Nations Cup - Day 1
The IRB’s Nations Cup kicks off in Bucharest with three matches at Arcul de Triumf Stadium.
Georgia are the holders of the European Nations Cup with Russia as their runners-up.
Georgia, Ururugauy and Romania have all been to World Cups.
Fixtures Day 1
Italy A vs Russia
Emerging South Africa vs Georgia
Uruguay vs Romania
Teams:
Italy A: 15 Alberto Sgarbi, 14 Michele Sepe, 13 Alessio Galante, 12 Daniele Forcucci, 11 Marko Stanojevic, 10 Paolo Buso, 9 Pietro Travagli, 8 Manoa Vosawai, 7 Paul Derbyshire, 6 Silvio Orlando, 5 Valerio Bernabo, 4 Agustin Cavalieri, 3 Matteo Pietrosanti, 2 Luigi Ferraro (C), 1 Alberto De Marchi
Replacements: 16 Franco Sbaraglini, 17 Lorenzo Giovanchelli , 18 Antonio Pavanello, 19 Plinio Sciamanna, 20 Francesco Minto, 21 Giulio Toniolatti, 22 Andrea Sartoretto
Russia: 15 Oleg Kobzev, 14 Dmitry Zubarev, 13 Mikhail Babaev, 12 Sergey Trishin, 11 Vladislav Korshunov, 10 Sergeiy Shishkov, 9 Victor Motorin, 8 Andrey Sorokin, 7 Artem Fatahov, 6 Kiril Kushnarev, 5 Andrey Lugin, 4 Alexander Voytov, 3 Alexey Travkin, 2 Vladimir Marchenko (C), 1 Alexander Khrokin
Replacements: 16 Alexey Volkov, 17 Vladimir Botvinnikov, 18 Alexey Chernyshev, 19 Rinat Timerbulatov, 20 Alexander Yanyushkin, 21 Sergey Bazhenov, 22 Alexey Andreev
Emerging South Africa: 15 Bjorn Basson, 14 Howard Noble, 13 Rocco Jansen, 12 Morgan Newman (C), 11 Richard Lawson, 10 Isma-Eel Dollie, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Francois Prinsloo, 7 Devon Raubenheimer, 6 Zolani Mofu, 5 Nico du Plessis, 4 Cobus Grobler, 3 Philip Lemmer , 2 Jody Jennecker, 1 Janru van Nierkerk
Replacements: 16 Greg van Jaarsveldt, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Hendrik Roodt, 19 Ashley Johnson, 20 Waren Malgas, 21 Jody Rose, 22 Rudi Voght
Georgia: 15 Otar Barkalaia, 14 Giorgi Shkinin, 13 Aleksander Todua, 12 Revaz Gigauri, 11 Irakli Chkhikvadze, 10 Lasha Malaguradze, 9 Bidzina Samkharadze, 8 Besarion Udesiani (C), 7 Irakli Gundishvili, 6 Simon Maisuradze, 5 Bachuki Gujaraidze, 4 Giorgi Nemsadze, 3 Shota Melikidze, 2 Iuri Natriashvilii, 1 David Gasviani
Replacements: 16 Jaba Bregvadze, 17 Giorgi Khositashvili, 18 Kakhaber Uchava , 19 Tornike Dzagnidze, 20 Giorgi Rokhvadze, 21 Lasha Khmaladze, 22 Irakli Kiasashvili
Uruguay: 15 Agustin Perez De Castillo, 14 Ivo Dugonjic, 13 Joaquin Pastore, 12 Juan Llovet, 11 Juan Labat, 10 Matias Arocena, 9 Juan Campomar (C), 8 Ignacio Conti, 7 Gonzalo Peyrout, 6 Alfredo Giuria, 5 Frederico Capo, 4 Martin Espiga, 3 Mario Sagario, 2 Carlos Arboleya, 1 Rodrigo Sanchez
Replacements: 16 Juan Rombys, 17 Nicolas Klappembach, 18 Sebastian Levaggy, 19 Juan Horta, 20 Santiago Carracedo, 21 Emiliano Caffera, 22 Nicolas Morales
Romania: 15 Florin Vlaicu, 14 Catalin Fercu, 13 Catalin Dascalu, 12 Ionut Dimofte, 11 Stefan Ciuntu, 10 Danut Dumbrava, 9 Ciprian Caplescu, 8 Costica Mersoiu ( C ), 7 Stelian Burcea, 6 Florin Corodeanu, 5 Alin Coste, 4 Valentin Poparlan, 3 Paulica Ion, 2 Florin Tasca, 1 Radu Basalau
Replacements: 16 Bogdan Zebega, 17 Mihaita Lazar, 18 Mihai Macovei, 19 Daniel Carpo, 20 Florin Surugiu, 21 Csaba Gal, 22 Gheorghita Bigiu
Match officials:
Italy A vs Russia at Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Touch judges: Horatiu Bargaunas (Romania), Michael Chachua (Georgia)
Emerging South Africa vs Georgia at Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf
Referee: Alan Falzone (Italy)
Touch judges: Horatiu Bargaunas (Romania), Gustavo Gerbasi (Uruguay)
Uruguay vs Romania at Stadionul National Arcul de Triumf
Referee: Pro Legoete (South Africa)
Touch judges: Jerome Garces (France), Vladimir Volovik (Russia)
