The 2019–20 Rugby Europe Trophy is the second-level rugby union competition below the premier Championship. It is the fourth Trophy competition under its new format, that will see Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland compete for the title, and a place in the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off.
This year's competition sees Ukraine joining the Trophy after winning its division in Conference 1 North. After the Championship–Trophy promotion play-off of the 2018–19 season, which was played on 15 June 2019 between Portugal and Germany, Portugal was promoted after its third try and Germany relegated to the Trophy level.
Table {| class="wikitable" |-width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" |Champions and advances toPromotion/relegation play-off
Pos.TeamGamesPointsTriesTablepointsPlayedWonDrawnLostForAgainstDiffForAgainstDiff1 (25)541014438+106300212 (30)52219352+41110143 (38)52216074−19200144 (28)51226285−2300085 (37)511361103−4210076 (35)510444112−680105Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. Points were awarded to the teams as follows:Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | Loss – 0 points Match bonus points:Scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent – 1 point | Losing by 7 points or less – 1 point | Overall bonus point: Completing a Grand Slam (winning all matches) – 1 point
Fixtures
Relegation/promotion play-off
Top scorers Top points scorers PosNameTeamPts 1 David Weersma 34 2 Simon Perrod 233 Joshua Gascoigne 20 Jordy Hop 5 Jedrzej Nowicki 18
Top try scorers PosNameTeamTries1 Joshua Gascoigne 4 Jordy Hop 3 Felix Lammers 2 Eduard Vertyletskyi 523 players 1
See also Rugby Europe International Championships 2019–20 Rugby Europe International Championships Six Nations Championship Antim Cup
References
External links Rugby Europe official website 2019-20 MEN XV RE Trophy