The 2017–18 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the second Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Czech Republic, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off.
This year's competition sees Czech Republic joining the Trophy after winning the Trophy-Conference 1 promotion play-off against Malta. This year sees no relegated team from the Rugby Championship, after last year's winner Portugal lost the Championship-Trophy promotion play-off against Belgium.
Table Champions and advances toPromotion/relegation play-offRelegated PlaceNationGamesPointsTryBPLosingBPGrand SlamBPTablepointsplayedwondrawnlostforagainstdiff1550016876+922012325401199110+89300193530293120−271001345203109122−131201155104106147−4103076500558158−1000101Points were awarded to the teams as follows:Win – 4 pointsDraw – 2 points Loss – 0 pointsMatch bonus points:Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point (or)Losing by 7 points or less – 1 pointOverall bonus point:Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 pointsource: rugbyeurope.eu
Fixtures
Relegation/Promotion play-off
Top scorers Top points scorers PosNameTeamPts1Liam McBride572Louis Rodrigues553Sep Visser40
Top try scorers PosNameTeamTries1Sep Visser82Josh Gascoigne53Siem Noorman4
See also Rugby Europe International Championships 2017–18 Rugby Europe International Championships Six Nations Championship Antim Cup
References
External links Rugby Europe official website