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.

2019 World Rugby Nations Cup
Tournament details
Countries Argentina XV
 Namibia
 Russia
 Uruguay
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Date4 – 15 June 2019
Tournament statistics
Teams4
Matches played6
Final
Champions Uruguay (3rd title)
Runners-up Russia
← 2018 (Previous)

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.[1]

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.[2]

Teams edit

Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (4 June 2019):[3]

Standings edit

Team Games Points Tries Bounus points Points
Played Won Drawn Lost For Against Difference For Against
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 edit

Round 1 edit

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'
ReportTry: 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:
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:
  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:
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

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')
ReportTry: 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 edit

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'
ReportTry: 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:
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)
ReportTry: 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:
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:
  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 edit

15 June 2019
15:30 UYT (UTC-03)
  Namibia0–20  Russia
ReportTry: 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)
  Uruguay28–15Argentina XV  
Try: Leindekar 7' c
Kessler (2) 40' c, 44' m
Con: Favaro (2/3) (8', 40')
Pen: Favaro (3/3) 20', 28', 75'
ReportTry: 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)

References edit

  1. ^ worldrugby.org. "World Rugby Nations Cup 2019 match schedule announced as teams prepare for Rugby World Cup 2019 | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  2. ^ worldrugby.org. "Uruguay win World Rugby Nations Cup | World Rugby". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  3. ^ worldrugby.org. "Men's Rankings | World Rugby | worldrugby.org". www.world.rugby. Retrieved 2022-08-10.