The 2019 Rugby Europe Championship is the premier rugby union competition outside of the Six Nations Championship in Europe. This is the third season under its new format, that sees Georgia, Germany, Russia, Spain, Belgium and Romania compete for the title. After the eligibility controversy of the 2018 Championship, Romania had to face Portugal for the promotion- / relegation- play-off and defeated them, hence joining the competition as the sixth contender.
Table ChampionsAdvances to promotion/relegation play-off
PlaceNationGamesPointsTriesTablepointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstDiff1550016234+128252+23301242540112775+52189+9200183530213086+441412+2210154520313085+45208+12120115510468222-154833-2500046500563178–115728–210101Points were awarded to the teams as follows:Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 or more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point | Loss greater than 7 points – 0 points | Completing a Grand Slam – 1 point
Fixtures
Week 1
LP 1 Mihai Lazăr HK 2 Otar Turashvili TP 3 Andrei Ursache LL 4 Johan van Heerden RL 5 Marius AntonescuBF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)OF 7 Adrian IonN8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia SH 9 Valentin Calafeteanu FH 10Daniel Plai LW 11Nicolas Onuțu IC 12Florin VlaicuOC 13Cătălin FercuRW 14Vlad ZahariaFB 15Ionel MelinteReplacements:PR 16Ionel Badiu HK 17Eugen Căpățână PR 18Alex Gordaș LK 19Dorin Lazăr FL 20Viorel Lucaci SH 21Florin Surugiu CE 22Alexandru Bucur CE 23Vlăduț Popa Coach:Marius Țincu LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili TP 3 Beka Gigashvili LL 4 Davit Gigauri RL 5 Giorgi NemsadzeBF 6 Beka Saghinadze OF 7 Giorgi TsutskiridzeN8 8 Beka GorgadzeSH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze FH 10Tedo AbzhandadzeLW 11Zurab DzneladzeIC 12Giorgi KveseladzeOC 13Merab Sharikadze (c)RW 14Alexander Todua FB 15Lasha KhmaladzeReplacements:HK 16Vano Karkadze PR 17Tornike Mataradze PR 18Levan Chilachava LK 19Nodar Tcheishvili FL 20Giorgi Tkhilaishvili SH 21Gela Aprasidze WG 22Mirian Modebadze WG 23Giorgi AptsiauriCoach:Milton Haig Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland) Mark Patton (Ireland)
LP 1 Jean-Baptiste Le Clercq HK 2 Thomas Dienst TP 3 Maxime Jadot LL 4 Sven d'HoogheRL 5 Tom Herenger BF 6 Gillian BenoyOF 7 Mathieu Verschelden N8 8 William Van BostSH 9 Julien Berger FH 10Vincent HartLW 11Thomas WallrafIC 12Jens Torfs (c)OC 13Craig DowsettRW 14Ervin MuricFB 15Charles Reynaert Replacements:PR 16Alexis Cuffolo PR 17Lucas Sotteau LK 18Bertrand Billi FL 19Amin Hamzaoui CE 20Louis Debatty FH 21Emiel VermoteSH 22Isaac Montoisy PR 23Romain Pinte Coach:Guillaume Ajac LP 1 Tobias WilliamsHK 2 Dasch Barber TP 3 Sammy Füchsel LL 4 Eric MarksRL 5 Jörn Schröder BF 6 Marcel Henn OF 7 Jaco Otto (c)N8 8 Sebastian FerreiraSH 9 Tim Menzel FH 10Raynor ParkinsonLW 11Vito Lammers IC 12Hagen SchulteOC 13Wynston Cameron-Dow RW 14Nikolai KlewinghausFB 15Harris AounallahReplacements:HK 16Kurt Haupt PR 17Felix MartelPR 18Antony Dickinson LK 19Hassan Rayan FL 20Elias HaaseSH 21Morne Laubscher CE 22Eden Syme CE 23Felix Lammers Coach:Mike Ford Touch judges: Sulkhan Chikhladze (Georgia) Shota Tsagareishvili (Georgia)
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c) HK 2 Beñat Auzqui TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure LL 4 Mickael De Marco RL 5 Joshua PetersBF 6 Lucas GuillaumeOF 7 Asier Ussáraga LatierroN8 8 Ilaitia Gavidi SH 9 Lucas RubioFH 10Andrew Norton LW 11Federico Casteglioni IC 12Richard Stewart OC 13Andrea RabagoRW 14Jordi Jorba JorgeFB 15Julen Goia IriberriReplacements:PR 16Francisco Blanco Alonso HK 17Quentin García LK 18Victor Sánchez Borrego FL 19Michael Hogg SH 20Facundo Munilla CE 21Gauthier Minguillon FB 22Guillermo Domínguez PR 23Jon Zabala Coach:Santiago Santos LP 1 Valery Morozov HK 2 Stanislav Selskii TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov LL 4 Bogdan Fedotko RL 5 Andrei OstrikovBF 6 Vitaly Zhivatov OF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev N8 8 Nikita VavilinSH 9 Vasily Dorofeev FH 10Yuri Kushnarev LW 11Daniil PotikhanovIC 12Dmitri GerasimovOC 13Vladimir OstroushkoRW 14Denis Simplikevich FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)Replacements:HK 16Evgeni Matveev PR 17Andrei Polivalov PR 18Innoentiy Zykov N8 19Alexander Ilin LK 20Anton Sychev SH 21Dmitrii Perov FH 22Sergei Ianiushkin WG 23German Davydov Coach:Lyn Jones Touch judges: Frank Murphy (Ireland) Chris Busby (Ireland)
Week 2
LP 1 Andrei Polivalov HK 2 Stanislav Selskii TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov LL 4 Bogdan FedotkoRL 5 Andrei Garbuzov BF 6 Anton SychevOF 7 Tagir Gadzhiev N8 8 Nikita VavilinSH 9 Vasily Dorofeev FH 10Yuri Kushnarev LW 11Viktor Kononov IC 12Dmitri Gerasimov OC 13Vladimir Ostroushko RW 14German DavydovFB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)Replacements:HK 16Evgeni Matveev PR 17Evgeny Mishechkin PR 18Azamat Bitiev LK 19Alexander Ilin CE 20Kirill Golosnitskii SH 21Dmitrii Perov N8 22Roman Khodin FH 23Sergei Ianiushkin Coach:Lyn Jones LP 1 Lucas Sotteau HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c) TP 3 Romain Pinte LL 4 Sven d'Hooghe RL 5 Tuur MoelantsBF 6 Gillian BenoyOF 7 Amin Hamzaoui N8 8 Bertrand BilliSH 9 Isaac MontoisyFH 10Vincent Hart LW 11Rayane LeducIC 12Louis DebattyOC 13Louis De MoffartsRW 14Thomas WallrafFB 15Emiel Vermote Replacements:PR 16Alexis Cuffolo HK 17Martin Jessen PR 18Simon Vankeerberghen LK 19Brieuc Corradi N8 20Sacha Yoko FL 21Corentin Lecloux SH 22Tom Cocqu PR 23Bastien Gallaire Coach:Guillaume Ajac Touch judges: Alexandru Ionescu (Romania) Madalin Garbau (Romania)
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță HK 2 Eugen Căpățână TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș LL 4 Johan van HeerdenRL 5 Marius AntonescuBF 6 Mihai Macovei (c)OF 7 Adrian Ion N8 8 Andrei Gorcioaia SH 9 Florin Surugiu FH 10Daniel PlaiLW 11Ionuț DumitruIC 12Florin VlaicuOC 13Vlăduț Popa RW 14Vladut ZahariaFB 15Ionel Melinte Replacements:HK 16Ovidiu Cojocaru PR 17Alexandru Savin PR 18Alex Gordaș LK 19Dorin Lazăr FL 20Cristi Chirică SH 21Alexandru Tigla CE 22Alexandru Bucur FB 23Marius Simionescu Coach:Marius Țincu LP 1 Tobias WilliamsHK 2 Kurt Haupt TP 3 Sammy Füchsel LL 4 Jörn Schröder RL 5 Eric MarksBF 6 Emil RupfOF 7 Jaco Otto N8 8 Sebastian Ferreira (c)SH 9 Tim Menzel FH 10Hagen SchulteLW 11Felix Lammers IC 12Wynston Cameron-DowOC 13Vito Lammers RW 14Nikolai KlewinghausFB 15Harris AounallahReplacements:HK 16Dasch Barber PR 17Julius Nostadt PR 18Matthias Schösser FL 19Elias Haase PR 20Felix Martel SH 21Morne Laubscher CE 22Eden Syme CE 23Samuel Harris Coach:Mike Ford Touch judges: Tornike Gvirjishvili (Georgia) Irakli Tchanukvadze (Georgia)
LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili TP 3 Levan Chilachava LL 4 Davit Gigauri RL 5 Giorgi Nemsadze (c)BF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili OF 7 Giorgi TsutskiridzeN8 8 Beka GorgadzeSH 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze FH 10Tedo Abzhandadze LW 11Alexander ToduaIC 12Giorgi KveseladzeOC 13Zurab DzneladzeRW 14Giorgi AptsiauriFB 15Lasha Khmaladze Replacements:HK 16Giorgi Chkoidze PR 17Beka Gigashvili PR 18Giorgi Melikidze FL 19Grigor Kerdikoshvili FL 20Giorgi Javakhia SH 21Giorgi Begadze FH 22Lasha Malaghuradze WG 23Mirian Modebadze Coach:Milton Haig LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c) HK 2 Stephen Barnes TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure LL 4 Manu Mora RL 5 Mickael De MarcoBF 6 Lucas GuillaumeOF 7 Victor Sánchez BorregoN8 8 Michael Hogg SH 9 Lucas Rubio FH 10Alvar Gimeno LW 11Julen Goia Iriberri IC 12Richard StewartOC 13Andrea RabagoRW 14Jordi Jorba Jorge FB 15Lucas LevyReplacements:PR 16Joaquín Manuel Domínguez HK 17Vicente Del Hoyo LK 18Michael Walker-Fitton N8 19Oier Goia Iriberri SH 20Facundo Munilla FH 21Andrew Norton WG 22Federico Castiglioni PR 23Jon Zabala Coach:Santiago Santos Touch judges: Jack Makepeace (England) Tim Wigglesworth (England)
Week 3
LP 1 Tobias Williams HK 2 Kurt Haupt TP 3 Sammy Füchsel LL 4 Jörn Schröder RL 5 Eric MarksBF 6 Marcel Henn OF 7 Jaco OttoN8 8 Sebastian Ferreira (c)SH 9 Tim Menzel FH 10Christopher HilsenbeckLW 11Felix Lammers IC 12Eden SymeOC 13Wynston Cameron-DowRW 14Nikolai KlewinghausFB 15Hagen Schulte Replacements:HK 16Dasch Barber PR 17Julius Nostadt PR 18Antony Dickinson FL 19Emil Rupf FL 20Lee Murray SH 21Morne Laubscher WG 22Marcel Coetzee CE 23Samuel Harris Coach:Mike Ford LP 1 Andrei Polivalov HK 2 Evgeni Matveev TP 3 Innoentiy Zykov LL 4 Bogdan FedotkoRL 5 Andrei Garbuzov BF 6 Anton Sychev OF 7 Tagir GadzhievN8 8 Nikita VavilinSH 9 Vasily Dorofeev FH 10Yuri Kushnarev LW 11Mikhail BabaevIC 12Dmitri GerasimovOC 13Vladimir OstroushkoRW 14German Davydov FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)Replacements:HK 16Stanislav Selskii PR 17Evgeny Mishechkin PR 18Vladimir Podrezov LK 19Alexander Ilin CE 20Kirill Golosnitskii SH 21Dmitrii Perov FL 22Vitaly Zhivatov FH 23Sergei Ianiushkin Coach:Lyn Jones Touch judges: Mathieu Noirot (France) Nicolas Datas (France)
LP 1 Bastien Gallaire HK 2 Thomas Dienst (c) TP 3 Romain Pinte LL 4 Bertrand BilliRL 5 Maxime Ghion BF 6 Gillian Benoy OF 7 Romain Honhon N8 8 Corentin LeclouxSH 9 Tom Cocqu FH 10Isaac MontoisyLW 11Marc TchangueIC 12Ervin MuricOC 13Louis De MoffartsRW 14Thomas Wallraf FB 15Vincent HartReplacements:HK 16Martin Jessen PR 17Charles-Henri Berguet LK 18Tuur Moelants LK 19Guillaume Mortier N8 20Maxime Temmerman FH 21Emiel Vermote FH 22Sébastien Kairet PR 23Samuel Opsomer Coach:Guillaume Ajac LP 1 Guram Gogichashvili HK 2 Shalva Mamukashvili TP 3 Levan Chilachava LL 4 Nodar TcheishviliRL 5 Giorgi NemsadzeBF 6 Giorgi Tkhilaishvili OF 7 Giorgi Tsutskiridze N8 8 Otar GiorgadzeSH 9 Giorgi Begadze FH 10Tedo Abzhandadze LW 11Zurab DzneladzeIC 12Giorgi KveseladzeOC 13Merab Sharikadze (c)RW 14Mirian ModebadzeFB 15Soso Matiashvili Replacements:HK 16Vano Karkadze PR 17Zurab Zhvania PR 18Beka Gigashvili FL 19Shalva Sutiashvili FL 20Beka Saghinadze SH 21Gela Aprasidze FH 22Lasha Khmaladze WG 23Giorgi Aptsiauri Coach:Milton Haig Touch judges: Mike Todd (Scotland) Alistair Watt (Scotland)
LP 1 Fernando López Pérez (c) HK 2 Stephen Barnes TP 3 Xerom Civil Bonaventure LL 4 Mickael De Marco RL 5 Manu Mora BF 6 Victor Sánchez Borrego OF 7 Lucas GuillaumeN8 8 Pierre Barthère SH 9 Facundo MunillaFH 10Lucas RubioLW 11Jordi Jorba JorgeIC 12Alvar GimenoOC 13Richard StewartRW 14Julen Goia Iriberri FB 15Brad LinklaterReplacements:PR 16Jean-Baptiste Custoja HK 17Quentin García LK 26Michael Walker-Fitton N8 19Oier Goia Iriberri SH 20Kerman Aurrekoetxea FH 21Andrea RabagoFB 22Hugo Alonso PR 23Jon Zabala Coach:Santiago Santos LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță HK 2 Eugen Căpățână TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș LL 4 Johan van Heerden RL 5 Marius AntonescuBF 6 Andrei Gorcioaia OF 7 Mihai Macovei (c)N8 8 Cristian ChiricăSH 9 Florin Surugiu FH 10Florin Vlaicu LW 11Ionuț DumitruIC 12Tangimana Fonovai OC 13Cătălin FercuRW 14Vladut ZahariaFB 15Marius SimionescuReplacements:HK 16Ovidiu Cojocaru PR 17Iulian Hartig PR 18Alex Gordaș LK 19Dorin Lazăr FL 20Adrian Ion SH 21Tudorel Bratu SH 22Daniel Plai CE 23Nicolas Onotu Coach:Marius Țincu Touch judges: Aled Evans (Wales) Richard Brace (Wales)
Week 4
LP 1 Constantin Pristăviță HK 2 Eugen Căpățână TP 3 Alexandru Țăruș LL 4 Johan van Heerden RL 5 Marius AntonescuBF 6 Andre GorinOF 7 Adrian Ion (c)N8 8 Cristi Chirică SH 9 Florin Surugiu FH 10Florin Vlaicu LW 11Ionuț DumitruIC 12Tangimana FonovaiOC 13Nicolas Onuțu RW 14Vladut ZahariaFB 15Marius SimionescuReplacements:HK 16Ovidiu Cojocaru PR 17Iulian Hartig PR 18Alex Gordaș LK 19Ionuț Mureșan FL 20Dorin Lazăr SH 21Alexandru Tigla CE 22Ionel Melinte FB 23Vlăduț Popa Coach:Marius Țincu LP 1 Andrei Polivalov HK 2 Stanislav Selskii TP 3 Vladimir Podrezov LL 4 Andrei OstrikovRL 5 Andrei Garbuzov BF 6 Anton Sychev OF 7 Tagir GadzhievN8 8 Nikita Vavilin SH 9 Dmitrii Perov FH 10Yuri Kushnarev LW 11Mikhail Babaev IC 12Dmitri GerasimovOC 13Vladimir OstroushkoRW 14German Davydov FB 15Vasily Artemyev (c)Replacements:HK 16Evgeni Matveev PR 17Evgeny Mishechkin PR 18Innokenty Zykov LK 19Bogdan Fedotko CE 20Vitaly Zhivatov SH 21Alexey Shcherban N8 22Ramil Gaisin FH 23Viktor Kononov Coach:Lyn Jones Touch judges: Thomas Charabas (France) Luc Ramos (France)