2010 IRB Nations Cup

For the fourth consecutive year the event was held in Bucharest, Romania. Scotland A returned to defend their title, but Namibia were the overall winners of the tournament.

The competition format was a modified round-robin whereby each team played 3 of the other 5 teams. The competition was played over three match days, with three matches played consecutively on each day.

Final standings

2010 IRB Nations Cup
	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Tries For	Tries Against	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Namibia	3	3	0	0	65	53	+12	7	5	0	0	12
2	Romania	3	2	0	1	68	51	+17	4	4	0	1	9
3	Italy A	3	2	0	1	65	50	+15	2	4	0	1	9
4	Argentina XV	3	1	0	2	61	59	+2	5	2	0	1	5
5	Georgia	3	1	0	2	41	63	-22	2	4	0	1	5
6	Scotland A	3	0	0	3	54	78	-24	5	6	0	2	2
Source : irb.com Points 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

Round 1

IRB Reports

11 June 2010 15:00 UTC+02)

Namibia	21 – 17	Romania
Try: de la Harpe 44' c Winckler 80' m Con: Botha (1/2) Pen: Bock (0/2) Botha (3/4) 38', 58', 63'	Stats	Try: Fercu 16' c Maris 78' c Con: Dumbravă (2/2) Pen: Dumbravă (1/2) 56' Drop: Dumbravă (0/1)

Referee: Aruna Ranaweera

11 June 2010 17:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Bryan Arciero

11 June 2010 19:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Marius Jonker

Round 2

IRB Reports

15 June 2010 15:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Marius Jonker

15 June 2010 17:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Bryan Arciero

15 June 2010 19:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Neil Paterson

Round 3

IRB Reports

20 June 2010 15:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Neil Paterson

20 June 2010 17:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Aruna Ranaweera

20 June 2010 19:00 Stadionul Arcul de Triumf, Bucharest Referee: Marius Jonker

Top scorers

Top points scorers Rank Player Team Points 1 Luciano Orquera  Italy A 55 2 Dănuț Dumbravă  Romania 42 3 Chrysander Botha  Namibia 33 4 Santiago Gonzalez Iglesias  Argentina XV 27 5 Greig Laidlaw  Scotland A 23 6 Irakli Kiasashvili  Georgia 17 7 David Blair  Scotland A 11 Malkhaz Urjukashvili  Georgia 9 Cătălin Fercu  Romania 10 Bryan Rennie  Scotland A Joaquín Tuculet  Argentina XV Source: irb.com

Top try scorers Rank Player Team Tries 1 Cătălin Fercu  Romania 2 Bryan Rennie  Scotland A Joaquín Tuculet  Argentina XV 4 19 players 1 Source: irb.com

See also

• 2010 IRB Pacific Nations Cup

References

External links

• IRB Overview
• IRB Fixtures/Results
• IRB Standings