |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Francisco Blanco Alonso | 62' |
| PR | 17 | Stephen Barnes | 73' |
| PR | 18 | Alberto Blanco Alonso | 30' |
| LK | 19 | David González | 58' |
| LK | 20 | Víctor Sánchez Borrego | 62' |
| SH | 21 | Sébastien Rouet | 68' |
| FH | 22 | Dan Snee | 52' |
| WG | 23 | Federico Casteglioni Algorriz | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
* Touch judges:
* Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
* Stefano Roscini (Italy)
* 18 February 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01)
| (1 LBP) Belgium | 18–25 | Russia |
| Try: Muric 36' m Demolder 47' c Con: Williams (1/2) 47' Pen: Williams (2/3) 5', 62' | Gamesheet | Try: Gresev 3' c Garbuzov 10' m Elgin 80' c Con: Kushnarev (2/3) 3', 80' Pen: Kushnarev (2/2) 55', 71' |
* King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Salem Atallah (France)
| LP | 1 | Martin Bonnel | 41' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst |
| TP | 3 | Jean-Baptiste de Clercq | 57' |
| LL | 4 | Tuur Moelants | 72' |
| RL | 5 | Thomas Vervoort | 50' |
| BF | 6 | Gillian Benoy |
| OF | 7 | Baptiste Lescarboura |
| N8 | 8 | Thomas Demolder |
| SH | 9 | Tom Cocqu | 70' |
| FH | 10 | Julien Berger (c) |
| LW | 11 | Ervin Muric |
| IC | 12 | Nathan Bontems | 64' |
| OC | 13 | Jens Torfs |
| RW | 14 | Charles Reynaert |
| FB | 15 | Alan Williams |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Max Dubois |
| PR | 17 | Christopher Debaty | 57' |
| FL | 18 | Amin Hamzaoui |
| FL | 19 | Paul van Laer | 50' |
| CE | 20 | Louis Debatty | 72' |
| FH | 21 | Kevin Williams | 70' |
| CE | 22 | Guillaume Brebant | 64' |
| PR | 23 | Sep de Backer | 41' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
| LP | 1 | Andrei Polivalov | 74' |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | 59' |
| TP | 3 | Evgeni Pronenko | 49' |
| LL | 4 | Andrei Garbuzov (c) |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Pavel Butenko | 59' |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoy |
| SH | 9 | Alexei Shcherban |
| FH | 10 | Yuri Kushnarev |
| LW | 11 | Igor Galinovskiy | 75' |
| IC | 12 | Sergey Sugrobov |
| OC | 13 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| RW | 14 | Igor Kurashov |
| FB | 15 | Ramil Gaisin |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nazir Gasanov | 59' |
| PR | 17 | Vladimir Podrezov | 74' |
| PR | 18 | Azamat Bitiev | 49' |
| FL | 19 | Dmitri Krotov | 59' |
| FL | 20 | Bogdan Fedotko |
| SH | 21 | Anton Riabov |
| FH | 22 | Alexei Mikhaltsov | 75' |
| FB | 23 | Konstantin Uzunov |
| Coach: ||
| Alexandr Pervukhin ||
* Touch judges:
* Nicolas Datas (France)
* Bruno Gabaldon (France)
* 19 February 2017 15:00 GET (UTC+04)
| (1 TBP) Georgia | 50–6 | Germany |
| Try: Koshadze (2) 3' c, 27' c Pruidze 17' c Tkhilaishvili (2) 47' m, 68' c Gorgadze (2) 56' m, 64' m Sharikadze 80' c Con: Kvirikashvili (4/7) 4', 18', 28', 69' Koshadze (1/1) 80+1' | Gamesheet | Pen: Parkinson (2/3) 8', 24' |
* Rustavi Rugby Stadium, Rustavi Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Max Burlet (Belgium)
| LP | 1 | Tornike Mataradze |
| HK | 2 | Badri Alkhazashvili | 30' |
| TP | 3 | Soso Bekoshvili | 54' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze | 68' |
| RL | 5 | Nodar Tcheishvili | 57' |
| BF | 6 | Lasha Lomidze |
| OF | 7 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili |
| N8 | 8 | Beka Gorgadze |
| SH | 9 | Giorgi Begadze | 57' |
| FH | 10 | Revaz Jinchvelashvili |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua |
| IC | 12 | Merab Sharikadze (c) |
| OC | 13 | Giorgi Koshadze |
| RW | 14 | Giorgi Pruidze |
| FB | 15 | Merab Kvirikashvili | 78' |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Giorgi Chkoidze | 30' | 48' |
| PR | 17 | Giorgi Tetrashvili | | 48' |
| PR | 18 | Lasha Tabidze | 54' |
| LK | 19 | Giorgi Mchedlishvili | 68' |
| FL | 20 | Saba Shubitidze | 57' |
| SH | 21 | Gela Aprasidze | 57' | 62' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Khmaladze | 78' |
| FH | 23 | Lasha Malaguradze | | 62' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
| LP | 1 | Julius Nostadt | 22' |
| HK | 2 | Dash Barber | 65' |
| TP | 3 | Samy Füchsel | 77' |
| LL | 4 | Robert May | 60' |
| RL | 5 | Eric Marks (c) |
| BF | 6 | Tom Behrendt | 50' |
| OF | 7 | Sebastian Ferreira |
| N8 | 8 | Timo Vollenkemper |
| SH | 9 | Sean Armstrong (c) |
| FH | 10 | Raynor Parkinson |
| LW | 11 | Alistair Ledingham | 50' |
| IC | 12 | Jamie Murphy |
| OC | 13 | Marcel Coetzee |
| RW | 14 | Oliver Paine | 68' |
| FB | 15 | Harris Aounallah |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Dale Garner | 65' |
| PR | 17 | Jörn Schröder | 22' |
| PR | 18 | Anthony Dickinson | 77' |
| LK | 19 | Sven van Niekerk | 60' |
| FL | 20 | Jarrid Els | 50' |
| WG | 21 | Mark Sztyndera | 68' |
| FH | 22 | Daniel Koch |
| CE | 23 | Mathieu Docau | 50' |
| Coach: ||
| Jacobus Potgieter ||
* Touch judges:
* John Catteau (Belgium)
* Kevin Sulejmani (Belgium)

### Week 3

* 4 March 2017 13:00 MSK (UTC+03)
| Russia | 10–30 | Romania (1 TBP) |
| Try: Morozov 79' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 79' Pen: Kushnarev 40' | Gamesheet | Try: Badiu 6' c Lemnaru 26' c Popârlan 69' m Rose 80' m Con: Vlaicu (2/2) 8', 27' Pen: Calafeteanu 45', 47' |
* Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Sean Gallagher (Ireland)
| LP | 1 | Andrei Polivalov | 60' |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | 60' |
| TP | 3 | Innokentiy Zykov | 71' |
| LL | 4 | Bogdan Fedotko | 54' |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin | 64' |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Pavel Butenko |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoy |
| SH | 9 | Alexei Shcherban | 60' |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaisin |
| LW | 11 | Denis Simplikevich |
| IC | 12 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| OC | 13 | Vasily Artemyev (c) |
| RW | 14 | Igor Galinovskiy |
| FB | 15 | Yuri Kushnarev |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Nazir Gasanov | 60' |
| PR | 17 | Valery Morozov | 60' |
| PR | 18 | Azamat Bitiev | 55' |
| FL | 19 | Dmitri Krotov | 64' |
| FL | 20 | Andrei Temnov | 71' |
| FB | 21 | Konstantin Uzunov | 60' |
| FH | 22 | Alexei Mikhaltsov |
| FB | 23 | Igor Kurashov |
| Coach: ||
| Alexandr Pervukhin ||
| LP | 1 | Ionel Badiu | | 46' |
| HK | 2 | Otar Turashvili | | 71' |
| TP | 3 | Alexandru Țăruș | | 52' |
| LL | 4 | Marius Antonescu | | 61' |
| RL | 5 | Johan van Heerden |
| BF | 6 | Mihai Macovei (c) |
| OF | 7 | Vlad Nistor |
| N8 | 8 | Andrei Gorcioaia |
| SH | 9 | Valentin Calafeteanu |
| FH | 10 | Florin Vlaicu | | 40' |
| LW | 11 | Mădălin Lemnaru |
| IC | 12 | Sione Faka'osilea |
| OC | 13 | Jack Umaga |
| RW | 14 | Ionuț Dumitru | | 77' |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eugen Căpățână | | 71' |
| PR | 17 | Constantin Pristăviță | | 46' |
| PR | 18 | Alex Gordaș | | 52' |
| LK | 19 | Valentin Popârlan | | 61' |
| LK | 20 | Ionuț Mureșan |
| SH | 21 | Florin Surugiu |
| FH | 22 | Jody Rose | 64' to 74' | 40' |
| WG | 23 | Stephen Shennan | | 77' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
* Touch judges:
* Kieran Barry (Ireland)
* Karol Collins (Ireland)
* 4 March 2017 16:00 CET (UTC+01)
| Spain | 10–20 | Georgia |
| Try: Gavidi 22' c Con: Linklater (1/1) 23' Pen: Linklater 2' | Gamesheet | Try: Tkhilaishvili 49' c Matiashvili 57' c Con: Kvirikashvili (2/2) 50', 58' Pen: Kvirikashvili 20', 78' |
* Estadio Municipal, Medina del Campo Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
| LP | 1 | Fernando López Pérez | | 41' |
| HK | 2 | Stephen Barnes | | 41' |
| TP | 3 | Alberto Blanco Alonso | | 41' | | 76' | 79' |
| LL | 4 | Ilaitia Gavidi | | 54' to 60' | 54' to 60' | 76' to 79' | 76' to 79' |
| RL | 5 | Víctor Sánchez Borrego | | | | 61' |
| BF | 6 | Iñaki Villanueva |
| OF | 7 | Javier Canosa Schack | | 46' |
| N8 | 8 | Gautier Gibouin (c) |
| SH | 9 | Sébastien Rouet | | 61' |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie | | 52' |
| LW | 11 | Jordi Jorba |
| IC | 12 | Thibaut Álvarez |
| OC | 13 | Dan Snee |
| RW | 14 | Federico Casteglioni Algorriz | | 69' |
| FB | 15 | Brad Linklater |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Francisco de Blanco Alonso | | 41' |
| PR | 17 | Beñat Auzqui | | 41' |
| PR | 18 | Jon Zabala Arrieta | 69' to 79' | 41' |
| LK | 19 | Lucas Guillaume | | 54' | 60' | 61' |
| N8 | 20 | Matthew Foulds | | 46' |
| SH | 21 | Juan Ramos Martín | | 61' |
| CE | 22 | Alvar Gimeno Soria | | 52' |
| CE | 23 | Gauthier Minguillon | | 69' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
| LP | 1 | Giorgi Tetrashvili | 52' |
| HK | 2 | Shalva Mamukashvili | 52' |
| TP | 3 | Soso Bekoshvili | 58' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze |
| RL | 5 | Konstantin Mikautadze | 75' |
| BF | 6 | Otar Giorgadze | 55' |
| OF | 7 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili |
| N8 | 8 | Lasha Lomidze |
| SH | 9 | Vasil Lobzhanidze | 59' |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua | 76' |
| IC | 12 | Merab Sharikadze (c) | 17' |
| OC | 13 | David Kacharava |
| RW | 14 | Soso Matiashvili |
| FB | 15 | Merab Kvirikashvili |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Jaba Bregvadze | 52' |
| PR | 17 | Tornike Mataradze | 52' |
| PR | 18 | Lasha Tabidze | 58' |
| FL | 19 | Giorgi Tsutskiridze | 55' |
| FL | 20 | Saba Shubitidze | 75' |
| SH | 21 | Giorgi Begadze | 59' |
| CE | 22 | Badri Liparteliani | 17' |
| FB | 23 | Beka Tsiklauri | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
* Touch judges:
* Wayne Davies (Wales)
* Justin Williams (Wales)
* 4 March 2017 16:15 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 34–29 | Belgium (1 LBP) |
| Try: Otto 6' c Els 33' c Armstrong 45' c Murphy 67' c Con: Parkinson (4/4) 6', 34', 46', 67' Pen: Parkinson (2/2) 9', 15' | Gamesheet | Try: Williams 52' c Pearce 60' m Muric 77' m Con: Williams (1/3) 53' Pen: Williams (4/4) 3', 20', 65', 80+1' |
* Sparda Bank Hessen Stadium, Offenbach Attendance: 4,126 Referee: Iñigo Atorrasagasti (Spain)
| LP | 1 | Julius Nostadt | | 78' |
| HK | 2 | Dash Barber | | 53' |
| TP | 3 | Samy Füchsel | | 78' |
| LL | 4 | Eric Marks |
| RL | 5 | Robert May | | 53' |
| BF | 6 | Jacobus Otto |
| OF | 7 | Sebastian Ferreira |
| N8 | 8 | Jarrid Els |
| SH | 9 | Sean Armstrong (c) | | 70' |
| FH | 10 | Raynor Parkinson | 76' to 80+1' |
| LW | 11 | Pierre Mathurin | | 20' |
| IC | 12 | Clemens von Grumbkow |
| OC | 13 | Marcel Coetzee |
| RW | 14 | Steffen Liebig |
| FB | 15 | Harris Aounallah |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Michail Tyumenev | | 53' |
| PR | 17 | Jörn Schröder | | 78' |
| PR | 18 | Christopher Howells | | 78' |
| N8 | 19 | Timo Vollenkemper |
| FL | 20 | Kehoma Brenner | | 53' |
| SH | 21 | Tim Menzel | | 70' |
| CE | 22 | Oliver Paine |
| CE | 23 | Jamie Murphy | | 20' |
| Coach: ||
| Jacobus Potgieter ||
| LP | 1 | Sep de Backer (c) | 53' |
| HK | 2 | Max Dubois | 43' |
| TP | 3 | Jean-Baptiste de Clercq | 55' |
| LL | 4 | Tuur Moelants |
| RL | 5 | Thomas Vervoort |
| BF | 6 | Gillian Benoy | 43' |
| OF | 7 | Baptiste Lescarboura | 43' |
| N8 | 8 | Thomas Demolder |
| SH | 9 | Julien Berger |
| FH | 10 | Alan Williams |
| LW | 11 | Ervin Muric | 68' |
| IC | 12 | Nathan Bontems | 21' |
| OC | 13 | Jens Torfs |
| RW | 14 | Louis Debatty | 47' |
| FB | 15 | Charles Reynaert |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Thomas Dienst | 43' |
| PR | 17 | Christopher Debaty | 55' |
| LK | 18 | Bertrand Billi | 43' |
| FL | 19 | Paul van Laer | 43' |
| CE | 20 | Guillaume Brebant | 68' |
| SH | 21 | Tom Cocqu | 21' |
| WG | 22 | Kevin Williams | 47' |
| PR | 23 | James Pearce | 53' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
* Touch judges:
* Jorge Molpeceres (Spain)
* Marc Riera (Spain)

### Week 4

* 11 March 2017 15:00 CET (UTC+01)
| Belgium | 17–33 | Romania (1 TBP) |
| Try: Reynaert 42' c De Clercq 54' c Con: Williams (2/2) 43', 55' Pen: Williams 66' | Gamesheet | Try: Cobden (2) 9' c, 20' c Lucaci 49' c Gordaș 71' c Vlaicu 77' m Con: Vlaicu (4/5) 10', 21', 51', 82' |
* King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Claudio Biessano (Italy)
| LP | 1 | Sep de Backer | 40' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst | 61' |
| TP | 3 | Jean-Baptiste de Clercq | 61' |
| LL | 4 | Tuur Moelants |
| RL | 5 | Clement Veeckman | 45' |
| BF | 6 | Gillian Benoy |
| OF | 7 | Bertrand Billi |
| N8 | 8 | Brieuc Corradi | 73' |
| SH | 9 | Tom Cocqu |
| FH | 10 | Kevin Williams |
| LW | 11 | Craig Dowsett | 52' |
| IC | 12 | Nathan Bontems |
| OC | 13 | Jens Torfs (c) | 76' |
| RW | 14 | Charles Reynaert |
| FB | 15 | Alan Williams |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Max Dubois | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Christopher Debaty | 61' |
| LK | 18 | Sven d'Hooghe | 73' |
| FL | 19 | Baptiste Lescarboura | 45' |
| CE | 20 | Hendrik Brouwers |
| FB | 21 | Nicolas Meeus | 52' |
| FB | 22 | Florian Piron | 76' |
| PR | 23 | Julien Massimi | 40' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
| LP | 1 | Ionel Badiu |
| HK | 2 | Eugen Căpățână | 78' |
| TP | 3 | Alexandru Țăruș | 56' |
| LL | 4 | Johan van Heerden |
| RL | 5 | Marius Antonescu | 60' |
| BF | 6 | Viorel Lucaci | 70' |
| OF | 7 | Mihai Macovei (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Andrei Gorcioaia |
| SH | 9 | Valentin Calafeteanu | 78' |
| FH | 10 | Florin Vlaicu | 78' |
| LW | 11 | Jack Cobden |
| IC | 12 | Sione Faka'osilea |
| OC | 13 | Jack Umaga |
| RW | 14 | Mădălin Lemnaru | 70' |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Andrei Radoi | 78' |
| PR | 17 | Constantin Pristăviță |
| PR | 18 | Alex Gordaș | 56' |
| LK | 19 | Valentin Popârlan | 60' |
| LK | 20 | Dorin Lazăr | 70' |
| SH | 21 | Florin Surugiu | 78' |
| FH | 22 | Jody Rose | 78' |
| WG | 23 | Stephen Shennan | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
* Touch judges:
* Stefano Bolzonella (Italy)
* Francis Giacomini (Italy)
* 11 March 2017 16:15 CET (UTC+01)
| Germany | 15–32 | Spain |
| Try: Otto 54' m Marks 66' c Con: Parkinson (1/2) 67' Pen: Parkinson (1/2) 10' | Gamesheet | Try: Linklater 4' c Casteglioni Algorriz 26' c Jorba 36' m Rouet 39' c Con: Linklater (3/4) 5', 26', 40' Pen: Linklater (2/3) 13', 62' |
* Sportpark Höhenberg, Köln Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)
| LP | 1 | Julius Nostadt | | 76' |
| HK | 2 | Michail Tyumenev | | 44' |
| TP | 3 | Samy Füchsel |
| LL | 4 | Eric Marks |
| RL | 5 | Timo Vollenkemper | | 44' |
| BF | 6 | Jacobus Otto |
| OF | 7 | Sebastian Ferreira |
| N8 | 8 | Jarrid Els |
| SH | 9 | Sean Armstrong (c) | | 22' |
| FH | 10 | Raynor Parkinson |
| LW | 11 | Pierre Mathurin |
| IC | 12 | Jamie Murphy |
| OC | 13 | Marcel Coetzee | 54' to 64' |
| RW | 14 | Bastian Himmer | | 69' |
| FB | 15 | Harris Aounallah |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Jörn Schröder | | 76' |
| PR | 17 | Christopher Howells |
| LK | 18 | Robert May |
| HK | 19 | Dash Barber | | 44' |
| FL | 20 | Kehoma Brenner | | 44' |
| SH | 21 | Tim Menzel | | 22' |
| CE | 22 | Oliver Paine | | | 76' |
| CE | 23 | Rafael Pyrasch | | 69' | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Jacobus Potgieter ||
| LP | 1 | Beñat Auzqui | | 71' |
| HK | 2 | Marco Pinto Ferrer | 54' to 64' | 71' |
| TP | 3 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | | 56' |
| LL | 4 | David Barrera |
| RL | 5 | Iñaki Villanueva | | 56' |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère | | 58' to 65' | 58' to 65' | 71' |
| OF | 7 | Gautier Gibouin |
| N8 | 8 | Jaime Nava de Olano (c) |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet | | 71' |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie | | 76' |
| LW | 11 | Jordi Jorba |
| IC | 12 | Dan Snee |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin | | 41' |
| RW | 14 | Federico Casteglioni Algorriz |
| FB | 15 | Brad Linklater |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Fernando López Pérez | | 58' | 65' | 71' |
| HK | 17 | Juan Anaya Lazaro | | 71' |
| PR | 18 | Alberto Blanco Alonso | | 56' |
| LK | 19 | David González | | 71' |
| FL | 20 | Aníbal Bonán | | 56' |
| SH | 21 | Sébastien Rouet | | 71' |
| CE | 22 | Thibaut Álvarez | | 41' |
| CE | 23 | Alvar Gimeno Soria | | 76' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
* Touch judges:
* Greame Ormiston (Scotland)
* Bob Nevins (Scotland)
* 12 March 2017 18:00 GET (UTC+04)
| Georgia | 28–14 | Russia |
| Try: Koshadze 3' c Lobzhanidze (2) 26' c, 48' c Kacharava 65' c Con: Kvirikashvili (4/4) 3', 26', 48', 65 | Gamesheet | Try: Gaisin 55' c Fedotko 75' c Con: Kushnarev (2/2) 56', 76' |
* Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 52,000 Referee: Ian Tempest (England)
| LP | 1 | Mikheil Nariashvili | 67' |
| HK | 2 | Jaba Bregvadze | 67' |
| TP | 3 | Lasha Tabidze | 43' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze |
| RL | 5 | Konstantin Mikautadze | 57' |
| BF | 6 | Giorgi Tsutskiridze | 69' |
| OF | 7 | Mamuka Gorgodze (c) |
| N8 | 8 | Beka Gorgadze |
| SH | 9 | Vasil Lobzhanidze | 73' |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua |
| IC | 12 | Davit Kacharava |
| OC | 13 | Giorgi Koshadze |
| RW | 14 | Irakli Svanidze |
| FB | 15 | Merab Kvirikashvili |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Zurab Zhvania | 67' |
| PR | 17 | Giorgi Tetrashvili | 67' |
| PR | 18 | Soso Bekoshvili | 43' |
| FL | 19 | Lasha Lomidze | 57' |
| FL | 20 | Saba Shubitidze | 69' |
| SH | 21 | Gela Aprasidze | 73' |
| FH | 22 | Revaz Jinchvelashvili |
| FB | 23 | Beka Tsiklauri |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
| LP | 1 | Valery Morozov | | 26' |
| HK | 2 | Nazir Gasanov | 68' |
| TP | 3 | Azamat Bitiev |
| LL | 4 | Evgeny Elgin |
| RL | 5 | Innokentiy Zykov | 68' |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Tagir Gadzhiev | 15' | 26' |
| N8 | 8 | Pavel Butenko |
| SH | 9 | Konstantin Uzunov |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaisin |
| LW | 11 | Denis Simplikevich |
| IC | 12 | Vasily Artemyev (c) |
| OC | 13 | Dmitri Gerasimov | 58' |
| RW | 14 | Igor Kurashov | 69' |
| FB | 15 | Yuri Kushnarev |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Sergey Chernyshev | 68' |
| PR | 17 | Vladimir Podrezov |
| PR | 18 | Evgeni Pronenko | 68' |
| FL | 19 | Bogdan Fedotko | 15' |
| FL | 20 | Dmitri Gritsenko | 58' |
| SH | 21 | Anton Riabov |
| FH | 22 | Alexei Mikhaltsov | 69' |
| CE | 23 | Evgeni Kolomiytsev |
| Coach: ||
| Alexandr Pervukhin ||
* Touch judges:
* Steve Lee (England)
* Nigel Carric (England)

### Week 5

* 18 March 2017 15:45 CET (UTC+01)
| (1 TBP) Spain | 30–0 | Belgium |
| Try: Villanueva 10' c Perrin 17' c Gavidi 75' c Con: Linklater (3/3) 11', 18', 75' Pen: Linklater 2', 28', 78' | Gamesheet | |
* Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid, Spain Attendance: 7,800 Referee: Vlad Iordăchescu (Romania)
| LP | 1 | Beñat Auzqui | | 59' | 80' |
| HK | 2 | Marco Pinto Ferrer | | 62' |
| TP | 3 | Jesús Moreno Rodríguez | 44' |
| LL | 4 | David Barrera |
| RL | 5 | Iñaki Villanueva | | 57' |
| BF | 6 | Pierre Barthère | | 48' |
| OF | 7 | Gautier Gibouin |
| N8 | 8 | Jaime Nava de Olano (c) | | 70' |
| SH | 9 | Guillaume Rouet | | 77' |
| FH | 10 | Mathieu Bélie | | 48' |
| LW | 11 | Jordi Jorba |
| IC | 12 | Dan Snee |
| OC | 13 | Fabien Perrin | 45' to 55' | 72' |
| RW | 14 | Federico Casteglioni Algorriz |
| FB | 15 | Brad Linklater |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Fernando López Pérez | | 59' |
| HK | 17 | Juan Anaya Lazaro | | 62' |
| PR | 18 | Alberto Blanco Alonso | | 48' | 80' |
| FL | 19 | Aníbal Bonán | | 70' |
| LK | 20 | Ilaitia Gavidi | | 57' |
| SH | 21 | Sébastien Rouet | | 77' |
| CE | 22 | Thibaut Álvarez | 76' to 80+6' | 48' |
| CE | 23 | Alvar Gimeno Soria | | 72' |
| Coach: ||
| Santiago Santos ||
| LP | 1 | Julien Massimi | | 41' |
| HK | 2 | Thomas Dienst | | 53' |
| TP | 3 | Jean-Baptiste de Clercq | | 65' |
| LL | 4 | Clement Veeckman | | 37' |
| RL | 5 | Thomas Vervoort | | 70' | 80+1' |
| BF | 6 | Bertrad Billi | | 41' |
| OF | 7 | Baptiste Lescarboura |
| N8 | 8 | Thomas Demolder |
| SH | 9 | Tom Cocqu | | 64' |
| FH | 10 | Kevin Williams | | 57' |
| LW | 11 | Craig Dowsett | 76' to 80+6' |
| IC | 12 | Guillaume Piron |
| OC | 13 | Jens Torfs (c) |
| RW | 14 | Charles Reynaert |
| FB | 15 | Alan Williams |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Max Dubois | | 53' |
| PR | 17 | Christopher Debaty | | 41' |
| LK | 18 | Tuur Moelants | | 37' | 80+1' |
| FL | 19 | Gillian Benoy | | 41' |
| LK | 20 | Sven d'Hooghe | | 70' |
| CE | 21 | Isaac Montoisy | | 64' |
| SH | 22 | Nathan Bontems | | 57' |
| PR | 23 | Maxime Jadot | | 65' |
| Coach: ||
| Guillaume Ajac ||
* Touch judges:
* Radu Petrescu (Romania)
* Alexandru Ionescu (Romania)
* 19 March 2017 14:00 MSK (UTC+03)
| (1 TBP) Russia | 52–25 | Germany |
| Try: Gaisin 3' c Simplikevich 31' m Gerasimov (2) 41' c, 72' c Elgin 57' c Artemyev 64' c Krotov 67' m Mikhaltsov 75' c Con: Kushnarev (5/6) 4', 42', 58', 72', 76' Gaisin (1/2) 65' | Gamesheet | Try: Parkinson 11' c Mathurin (2) 60' c, 80+3' m Con: Parkinson (1/1) 12' Hilsenbeck (1/2) 61' Pen: Parkinson (0/1) Hilsenbeck (2/2) 47', 54' |
* Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Cedric Marchat (France)
| LP | 1 | Adrei Polivalov | | 39' to 41' | 39' to 41' | 50' |
| HK | 2 | Valery Tsnobiladze | | 61' |
| TP | 3 | Innokentiy Zykov | | 50' | 53' |
| LL | 4 | Bogdan Fedotko | | 67' |
| RL | 5 | Evgeny Elgin |
| BF | 6 | Viktor Gresev |
| OF | 7 | Dmitri Krotov | | | 53' |
| N8 | 8 | Anton Rudoi | | 50' |
| SH | 9 | Konstantin Uzunov | | 54' |
| FH | 10 | Ramil Gaisin |
| LW | 11 | Vasily Artemyev (c) |
| IC | 12 | Igor Galinovskiy | | 73' |
| OC | 13 | Dmitri Gerasimov |
| RW | 14 | Denis Simplikevich | | 70' |
| FB | 15 | Yuri Kushnarev | 59' to 69' |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Nazir Gasanov | | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Vladimir Podrezov | | 39' | 41' | 50' |
| PR | 18 | Azamat Bitiev | | 50' |
| N8 | 19 | Pavel Butenko | 50' to 60' | 50' |
| FL | 20 | Tagir Gadzhiev | | 67' |
| SH | 21 | Alexei Shcherban | | 54' |
| CE | 22 | Sergey Trishin | | 73' |
| FH | 23 | Alexei Mikhaltsov | | 70' |
| Coach: ||
| Alexandr Pervukhin ||
| LP | 1 | Julius Nostadt | 61' |
| HK | 2 | Dash Barber | 46' |
| TP | 3 | Samy Füchsel | 76' |
| LL | 4 | Eric Marks (c) |
| RL | 5 | Sebastian Ferreira | 67' |
| BF | 6 | Jacobus Otto |
| OF | 7 | Kehoma Brenner | 51' |
| N8 | 8 | Jarrid Els |
| SH | 9 | Tim Menzel | 58' |
| FH | 10 | Christopher Hilsenbeck |
| LW | 11 | Pierre Mathurin |
| IC | 12 | Raynor Parkinson |
| OC | 13 | Marcel Coetzee | 66' |
| RW | 14 | Bastian Himmer | 40' |
| FB | 15 | Harris Aounallah |
| Replacements: ||
| PR | 16 | Jörn Schröder | 61' |
| PR | 17 | Anthony Dickinson | 76' |
| N8 | 18 | Timo Vollenkemper | 67' |
| HK | 19 | Michail Tyumenev | 46' |
| FL | 20 | Thore Schmidt | 51' |
| SH | 21 | Sean Armstrong | 58' |
| CE | 22 | Oliver Paine | 66' |
| CE | 23 | Jamie Murphy | 40' |
| Coach: ||
| Jacobus Potgieter ||
* Touch judges:
* Thomas Charabas (France)
* Thomas Dejean (France)
* 19 March 2017 15:00 EET (UTC+02)
| Romania | 8–7 | Georgia (1 LBP) |
| Try: Fercu 3' m Pen: Vlaicu (1/3) 53' | Gamesheet | Try: Sharikadze 40' c Con: Kvirikashvili (1/1) 40' |
* Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)
| LP | 1 | Ionel Badiu | 63' |
| HK | 2 | Otar Turashvili | 63' |
| TP | 3 | Alexandru Țăruș | 51' | 70' |
| LL | 4 | Johan van Heerden |
| RL | 5 | Marius Antonescu |
| BF | 6 | Viorel Lucaci | | | 71' |
| OF | 7 | Andrei Gorcioaia |
| N8 | 8 | Mihai Macovei (c) | 40' to 41' | 40' to 41' | 74' |
| SH | 9 | Florin Surugiu | 70' |
| FH | 10 | Florin Vlaicu |
| LW | 11 | Ionuț Dumitru |
| IC | 12 | Sione Faka'osilea |
| OC | 13 | Jack Umaga |
| RW | 14 | Stephen Shennan | 60' |
| FB | 15 | Cătălin Fercu |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Eugen Căpățână | 63' |
| PR | 17 | Constantin Pristăviță | 63' |
| PR | 18 | Alex Gordaș | 51' | 70' |
| LK | 19 | Valentin Popârlan | | | 74' |
| LK | 20 | Dorin Lazăr | 40' | 41' | 71' |
| SH | 21 | Valentin Calafeteanu | 70' |
| FH | 22 | Jody Rose |
| WG | 23 | Mădălin Lemnaru | 60' |
| Coach: ||
| Lynn Howells ||
| LP | 1 | Mikheil Nariashvili |
| HK | 2 | Jaba Bregvadze | 63' |
| TP | 3 | Soso Bekoshvili | 47' |
| LL | 4 | Giorgi Nemsadze | 5' |
| RL | 5 | Konstantin Mikautadze |
| BF | 6 | Giorgi Tkhilaishvili |
| OF | 7 | Mamuka Gorgodze (c) | 71' |
| N8 | 8 | Beka Gorgadze |
| SH | 9 | Vasil Lobzhanidze | 70' |
| FH | 10 | Lasha Khmaladze |
| LW | 11 | Alexander Todua |
| IC | 12 | Merab Sharikadze |
| OC | 13 | Davit Kacharava |
| RW | 14 | Irakli Svanidze | 65' |
| FB | 15 | Merab Kvirikashvili |
| Replacements: ||
| HK | 16 | Zurab Zhvania | 63' |
| PR | 17 | Tornike Mataradze |
| PR | 18 | Lasha Tabidze | 47' |
| FL | 19 | Lasha Lomidze | 5' |
| FL | 20 | Giorgi Tsutskiridze | 71' |
| SH | 21 | Giorgi Begadze | 70' |
| FH | 22 | Lasha Malaguradze |
| CE | 23 | Giorgi Koshadze | 65' |
| Coach: ||
| Milton Haig ||
* Touch judges:
* Sean Brickell (Wales)
* Wayne Davies (Wales)

## Relegation/promotion play-off

* 20 May 2017 16:00 CEST (UTC+02)
| Belgium | 29–18 | Portugal |
* King Baudouin Stadium - Annex 2, Brussels