The 2014 IRB Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the international rugby union tournament, a competition created by the International Rugby Board. For the eighth time in a row, it was held in Bucharest, Romania. It was played between 13 and 22 June and ran alongside the 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup in Georgia. were joined by , Emerging Ireland and ENC side and defended the title they won in 2012 and 2013. All of the fixtures were played at the 5,000 capacity Stadionul Naţional de Rugby, the home stadium for the hosts .
The Emerging Ireland team won the title for the first time and Robin Copeland was named as the player of the tournament.
Standings TeamGamesPointsTriesBounus pointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainstTry BonusLosing Bonus 1 Emerging Ireland 3 3 0 0 148 13 135 21 1 3 0 15 2 3 2 0 1 64 65 –1 6 7 0 0 8 3 3 1 0 2 32 91 –59 2 10 0 0 4 4 3 0 0 3 24 99 –75 2 13 0 2 2 Source : www.irb.comPoints breakdown:*4 points for a win*2 points for a draw*1 bonus point for a loss by seven points or less*1 bonus point for scoring four or more tries in a match
Fixtures
Matchday 1
FB 15Johne MurphyRW 14Craig GilroyOC 13Eoin GriffinIC 12Stuart McCloskeyLW 11Andrew ConwayFH 10Ian Keatley SH 9 Paul MarshallN8 8 Robin CopelandOF 7 Tommy O'DonnellBF 6 Dominic Ryan (c)RL 5 Dave FoleyLL 4 Michael KearneyTP 3 Michael Bent HK 2 Niall Annett LP 1 Callum BlackReplacements:HK 16James Tracy PR 17John Ryan LK 18Billy HollandFL 19Sean DougallSH 20Luke McGrathFH 21JJ Hanrahan CE 22Brendan MackenCoach: Dan McFarland FB 15Igor KlyuchnikovRW 14Mikhail BabaevOC 13German DavydovIC 12Alexey MakovetskiyLW 11Igor GalinovskiyFH 10Ramil GaysinSH 9 Alexander Ianiushkin N8 8 Victor GresevOF 7 Andrey Temnov BF 6 Andrey GarbuzovRL 5 Denis AntonovLL 4 Alexander Voytov (c) TP 3 Sergey SekisovHK 2 Stanislav Selskiy LP 1 Alexey Volkov Replacements:HK 16Valery TsnobiladzePR 17Grigory Tsnobiladze LK 18Alexander BezverkhovFL 19Artem Fatakhov FL 20Pavel ButenkoSH 21Alexey Shcherban FH 22Sergey IaniushkinCoach: Touch judges: Cristian Serban (Romania) Alexandru Ionescu (Romania) Television match official: Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)
FB 15Gabriel ConacheRW 14Ionuț DumitruOC 13Csaba GálIC 12Florin VlaicuLW 11Florin IonițăFH 10Filip Lazăr SH 9 Florin Surugiu N8 8 Daniel CarpoOF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)BF 6 Viorel Lucaci RL 5 Marius SirbeLL 4 Valentin Popârlan TP 3 Constantin Pristăviță HK 2 Otar Turashvili LP 1 Horaţiu Pungea Replacements:HK 16Eugen Căpăţână PR 17Alexandru Ţăruş LK 18Dorin Lazăr N8 19Vlad Nistor CE 20Catalin Robert Dascalu SH 21Valentin Ivan FH 22Daniel StatulescuCoach: Lynn Howells FB 15Gastón MieresRW 14Santiago GibernauOC 13Joaquín PradaIC 12Alberto RomanLW 11Gaston Gibernau FH 10Alejo Durán SH 9 Guillermo LijtensteinN8 8 Alejandro NietoOF 7 Diego Magno BF 6 Juan de Freitas RL 5 Franco Lamanna LL 4 Cristofer Soares De Lima TP 3 Juan Echeverría HK 2 Nicolás Klappenbach (c) LP 1 Alejo Corral Replacements:PR 16Carlos Arboleya PR 17Mateo Sanguinetti LK 18Mathias Braun FL 19Fernando Bascou FL 20Agustin Alonso FB 21Jerónimo Etcheverry WG 22Federico Favaro Coach: Pablo Lemoine Touch judges: Razvan Vasiliu (Romania) Gabriel Seitan (Romania) Television match official: Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)
Matchday 2
FB 15Gabriel ConacheRW 14Stephen HihetahOC 13Catalin Robert DascaluIC 12Florin VlaicuLW 11Ionut DumitruFH 10Filip Lazăr SH 9 Florin Surugiu N8 8 Daniel CarpoOF 7 Dorin Lazăr BF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)RL 5 Marius SirbeLL 4 Marian Drenceanu TP 3 Alexandru Tarus HK 2 Eugen Capatana LP 1 Ionel Badiu Replacements:HK 16Otar Turashvili PR 17Horatiu Pungea LK 18Valentin Popârlan N8 19Viorel Lucaci CE 20Csaba Gál SH 21Valentin Ivan FH 22Andrei IlieCoach: Lynn Howells FB 15Igor Klyuchnikov RW 14Mikhail BabaevOC 13Dmitry GerasimovIC 12Alexey MakovetskiyLW 11Vladimir Ostroushko FH 10Ramil Gaysin SH 9 Alexander Ianiushkin N8 8 Victor Gresev OF 7 Andrey Temnov BF 6 Pavel Butenko RL 5 Artem Fatakhov LL 4 Alexander Voytov(c) TP 3 Andrey Igretsov HK 2 Valery Tsnobiladze LP 1 Grigory Tsnobiladze Replacements:PR 16Stanislav Selskiy PR 17Alexander Bezverkhov LK 18Denis Antonov FL 19Yevgeny Matveyev FL 20Igor Galinovskiy FB 21Alexey Shcherban WG 22Sergey Ianiushkin Coach: Raphaël Saint-André Touch judges: Cristian Serban (Romania) Bogdan Gordin (Romania) Television match official: Razvan Iordachescu (Romania)
Matchday 3
Top scorers
Top points scorers RankPlayerTeamPoints 1 Florin Vlaicu 32 2 Ian Keatley Emerging Ireland 27 3 Joaquin Prada 22 4 Craig Gilroy Emerging Ireland 20 5 Andrew Conway Emerging Ireland 15 6 JJ Hanrahan Emerging Ireland 12 7 Robin Copeland Emerging Ireland 10 Paul Marshall Emerging Ireland 9 Ramil Gaysin 8 10 Yuri Kushnarev 6
Top try scorers RankPlayerTeamTries 1 Craig Gilroy Emerging Ireland 4 2 Andrew Conway Emerging Ireland 3 3 Robin Copeland Emerging Ireland 2 Paul Marshall Emerging Ireland 5 Niall Annett Emerging Ireland 1 Santiago Gibernau Florin Ionita Ian Keatley Emerging Ireland Mihai Macovei Tommy O'Donnell Emerging Ireland Dominic Ryan Emerging Ireland Otar Turashvili Franco Lamanna Andrey Temnov Vladimir Ostroushko
See also 2014 IRB Pacific Nations Cup 2014 IRB Tbilisi Cup
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