The 2017 World Rugby Nations Cup was the twelfth edition of the World Rugby Nations Cup rugby union tournament, created by World Rugby. It was the first ever tournament to be played outside of Romania and without their national team, with Uruguay hosting the competition.
Like in 2016, the tournament featured six teams split in two pools of three, where the three European teams; Emerging Italy, Russia and Spain played the other three teams; Argentina XV, Namibia and Uruguay.
Hosts Uruguay won the tournament, the first time they had done so in five previous attempts. It is the third year in a row where the hosts capitalized on the home advantage to claim the title, with previous hosts Romania winning in 2015 and 2016.
Teams Below are the competing teams with their World Rugby Rankings as of the first tournament date (10 June 2017): (n/a) (n/a) (19) (20) (18) (21)
Standings
Pool A TeamGamesPointsTriesBonus pointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainst 1 3 3 0 0 86 64 +22 9 8 1 13 2 3 2 0 1 90 54 +36 13 8 3 11 3 3 1 0 2 61 68 –7 9 10 2 6 Source : worldrugby.orgPoints 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
Pool B TeamGamesPointsTriesBonus pointsPointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDifferenceForAgainst 1 3 2 0 1 99 80 +19 15 12 4 12 2 3 1 0 2 34 74 –40 4 8 0 4 3 3 0 0 3 53 83 –30 7 11 1 1 Source : worldrugby.orgPoints 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 15Chrysander BothaRW 14Lesley KlimOC 13JC GreylingIC 12Johan Deysel LW 11Johann TrompFH 10Theuns KotzéSH 9 Eugene Jantjies N8 8 Renaldo Bothma (c)OF 7 PJ van LillBF 6 Wian Conradie RL 5 Tjiuee UaniviLL 4 Mahepisa Tjeriko TP 3 Aranos Coetzee HK 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld LP 1 Casper Viviers Replacements:HK 16Louis van der Westhuizen PR 17AJ de Klerk PR 18Collen Smith FL 19Johan Retief FL 20Christo van der Merwe SH 21Damian Stevens FH 22Cliven LoubserCE 23Darryl de la Harpe Coach: Phil Davies FB 15Brad LinklaterRW 14Brice Labadie OC 13Ignacio ContardiIC 12Andrea RabagoLW 11Jordi JorbaFH 10Daniel SneeSH 9 Gregory MaiquezN8 8 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) OF 7 Fred Quercy BF 6 Gauthier GibouinRL 5 Victor Sanchez BorregoLL 4 Kalokalo Gavidi TP 3 Jon Zabala HK 2 Juan Anaya Lazaro LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Custoja Replacements:PR 16Fernando Martin López Perez HK 17Dani Marrón PR 18Alberto Blanco LK 19Matthew Foulds FL 20Lucas Guillaume N8 21Afa Tauli FH 22Emiliano CalleWG 23Federico Casteglioni Coach: Santiago Santos Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay) Notes: Lesley Klim, Johan Retief and Mahepisa Tjeriko (all Namibia) and Jean-Baptiste Custoja, Fred Quercy, Andrea Rabago and Afa Tauli (all Spain) made their international debuts.
FB 15Fernando LunaRW 14Julián DomínguezOC 13Juan CappielloIC 12Bruno DevotoLW 11Segundo Tuculet FH 10Joaquín Díaz Bonilla SH 9 Felipe Ezcurra N8 8 Rodrigo BruniOF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c) BF 6 Francisco GorrissenRL 5 Ignacio LarragueLL 4 Juan Cruz Guillemaín TP 3 Cristian Bartoloni HK 2 Gaspar Baldunciel LP 1 Franco Brarda Replacements:HK 16Roberto Tejerizo PR 17Facundo Gigena PR 18Santiago Medrano FL 19Santiago Portillo N8 20Santiago Montagner SH 21Lautaro Bazán Vélez FH 22Martín Elías WG 23Franco Cuaranta Coach: Felipe Contepomi FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)RW 14Denis SimplikevichOC 13Kirill Gubin IC 12Dmitry GerasimovLW 11Alexei MikhaltsovFH 10Yuri Kushnarev SH 9 Konstantin Uzunov N8 8 Anton RudoyOF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Andrei Temnov RL 5 Bogdan FedotkoLL 4 Dmitri KrotovTP 3 Azamat Bitiev HK 2 Stanislav Selksy LP 1 Andrei Polivalov Replacements:HK 16Sergey Chernyshev PR 17Valery Morozov PR 18Vladimir Podrezov LK 19Vladimir Suslov FL 20Victor Gresev SH 21Alexei Shcherban CE 22Vladimir Rudenko FH 23Ramil Gaisin Coach: Alexander Pervukhin Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay) Notes: This was the first ever time that Russia has beaten Argentina XV (formally known as Argentina Jaguars). Kirill Gubin (Russia) made his international debut.
FB 15Rodrigo SilvaRW 14Gastón GibernauOC 13Juan Manuel CatIC 12Andrés VilasecaLW 11Leandro LeivasFH 10German Albanell SH 9 Santiago Arata N8 8 Manuel Diana OF 7 Gonzalo Soto BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c) RL 5 Manuel Leindekar LL 4 Diego MagnoTP 3 Juan Echeverría HK 2 Germán Kessler LP 1 Matías Benítez Replacements:HK 16Facundo Gattas PR 17Mateo Sanguinetti PR 18Mario Sagario LK 19Ignacio Dotti N8 20Alejandro Nieto FL 21Santiago Hernández SH 22Guillermo Lijtenstein CE 23Agustín Della Corte Coach: Esteban Meneses FB 15Filippo BuscemaRW 14Pierre BrunoOC 13Andrea BettinIC 12Enrico LucchinLW 11Marco Susio FH 10Maicol Azzolini SH 9 Simone MarinaroN8 8 Renato Giammarioli OF 7 Sebastian Negri (c) BF 6 Matteo CorazziRL 5 Leonard KrumovLL 4 Samuele Ortis TP 3 George Iacobs HK 2 Engjel Makelara LP 1 Derrick Appiah Replacements:HK 16Adriano Daniele PR 17Niccolò Zago PR 18Roberto Tenga LK 19Davide Fragnito FL 20Mirko Amenta FB 21Leonardo Mantelli SH 22Pietro Gregorio CE 23Giacomo de Santis Coaches: Carlo Orlandi Gianluca Guidi Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay) Notes: Agustín Della Corte (Uruguay) made his international debut.
Matchday 2
FB 15Johann Tromp RW 14Lesley KlimOC 13JC Greyling IC 12Darryl de la HarpeLW 11Gino WilsonFH 10Theuns KotzéSH 9 Damian Stevens N8 8 Renaldo Bothma (c)OF 7 Janco VenterBF 6 Christo van der Merwe RL 5 Tjiuee UaniviLL 4 Ruan Ludick TP 3 Aranos Coetzee HK 2 Louis van der Westhuizen LP 1 Collen Smith Replacements:HK 16Shaun du Preez PR 17AJ de Klerk PR 18Casper Viviers FL 19PJ van Lill FL 20Wian Conradie SH 21Eugene Jantjies FH 22Cliven Loubser CE 23Justin Newman Coach: Phil Davies FB 15Filippo BuscemaRW 14Pierre BrunoOC 13Matteo GabbianelliIC 12Enrico LucchinLW 11Giacomo De Santis FH 10Maicol AzzoliniSH 9 Simone Marinaro (c) N8 8 Mirko AmentaOF 7 Renato Giammarioli BF 6 Matteo CorazziRL 5 Leonard KrumovLL 4 Riccardo Michieletto TP 3 George Iacobs HK 2 Engjel Makelara LP 1 Derrick Appiah Replacements:HK 16Adriano Daniele PR 17Paolo Buonfiglio PR 18Roberto Tenga LK 19Samuele Ortis FL 20Luca Nostran SH 21Pietro Gregorio WG 22Andrea Bettin CE 23Matteo ManganielloCoaches: Carlo Orlandi Gianluca Guidi Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay)
FB 15Martín ElíasRW 14Franco SábatoOC 13Juan Cappiello (c) IC 12Santiago MareLW 11Franco CuarantaFH 10Joaquín Díaz Bonilla SH 9 Lautaro Bazán Vélez N8 8 Santiago PortilloOF 7 Santiago Montagner BF 6 Mariano Romanini RL 5 Ignacio Larrague LL 4 Pedro OrtegaTP 3 Facundo Gigena HK 2 Roberto Tejerizo LP 1 Francisco Ferronato Replacements:HK 16Agustín Gómez di Nardo PR 17Franco Brarda PR 18Santiago Medrano LK 19Juan Cruz Guillemaín FL 20Lautaro Bavaro SH 21Felipe Ezcurra CE 22Bruno Devoto FB 23Fernando Luna Coach: Felipe Contepomi FB 15Brad LinklaterRW 14Federico CasteglioniOC 13Inaki MateuIC 12Andrea Rabago LW 11Ignacio Contardi FH 10Alvar Gimeno SH 9 Tomás MunillaN8 8 Afa TauliOF 7 Lucas GuillaumeBF 6 Jaime Nava de Olano (c) RL 5 Matthew Foulds LL 4 Manuel Mora RuizTP 3 Alberto Blanco HK 2 Dani Marrón LP 1 Fernando Martin López Perez Replacements:PR 16Jean-Baptiste Custoja HK 17Juan Anaya Lazaro PR 18Agustín Ortiz Crivelli LK 19Victor Sanchez Borrego FL 20Fred Quercy SH 21Gregory Maiquez FH 22Emiliano Calle WG 23Jordi Jorba Coach: Santiago Santos Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay) Notes: Emiliano Calle, Inaki Mateu and Tomás Munilla (all Spain) made their international debut.
FB 15Rodrigo SilvaRW 14Leandro LeivasOC 13Juan Manuel CatIC 12Andrés Vilaseca LW 11Gastón Mieres FH 10Felipe BerchesiSH 9 Santiago Arata N8 8 Alejandro NietoOF 7 Franco Lamanna BF 6 Juan Manuel Gaminara (c)RL 5 Diego Ayala LL 4 Ignacio DottiTP 3 Mario Sagario HK 2 Martín Espiga LP 1 Mateo Sanguinetti Replacements:HK 16Germán Kessler PR 17Matías Benítez PR 18Juan Echeverría N8 19Manuel DianaLK 20Diego Magno SH 21Agustín Ormaechea WG 22Gastón Gibernau CE 23Agustín Della Corte Coach: Esteban Meneses FB 15Ramil Gaisin RW 14Denis SimplikevichOC 13Vladimir Rudenko IC 12Dmitry GerasimovLW 11Vasily Artemyev (c)FH 10Yuri KushnarevSH 9 Alexei Shcherban N8 8 Anton RudoyOF 7 Dmitri GritsenkoBF 6 Victor Gresev RL 5 Vladimir Suslov LL 4 Dmitri KrotovTP 3 Azamat Bitiev HK 2 Stanislav Selksy LP 1 Andrei Polivalov Replacements:HK 16Sergey Chernyshev PR 17Valery Morozov PR 18Vladimir Podrezov FL 19Andrei Temnov FL 20Tagir Gadzhiev SH 21Konstantin Uzunov WG 22Evgeni Nepeivoda FB 23Alexander Budychenko Coach: Alexander Pervukhin Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay) Notes: Alexander Budychenko and Evgeni Nepeivoda (both Russia) made their international debuts.
Matchday 3
FB 15Chrysander BothaRW 14Johann TrompOC 13Justin NewmanIC 12Darryl de la Harpe LW 11Gino WilsonFH 10Theuns Kotzé SH 9 Damian Stevens N8 8 Renaldo Bothma (c)OF 7 Janco Venter BF 6 Wian ConradieRL 5 Tjiuee Uanivi LL 4 Ruan LudickTP 3 AJ de Klerk HK 2 Louis van der Westhuizen LP 1 Casper Viviers Replacements:HK 16Shaun du Preez PR 17Collen Smith PR 18Aranos Coetzee LK 19Mahepisa Tjeriko FL 20PJ van Lill SH 21Eugene Jantjies FH 22Cliven Loubser CE 23JC Greyling Coach: Phil Davies FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)RW 14Denis SimplikevichOC 13Vladimir Rudenko IC 12Dmitry GerasimovLW 11Alexei MikhaltsovFH 10Yuri Kushnarev SH 9 Alexei Shcherban N8 8 Anton RudoyOF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev BF 6 Andrei TemnovRL 5 Bogdan Fedotko LL 4 Dmitri KrotovTP 3 Vladimir Podrezov HK 2 Stanislav Selksy LP 1 Valery Morozov Replacements:HK 16Sergey Chernyshev PR 17Andrei Polivalov PR 18Evgeni Mishechkin LK 19Dmitri Gritsenko FL 20Victor Gresev SH 21Konstantin Uzunov FB 22Alexander Budychenko FH 23Ramil Gaisin Coach: Alexander Pervukhin Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay) Notes: Justin Newman and Cliven Loubser (both Namibia) and Evgeni Mishechkin (Russia) made their international debuts.
FB 15Fernando LunaRW 14Julián DomínguezOC 13Juan CappielloIC 12Bruno Devoto LW 11Franco CuarantaFH 10Joaquín Díaz Bonilla SH 9 Felipe EzcurraN8 8 Rodrigo Bruni OF 7 Lautaro Bavaro (c) BF 6 Francisco GorrissenRL 5 Ignacio LarragueLL 4 Pedro Ortega TP 3 Santiago MedranoHK 2 Agustín Gómez di Nardo LP 1 Franco Brarda Replacements:HK 16Roberto Tejerizo PR 17Francisco Ferronato PR 18Cristian Bartoloni FL 19Santiago Portillo N8 20Santiago Montagner SH 21Lautaro Bazán VélezFH 22Martín Elías CE 23Segundo Tuculet Coach: Felipe Contepomi FB 15Matteo MinozziRW 14Pierre Bruno OC 13Matteo Gabbianelli IC 12Enrico LucchinLW 11Matteo ManganielloFH 10Leonardo MantelliSH 9 Simone Marinaro (c)N8 8 Mirko Amenta OF 7 Renato GiammarioliBF 6 Matteo CorazziRL 5 Leonard KrumovLL 4 Samuele OrtisTP 3 George Iacobs HK 2 Engjel Makelara LP 1 Derrick Appiah Replacements:HK 16Adriano Daniele PR 17Paolo BuonfiglioPR 18Roberto Tenga PR 19Niccolò Zago FL 20Luca Nostran SH 21Pietro GregorioFH 22Filippo BuscemaWG 23Marco Susio Coaches: Carlo Orlandi Gianluca Guidi Touch judges: URU Appt. (Uruguay) URU Appt. (Uruguay)