A lookback on this year's glorified training tournaments the IRB Nations Cup and the IRB Tbilisi Cup, where Emerging Ireland and Argentina Jaguars took the trophies.
IRB Nations Cup
The IRB press release claimed this was poised to the "best ever Nations Cup", but in reality it was probably one of the worst in recent years, as the Emerging Ireland team routed the field for an easy victory.
None of the national teams involved had full strength squads, and two of them fielded the weaker half of the squad for the game against Emerging Ireland whilst Romania had a younger more reserve ridden side than they fielded in last year's tournament.
Probably the nearest full strength of the national teams was Russia, who to be blunt were an utter disgrace. Okay there were a dozen players missing, around about 10 of an absolute strongest XV, but this wasn't a team with about 6 new caps or something and many of those players would be bench players or 30 man squad members and could be playing in the World Cup's pool of death next year.
These players were good enough to compete better, but simply looked like they did not want to be there, put in a pathetic effort and were unwilling to put their body on the line. The effort was an insult to the pride of the Russian national team, as well as an insult to their opponents. Their might be a background to this performance, but it hasn't come to light yet. They were lucky the game got cancelled at 50 minutes.
Moving on, Russia's new coach Raphaël Saint-André who stepped up from his assistant role bolstered the team Vladimir Ostroushko, the Tsnobiladze brothers, Dimitri Gerasimov and later Yury Kushnarev and Vasily Artemyev. But they still lost both the other games, to a Romanian second string side and a Uruguay side missing more players than they were. As the crucial repechage World Cup qualifying matches probably against Uruguay approach later this year, Russia look in a bad place. Their winning run against Romania seems a long time ago now.
Romania were playing a younger experimental side, but were also unimpressive. Their game against Russia was a candidate for possibly for worst game of the year. It was awful, and the Oaks just scraped home with a dominant scrum late on. The young players played here may not be getting future chances in the proper Romanian team as they are failing to produce many of note who aren't props. They were easily swatted aside in the final by Emerging Ireland, who had a far easier time of it this year than they did last.
Uruguay scored a win over Russia, which is good for them in the run up to the World Cup qualifying playoffs. That game again was a horrifically bad for the neutral though, which in all summed up an utterly forgettable tournament. It produced a couple of the most horrendous games of the year, one of the most pathetic efforts of the year, and an easy romp for the Irish. In addition to this, the whole tournament was played with pretty sparse, muted crowds.
Have any of the teams involved gained anything from this? It's highly debatable, it's hard to see any major significant gains anyway. I guess Lynn Howells, who gave out 7 new caps in the tournament, at least got the chance to evaluate some new players and some of his depth. The question is whether the training style nature of the tournament is a good advert for international rugby
None of the national teams involved had full strength squads, and two of them fielded the weaker half of the squad for the game against Emerging Ireland whilst Romania had a younger more reserve ridden side than they fielded in last year's tournament.
Probably the nearest full strength of the national teams was Russia, who to be blunt were an utter disgrace. Okay there were a dozen players missing, around about 10 of an absolute strongest XV, but this wasn't a team with about 6 new caps or something and many of those players would be bench players or 30 man squad members and could be playing in the World Cup's pool of death next year.
These players were good enough to compete better, but simply looked like they did not want to be there, put in a pathetic effort and were unwilling to put their body on the line. The effort was an insult to the pride of the Russian national team, as well as an insult to their opponents. Their might be a background to this performance, but it hasn't come to light yet. They were lucky the game got cancelled at 50 minutes.
Moving on, Russia's new coach Raphaël Saint-André who stepped up from his assistant role bolstered the team Vladimir Ostroushko, the Tsnobiladze brothers, Dimitri Gerasimov and later Yury Kushnarev and Vasily Artemyev. But they still lost both the other games, to a Romanian second string side and a Uruguay side missing more players than they were. As the crucial repechage World Cup qualifying matches probably against Uruguay approach later this year, Russia look in a bad place. Their winning run against Romania seems a long time ago now.
Romania were playing a younger experimental side, but were also unimpressive. Their game against Russia was a candidate for possibly for worst game of the year. It was awful, and the Oaks just scraped home with a dominant scrum late on. The young players played here may not be getting future chances in the proper Romanian team as they are failing to produce many of note who aren't props. They were easily swatted aside in the final by Emerging Ireland, who had a far easier time of it this year than they did last.
Uruguay scored a win over Russia, which is good for them in the run up to the World Cup qualifying playoffs. That game again was a horrifically bad for the neutral though, which in all summed up an utterly forgettable tournament. It produced a couple of the most horrendous games of the year, one of the most pathetic efforts of the year, and an easy romp for the Irish. In addition to this, the whole tournament was played with pretty sparse, muted crowds.
Have any of the teams involved gained anything from this? It's highly debatable, it's hard to see any major significant gains anyway. I guess Lynn Howells, who gave out 7 new caps in the tournament, at least got the chance to evaluate some new players and some of his depth. The question is whether the training style nature of the tournament is a good advert for international rugby
Friday 13 June
Emerging Ireland 66-0 Russia 
Emerging Ireland: 15 J Murphy; 14 C Gilroy, 13 E Griffin, 12 S McCloskey, 11 A Conway; 10 I Keatley (JJ Hanrahan 35), 9 P Marshall; 1 C Black, 2 N Annett (J Tracy 40), 3 M Bent (J Ryan 46); 4 M Kearney, 5 D Foley; 6 D Ryan (c), 7 T O'Donnell, 8 R Copeland.
Tries (10): Keatley (3), Conway (6, 23, 26), Annett (10), Gilroy (28, 44), Copeland (34), O'Donnell (36), Marshall (41) Conversions (8): Keatley (7, 11, 27, 29, 35), Hanrahan (37, 42, 45)
Russia: 15 I Klyuchnikov; 14 M Babaev, 13 G Davydov, 12 A Makovetskiy, 11 I Galinovskiy; 10 R Gaisin, 9 A Yanyushkin (A Shcherban 46); 1 A Volkov (G Tsnobiladze 46), 2 S Selskiy, 3 S Sekisov; 4 A Voytov (c, A Fatakhov 46), 5 D Antonov; 6 A Garbuzov, 7 A Temnov, 8 V Gresev.
Sin Bin: Selskiy (46)
Romania 34-16 Uruguay 
Romania: 15 G Conache; 14 I Dumitru, 13 C Gal, 12 F Vlaicu, 11 F Ionita; 10 F Lazar (C Dascalu 66), 9 F Surugiu (V Ivan 78); 1 H Pungea (A Tarus 48), 2 O Turashvili (E Capatana 14-23), 3 C Pristavita (H Pungea 75); 4 V Poparlan (V Nistor 66), 5 M Sirbe; 6 V Lucaci (D Lazar 60), 7 M Macovei (c), 8 D Carpo.
Tries (3): Turashvili (35), Macovei (45), Ionita (74) Conversions (2): Vlaicu (36, 46) Penalties (4): Vlaicu (5, 11, 53, 58) Drop Goal (1): Vlaicu (25)
Uruguay: 15 G Mieres; 14 S Gibernau, 13 J Prada, 12 A Román, 11 G Gibernau (F Favaro 53); 10 A Durán (J Etcheverry 53), 9 G Lijtenstein; 1 A Corral (J Echeverría 78), 2 N Klappenbach (c, M Sanguinetti 69), 3 J Echeverría (C Arboleya 49); 4 C Soares de Lima (M Braun 49), 5 F Lamanna; 6 J de Freitas (A Alonso 69), 7 D Magno (F Bascou 65), 8 A Nieto.
Try (1): Gibernau (29) Conversion (1): Prada (30) Penalties (3): Prada (24, 26, 61) Sin Bin: Lamanna (52)
Wednesday 18 June
Emerging Ireland 51-3 Uruguay
Emerging Ireland: 15 C Gilroy (A Conway 70); 14 J Murphy, 13 B Macken, 12 E Griffin (I Keatley 56), 11 M Allen; 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 L McGrath (P Marshall 43); 1 J Ryan, 2 B Byrne, 3 R Lutton (C Black 48); 4 M Kearney (D Foley 34), 5 B Holland; 6 T O'Donnell, 7 S Dougall (R Copeland 12), 8 P Butler (J Tracy 65).
Tries (7): Gilroy (7), Kearney (24), Butler (33, 51), Penalty Try (60), Holland (64), Marshall (75) Conversions (5): Hanrahan (8, 25, 52, 61, 65) Penalties (2): Hanrahan (20, 80)
Uruguay: 15 J Etcheverry; 14 F Favaro, 13 P Deal (A Román 47), 12 J Prada (c), 11 G Gibernau; 10 R Silva, 9 A Durán (G Lijtenstein 58); 1 M Sanguinetti (O Durán 43, M Sanguinetti 70), 2 C Arboleya (N Klappenbach 55), 3 J Echeverría; 4 C Soares de Lima (F Lamanna 43), 5 M Beer (A Nieto 53); 6 A Alonso (J de Freitas 65), 7 F Bascou, 8 M Braun.
Penalty (1): Prada (4) Sin Bins: Bascou (32), Braun (59), Favaro (66)
Romania 20-18 Russia
Romania: 15 G Conache; 14 S Hihetah, 13 C Dascalu, 12 F Vlaicu, 11 I Dumitru; 10 F Lazar (C Gal 50), 9 F Surugiu (V Ivan 64); 1 I Badiu, 2 E Capatana (O Turashvili 47, E Capatana 64), 3 A Tarus (H Pungea 64); 4 M Drenceanu (V Poparlan 45), 5 M Sirbe; 6 M Macovei (c), 7 D Lazar (V Lucaci 48), 8 D Carpo.
Tries (2): Penalty Try (70, 78) Conversions (2): Vlaicu (71, 79) Penalties (2): Vlaicu (8, 36) Sin Bin: Poparlan (49), Lucaci (51)
Russia: 15 I Klyuchnikov (I Galinovskiy 68); 14 M Babaev, 13 D Gerasimov, 12 A Makovetskiy, 11 V Ostroushko; 10 R Gaisin, 9 A Yanyushkin (A Shcherban 61); 1 G Tsnobiladze, 2 V Tsnobiladze, 3 A Igretsov (A Bezverkhov 68, A Fatakhov 76); 4 A Voytov (c), 5 A Fatakhov (S Selskiy 69); 6 P Butenko (E Matveev 64), 7 A Temnov, 8 V Gresev (A Bezverkhov 48-55).
Tries (2): Temnov (32), Ostroushko (56) Conversion (1): Gaisin (33) Penalties (2): Gaisin (22, 50) Sin Bin: A Voytov (8), A Igretsov (45), V Tsnobiladze (69), V Gresev (76)
Sunday 22 June
Russia 6-13 Uruguay
Russia: 15 I Klyuchnikov (R Gaisin 70); 14 I Galinovskiy, 13 D Gerasimov (M Babaev 51), 12 V Artemyev, 11 V Ostroushko; 10 Y Kushnarev, 9 A Shcherban (A Yanyushkin 51); 1 G Tsnobiladze (E Matveev 49), 2 V Tsnobiladze, 3 A Igretsov (E Matveev 31- 35, S Sekisov 45); 4 A Voytov (c, D Antonov 40), 5 A Fatakhov (S Selskiy 69); 6 P Butenko (E Matveev 64), 7 A Temnov (A Khudyakov 63), 8 V Gresev (S Sekisov 25-33).
Penalties (2): Kushnarev (11, 14) Sin Bin: G Tsnobiladze (23), Matveev (51), Butenko (67), Galinovskiy (72)
Uruguay: 15 G Mieres; 14 S Gibernau, 13 J Prada, 12 A Román, 11 J Etcheverry (F Favaro 75); 10 R Silva, 9 G Lijtenstein (A Durán 73); 1 A Corral (J Echeverría 57), 2 N Klappenbach (c), 3 O Durán (C Arboleya 52); 4 C Soares de Lima (M Braun 57), 5 F Lamanna (F Bascou 71); 6 J de Freitas, 7 D Magno, 8 A Nieto.
Try (1): Lamanna (60) Conversion (1): Prada (61) Penalties (2): Prada (52, 77) Sin Bin: Silva (1)
Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland
Romania: 15 G Conache; 14 I Dumitru, 13 C Dascalu (A Ilie 49), 12 C Gal, 11 I Dumitru; 10 F Vlaicu, 9 V Ivan (F Surugiu 43); 1 C Pristavita (H Pungea 63), 2 E Capatana (A Oancea 57), 3 H Pungea (A Tarus 50); 4 V Poparlan, 5 M Sirbe (M Antonescu 63); 6 V Lucaci (V Nistor 32), 7 M Macovei (c), 8 D Carpo.
Try (1): Penalty Try (76) Conversion (1): Vlaicu (77) Drop Goal (1): Vlaicu (5) Sin Bin: Conache (50)
Emerging Ireland: 15 J Murphy; 14 C Gilroy, 13 E Griffin (B Macken 63), 12 S McCloskey (JJ Hanrahan 63), 11 A Conway; 10 I Keatley (JJ Hanrahan 35), 9 P Marshall; 1 J Ryan, 2 J Tracy (B Byrne 57), 3 M Bent (R Lutton 57); 4 B Holland, 5 D Foley; 6 D Ryan (c, P Butler 72), 7 S Dougall (T O'Donnell 57), 8 R Copeland.
Tries (4): Ryan (27), Gilroy (30), Copeland (41), Penalty Try (79) Conversions (4): Keatley (28, 31, 42, 80) Penalty (1): Keatley (3) Sin Bin: Murphy (34), Foley (67)
Sin Bin: Selskiy (46)
Romania 34-16 Uruguay Romania: 15 G Conache; 14 I Dumitru, 13 C Gal, 12 F Vlaicu, 11 F Ionita; 10 F Lazar (C Dascalu 66), 9 F Surugiu (V Ivan 78); 1 H Pungea (A Tarus 48), 2 O Turashvili (E Capatana 14-23), 3 C Pristavita (H Pungea 75); 4 V Poparlan (V Nistor 66), 5 M Sirbe; 6 V Lucaci (D Lazar 60), 7 M Macovei (c), 8 D Carpo.
Tries (3): Turashvili (35), Macovei (45), Ionita (74) Conversions (2): Vlaicu (36, 46) Penalties (4): Vlaicu (5, 11, 53, 58) Drop Goal (1): Vlaicu (25)
Uruguay: 15 G Mieres; 14 S Gibernau, 13 J Prada, 12 A Román, 11 G Gibernau (F Favaro 53); 10 A Durán (J Etcheverry 53), 9 G Lijtenstein; 1 A Corral (J Echeverría 78), 2 N Klappenbach (c, M Sanguinetti 69), 3 J Echeverría (C Arboleya 49); 4 C Soares de Lima (M Braun 49), 5 F Lamanna; 6 J de Freitas (A Alonso 69), 7 D Magno (F Bascou 65), 8 A Nieto.
Try (1): Gibernau (29) Conversion (1): Prada (30) Penalties (3): Prada (24, 26, 61) Sin Bin: Lamanna (52)
Wednesday 18 June
Emerging Ireland 51-3 Uruguay Emerging Ireland: 15 C Gilroy (A Conway 70); 14 J Murphy, 13 B Macken, 12 E Griffin (I Keatley 56), 11 M Allen; 10 JJ Hanrahan, 9 L McGrath (P Marshall 43); 1 J Ryan, 2 B Byrne, 3 R Lutton (C Black 48); 4 M Kearney (D Foley 34), 5 B Holland; 6 T O'Donnell, 7 S Dougall (R Copeland 12), 8 P Butler (J Tracy 65).
Tries (7): Gilroy (7), Kearney (24), Butler (33, 51), Penalty Try (60), Holland (64), Marshall (75) Conversions (5): Hanrahan (8, 25, 52, 61, 65) Penalties (2): Hanrahan (20, 80)
Uruguay: 15 J Etcheverry; 14 F Favaro, 13 P Deal (A Román 47), 12 J Prada (c), 11 G Gibernau; 10 R Silva, 9 A Durán (G Lijtenstein 58); 1 M Sanguinetti (O Durán 43, M Sanguinetti 70), 2 C Arboleya (N Klappenbach 55), 3 J Echeverría; 4 C Soares de Lima (F Lamanna 43), 5 M Beer (A Nieto 53); 6 A Alonso (J de Freitas 65), 7 F Bascou, 8 M Braun.
Penalty (1): Prada (4) Sin Bins: Bascou (32), Braun (59), Favaro (66)
Romania 20-18 Russia Romania: 15 G Conache; 14 S Hihetah, 13 C Dascalu, 12 F Vlaicu, 11 I Dumitru; 10 F Lazar (C Gal 50), 9 F Surugiu (V Ivan 64); 1 I Badiu, 2 E Capatana (O Turashvili 47, E Capatana 64), 3 A Tarus (H Pungea 64); 4 M Drenceanu (V Poparlan 45), 5 M Sirbe; 6 M Macovei (c), 7 D Lazar (V Lucaci 48), 8 D Carpo.
Tries (2): Penalty Try (70, 78) Conversions (2): Vlaicu (71, 79) Penalties (2): Vlaicu (8, 36) Sin Bin: Poparlan (49), Lucaci (51)
Russia: 15 I Klyuchnikov (I Galinovskiy 68); 14 M Babaev, 13 D Gerasimov, 12 A Makovetskiy, 11 V Ostroushko; 10 R Gaisin, 9 A Yanyushkin (A Shcherban 61); 1 G Tsnobiladze, 2 V Tsnobiladze, 3 A Igretsov (A Bezverkhov 68, A Fatakhov 76); 4 A Voytov (c), 5 A Fatakhov (S Selskiy 69); 6 P Butenko (E Matveev 64), 7 A Temnov, 8 V Gresev (A Bezverkhov 48-55).
Tries (2): Temnov (32), Ostroushko (56) Conversion (1): Gaisin (33) Penalties (2): Gaisin (22, 50) Sin Bin: A Voytov (8), A Igretsov (45), V Tsnobiladze (69), V Gresev (76)
Sunday 22 June
Russia 6-13 Uruguay Russia: 15 I Klyuchnikov (R Gaisin 70); 14 I Galinovskiy, 13 D Gerasimov (M Babaev 51), 12 V Artemyev, 11 V Ostroushko; 10 Y Kushnarev, 9 A Shcherban (A Yanyushkin 51); 1 G Tsnobiladze (E Matveev 49), 2 V Tsnobiladze, 3 A Igretsov (E Matveev 31- 35, S Sekisov 45); 4 A Voytov (c, D Antonov 40), 5 A Fatakhov (S Selskiy 69); 6 P Butenko (E Matveev 64), 7 A Temnov (A Khudyakov 63), 8 V Gresev (S Sekisov 25-33).
Penalties (2): Kushnarev (11, 14) Sin Bin: G Tsnobiladze (23), Matveev (51), Butenko (67), Galinovskiy (72)
Uruguay: 15 G Mieres; 14 S Gibernau, 13 J Prada, 12 A Román, 11 J Etcheverry (F Favaro 75); 10 R Silva, 9 G Lijtenstein (A Durán 73); 1 A Corral (J Echeverría 57), 2 N Klappenbach (c), 3 O Durán (C Arboleya 52); 4 C Soares de Lima (M Braun 57), 5 F Lamanna (F Bascou 71); 6 J de Freitas, 7 D Magno, 8 A Nieto.
Try (1): Lamanna (60) Conversion (1): Prada (61) Penalties (2): Prada (52, 77) Sin Bin: Silva (1)
Romania 10-31 Emerging Ireland Romania: 15 G Conache; 14 I Dumitru, 13 C Dascalu (A Ilie 49), 12 C Gal, 11 I Dumitru; 10 F Vlaicu, 9 V Ivan (F Surugiu 43); 1 C Pristavita (H Pungea 63), 2 E Capatana (A Oancea 57), 3 H Pungea (A Tarus 50); 4 V Poparlan, 5 M Sirbe (M Antonescu 63); 6 V Lucaci (V Nistor 32), 7 M Macovei (c), 8 D Carpo.
Try (1): Penalty Try (76) Conversion (1): Vlaicu (77) Drop Goal (1): Vlaicu (5) Sin Bin: Conache (50)
Emerging Ireland: 15 J Murphy; 14 C Gilroy, 13 E Griffin (B Macken 63), 12 S McCloskey (JJ Hanrahan 63), 11 A Conway; 10 I Keatley (JJ Hanrahan 35), 9 P Marshall; 1 J Ryan, 2 J Tracy (B Byrne 57), 3 M Bent (R Lutton 57); 4 B Holland, 5 D Foley; 6 D Ryan (c, P Butler 72), 7 S Dougall (T O'Donnell 57), 8 R Copeland.
Tries (4): Ryan (27), Gilroy (30), Copeland (41), Penalty Try (79) Conversions (4): Keatley (28, 31, 42, 80) Penalty (1): Keatley (3) Sin Bin: Murphy (34), Foley (67)
IRB Tbilisi Cup
Onto the other glorified training tournament with weakened lineups. This tournament also produced some low intensity, low standard, low on passion rugby. Worst case being the second half of Georgia against Spain, which was a ghastly 40 minutes of rugby. Just like a couple of the games in Bucharest, it was slow and tedious, just going from scrum to scrum with sides who can't string any phases together.
Unlike the IRB Nations Cup where there was a dominant team, this came down to a close contest between Georgia and Argentina Jaguars which was probably the most interesting game of either tournament. Georgia did not play particularly well, but probably should have won but the Jaguars Lucas Maguire stopped a try with a tap tackle on Tedo Zibzibadze with a clear run to the line, then a couple minutes later Tamaz Mchedlidze was adjudged to have put his toe on the touchline with a clear run to the line. Those two missed tries cost the game as Georgia lost their discipline, with Juan Pablo Socino kicking 7 penalties in a game awash with sin bins.
Coach Milton Haig commented that he was giving opportunities to new players and some didn't take their chance, but did single out Beka Bitsadze and Lasha Malaguradze for praise. There's no reason to worry greatly losing here as it's more about testing new players such as the teenage winger Muraz Giorgadze or giving chances to players who had fallen out of favour like Revaz Gigauri or Sandro Todua, but it will be interesting to see whether any of the reserves get pushed into more important matches.
The other nation involved was Spain, who were sent the most understrength side out of any of the international teams involved in either tournament. They had a massive inexperienced side, with 12 players making their debut over the course of the tournament. The Spanish best game was the opener against Georgia, where their opponents also had their worst game and were turning down many kickable penalties it must be said. However they played much of the same team throughout and perhaps tired, and were more easily thrashed in their next 2 games.
Unlike the IRB Nations Cup where there was a dominant team, this came down to a close contest between Georgia and Argentina Jaguars which was probably the most interesting game of either tournament. Georgia did not play particularly well, but probably should have won but the Jaguars Lucas Maguire stopped a try with a tap tackle on Tedo Zibzibadze with a clear run to the line, then a couple minutes later Tamaz Mchedlidze was adjudged to have put his toe on the touchline with a clear run to the line. Those two missed tries cost the game as Georgia lost their discipline, with Juan Pablo Socino kicking 7 penalties in a game awash with sin bins.
Coach Milton Haig commented that he was giving opportunities to new players and some didn't take their chance, but did single out Beka Bitsadze and Lasha Malaguradze for praise. There's no reason to worry greatly losing here as it's more about testing new players such as the teenage winger Muraz Giorgadze or giving chances to players who had fallen out of favour like Revaz Gigauri or Sandro Todua, but it will be interesting to see whether any of the reserves get pushed into more important matches.
The other nation involved was Spain, who were sent the most understrength side out of any of the international teams involved in either tournament. They had a massive inexperienced side, with 12 players making their debut over the course of the tournament. The Spanish best game was the opener against Georgia, where their opponents also had their worst game and were turning down many kickable penalties it must be said. However they played much of the same team throughout and perhaps tired, and were more easily thrashed in their next 2 games.
Saturday 14 June
Georgia 23-13 Spain 
Georgia: 15 B Tsiklauri; 14 T Mchedlidze, 13 D Kacharava, 12 R Gigauri, 11 S Todua; 10 L Malaguradze, 9 G Begadze (G Rokhvadze 67); 1 Z Zhvania (G Mtchedlishvili 61), 2 S Mamukashvili (S Maisuradze 49), 3 D Kubriashvili; 4 G Nemsadze (L Lomidze 61), 5 K Mikautadze; 6 S Sutiashvili (c, M Giorgadze 75), 7 G Tkhilaishvili (G Berishvili 61), 8 D Basilaia.
Tries: Mchedlidze, Mamukashvili, Todua Conversion: Tsiklauri Penalties: Tsiklauri (2)
Spain: 15 J Carrión (F Coplet 65); 14 A Díaz (P Fontes 49), 13 I Gutiérrez (A Gutiérrez 33), 12 D Snee, 11 S Fernández; 10 M García, 9 F Munilla; 1 F Sanz (A Ortiz 45), 2 J Anaya (R Asensi 16-39), 3 J Moreno (G Espinós 50); 4 A Blanco, 5 V Sánchez (R Asensi 56); 6 M Mora, 7 A Newton, 8 J Nava (c, J del Valle 13).
Try: Newton Conversion: Snee Penalties: García (2)
Emerging Italy 20-45 Argentina Jaguars 
Emerging Italy: 15 D Odiete; 14 S Ragusi, 13 G Bisegni (E Bacchin 54), 12 T Castello (c), 11 M Visentin (G Scalvi 59-69); 10 E Padovani (A Morsellino 75), 9 J Ambrosini (M Violi 48); 1 A Lovotti (L Scarsini 70), 2 O Gega, 3 L Romano; 4 M Ferro, 5 F Gerosa (M Mbanda); 6 N Belardo, 7 E Caffini, 8 G Cecchinelli (J Sarto 28).
Tries: Ragusi, Visentin Conversions: Padovani, Bacchin Penalties: Padovani (2) Sin Bin: Gega
Argentina Jaguars: 15 G Gutiérrez Taboada; 14 F Barrea, 13 JI Brex, 12 JP Socino, 11 R Moyano (M Masera 71); 10 S Poet, 9 M Bollini (F Ezcurra 65); 1 S García Botta (N Lobo 56), 2 T Baravalle (F Bosch 51), 3 D Arias (G Cortes 61); 4 M Chiappesoni (F Baldoni 65), 5 L Ponce; 6 L Maguire (S García Botta 71-77), 7 F Isa (L Casado 61), 8 L Ahualli (c).
Tries: Brex, Poet, Penalty Try, Moyano, Gutiérrez Taboada, Masera Conversions: Socino (3) Penalties: Socino (3) Sin Bin: Lobo
Wednesday 18 June
Georgia 16-26 Argentina Jaguars
Georgia: 15 I Kiasashvili; 14 T Mchedlidze, 13 T Zibzibadze, 12 M Sharikadze (c), 11 S Todua; 10 L Malaguradze, 9 G Rokhvadze (G Begadze 41); 1 Z Zhvania (G Kavtidze 51), 2 S Maisuradze (S Mamukashvili 51), 3 G Mtchedlishvili (E Kuparadze 42); 4 G Nemsadze, 5 K Mikautadze (L Lomidze 32-40, 62); 6 D Basilaia (G Tkhilaishvili 55), 7 G Berishvili (G Mtchedlishvili 58), 8 B Bitsadze.
Try: Zhvania Conversion: Malaguradze Penalties: Malaguradze (3) Sin Bin: Berishvili, Kuparadze Red Card: Mtchedlishvili
Argentina Jaguars: 15 G Gutiérrez Taboada; 14 M Masera (T Baravalle 66), 13 J Cappiello, 12 JP Socino, 11 R Moyano; 10 J Rojas, 9 F Ezcurra; 1 N Lobo (S García Botta 58), 2 F Bosch, 3 D Arias (G Cortes 60); 4 M Chiappesoni (L Casado 65), 5 L Ponce; 6 N Proto (L Maguire 56), 7 F Isa, 8 L Ahualli (c).
Try: Moyano Penalties: Socino (7) Sin Bin: Cappiello, Masera Red Card: Bosch
Emerging Italy 37-0 Spain
Emerging Italy: 15 D Odiete; 14 S Ragusi, 13 T Boni, 12 T Castello (c, G Bisegni 64), 11 M Visentin; 10 E Padovani (C Canna 44), 9 M Violi (J Ambrosini 62); 1 A Lovotti, 2 O Gega (G Scalvi 61, O Gega 64-69), 3 R Biancotti; 4 F Gerosa (E Caffini 69), 5 M Andreotti; 6 M Mbanda, 7 E Caffini (N Belardo 61), 8 M Ferro (J Sarto 49).
Tries: Gerosa, Visentin, Castello, Andreotti, Canna Conversions: Padovani (2), Ambrosini Penalties: Padovani, Violi
Spain: 15 J Carrión (A Díaz 55); 14 A Gutiérrez, 13 P Fontes, 12 D Snee, 11 S Fernández; 10 M García (F Coplet 61), 9 P Feijoo (c, F Munilla 70); 1 F Sanz (A Ortiz 26), 2 J Anaya, 3 J Moreno (R Asensi 36); 4 A Blanco (F Blanco 49), 5 I Molina; 6 M Mora, 7 J de Juan (JL del Valle 45), 8 A Newton.
Sin Bin: M Mora
Sunday 22 June
Try: Newton Conversion: Snee Penalties: García (2)
Emerging Italy 20-45 Argentina Jaguars Emerging Italy: 15 D Odiete; 14 S Ragusi, 13 G Bisegni (E Bacchin 54), 12 T Castello (c), 11 M Visentin (G Scalvi 59-69); 10 E Padovani (A Morsellino 75), 9 J Ambrosini (M Violi 48); 1 A Lovotti (L Scarsini 70), 2 O Gega, 3 L Romano; 4 M Ferro, 5 F Gerosa (M Mbanda); 6 N Belardo, 7 E Caffini, 8 G Cecchinelli (J Sarto 28).
Tries: Ragusi, Visentin Conversions: Padovani, Bacchin Penalties: Padovani (2) Sin Bin: Gega
Argentina Jaguars: 15 G Gutiérrez Taboada; 14 F Barrea, 13 JI Brex, 12 JP Socino, 11 R Moyano (M Masera 71); 10 S Poet, 9 M Bollini (F Ezcurra 65); 1 S García Botta (N Lobo 56), 2 T Baravalle (F Bosch 51), 3 D Arias (G Cortes 61); 4 M Chiappesoni (F Baldoni 65), 5 L Ponce; 6 L Maguire (S García Botta 71-77), 7 F Isa (L Casado 61), 8 L Ahualli (c).
Tries: Brex, Poet, Penalty Try, Moyano, Gutiérrez Taboada, Masera Conversions: Socino (3) Penalties: Socino (3) Sin Bin: Lobo
Wednesday 18 June
Georgia 16-26 Argentina Jaguars Georgia: 15 I Kiasashvili; 14 T Mchedlidze, 13 T Zibzibadze, 12 M Sharikadze (c), 11 S Todua; 10 L Malaguradze, 9 G Rokhvadze (G Begadze 41); 1 Z Zhvania (G Kavtidze 51), 2 S Maisuradze (S Mamukashvili 51), 3 G Mtchedlishvili (E Kuparadze 42); 4 G Nemsadze, 5 K Mikautadze (L Lomidze 32-40, 62); 6 D Basilaia (G Tkhilaishvili 55), 7 G Berishvili (G Mtchedlishvili 58), 8 B Bitsadze.
Try: Zhvania Conversion: Malaguradze Penalties: Malaguradze (3) Sin Bin: Berishvili, Kuparadze Red Card: Mtchedlishvili
Argentina Jaguars: 15 G Gutiérrez Taboada; 14 M Masera (T Baravalle 66), 13 J Cappiello, 12 JP Socino, 11 R Moyano; 10 J Rojas, 9 F Ezcurra; 1 N Lobo (S García Botta 58), 2 F Bosch, 3 D Arias (G Cortes 60); 4 M Chiappesoni (L Casado 65), 5 L Ponce; 6 N Proto (L Maguire 56), 7 F Isa, 8 L Ahualli (c).
Try: Moyano Penalties: Socino (7) Sin Bin: Cappiello, Masera Red Card: Bosch
Emerging Italy 37-0 Spain Emerging Italy: 15 D Odiete; 14 S Ragusi, 13 T Boni, 12 T Castello (c, G Bisegni 64), 11 M Visentin; 10 E Padovani (C Canna 44), 9 M Violi (J Ambrosini 62); 1 A Lovotti, 2 O Gega (G Scalvi 61, O Gega 64-69), 3 R Biancotti; 4 F Gerosa (E Caffini 69), 5 M Andreotti; 6 M Mbanda, 7 E Caffini (N Belardo 61), 8 M Ferro (J Sarto 49).
Tries: Gerosa, Visentin, Castello, Andreotti, Canna Conversions: Padovani (2), Ambrosini Penalties: Padovani, Violi
Spain: 15 J Carrión (A Díaz 55); 14 A Gutiérrez, 13 P Fontes, 12 D Snee, 11 S Fernández; 10 M García (F Coplet 61), 9 P Feijoo (c, F Munilla 70); 1 F Sanz (A Ortiz 26), 2 J Anaya, 3 J Moreno (R Asensi 36); 4 A Blanco (F Blanco 49), 5 I Molina; 6 M Mora, 7 J de Juan (JL del Valle 45), 8 A Newton.
Sin Bin: M Mora
Sunday 22 June
Georgia 34-10 Emerging Italy Georgia: 15 B Tsiklauri; 14 M Giorgadze, 13 M Sharikadze, 12 R Gigauri (T Mchedlidze 59), 11 S Todua; 10 L Malaguradze, 9 G Begadze (G Rokhvadze 59); 1 Z Zhvania, 2 S Mamukashvili (G Kavtidze 67), 3 D Kubriashvili (E Kuparadze 72); 4 G Nemsadze, 5 K Mikautadze (L Lomidze 24-29, 59); 6 S Sutiashvili (c, G Berishvili 49-62), 7 G Tkhilaishvili, 8 B Bitsadze (D Basilaia 48).
Tries: Zhvania, Penalty Try (2), Giorgadze Conversions: Malaguradze (4) Penalties: Malaguradze Drop Goal: Tsiklauri
Emerging Italy: 15 D Odiete; 14 S Ragusi, 13 T Boni, 12 T Castello (c), 11 M Visentin; 10 J Ambrosini, 9 M Violi; 1 A Lovotti (L Scarsini 49), 2 O Gega, 3 L Romano (R Biancotti 23-29, 43, L Romano 67); 4 F Gerosa (G Cicchenelli 55), 5 M Andreotti; 6 M Mbanda, 7 E Caffini, 8 M Ferro (J Sarto 44).
Try: Cicchenelli Conversion: Ambrosini Penalty: Ambrosini Sin Bin: Gega
Argentina Jaguars 41-7 Spain Argentina Jaguars: 15 R Moyano (G Gutiérrez Taboada 41); 14 F Barrea (J Cappiello 56), 13 JI Brex (M Masera 52), 12 J Rojas, 11 D Isaack; 10 S Poet, 9 M Bollini; 1 S García Botta (N Lobo 52), 2 T Baravalle, 3 G Cortes (D Arias 44); 4 F Baldoni, 5 L Ponce; 6 L Maguire, 7 L Casado (N Proto 44), 8 L Ahualli (c, F Isa 41).
Tries: Barrea, Bollini, Isaack, Ahualli, Poet Conversions: Poet (5) Penalties: Poet (2)
Spain: 15 J Carrión; 14 A Díaz (A Gutiérrez 56), 13 P Fontes, 12 D Snee, 11 S Fernández; 10 M García, 9 P Feijoo (c, F Munilla 70); 1 F Sanz (R Asensi 33), 2 J Anaya (R Asensi 11-20, G Espinós 62), 3 J Moreno (A Ortiz 29); 4 A Blanco (I Molina 58), 5 M Mora (F Blanco 67); 6 J de Juan, 7 JL del Valle (F Blanco 40-48), 8 A Newton.
Try: A Blanco Conversion: García Sin Bin: Asensi
Not only the tournament, the live streaming quality was also poor.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, good for the Jaguars and Uruguay, they got what they were looking for.