2011 Churchill Cup

2011 Churchill Cup
Date	June 4–18
Teams	6
Countries	Canada; England Saxons; Italy A; Russia; Tonga; United States;
Matches played	9
	Final
Venue	Sixways Stadium; Worcester, England
Attendance
Champions	England Saxons
Runner-up	Canada

The 2011 Churchill Cup, the ninth and final edition of an annual international rugby union tournament, took place in Northampton, Esher, Gloucester and Worcester. This was just the second time in the tournament's history in which England played host.

Competitors edit

The three regular participants in the event — the senior national sides of the United States and Canada, and England's "A" (second-level) national side, the England Saxons, were joined by second year participants Russia and two first-time competitors: Italy A and Tonga. England Saxons fielded a very young, promising team. At the same time, Italy A picked a very experienced side, with many of the regulars for the main national team.

Format edit

The teams played in a round-robin format between two pools to decide the elimination matches. All six teams participate on the finals day: the two pool winners will compete in the Cup Final, the two runners-up will play in a Plate Final, and the two bottom-placed teams will meet in the Bowl Final.

Venues edit

The pool rounds were played at Franklin's Gardens in Northampton, Molesey Road in Esher, and Kingsholm Stadium in Gloucester. The finals were played at Sixways Stadium in Worcester.

Fixtures and results edit

Pool stage edit

Pool A edit

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	England Saxons	2	2	0	0	128	22	+106	2	10
2	Tonga	2	1	0	1	58	54	+4	1	5
3	United States	2	0	0	2	21	131	−110	0	0

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4 June 2011
17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

England Saxons	87–8	United States
Try: Benjamin (3) 4' c, 10' m, 57' c Brown (2) 6' c, 42' m Young 24' c Penalty try 40' c Johnson 49' c Twelvetrees 52' c Trinder 60' c Sharples 67' c Kitchener 71' c Hodgson 73' c Con: Clegg (11/13)	Report	Try: LaValla 78' m Pen: Enosa 3'

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	Mike Brown	50'
RW	14	Topsy Ojo	50'
OC	13	Henry Trinder
IC	12	Billy Twelvetrees
LW	11	Miles Benjamin
FH	10	Rory Clegg
SH	9	Micky Young	65'
N8	8	Jordan Crane (c)
OF	7	Tom Johnson
BF	6	James Gaskell	14'
RL	5	Dave Attwood
LL	4	Mouritz Botha	58'
TP	3	Matt Stevens	37' to 40'
HK	2	Joe Gray	52'
LP	1	Matt Mullan			58'
Substitutes:
HK	16	David Paice	52'
PR	17	Kieran Brookes	37'	40'	58'
LK	18	Graham Kitchener	58'
FL	19	Jamie Gibson	14'
SH	20	Paul Hodgson	65'
FB	21	Alex Goode	50'
WG	22	Charlie Sharples	50'
Coach:
Stuart Lancaster


FB	15	Mike Palefau
RW	14	Mile Pulu	52'
OC	13	Tai Enosa
IC	12	Junior Sifa	77'
LW	11	Colin Hawley
FH	10	Troy Hall
SH	9	Mike Petri (c)	70'
N8	8	JJ Gagiano	62'
OF	7	Danny LaPrevotte	52'
BF	6	Pat Danahy
RL	5	Scott LaValla
LL	4	John van der Giessen
TP	3	Will Johnson
HK	2	Phil Thiel	47'
LP	1	Eric Fry	47'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Chris Biller	47'
PR	17	Shawn Pittman	47'
LK	18	Louis Stanfill	52'
N8	19	Inaki Basauri	62'
SH	20	Tim Usasz	70'
CE	21	Roland Suniula	52'
CE	22	Andrew Suniula	77'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

Touch judges:
Llyr ApGeraint-Roberts
Andrew Watson
Television match official:
David Matthews

This was the highest margin of win of any England national team over the United States.

8 June 2011
17:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Tonga	44–13	United States
Try: Iongi (4) 10' c, 48' c, 58' c, 75' c Mapakaitolo 80' c Con: K. Morath (5/5) Pen: K. Morath (3) 2', 21', 48'	Report	Try: Emerick 33' c Con: Malifa (1/1) Pen: Malifa (2) 15', 65'

Molesey Road, Esher
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


FB	15	Mateo Malupo
RW	14	Viliami Helu
OC	13	Suka Hufanga	68'
IC	12	Etueni Siua	71'
LW	11	Viliame Iongi
FH	10	Kurt Morath
SH	9	Soane Havea	61'
N8	8	Vili Maʻafu	52'
OF	7	Pepa Koloamatangi	29'	39'
BF	6	Pasuka Mapakaitolo
RL	5	Emosi Kauhenga	56'
LL	4	Sione Timani
TP	3	Kisi Pulu (c)			66'
HK	2	Ilaisa Maʻasi	75'
LP	1	Tonga Leaʻaetoa	27' to 39'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Atonio Halangahu	75'
PR	17	Taʻu Faingaʻanuku	29'	39'	66'
LK	18	Josh Afu	56'
N8	19	Paula Kaho	52'
SH	20	Daniel Morath	61'
FH	21	Eddie Paea	68'
CE	22	Silivenusi Taumoepeau	71'
Coach:
Isitolo Maka


FB	15	Roland Suniula
RW	14	Colin Hawley
OC	13	Paul Emerick	66' to 67'		75'
IC	12	Andrew Suniula
LW	11	Kevin Swiryn
FH	10	Nese Malifa	75'
SH	9	Tim Usasz	71'
N8	8	Nic Johnson
OF	7	Todd Clever (c)
BF	6	Inaki Basauri	50'	57'	66'
RL	5	Scott LaValla
LL	4	Louis Stanfill	75'
TP	3	Shawn Pittman	47' to 57'
HK	2	Chris Biller	47'
LP	1	Mate Moeakiola			69'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Phil Thiel	47'
PR	17	Eric Fry	50'	57'	69'
LK	18	John van der Giessen			66'
FL	19	Pat Danahy	75'
SH	20	Mike Petri	71'
CE	21	Tai Enosa	66'	67'	75'
CE	22	Troy Hall	75'
Coach:
Eddie O'Sullivan

Touch judges:
Luke Pearce
Stuart Terheege
Television match official:
Geoff Warren

12 June 2011
14:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

England Saxons	41–14	Tonga
Try: Penalty try (3) 10' c, 32' c, 63' c Crane 15' c Twelvetrees 71' c Con: Clegg (5/5) Pen: Clegg (2) 40', 46'	Report	Try: Timani 49' c Koloamatangi 77' c Con: K. Morath (2/2)

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


FB	15	Alex Goode	55'
RW	14	Charlie Sharples
OC	13	Henry Trinder	59'
IC	12	Billy Twelvetrees
LW	11	Topsy Ojo
FH	10	Rory Clegg
SH	9	Paul Hodgson	65'
N8	8	Jordan Crane (c)
OF	7	Tom Johnson	73'
BF	6	James Gaskell	69'
RL	5	Dave Attwood
LL	4	Mouritz Botha
TP	3	Matt Stevens
HK	2	David Paice	55'
LP	1	Matt Mullan	65'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Joe Gray	55'
PR	17	Kieran Brookes	65'
LK	18	Graham Kitchener	69'
FL	19	Jamie Gibson	73'
SH	20	Micky Young	65'
CE	21	Jordan Turner-Hall	59'
FB	22	Mike Brown	55'
Coach:
Stuart Lancaster


FB	15	Eddie Paea
RW	14	Viliami Helu
OC	13	Suka Hufanga
IC	12	Sione Fonua	40'
LW	11	Viliame Iongi
FH	10	Kurt Morath
SH	9	Daniel Morath	55'
N8	8	Pasuka Mapakaitolo		61'
OF	7	Pepa Koloamatangi
BF	6	Josh Afu
RL	5	Emosi Kauhenga	47'
LL	4	Sione Timani	65'
TP	3	Kisi Pulu (c)
HK	2	Semisi Telefoni	58'
LP	1	Tonga Leaʻaetoa	55'	61'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Atonio Halangahu	58'
PR	17	Taʻu Faingaʻanuku	55'	61' to 71'
LK	18	Kele Hehea	47'
FL	19	Tevita Ula	65'
SH	20	Soane Havea	55'
FH	21	Mateo Malupo
CE	22	Silivenusi Taumoepeau	40'
Coach:
Isitolo Maka

Pool B edit

Place	Nation	Games				Points			Bonus points	Table points
Place	Nation	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Difference	Bonus points	Table points
1	Canada	2	2	0	0	60	30	+30	1	9
2	Italy A	2	1	0	1	36	45	−9	0	4
3	Russia	2	0	0	2	37	58	−21	1	1

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4 June 2011
14:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Italy A	12–26	Canada
Pen: Tebaldi (4) 15', 32', 35', 63'	Report	Try: Carpenter 44' m Marshall 46' m Pritchard 56' c Con: Pritchard (1/3) Pen: Pritchard (2) 8', 70' Drop: Monro 29'

Franklin's Gardens, Northampton
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)


FB	15	Ruggero Trevisan	68'
RW	14	Andrea Bacchetti
OC	13	Denis Majstorovic
IC	12	Matteo Pratichetti
LW	11	Michele Sepe
FH	10	Riccardo Bocchino
SH	9	Tito Tebaldi	71'
N8	8	Manoa Vosawai
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Valerio Bernabò (c)	42' to 52'
RL	5	Marco Bortolami	53'
LL	4	Corniel van Zyl	62'
TP	3	Fabio Staibano	50'
HK	2	Tommaso D'Apice	71'
LP	1	Alberto De Marchi	45'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Andrea Manici	71'
PR	17	Matías Agüero	45'
PR	18	Dario Chistolini	50'
LK	19	Joshua Furno	53'
SH	20	Giulio Toniolatti	71'
FB	21	DuRandt Gerber	68'
LK	22	Francesco Minto	62'
Coach:
Gianluca Guidi


FB	15	James Pritchard
RW	14	Ciaran Hearn
OC	13	Conor Trainor
IC	12	Ryan Smith
LW	11	Phil Mackenzie
FH	10	Ander Monro
SH	9	Ed Fairhurst
N8	8	Aaron Carpenter			71'
OF	7	Chauncey O'Toole
BF	6	Jebb Sinclair	18' to 24'
RL	5	Brian Erichsen
LL	4	Tyler Hotson
TP	3	Jason Marshall
HK	2	Pat Riordan (c)
LP	1	Hubert Buydens	65'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Ryan Hamilton
PR	17	Andrew Tiedemann	65'
LK	18	Mitch Gudgeon
FL	19	Nanyak Dala	18'	24'	71'
SH	20	Sean White
CE	21	Mike Scholz
FB	22	Matt Evans
Coach:
Kieran Crowley

Touch judges:
Andrew Small
Ian Tempest
Television match official:
David Matthews

8 June 2011
20:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Canada	34–18	Russia
Try: Mensah-Coker 12' c Trainor 35' m Monro 61' c O'Toole 70' m Evans 77' c Con: Pritchard (3/5) Pen: Pritchard 17'	Report	Try: Klyuchnikov 20' c Artemiev 26' m Con: Kushnarev (1/2) Pen: Kushnarev (2) 15', 40'

Molesey Road, Esher
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)


FB	15	James Pritchard
RW	14	Matt Evans
OC	13	Conor Trainor	60'
IC	12	Mike Scholz
LW	11	Justin Mensah-Coker
FH	10	Ander Monro (c)
SH	9	Sean White	55'
N8	8	Aaron Carpenter
OF	7	Chauncey O'Toole
BF	6	Jebb Sinclair	66'
RL	5	Jamie Cudmore	74'
LL	4	Tyler Hotson
TP	3	Scott Franklin	67'
HK	2	Ryan Hamilton	24'
LP	1	Tom Dolezel	55'
Substitutes:
HK	16	Pat Riordan	24'
PR	17	Andrew Tiedemann	67'
PR	18	Hubert Buydens	55'
LK	19	Mitch Gudgeon	74'
FL	20	Nanyak Dala	66'
SH	21	Ed Fairhurst	55'
CE	22	Phil Mackenzie	60'
Coach:
Kieran Crowley


FB	15	Igor Klyuchnikov
RW	14	Vasily Artemiev
OC	13	Igor Galinovskiy	53'
IC	12	Alexey Makovetskiy
LW	11	Vladimir Ostroushko
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev
SH	9	Alexandr Shakirov	76'
N8	8	Viacheslav Grachev	53'
OF	7	Andrey Garbuzov
BF	6	Andrey Temnov
RL	5	Alexander Voytov
LL	4	Vladimir Boltenkov	64'
TP	3	Ivan Prischepenko	57'
HK	2	Vladislav Korshunov (c)	74'
LP	1	Sergei Popov
Substitutes:
HK	16	Valery Tsnobiladze	74'
PR	17	Alexey Travkin	57'
LK	18	Alexey Panasenko	64'
N8	19	Victor Gresev	53'
SH	20	Andrei Bykanov	76'
CE	21	Sergey Trishin	53'
FH	22	Anton Ryabov
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Touch judges:
David Rose
Roy Maybank
Television match official:
Geoff Warren

12 June 2011
17:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Italy A	24–19	Russia
Try: Pratichetti 5' c Toniolatti 23' m Con: Tebaldi (1/2) 5' Pen: Tebaldi (3) 19', 32', 51' Bocchino 60'	Report^{[permanent dead link]}	Try: Yagudin 54' c Con: Kushnarev (1/1) 54' Pen: Kushnarev (4) 22', 28', 43', 57'

Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester
Attendance: 5,357
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)


FB	15	Ruggero Trevisan
RW	14	Giulio Toniolatti
OC	13	Andrea Pratichetti
IC	12	Matteo Pratichetti
LW	11	Michele Sepe
FH	10	Riccardo Bocchino
SH	9	Tito Tebaldi
N8	8	Manoa Vosawai
OF	7	Mauro Bergamasco
BF	6	Francesco Minto
RL	5	Valerio Bernabò (c)
LL	4	Joshua Furno
TP	3	Fabio Staibano
HK	2	Tommaso D'Apice
LP	1	Alberto De Marchi
Substitutes:
	16	Andrea Mancini
	17	Matías Agüero
	18	Dario Chistolini
	19	Marco Bortolami
	20	DuRandt Gerber
	21	Giovanbattista Venditti
	22	Nicola Belardo
Coach:
Gianluca Guidi


FB	15	Igor Klyuchnikov
RW	14	Vasily Artemiev
OC	13	Mikhail Babaev
IC	12	Sergey Trishin
LW	11	Rushan Yagudin
FH	10	Yuri Kushnarev
SH	9	Andrey Bykanov
N8	8	Viacheslav Grachev (c)
OF	7	Mikhail Sidorov
BF	6	Victor Gresev
RL	5	Denis Antonov
LL	4	Alexey Panasenko
TP	3	Alexey Chernyshov
HK	2	Valery Tsnobiladze
LP	1	Grigory Tsnobiladze
Substitutes:
	16	Vladislav Korshunov
	17	Alexey Travkin
	18	Ivan Prischepenko
	19	Andrey Garbuzov
	20	Alexander Shakirov
	21	Anton Ryabov
	22	Igor Galinovskiy
Coach:
Kingsley Jones

Finals edit

Bowl final edit

18 June 2011
12:00 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

United States	32–25	Russia
Try: Emerick 23' m A. Suniula 57' c Clever 60' c Enosa 71' c Con: Malifa (3/4) 58', 61', 72' Pen: Malifa (2) 5', 49'	Report	Try: Ostroushko 30' m Voytov 51' c Artemiev 64' c Con: Kushnarev (2/3) 51', 64' Pen: Kushnarev (2) 1', 47'

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Referee: Dave Pearson (England)

Plate final edit

18 June 2011
14:15 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

Tonga	18–27	Italy A
Try: Iongi 54' m Malupo 80' c Con: K. Morath (1/2) 80' Pen: Paea 12' K. Morath 68'	Report	Try: Bocchino 3' c A. Pratichetti 50' c Venditti 73' c Con: Tebaldi (3/3) 3', 50', 73' Pen: Tebaldi (2) 19', 42'

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)

Cup final edit

18 June 2011
16:30 WEST/GMT+01 (UTC+01)

England Saxons	37–6	Canada
Try: Gaskell 21' m Benjamin (2) 23' c, 59' c Sharples 67' m Gibson 75' c Con: Clegg (3/5) 23', 59', 75' Pen: Clegg (2) 12', 50'	Report	Pen: Pritchard 29' Drop: Monro 14'

Sixways Stadium, Worcester
Referee: Romain Poite (France)

References edit

^ ^a ^b "The Churchill Cup (Design, Hosting, Registration & Administration tools by esportsdeskpro.com)". Archived from the original on 20 June 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.

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2011 Churchill Cup
Date	June 4–18
Teams	6
Countries	Canada England Saxons Italy A Russia Tonga United States
Matches played	9
Final
Venue	Sixways Stadium Worcester, England
Attendance
Champions	England Saxons
Runner-up	Canada