2022 Rugby Europe Championship

2022 Rugby Europe Championship
2022 Rugby Europe Championship
Date	5 February 2022 – 20 March 2022
Countries	Georgia; Netherlands; Portugal; Romania; Russia; Spain;
Tournament statistics
Champions	Georgia (14th title)
Antim Cup	Georgia (15th title)
Kiseleff Cup	Romania (1st title)
Matches played	12
Attendance	47,000 (3,917 per match)
Tries scored	96 (8 per match)
Top point scorer(s)	Manuel Ordas (55 points)
Top try scorer(s)	Aka Tabutsadze (6 tries)
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The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship was the sixth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup, FIRA Trophy and European Nations Cup).

The 2022 Championship was contested by Georgia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia and Spain.

Georgia enter the tournament as defending champions. They topped the table after winning all of their matches in the 2021 tournament, claiming their 13th title and 10th Grand Slam as a result.^[1]

As in several other sports, Russia were disqualified after Week 3 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

This year's edition of the Rugby Europe Championship doubles as the second year of the 2023 Rugby World Cup qualifiers for the European region. The winner and runner-up of the two-year cycle automatically qualify for the tournament as Europe 1 and Europe 2 respectively while the team in third place advances to the final qualification tournament as Europe 3.

Participants

Nation	Stadium			Head coach	Captain
Nation	Home stadium	Capacity	Location	Head coach	Captain
Georgia	Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena	54,202	Tbilisi	Levan Maisashvili	Merab Sharikadze
Netherlands	NRCA Stadium	7,000	Amsterdam	Zane Gardiner	Bart Wierenga
Portugal	Campo de Rugby do Jamor	2,500	Lisbon	Patrice Lagisquet	Tomás Appleton
Romania	Stadionul Arcul de Triumf	8,207	Bucharest	Andy Robinson	Mihai Macovei
Russia	Slava Metreveli Central Stadium	10,200	Sochi	Dick Muir	Victor Gresev
Spain	Estadio Nacional Complutense	15,800	Madrid	Santiago Santos	Fernando López

Table

Champions
Disqualified

Pos.	Team	Games				Points			Tries			TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
Pos.	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Diff	For	Against	Diff	TBP	LBP	GS	Table points
1	Georgia	5	4	1	0	172	73	+99	25	8	+17	2	0	0	20^[a]
2	Romania	5	3	0	2	153	128	+25	19	18	+1	1	1	0	14
3	Spain	5	4	0	1	170	135	+35	23	16	+7	1	0	0	12*
4	Portugal	5	2	1	2	139	98	+41	19	11	+8	1	1	0	12^[a]
5	Netherlands	5	1	0	4	25	212	-187	3	34	-31	0	0	0	4^[a]
6	Russia	5	0	0	5	62	75	-13	7	9	-2	0	1	0	1
Source - ^[2] 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 \| Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point ^a Georgia, Portugal and Netherlands awarded 4 points for cancelled games against Russia^[3]^[4] * deducted points^[5]^[6]

Fixtures

Week 1

5 February 2022
14:30 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	34–25	Russia
Try: Cojocaru (2) 11' c, 25' c Macovei 40' c Rupanu 72' c Con: Boldor (3/3) 11', 25', 40' Plai 72' Pen: Boldor (1/2) 38' Plai (1/1) 72'	Report	Try: Penalty try 6' Parkhomenko (2) 62' c, 75' m Con: Gaisin (1/2) 62' Pen: Gaisin (2/3) 43', 47'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Adam Leal (England)


LP	1	Vasile Bălan	74'
HK	2	Ovidiu Cojocaru	73'
TP	3	Alex Gordaș	60'
LL	4	Marius Antonescu
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Cristi Chirică	49' to 58' 64'
OF	7	Dragoș Ser	6' to 16'
N8	8	Mihai Macovei (c)
SH	9	Gabriel Rupanu
FH	10	Tudor Boldor	64'
LW	11	Nicolas Onuțu
IC	12	Jason Tomane	75'
OC	13	Hinckley Vaovasa	70'
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru
FB	15	Marius Simionescu	80'
Replacements:
HK	16	Tudor Butnariu	73'
PR	17	Constantin Pristăvița	74'
PR	18	Alexandru Țăruș	60'
LK	19	Marius Iftimiciuc
N8	20	André Gorin	49' 58' 64'
WG	21	Paul Popoaia	70'
FH	22	Daniel Plai	64'
CE	23	Alexandru Bucur	75'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


LP	1	Nikoloz Kazalikashvili	57'
HK	2	Shamil Magomedov	57'
TP	3	Kirill Gotovtsev (c)	64'
LL	4	German Silenko	76'
RL	5	Maxim Gargalîc	59' 76'
BF	6	Victor Arhip	69' to 79'
OF	7	Nikita Bekov	74'
N8	8	Nikita Vavilin
SH	9	Alexey Sherban	62'
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin
LW	11	Vasily Artemyev	60'
IC	12	German Davydov
OC	13	Daniil Potikhanov	74'
RW	14	Andrei Karzanov
FB	15	Dmitry Sukhin
Replacements:
HK	16	Dmitry Parkhomenko	57'
PR	17	Azamat Bitiev	57'
PR	18	Vladimir Podrezov	64'
LK	19	Anton Makarenko	59' 77' to 80'
FL	20	Vladimir Geraskin	74'
SH	21	Efim Ryabishchuk	62'
WG	22	Daniil Semenov	60'
CE	23	Victor Kononov	74'
Coach:
Dick Muir

Touch judges:
George Selwood (England)
Mike Woods (England)
Television match official:
Rowan Kitt (England)

5 February 2022
16:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Spain	43–0	Netherlands
Try: Usárraga 10' c López 23' c Jorba 38' m Gimeno 44' c Ordas 56' m Minguillon 65' m Ovejero 71' c Con: Ordas (3/6) 11', 24', 45' Bélie (1/1) 72'	Report

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	46'
HK	2	Marco Pinto	46'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	27' 40' 46'
LL	4	Manuel Mora	51'
RL	5	Víctor Sánchez
BF	6	Asier Usárraga	67'
OF	7	Matthew Foulds
N8	8	Facundo Domínguez
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	57'
FH	10	Manuel Ordas
LW	11	Julen Goia	48'
IC	12	Álvar Gimeno
OC	13	Fabien Perrin	60'
RW	14	Jordi Jorba
FB	15	Gauthier Minguillon
Replacements:
PR	16	Gavin van den Berg	46'
HK	17	Santiago Ovejero	46'
PR	18	Joel Merkler	27' 40' 46'
LK	19	Aníbal Bonan	51'
FL	20	Michael Hogg	67'
SH	21	Tomás Munilla	57'
FB	22	Mathieu Bélie	48'
CE	23	Bautista Güemes	60'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Hugo Langelaan	58'
HK	2	Ross Bennie-Coulson	22' to 32' 51'
TP	3	Andrew Darlington	51'
LL	4	Christopher van Leeuwen
RL	5	Louis Bruinsma	51'
BF	6	Christopher Raymond	25' to 32' 68'
OF	7	Wolf van Dijk
N8	8	Dirk Danen (c)
SH	9	Caleb Korteweg	51'
FH	10	David Weersma
LW	11	Daan van der Avoird
IC	12	Oliva Sialau
OC	13	Bart Wierenga	1'
RW	14	Jordy Hop
FB	15	Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK	16	Mike Mbaud	25' 32' 51'
PR	17	Robin Moenen	58'
PR	18	Lodi Buijs	51'
LK	19	Dennis van Dijken	51'
FL	20	Jade Plane	68'
SH	21	Mark Coebergh	51'
FH	22	Mees van Oord	1' 64'
CE	23	Storm Carroll	64'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Manuel Bottino (Italy)
Leonardo Masini (Italy)
Television match official:
Emanuele Tomo (Italy)

6 February 2022
15:00 GET (UTC+04)

Georgia	25–25	Portugal
Try: Tabutsadze 29' c Kerdikoshvili 40' m Jalagonia 64' c Con: Abzhandadze (2/3) 30', 64' Pen: Abzhandadze (2/2) 26', 46'	Report	Try: Cardoso Pinto 36' m Marta 50' c Lima 58' c Con: Marques (2/3) 52', 59' Pen: Marques (2/2) 10', 28'

Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Romain Poite (France)


LP	1	Guram Gogichashvili	55' 68'
HK	2	Vano Karkadze	46'
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	22'
LL	4	Grigor Kerdikoshvili	61'
RL	5	Lasha Jaiani
BF	6	Otar Giorgadze	67'
OF	7	Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
N8	8	Tornike Jalagonia
SH	9	Gela Aprasidze
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Mirian Modebadze	48' to 58' 59'
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)	59' to 67'
OC	13	Demur Tapladze
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze
FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK	16	Luka Nioradze	46'
PR	17	Mikheil Nariashvili	55'
PR	18	Luka Japaridze	22' 68'
LK	19	Nodar Tcheishvili	61'
FL	20	Nikoloz Aptsiauri	67'
SH	21	Vasil Lobzhanidze
CE	22	Lasha Lomidze	59' 67'
WG	23	Davit Meskhi	59'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	52'
HK	2	Lionel Campergue	19' to 30' 40'
TP	3	Diogo Hasse Ferreira	59' 67'
LL	4	José Madeira
RL	5	Jean Sousa	64'
BF	6	João Granate	61'
OF	7	Steevy Cerqueira	61'
N8	8	Rafael Simões
SH	9	Samuel Marques
FH	10	Jerónimo Portela	55'
LW	11	Rodrigo Marta	59'
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	José Lima
RW	14	Vincent Pinto
FB	15	Manuel Cardoso Pinto
Replacements:
PR	16	Geoffrey Moïse	52'
HK	17	Duarte Diniz	19' 30' 40'
PR	18	João Mateus	59' 67'
LK	19	Duarte Torgal	64'
FL	20	David Wallis	61'
N8	21	Thibault de Freitas	61'
SH	22	Pedro Lucas	55'
WG	23	Simão Bento	59'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Ludovic Cayre (France)
Stéphane Boyer (France)
Television match official:
Denis Grenouillet (France)

Week 2

12 February 2022
13:00 MSK (UTC+03)

(1 LBP) Russia	37–41	Spain
Try: Gresev 30' c Ryabishchuk 33' c Davydov 61' c Zhivatov 76' c Con: Gaisin (4/4) 30', 34', 62', 77' Pen: Gaisin (3/3) 9', 42', 66'	Report	Try: Gimeno 3' c Minguillon (2) 16' m, 36' m Pinto 40' m Ovejero 80' c Con: Ordas (2/5) 3', 80' Pen: Ordas (4/4) 27', 59', 65', 71'

Slava Metreveli Central Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)


LP	1	Nikoloz Kazalikashvili	60'
HK	2	Dmitry Parkhomenko	49'
TP	3	Vladimir Podrezov	49'
LL	4	Maxim Gargalîc	60'
RL	5	Anton Makarenko	40' to 50' 50'
BF	6	Victor Arhip
OF	7	Nikita Vavilin
N8	8	Victor Gresev (c)
SH	9	Efim Ryabishchuk	60'
FH	10	Ramil Gaisin
LW	11	Vasily Artemyev	65'
IC	12	German Davydov
OC	13	Daniil Potikhanov
RW	14	Andrei Karzanov
FB	15	Dmitry Sukhin
Replacements:
HK	16	Shamil Magomedov	49' 80'
PR	17	Azamat Bitiev	60'
PR	18	Nikoloz Narmania	49'
LK	19	Nikita Bekov	60'
FL	20	Vitaly Zhivatov	50'
SH	21	Alexey Sherban	60'
CE	22	Dmitry Gerasimov	65'
WG	23	Daniil Potikhanov
Coach:
Dick Muir


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	51'
HK	2	Marco Pinto	62'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	62' 74'
LL	4	Lucas Guillaume	2'
RL	5	Manuel Mora
BF	6	Matthew Foulds	41'
OF	7	Frédéric Quercy
N8	8	Facundo Domínguez
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	71'
FH	10	Manuel Ordas
LW	11	Gauthier Minguillon	74'
IC	12	Álvar Gimeno	29' 37'
OC	13	Fabien Perrin	77'
RW	14	Jordi Jorba	69'
FB	15	Charly Malié	50' to 60'
Replacements:
PR	16	Thierry Futeu	51'
HK	17	Santiago Ovejero	62'
PR	18	Joel Merkler	62' 73' to 80'
LK	19	Víctor Sánchez	2'
FL	20	Gautier Gibouin	41'
SH	21	Tomás Munilla	71'
FH	22	Mathieu Bélie	69'
CE	23	Bautista Güemes	29' 37' 77'
Coach:
Santiago Santos

Touch judges:
Federico Vedovelli (Italy)
Filippo Bertelli (Italy)
Television match official:
Stefano Roscini (Italy)

12 February 2022
13:15 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	10–72	Georgia (1 TBP)
Try: Danen 49' c Con: Weersma (1/1) 50' Pen: Weersma (1/1) 17'	Report	Try: Giorgadze (3) 8' m, 46' c, 59' c Tabutsadze (2) 14' m, 38' m Japaridze 24' c Lobzhanidze (2) 28' c, 53' c Jalagonia 52' c Modebadze 66' m Chkoidze (2) 76' m, 82' m Con: Abzhandadze (6/12) 25', 29', 47', 53', 54', 60'

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 900
Referee: Ludovic Cayre (France)


LP	1	Hugo Langelaan	65'
HK	2	Mark Darlington	54'
TP	3	Andrew Darlington	43'
LL	4	Dennis van Dijken	65'
RL	5	Jim Boelrijk	54'
BF	6	Louis Bruinsma
OF	7	Spike Salman
N8	8	Dirk Danen (c)
SH	9	Caleb Korteweg	54'
FH	10	David Weersma	65'
LW	11	Daan van der Avoird	54'
IC	12	Oliva Sialau
OC	13	Bart Wierenga
RW	14	Jordy Hop
FB	15	Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK	16	Ross Bennie-Coulson	54'
PR	17	Robin Moenen	65'
PR	18	Lodi Buijs	43'
LK	19	Liam Stone	54'
LK	20	Jade Plane	65'
SH	21	Hugo Schöller	54'
FH	22	Mees van Oord	65'
WG	23	Jules Godfroy	54'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner


LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili	51'
HK	2	Vano Karkadze	61'
TP	3	Luka Japaridze	51'
LL	4	Nodar Tcheishvili	61'
RL	5	Lasha Jaiani
BF	6	Otar Giorgadze
OF	7	Giorgi Tsutskiridze	68'
N8	8	Tornike Jalagonia
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	61'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Davit Meskhi
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)	54'
OC	13	Demur Tapladze
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze	65'
FB	15	Lasha Khmaladze
Replacements:
HK	16	Giorgi Chkoidze	610'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	51'
PR	18	Nikoloz Khatiashvili	51'
LK	19	Giorgi Javakhia	61'
FL	20	Sandro Mamamtavrishvili	68'
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze	61'
CE	22	Tornike Kakhoidze	54'
WG	23	Mirian Modebadze	65'
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Cédric Marchat (France)
Stéphane Crapoix (France)
Television match official:
Patrick Pechambert (France)

12 February 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+02)

Romania	37–27	Portugal
Try: Ser 40' c Cojocaru 54' c Savin 67' c Gorin 80' c Con: Melinte (3/3) 41', 55', 67' Plai (1/1) 80' Pen: Melinte (3/3) 5', 36', 75'	Report	Try: Lima 24' m Marta 31' c Pinto (2) 37' c, 49' m Con: Marques (2/4) 33', 39' Pen: Marques (1/1) 28'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)


LP	1	Vasile Bălan	46'
HK	2	Ovidiu Cojocaru	79'
TP	3	Alex Gordaș	46'
LL	4	Marius Antonescu	79'
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Cristi Chirică	46'
OF	7	Dragoș Ser
N8	8	Mihai Macovei (c)
SH	9	Gabriel Rupanu	50'
FH	10	Daniel Plai
LW	11	Marius Simionescu
IC	12	Jason Tomane
OC	13	Hinckley Vaovasa
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru	79'
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK	16	Tudor Butnariu	79'
PR	17	Alexandru Savin	46'
PR	18	Alexandru Țăruș	46'
LK	19	Marius Iftimiciuc	79'
N8	20	André Gorin	46'
SH	21	Florin Surugiu	50'
CE	22	Vlăduț Popa
WG	23	Nicolas Onuțu	79'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	51'
HK	2	Lionel Campergue	22'
TP	3	Diogo Hasse Ferreira	51' 75'
LL	4	José Madeira
RL	5	Rafael Simões
BF	6	João Granate	68'
OF	7	Steevy Cerqueira
N8	8	Thibault de Freitas	56'
SH	9	Samuel Marques	52' to 62'
FH	10	Jorge Abecasis
LW	11	Rodrigo Marta
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)	68'
OC	13	José Lima
RW	14	Vincent Pinto
FB	15	Manuel Cardoso Pinto	77'
Replacements:
PR	16	Geoffrey Moïse	51'
HK	17	Duarte Diniz	22'
PR	18	Cody Thomas	51' 75'
LK	19	Duarte Torgal	56' 77'
FL	20	David Wallis	68'
CE	21	Pedro Bettencourt	68'
SH	22	Pedro Lucas	77'
FB	23	Simão Bento	77'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
Oisin Quinn (Ireland)
Nigel Correll (Ireland)
Television match official:
Leo Colgan (Ireland)

Week 3

26 February 2022
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

(1 TBP) Portugal	59–3	Netherlands
Try: Belo 14' c Diniz 22' m Bettencourt (2) 30' c, 63' c Simões (2) 38' c, 43' m Marta 47' c Storti 54' c Antunes 76' Con: Antunes (7/9) 15', 31', 39', 48', 55', 64', 77'	Report	Pen: Te Hauora Campbell (1/1) 1'

Campo de Rugby Complexo Desportivo, Caldas da Rainha
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Federico Vedovelli (Italy)


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	59'
HK	2	Duarte Diniz	45'
TP	3	Anthony Alvès	52'
LL	4	José Madeira
RL	5	José Rebelo de Andrade	65'
BF	6	Steevy Cerqueira
OF	7	David Wallis
N8	8	Rafael Simões	57'
SH	9	João Belo	61'
FH	10	Jerónimo Portela	72'
LW	11	Rodrigo Marta
IC	12	Tomás Appleton (c)
OC	13	Pedro Bettencourt
RW	14	Dany Antunes
FB	15	Nuno Sousa Guedes	41'
Replacements:
PR	16	David Costa	59'
HK	17	Nuno Mascarenhas	45'
PR	18	Diogo Hasse Ferreira	52'
FL	19	João Granate	65'
N8	20	Manuel Picão	57'
SH	21	João Dias	61'
CE	22	José Lima	72'
WG	23	Raffaele Storti	41'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet


LP	1	Hugo Langelaan	65'
HK	2	Ross Bennie-Coulson	56'
TP	3	Lodi Buijs	65'
LL	4	Dennis van Dijken
RL	5	Jim Boelrijk	50'
BF	6	Christopher Raymond
OF	7	Spike Salman
N8	8	Dave Koelman	34' to 44' 44'
SH	9	Mark Coebergh	50'
FH	10	Mees van Oord	50'
LW	11	Daan van der Avoird	68'
IC	12	Oliva Sialau
OC	13	Bart Wierenga (c)
RW	14	Jordy Hop
FB	15	Te Hauora Campbell
Replacements:
HK	16	Mike Mbaud	56'
PR	17	Robin Moenen	65'
PR	18	Gabor Besuijen	65'
LK	19	Monty Leverstein	50'
FL	20	Liam Stone	44'
SH	21	Caleb Korteweg	50'
CE	22	Storm Caroll	50'
CE	23	Daily Limmen	68'
Coach:
Zane Gardiner

Touch judges:
Riccardo Angelucci (Italy)
Simone Boaretto (Italy)
Television match official:
Alan Falzone (Italy)

27 February 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

Spain	38–21	Romania
Try: Marco Pinto 6' c Foulds 10' c Quercy (2) 19' c, 59' c Gimeno 27' c Con: Ordas (5/5) 7', 11', 20', 27', 60' Pen: Ordas (1/1) 55'	Report	Try: Hinckley Vaovasa (2) 16' c, 65' c Marius Simionescu 70' c Con: Plai (3/3) 17', 66', 71'

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	47'
HK	2	Marco Pinto	44'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	58'
LL	4	Lucas Guillaume
RL	5	Manuel Mora	77' to 80'
BF	6	Matthew Foulds	45'
OF	7	Frédéric Quercy
N8	8	Afaese Tauli	14' to 24' 71'
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	62'
FH	10	Manuel Ordas	66'
LW	11	Gauthier Minguillon
IC	12	Álvar Gimeno
OC	13	Fabien Perrin
RW	14	Jordi Jorba
FB	15	Charly Malié	60'
Replacements:
PR	16	Thierry Futeu	47'
HK	17	Santiago Ovejero	44'
PR	18	Joel Merkler	58'
LK	19	Víctor Sánchez	71'
FL	20	Facundo Domínguez	45'
SH	21	Tomás Munilla	62'
FH	22	Mathieu Bélie	60'
FB	23	Iñaki Mateu	66'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Alexandru Savin	53'
HK	2	Ovidiu Cojocaru	53'
TP	3	Alexandru Țăruș	55'
LL	4	Marius Antonescu	50'
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Mihai Macovei (c)
OF	7	Dragoș Ser
N8	8	André Gorin	50'
SH	9	Florin Surugiu	50'
FH	10	Daniel Plai
LW	11	Marius Simionescu
IC	12	Jason Tomane	62'
OC	13	Hinckley Vaovasa
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru
FB	15	Ionel Melinte	55'
Replacements:
HK	16	Florin Bărdașu	53'
PR	17	Vasile Bălan	53'
PR	18	Costel Burțilă	53'
LK	19	Florian Roșu	50'
FL	20	Cristi Chirică	50'
SH	21	Gabriel Rupanu	50'
CE	22	Vlăduț Popa	62'
WG	23	Nicolas Onuțu	55'
Coach:
Andy Robinson

Touch judges:
Graeme Ormiston (Scotland)
Jonny Perriam (Scotland)
Television match official:
Neil Paterson (Scotland)

N/A
N/A

Georgia	Cancelled^[7]	Russia
	N/A

N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A

Georgia awarded 4 points.

Week 4

N/A
N/A

Russia	Cancelled^[7]	Netherlands
	N/A

N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A

Netherlands awarded 4 points.

12 March 2022
17:30 EET (UTC+02)

(1 LBP) Romania	23–26	Georgia
Try: Cojocaru 7' m Bărdașu 73' c Con: Melinte (2/2) 39', 73' Pen: Melinte (3/4) 17', 21', 43'	Rerport	Try: Lobzhanidze 9' c Sharikadze 28' c Todua 34' c Tabutsadze 70' m Con: Abzhandadze (3/4) 10', 28', 34'

Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ben Breakspear (Wales)


LP	1	Andrei Ursache	71'
HK	2	Ovidiu Cojocaru	69'
TP	3	Vasile Bălan
LL	4	Marius Iftimiciuc
RL	5	Adrian Moțoc
BF	6	Cristi Chirică	71'
OF	7	Dragoș Ser
N8	8	Mihai Macovei (c)	69'
SH	9	Gabriel Rupanu	51'
FH	10	Tudor Boldor	46'
LW	11	Marius Simionescu	63'
IC	12	Jason Tomane
OC	13	Nicolas Onuțu
RW	14	Ionuț Dumitru
FB	15	Ionel Melinte
Replacements:
HK	16	Florin Bărdașu	69'
PR	17	Constantin Pristăvița	71'
PR	18	Costel Burțilă
FL	19	Florian Roșu	71'
N8	20	André Gorin	69'
SH	21	Florin Surugiu	51'
FH	22	Daniel Plai	46'
CE	23	Vlăduț Popa	63'
Coach:
Andy Robinson


LP	1	Mikheil Nariashvili	40'
HK	2	Shalva Mamukashvili	59'
TP	3	Beka Gigashvili	56'
LL	4	Lasha Jaiani
RL	5	Konstantin Mikautadze	48'
BF	6	Luka Ivanishvili
OF	7	Beka Saghinadze
N8	8	Tornike Jalagonia
SH	9	Vasil Lobzhanidze	56'
FH	10	Tedo Abzhandadze
LW	11	Alexander Todua
IC	12	Merab Sharikadze (c)
OC	13	Giorgi Kveseladze
RW	14	Aka Tabutsadze	5' to 15'
FB	15	Davit Niniashvili
Replacements:
HK	16	Jaba Bregvadze	59'
PR	17	Guram Gogichashvili	40'
PR	18	Nikoloz Khatiashvili	56'
LK	19	Grigor Kerdikoshvili	48'
FL	20	Sandro Mamamtavrishvili
SH	21	Gela Aprasidze	56' 63' to 73'
FB	22	Lasha Khmaladze
CE	23	Demur Tapladze
Coach:
Levan Maisashvili

Touch judges:
Gareth Newman (Wales)
Mark Butcher (Wales)
Television match official:
Elgan Williams (Wales)

13 March 2022
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

Spain	33–28	Portugal (1 LBP)
Try: Zabala 7' m Quercy (2) 17' c, 25' c Pinto 38' m Con: Ordas (2/4) 18', 26' Pen: Ordas (3/3) 44', 51', 58'	Report	Try: Bento 10' c Bettencourt 32' c Madeira 79' m Con: Marques (2/2) 11', 33' Pen: Marques (3/3) 6', 46', 54'

Estadio Nacional Complutense, Madrid
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Tual Trainini (France)


LP	1	Fernando López (c)	44'
HK	2	Marco Pinto	48' 77'
TP	3	Jon Zabala	66'
LL	4	Lucas Guillaume
RL	5	Manuel Mora
BF	6	Matthew Foulds	71'
OF	7	Frédéric Quercy
N8	8	Afaese Tauli	62'
SH	9	Guillaume Rouet	66'
FH	10	Manuel Ordas	68'
LW	11	Gauthier Minguillon	74'
IC	12	Álvar Gimeno
OC	13	Fabien Perrin	76'
RW	14	Jordi Jorba
FB	15	Charly Malié	79' to 80'
Replacements:
PR	16	Thierry Futeu	44'
HK	17	Santiago Ovejero	48' 77'
PR	18	Joel Merkler	66'
LK	19	Víctor Sánchez	71'
N8	20	Facundo Domínguez	62'
SH	21	Tomás Munilla	66'
FH	22	Bautista Güemes	68'
CE	23	Alejandro Alonso	76'
Coach:
Santiago Santos


LP	1	Francisco Fernandes	59'
HK	2	Loic Bournonville	50'
TP	3	Anthony Alves	54'
LL	4	José Madeira
RL	5	Jean Sousa	67'
BF	6	Steevy Cerqueira
OF	7	David Wallis	50'
N8	8	Rafael Simões	26' 36' 40' 67'
SH	9	Samuel Marques	77'
FH	10	Jerónimo Portela
LW	11	Rodrigo Marta
IC	12	José Lima (c)
OC	13	Pedro Bettencourt
RW	14	Vincent Pinto	63'
FB	15	Simão Bento	58'
Replacements:
PR	16	David Costa	59'
HK	17	Nuno Mascarenhas	50'
PR	18	Diogo Hasse Ferreira	54'
LK	19	José Maria de Andrade	50'
N8	20	Thibault de Freitas	26' 36' 40'
SH	21	João Belo	77'
WG	22	Raffaele Storti	63'
FB	23	Manuel Cardoso Pinto	58'
Coach:
Patrice Lagisquet

Touch judges:
David Beun (France)
Christophe Bultet (France)
Television match official:
Eric Briquet-Campin (France)

Week 5

19 March 2022
13:00 CET (UTC+01)

Netherlands	12–38	Romania (1 TBP)
Try: Weersma 34' m Raymond 40' c Con: Weersma (1/2) 40'	Report	Try: Rupanu 3' c Vaovasa 14' c Dumitru 17' c Cojocaru 28' m Bucur 71' m Macovei 77' c Con: Melinte (4/6) 3', 15', 17'm 77'

NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)

Touch judges:
Ru Campbell (Scotland)
Bob Nevins (Scotland)
Television match official:
Andrew Mac Menemy (Scotland)

N/A
N/A

Portugal	Cancelled^[7]	Russia
	N/A

N/A
Attendance: N/A
Referee: N/A

Portugal awarded 4 points.

20 March 2022
18:00 GET (UTC+04)

(1 TBP) Georgia	49–15	Spain
Try: Tabutsadze (2) 27' c, 68' c Giorgadze (2) 34' m, 73' c Sharikadze 62' c Chkoidze 80' c Con: Abzhandadze (5/6) 28', 63', 69', 74', 80' Pen: Abzhandadze (2/3) 15', 54' Drop: Lobzhanidze (1/1) 3'	Report	Try: Jorba 24' m Ovejero 49' c Con: Ordas (1/2) 51' Pen: Ordas (1/2) 8'

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi^[8]
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)

Touch judges:
Ben Breakspear (Wales)
Ian Davies (Wales)
Television match official:
Jon Mason (Wales)

International broadcasters

Country	Broadcaster^[9]	Summary
Georgia	Rugby TV Imedi TV	Georgia games shown live via Rugby TV and Imedi TV. Also Georgia games are streamed and free on Rugby TV Facebook page
Netherlands	Ziggo	Selected games live on Ziggo Sport
Portugal	RTP	Portugal games shown live via RTP 2 and their VoD service RTP Play
Romania	TVR	Romania games shown live via TVR 1
Russia	Спортивный (Tricolor TV) Наш спорт 20	Russia games shown live via Спортивный (Tricolor TV) and available via streaming through their VoD service Наш спорт 20 (Russia only)
Spain	Teledeporte RTVE.es	Spain games shown live via Teledeporte and available via streaming through their VoD service TVE Play
France	RugbyZone Archived 2022-02-01 at the Wayback Machine	All games available through streaming via RugbyZone Archived 2022-02-01 at the Wayback Machine
North America	FloSports	All games available through streaming via FloSports
Rest of the World	Rugby Europe	All games available through streaming via Rugby Europe (registration required). Some games are streamed and free on Rugby Europe Youtube channel

References

^ "Georgia secure fourth consecutive Rugby Europe Championship title". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
^ "2022 Rugby Europe Championship standings".
^ "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
^ "Georgia qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023 ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
^ "Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".
^ "WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying".
^ ^a ^b ^c World Rugby confirms sporting sanctions for Russia and Belarus
^ "Georgia v Spain".
^ "Where to Watch: Rugby Europe Championship 2022".

[1] "Georgia secure fourth consecutive Rugby Europe Championship title". Rugby World Cup. Retrieved 15 December 2021.

[2] "2022 Rugby Europe Championship standings".

[3] "Rugby Europe International Championships 2018-2019 Manual" (PDF). Rugby Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.

[4] "Georgia qualify for Rugby World Cup 2023 ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".

[5] "Independent Judicial Committee decision: Rugby World Cup 2023 European qualifying ｜ Rugby World Cup 2023".

[6] "WR Independent Judicial Committee decision: RWC 2023 European qualifying".

[Suspension-7] World Rugby confirms sporting sanctions for Russia and Belarus

[8] "Georgia v Spain".

[Broadcasters-9] "Where to Watch: Rugby Europe Championship 2022".

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See also

References