6NB: Round 4 Wrap

If it stayed the same, Romania would go to the 2019 World Cup in Japan and Spain, with a better points' difference (7 to -53) would go into répechage.

In Round 4, Romania and Spain won away from home, Georgia in Tbilisi.

Results

Round 1

Spain vs Russia, 16-6

Georgia vs Belgium, 31-6

Germany vs Romania, 41-38

Round 2

Georgia vs Germany, 50-6

Russia vs Belgium, 25-18

Romania vs Spain, 13-3

Round 3

Romania vs Russia, 30-10

Germany vs Belgium, 34-29

Georgia vs Spain, 20-10

Round 4

Romania vs Belgium, 33-17

Spain vs Germany, 32-15

Georgia vs Russia, 28-14

Log after Round 4

1. Georgia (18 pts)

2. Romania (13 pts)

3. Spain (8 pts)

4. Germany (8 pts)

5. Russia (4 pts)

6. Belgium (2 pts)

Romania vs Belgium at Stade du Heysel, Brussels

Veteran Florin Viaicu, the man with the effective boot, led the Oaks out onto the field as it was his 100th Test match for them. He scored the last try of the match for his team when he joined a rolling maul.

The try of the match was the one by Charles Rynaert which started when Craig Dowsett ran from his own 22.

Scorers

For Romania:

Tries: Cobden 2, Van Heerden, Viaicu

Cons: Viaicu 4

For Belgium:

Tries: Reynaert, De Clercq

Cons: A Williams

Pen: A Williams

Teams:

Belgium: 15 Florian Piron, 14 Charles Reynaert, 13 Jens Torfs, 12 Nathan Bontems, 11 Craig Dowsett, 10 Alan Williams, 9 Kevin Williams (captain), 8 Breiuc Corradi, 7 Bertrand Billi, 6 Gillian Benoy, 5 Clément Veeckman, Tuur Moelants, 3 Jean-Baptiste De Clercq, 2 Max Dubois, 1 Sep De Backer

Replacements: 16 Thomas Diensté, 17 Christophe Debaty, 18 Sven D'Hooghe, 19 Baptiste Lescarboura, 20 Hendrik Brouwers, 21 Tom Cocqu, 22 Nicolas Meeus, 23 Julien Massimi

Romania: 15 Catalin Fercu, 14 Madalin Lemnaru, 13 Jack Umaga, 12 Sione Fakaosilea, 11 Jack Cobden, 10 Florin Viaicu, 9 Valentin Calafeteanu, 8 Andrei Gorcioaia, 7 Mihai Macovei (captain), 6 Viorel Lucaci, 5 Johan van Heerden, 4 Marius Antonescu, 3 Alexandru Tarus, 2 Marian Capatina, 1 Ionel Badiu

Replacements: 16 Andrei Radoi, 17 Constantin Pristavita, 18 Alexandru Gorda, 19 Valentin Poparlan, 20 Dorin Lazar, 21 Florin Surugiu, 22 Jody Rose, 23 Stephen Shennan

Referee: Claudio Blessano (Italy)

Assistant referees: Stefano Bolzonella (Italy), Zaniol Giacomini (Italy)

Germany vs Spain in Cologne

The match was won in the first half which ended with Spain leading 29-3. The Germans were different proposition in the second half, winning it 12-3, heartening but not enough to win the match.

Scorers

For Spain:

Tries: Linklater, Jorba, Castegioni, Rouet

Cons: Linklater 3

Pen: Linklater 2

For Germany:

Tries: Otto, Marks

Con: Parkinson

Pen: Parkinson

Teams

Germany: 15 Harris Aounallah, 14 B Himmer, 13 Marcel Coetzee, 12 Jamie Murphy, 11 Pierre Mathurin, 10 Raynor Parkinson, 9 Sean Amstrong (captain), 8 Jarrid Els, 7 Jaco Otto, 6 Sebastian Ferreira, 5 Timo Vollenkemper, 4 Eric Marks, 3 Samy Füchsel, 2 Mika Tyumenev,  1 Julius Nostadt

Replacements: 16 Jorn Schröder, 17 Chris Howells, 18 Robert May, 19 Dash Barber, 20 Kehoma Brenner, 21 Tim Menzel, 22 Oliver Paine, 23 Raphael Pyrasch

Spain: 15 Brad Linklater, 14 Silvio Algorritz, 13 Fabien Perrin, 12 Dan Snee, 11 Jordi Jorba, 10 Mathieu Belié, 9 Guillaume Rouet, 8 Jaime Nava De Olano (captain), 7 Gautier Gibouin, 6 Pierre Barthere, 5 Ignacio Martín, 4 David Howarth, 3 Jesus Moreno Rodriguez, 2 Marco Pinto Ferrer, 1 Benat Auzqui

Replacements: 16 Fernando Perez, 17 Juan Anaya Lazaro, 18 Alberto Blanco Alonso, 19 David Gonzales, 20 Anibal Fernando Bonan, 21 Sebastien Rouet, 22 Thibaut Alvarez, 23 Alvar Gimeno Soria

Referee: Lloyd Linton (Scotland)

Assistant referees: Graeme Ormiston (Scotland), Bob Nevins (Scotland)

Georgia vs Russia

There were over 55 000 spectators in the National Stadium in Tbilisi for this match.

Georgia led 14-0 at half-time and 21-0 before Russia's fullback Yury Kushnarev. substitute Bogdan Fedotko scored just before the end.

Scorers:

For Georgia

Tries: Koshadz, Kacharava, Lobzhanidze 2

Cons: Kvirikashvili 4

For Russia:

Tries: Kushnarev, Fedotko

Cons: Kushnarev 2

Teams

Georgia: 15 Merab Kvirkashvili, 14 Irakli  Svanidze, 13 Giorgi  Koshadze, 12 Davit Kacharava, 11 Alexander Todua, 10 Lasha Khmaladze, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Beka  Gorgadze, 7 Mamuka Gorgodze (captain), 6 Giorgi Tsutskiridze, 5 Konstantin Mikautadze, 4 Giorgi Nemasdze, 3 Lasha Tabidze, 2 Jaba Bregvadze, 1 Shalva Mamukashvili

Replacements: 16 Zurab  Zhvania, 17 Giorgi Tetrashvili, 18 Soso Bekoshvili, 19 Lasha  Lomidze, 20 Saba Shubitdze,  21 Gela  Aprasidze, 22 Revaz  Jintchvelashvili, 23 Beka Tsiklauri

Russia:  15 Yuri  Kushnarev, 14 Denis Simplikevich, 13 Dmitry Gerasimov, 12 Vasily Artemyev (captain), 11 Igor Kurashov, 10 Ramil Gaisin, 9 Konstantin Uzunov, 8 Pavel Butenko, 7 Tagir Gadzhiev, 6 Victor Gresev, 5 Innokenty Zykov, 4 Evgeny Elgin, 3 Azamat Bitiev, 2 Nazir Gasanov, 1 Valery Morozov

Replacements: 16 Sergey Chernyshev, 17 Vladimir Podresov, 18 Evgeni Pronenko, 19 Bogdan Fedotko, 20 Dimitry Gritsenko, 21 Anton Riabov, 22 Alexei Mikhaltsov, 23 Evgeni Kolomiitsev

Referee: Ian Tempest (England)

Assistant referees: Stephen Lee (England), Nigel Carrick (England)